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Rhode Island Supreme Court adopts AI ethics guidelines for lawyers

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The Rhode Island Supreme Court has officially adopted a duty of technology competence for legal professionals, aligning with the ABA and other states. This update includes new guidelines for lawyers and judges on the ethical use of artificial intelligence. Separately, a case highlights the consequences of AI misuse in legal filings, where a lawyer was sanctioned for submitting a brief with fabricated AI-generated case law, despite prior warnings. AI

IMPACT Establishes new ethical standards for AI use by legal professionals, potentially impacting how AI tools are integrated into legal practice.

RANK_REASON Policy update from a state supreme court regarding AI ethics for legal professionals. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.4]

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Yesterday, the Rhode Island Supreme Court caught up with the ABA and most other states by adding the duty of technology competence to their rule 1.1. This was o

    Yesterday, the Rhode Island Supreme Court caught up with the ABA and most other states by adding the duty of technology competence to their rule 1.1. This was obviously prompted by # ArtificialIntelligence , because the court used the opportunity to issue two sets of guidelines o…

    LINKS lnkd.in/gq2BgjEr
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # LegalEthics Tidbit # FathersDay edition: Can I get my dad out of trouble for misusing # AI by calling the judge’s chambers? Dad and daughter lawyers were co-c

    # LegalEthics Tidbit # FathersDay edition: Can I get my dad out of trouble for misusing # AI by calling the judge’s chambers? Dad and daughter lawyers were co-counsel in a CT federal court case. Dad had already been sanctioned $500 by a different judge in the same court for submi…

    LINKS storage.courtlistener.com/…/gov.uscourts.…

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