Judge's Allegedly "Relying Wholly" on AI in Order Is Covered by Judicial Immunity, Court Rules

Judge's Allegedly "Relying Wholly" on AI in Order Is Covered by Judicial Immunity, Court Rules

From Wednesday's decision in Phillips v. Parlade, by Judge Gloria Navarro (D. Nev.), where a litigant sued a state court… The post Judge's Allegedly "Relying Wholly" on AI in Order Is Covered by Judicial Immunity, Court Rules appeared first on Reason.com.

Judge allegedly outsourced entire ruling to AI and still can't be sued — federal court upholds blanket judicial immunity

It is not a secret that American judges have very broad judicial immunity. Apparently, even in cases where a state judge is accused of relying entirely on artificial intelligence to make a judicial decision, the judge is still protected from a civil lawsuit by judicial immunity, according to a new U.S. federal court ruling. Interestingly, the ruling does not determine whether the judge actually used AI or whether such use is legally allowed, rep…