Grassley asked the judges whether and how they, their law clerks or court staff used generative AI or automated tools to prepare orders in the cases.
He also asked them to explain the "human drafting and review" done before issuing the orders, the cause of the errors, and measures their chambers have taken to guard against similar errors in the future.
The letters noted that lawyers have increasingly faced scrutiny from judges across the country for apparent misuse of AI. Judges have levied fines or other sanctions in dozens of cases over the past few years after lawyers failed to vet the output the technology generated.
