Study finds pro se lawsuits doubled in US federal courts since ChatGPT's rise, with 20% of filings containing AI-generated text
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Summary
A new study from MIT and USC reveals that pro se lawsuits (filed without a lawyer) in US federal courts have nearly doubled since ChatGPT's mainstream adoption. One in five complaints now contains AI-generated text. Researchers analyzed 4.5 million civil lawsuits from 2005-2026 and 46 million PACER entries, finding that the surge in self-represented litigants using AI tools is creating an existential paperwork crisis for the federal judiciary, with judges implementing drastic measures to manage the flood of filings.
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Judges are resorting to drastic measures to cope with the flood of filings.
Lawsuits filed without a lawyer at US federal courts have nearly doubled since ChatGPT went mainstream.
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