Background
Salvador Espitia Chávez brought a constitutional protection action (tutela) against the insurer Salud Total EPS S.A., claiming that refusal to fund transportation for his autistic child to attend therapy sessions violated the child’s fundamental rights to health and equality. The insurer argued that the service was not part of the benefits plan. The court ruled for the claimant, ordering the company to provide transport and reaffirming the constitutional principle of enhanced protection for minors and persons with disabilities.
AI interaction
The judgment records that the court decided to extend the arguments of the decision in accordance with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) (“conforme al uso de inteligencia artificial (IA)”), explaining that portions of the legal problem were entered into the application [ChatGPT] to assist in drafting the reasoning. It further stated that additional foundations were built from texts generated in the AI application (“textos realizada en el aplicativo IA”) as an initiative to expedite resolution. This marks the first verified judicial opinion openly disclosing the use of ChatGPT in formulating part of a ruling. The decision’s significance lies in its explicit integration of generative-AI assistance within formal adjudication while maintaining human authorship and responsibility.