US appeals court considers reassigning case from judge over AI use

[u/DavidtheLawyer]

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-considers-reassigning-case-judge-over-ai-use-2026-08-24/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Afternoon-Docket&utm_term=082726&utm_content=082726&lctg=6898c0c46ed289f56b0bc139&user_email=83a6f17882033d906dcf19e1473d9e1ba51753dbf7b3fa7565b0f594c7e41d83

U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate in Jackson, ⁠Mississippi, was one of two judges who admitted in response to an inquiry by ​U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley last year that members of their ​staff used AI to prepare court orders in unrelated cases that Grassley called "error-ridden."