Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Fortune
Fortune
David Meyer

‘Prone to hallucinations and bias’: A Texas judge puts A.I. in its place

(Credit: Luiz C. Ribeiro—NY Daily News/Getty Images)

Here’s a timely antidote to the current A.I.-will-kill-us-all hysteria that yesterday got boosted by a bunch of tech titans and other prominent concerned citizens: a standing order issued by one Judge Brantley Starr of the district court for the Northern District of Texas, who doesn’t want unchecked generative-A.I. emissions on his turf.

After all, why worry about Terminator-esque long-term scenarios, when you can instead worry about the immediate risk of the U.S. justice system becoming polluted with A.I.’s biases and “hallucinations”?

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.