{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-releases-judges-responses-owning-up-to-ai-use-calls-for-continued-oversight-and-regulation", "Grassley Releases Judges\u2019 Responses Owning Up to AI Use, Calls for Continued Oversight and Regulation", "2025-10-23", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made public responses from U.S. Southern District of Mississippi Judge Henry T. Wingate, U.S. District of New Jersey Judge Julien Xavier Neals and the Administrative Office of the Courts (AO) Director Robert Conrad regarding Wingate and Neals\u2019 use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to draft factually inaccurate court orders.\n\nBoth judges admitted to Grassley that their staff used generative AI to draft error-ridden orders. These orders misquoted state law, referenced individuals who didn\u2019t appear in the case and attributed fake quotes to defendants, among other significant inaccuracies.\n\n\u201cHonesty is always the best policy. I commend Judges Wingate and Neals for acknowledging their mistakes and I\u2019m glad to hear they\u2019re working to make sure this doesn\u2019t happen again, Grassley said \u201cEach federal judge, and the judiciary as an institution, has an obligation to ensure the use of generative AI does not violate litigants\u2019 rights or prevent fair treatment under the law. The judicial branch needs to develop more decisive, meaningful and permanent AI policies and guidelines. We can\u2019t allow laziness, apathy or overreliance on artificial assistance to upend the Judiciary\u2019s commitment to integrity and factual accuracy. As always, my oversight will continue.\u201d\n\nIn response to Grassley\u2019s oversight, Wingate and Neals have implemented corrective measures to verify the accuracy of their court orders. Wingate now requires all draft opinions, orders and memos to undergo a second independent review and requires all cited cases to be printed and attached to the final draft. Neals implemented a written policy that prohibits all law clerks and interns from using AI when drafting opinions or orders, as well as a multi-level opinion review policy.\n\nThe AO also wrote to Grassley to describe their recently established advisory AI Task Force, which issued interim AI guidance on July 31, 2025. According to the AO, the July guidance includes \u201cgeneral, non-technical suggestions\u201d that allow for \u201cthe use of and experimentation with AI tools.\u201d Among these suggestions is the recommendation that AI users consider \u201cwhether the use of AI should be disclosed.\u201d The AO stated these suggestions are non-exhaustive and are intended to provide temporary guideposts while more permanent policies are developed.\n\nRead Wingate\u2019s full response to Grassley HERE.\n\nRead Neals\u2019 full response to Grassley HERE.\n\nRead AO\u2019s full response to Grassley HERE.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Senate Judiciary Committee has broad oversight and legislative jurisdiction over civil and criminal judicial proceedings, the federal courts, federal judges and other related matters. Errors caused by the use of artificial intelligence, like those found in the decisions issued by Wingate and Neals, cast doubt on the Judiciary\u2019s deliberative process and raise legitimate concerns about the accuracy of courts\u2019 decisions.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-releases-judges-responses-owning-up-to-ai-use-calls-for-continued-oversight-and-regulation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.5040327347815037, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}