US SB4154

Establishes the "AI Research and Oversight in Courts Task Force" within 60 days of enactment, administered by the Attorney General through the National Institute of Justice, to assess feasibility, accuracy, privacy, and civil liberty implications of AI speech-to-text and automatic speech recognition technology in federal and state courts

Task force comprises 15 members appointed by the NIJ Director: 4 federal employees (from NIJ, Administrative Office of Courts, clerks, judges, or prosecutors) and 11 non-federal members including court record specialists, civil liberty experts, and judges with experience reversing rulings due to court record deficiencies

Non-federal appointees are prohibited from having any employment, compensation, or representation relationships with entities that develop, market, sell, or provide AI technologies

Final report due within 18 months must address transcription accuracy, impacts on speakers with accents or speech impediments, costs for litigants, cybersecurity risks, data integrity, whether AI-generated records should display watermarks or metadata, and vendor selection guidance

Task force must submit status reports to Senate and House Judiciary Committees every 4 months until the final report is delivered, at which point the task force terminates