(The Center Square) - Two Washington Supreme Court candidates are split over whether the judiciary should adopt new rules to protect the independent decision-making process from artificial intelligence. O’Donnell is running against Washington Court of Appeals Judge Ian Birk for Position 4, while Merchant and two others challenge Chief Justice Debra Stephens for Position 7. However, the Code of Judicial Conduct doesn’t have any AI-specific rules around how judges can use AI in the court. Current AI usesLast month, AI came up multiple times as the state’s Interbranch Advisory Committee discussed the trial courts, appellate courts and the Supreme Court. Other state policiesState officials in Delaware adopted an AI court policy in 2024 holding people who submit AI-generated work responsible for inaccuracies while prohibiting judges from delegating decision-making to AI.