A Court Reporter Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript, Judge Says
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AI<br>A Court Reporter Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript, Judge Says
Samantha Cole
Jul 23, 2026<br>at 5:41 PM
A judge in Indiana warns a court reporter that it's their job to proofread their work, after catching errors likely made by AI transcription services.
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A judge caught a court reporter making AI-generated errors in a court transcript, and put court reporters everywhere on notice for their use of AI.<br>In a memorandum decision concerning a case about a man who sold drugs to another man who overdosed and died, filed on July 23, Judge Paul Felix wrote in a footnote of the decision that a transcript contained errors that looked a lot like generative AI. The footnote was spotted by attorney Rob Freund on X.
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