How AI is clogging the courtroom

人工智能如何堵塞法庭

The Indicator from Planet Money

2026-06-01

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AI has made it infinitely easier for anyone who can’t afford a lawyer, can’t get one, or doesn't want one to file a lawsuit and pro se cases are skyrocketing. But the wins haven’t followed and courts are starting to get overwhelmed with new AI filings. Today on the show, what happens when AI gets its day in court. Your Next Listen  — Most People Can’t Afford Legal Help. 1 Reformer Wants To Change That Connect with The Indicator — Sign up for The Indicator’s brand new newsletter— Buy the Planet Money book— Find our socials, YouTube and more!— For sponsor-free episodes, subscribe to NPR+  Fact checking by Sierra Juarez. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Like many attorneys, Laura McLean is a bit of a Luddite.

  • I keep paper files.

  • I'm kind of old-fashioned, even though I'm not that old, right?

  • And Laura was at this trial earlier this year.

  • She does family law, you know, divorces, custody disputes, heavy stuff.

  • On the opposing side was a woman without an attorney, representing herself.

  • So going pro se, as it's called in the biz.

  • Yeah, and it was a divorce case involving finance records and thousands of dollars at issue.

  • And it's going really badly.

  • The woman on the other side is forgetting to object to things.

  • She doesn't have the right number of copies of documents for the court.

  • She's getting flustered and things are just generally falling apart.

  • By the second day of the trial, she can hardly speak.