Louisiana's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal buys AI servers to build its own court tools
Louisiana's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal in Gretna has bought two Dell servers with Nvidia chips, about $65,000 each, to develop its own AI tools on open-weight models with the ALEA Institute while still testing commercial products. Judge Scott Schlegel and Chief Judge Susan Chehardy say early work targets filing compliance and intake, with staff verifying every suggestion and the system kept apart from case management.
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- The court bought two Dell servers with Nvidia chips, each costing about $65,000 at purchase.Lawyer Monthly
- It is building tools with the ALEA Institute after interviewing employees about their workflows.Lawyer Monthly
- First tools would flag filing problems such as excess page length, bad pagination and missing attachments before intake.Lawyer Monthly
- Later goals include spotting nonexistent cases, inaccurate quotations and hidden prompt-injection instructions in filings.Lawyer Monthly
- The AI environment is separate from case management, and employees remain responsible for official filing review.Lawyer Monthly
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