Texas Chief Justice Open to Banning AI Across State Courts (1)

Banning the use of artificial intelligence in legal proceedings will be discussed by the Texas Supreme Court, Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock (R) said during an exclusive interview Thursday.

The nuclear option is “on the table,” Blacklock told Bloomberg Law on the sidelines of the State Bar of Texas’ annual meeting in San Antonio, signaling that the court could take what would be an unprecedented response to confronting the role of AI in the courts. Blacklock lacks authority to unilaterally regulate the use of AI, as any such decision would go to a vote of all nine justices on the state’s ...