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California Judges Are Testing a New AI Clerk. You Won’t Know if It’s Looking at Your Case
Courts in Los Angeles and Riverside counties are testing an artificial intelligence tool and deciding whether it can be used in high-stakes criminal cases.
What happened
According to KQED’s source item, California Judges Are Testing a New AI Clerk. You Won’t Know if It’s Looking at Your Case, Courts in Los Angeles and Riverside counties are testing an artificial intelligence tool and deciding whether it can be used in high-stakes criminal cases.
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The development sits in VINI’s California file for readers following state policy, regional institutions, courts, markets, public services, and California communities. The original report is linked so readers can check the source account, follow later updates, and compare new coverage against the first published record. The source item is dated 2026-05-26T17:30:20+00:00.
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Primary source: California Judges Are Testing a New AI Clerk. You Won’t Know if It’s Looking at Your Case via KQED. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- California Judges Are Testing a New AI Clerk. You Won’t Know if It’s Looking at Your CaseKQED - 2026-05-26T17:30:20+00:00
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