Artificial Intelligence Task Force

• INVITATION TO COMMENT: Judicial Branch Administration: Rule and Standard for Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Court-Related Work (March 13 – April 17)
• VIDEO: Justice Greenwood’s/AI Task Force Presentation to the Judicial Council: Model Policy for Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (February 21, 2025)
  • PowerPoint Slides: AI Task Force Presentation at the February 2025 Judicial Council Meeting (February 21, 2025)
• NEWS RELEASE: Council Receives Preview of New Model Policy That Provides Guidelines, Safeguards on Use of Generative AI by Courts (February 21, 2025)
• AI Task Force Workstreams (March 2025)
• VIDEO: Generative Artificial Intelligence and the California Courts (August 19, 2024)
• Q&A: Generative Artificial Intelligence and the California Judicial Branch (August 12, 2024)
• NEWS RELEASE: Chief Justice Creates Task Force on Use of Generative AI in the California Courts (May 17, 2024)

• Hon. Brad R. Hill, Chair, Administrative Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District
• Hon. Stacy E. Boulware Eurie, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District
• Hon. Kyle S. Brodie, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino
• Hon. Arturo Castro, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
• Hon. Carin T. Fujisaki, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three
• Hon. Mary J. Greenwood, Administrative Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Sixth District
• Ms. Gretchen Nelson, Attorney at Law, Nelson & Fraenkel LLP
• Mr. David Yamasaki, Court Executive Officer of the Superior Court of California, County of Orange

Judicial Council Staff to the Committee

• Ms. Jessica Devencenzi, Lead Staff, Principal Advisor, Policy and Research

The Artificial Intelligence Task Force was created by the Chief Justice in May 2024. At the time, she noted that “generative AI brings great promise, but our guiding principle should be safeguarding the integrity of the judicial process. That means it will be essential for the branch to assess what protections are necessary as we begin to use this technology.”

The task force’s charge is to: 

• Oversee development of AI policy recommendations; 
• Coordinate development of proposals and branch actions; 
• Develop proposals regarding use of AI in the judicial branch; and 
• Work with other government or branch entities on AI policy developments.

Because generative AI has the potential to affect the judicial branch in numerous ways, the task force decided to identify some specific issues to direct their initial focus. Those areas are:

1. Developing a generative AI model use policy for courts, as well as other rules and guidance related to the use of generative AI for court-related work;  
    
2. Identifying ways that generative AI can be used to improve self-help services for court users; 
    
3. Evaluating generative AI’s impact on evidentiary submissions in court proceedings, such as the risk that generative AI will be used to create false evidence; and  
    
4. Identifying the ways that generative AI might impact legal research both within the courts and by court users.