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Use AI? New Rules, and Maybe a Law, Are on the Horizon for California Lawyers

Sep 3, 2026

SB 574, sent to the governor with bipartisan votes in both houses last week, requires attorneys to disclose when they use ChatGPT, Claude or any other generative AI platform to produce court-submitted documents. Attorneys would also be required to ensure the accuracy of AI-generated materials and not to input any private client information into a nonconfidential AI tool.