Avvocati e magistrati: uso distorto dell'intelligenza artificiale

The article examines the impact of artificial intelligence on legal practice and judicial activity, focusing on the distorted use of AI tools and the resulting professional and disciplinary liability. Starting from the European and national regulatory framework, which classifies the use of AI for the application and interpretation of legal rules as high-risk, the paper analyses the obligations of transparency, human oversight and professional competence imposed on lawyers and judges. Particular attention is devoted to the first judicial decisions concerning so-called legal hallucinations and to the institutional responses adopted, also from a comparative perspective. The contribution argues that artificial intelligence must remain a support tool within a framework of non-delegable human responsibility, in order to safeguard judicial autonomy, legal certainty and the proper functioning of the justice system.