Futurism, Law School Tests Trial With Jury Made Up of ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude:

The University of North Carolina School of Law held an unusual mock trial on Friday.

Looming over the proceedings even more prominently than the judge running the show were three tall digital displays, sticking out with their glossy finishes amid the courtroom’s sea of wood paneling. Each screen represented a different AI chatbot: OpenAI’s ChatGPT, xAI’s Grok, and Anthropic’s Claude.

These AIs’ role? As the “jurors” who would determine the fate of a man charged with juvenile robbery. …

Organizers said that the stunt, called “The Trial of Henry Justus,” is meant to raise questions about AI’s role in the justice system.

“This exercise highlights critical issues of accuracy, efficiency, bias, and legitimacy raised by such use,” Joseph Kennedy, a UNC professor of law who designed the mock trial and served as judge, said in a statement before the event was held. …

“Intense criticism came from members of a post-trial panel including a law professor and a philosopher with legal training,” Muller wrote in a Bluesky post. “I suspect most in the audience came away believing that trial-by-bot is not a good idea,” he added in a followup thread.