A federal court opinion that was about half AI-composed

A magistrate judge in eastern Oklahoma issued an opinion with extensive machine-written text, pushing generative AI from law-office drafting into judicial output

In a federal trial court in eastern Oklahoma, a magistrate judge issued an opinion last week that is about half AI-composed. h/t @fedjudges
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