In the United States, proposals to regulate lawyers’ use of AI.

The use by lawyers of generative artificial intelligence tools, including ChatGPT, should be regulated. This stems from proposals under consideration by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

If approved, the regulation would apply to attorneys and self-represented parties participating in litigation. The document would require them to certify that if AI was used in preparing pleadings and motions, quotes and legal analysis were assessed for accuracy.

Those who neglect this practice face sanctions and the rejection of filings. Members of the public may submit their comments on the proposal until January 4, 2024.

Earlier, the DoNotPay startup offered lawyers $1 million for the use of an AI attorney in the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the same month, the firm’s head Joshua Browder said that professional associations in some states threatened him and his company with lawsuits. DoNotPay subsequently postponed the use of its AI attorney in the upcoming court proceeding.

In March, the startup was accused of unauthorized practice of law.

In May it emerged that attorney Steven Schwarz, in preparing documents used ChatGPT, supplementing the materials with fictitious cases.