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California Standard of Judicial Administration 10.80: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Judicial Officers
California Judicial Branch · California
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California Standard 10.80 gives statewide guidance for judicial officers using generative AI within their adjudicative role. It addresses confidentiality, discriminatory use, accuracy verification, hallucination correction, biased or harmful content, and whether to disclose AI use when creating content provided to the public.
- Applies to
- judges
- Effective
- 01 Sept 2025
- Current version
- Original · 01 Sept 2025
- Last verified
- 06 Sept 2026
What the document requires
- Judicial officers using generative AI in adjudicative tasks should not enter confidential, identifying, or nonpublic information into public systems.
- Judicial officers should not use generative AI to unlawfully discriminate or disparately impact protected groups.
- Judicial officers should take reasonable steps to verify accuracy and correct hallucinated output.
- Judicial officers should remove biased, offensive, or harmful content from AI material used.
- Judicial officers should consider disclosure if AI is used to create public content.
Version history
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Originalcurrent | 2025-09-01 | First version recorded. | official |
Sources
Cite this record
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "California Standard of Judicial Administration 10.80: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Judicial Officers" (California Judicial Branch, Original, 2025-09-01), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-state/us-ca-judicial-branch-2025-standard-1080 (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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