{"id":175830,"date":"2026-01-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/from-courthouse-books-to-artificial-intelligence-a-message-to-the-next-generation-of-record-keepers-from-a-former-court-clerk\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T04:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:10:11","slug":"from-courthouse-books-to-artificial-intelligence-a-message-to-the-next-generation-of-record-keepers-from-a-former-court-clerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/from-courthouse-books-to-artificial-intelligence-a-message-to-the-next-generation-of-record-keepers-from-a-former-court-clerk\/","title":{"rendered":"From courthouse books to artificial intelligence: A message to the next generation of record keepers from a former court clerk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a 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