How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits

MIT and USC researchers examined 4.5 million federal civil cases from 2005 to 2026, finding self-represented lawsuits rose from 11% in 2022 to 16.8% in 2025, while AI-text detector flags in sampled filings increased from 1% in 2023 to 18% in 2026.

Why it matters: MIT Technology Review covers an MIT/USC large-sample study, clearing HKR-H/K/R with 4.5M cases and an 18% AI-text marker rate. It affects public systems, not core model capability, so 78 fits the lower good-quality band.