The ‘robot lawyer’ giving free legal advice to refugees – BBC News
‘A technology initially used to fight traffic fines is now helping refugees with legal claims.’
BBC News, 9th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: artificial intelligence
European Parliament calls for comprehensive legal framework for robotics and AI – Technology Law Update
‘Robots. Whether you love them or hate them, they are on the march. Many new consumer robotics products were on display at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, offering personalised help with controlling connected equipment and mundane household tasks. Robots and Artificial Intelligence are increasingly active in industrial fields like manufacturing and warehouse logistics (think Ocado’s new online shopping distribution warehouse, for example) and service contexts like banking.’
Technology Law Update, February 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
AI revolution could hit access to justice for people on low incomes – Legal Futures
‘Artificial intelligence (AI) could have a knock-on impact on legal services for poorer people, such as weakening pro bono assistance by cutting the number of commercial lawyers, according to a report by Professor Roger Smith.’
Legal Futures, 2nd February 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
AI watchdog needed to regulate automated decision-making, say experts – The Guardian
‘An artificial intelligence watchdog should be set up to make sure people are not discriminated against by the automated computer systems making important decisions about their lives, say experts.’
The Guardian, 27th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
AI app that replaces lawyers “could be used in divorce cases” – Legal Futures
‘The technology behind an artificial intelligence (AI) app developed to help businesspeople draft confidentiality agreements will be extended to other commercial and consumer products such as wills, and may in time be suitable for family law cases, according to its creator.’
Legal Futures, 22nd November 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
EVENT: IALS – Artificial Intelligence: Oh, really? And why judges and lawyers are central…
‘Humans have made life very complicated. Software code now controls our lives, in power stations, refineries, medical devices, and banking to mention just a few areas. Motor vehicles are largely controlled by software, and aircraft totally controlled by software. People have been injured and killed because of the failure of software. The concept of artificial intelligence was first considered as the topic of a proposal dated 31 August 1955 for a “2 month, 10 man study of artificial intelligence be carried out during the summer of 1956 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire”. Governments have provided highly significant amounts of taxpayers money to fund people to conduct research in this area, and the spin-off technology is now used everyday. This seminar will consider the meaning of intelligence; some definitions of artificial intelligence and how to test for artificial intelligence, outlining the criticisms, and will then consider how judges and lawyers should be responding to the new world in which we live.’
Date: October 2016, 12.00pm-2.00pm
Location: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, Charles Clore House, London WC1B 5DR
Charge: Free, registration required
More information can be found here.
Law ahead of other sectors in AI adoption and ambition – Legal Futures
‘The use of artificial intelligence is more widespread in the law than in other sectors, and IT chiefs see more applications for it in the future, a survey has found.’
Legal Futures, 3rd October 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Chatbot lawyer overturns 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York – The Guardian
‘An artificial-intelligence lawyer chatbot has successfully contested 160,000 parking tickets across London and New York for free, showing that chatbots can actually be useful.’
The Guardian, 28th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Artificial intelligence mimics judicial reasoning – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Computer programs can already match judges in decision-making, a conference highlighting the growing use of artificial intelligence in law heard last night.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd June 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Neuberger urges debate over ethical implications of artificial intelligence – Legal Futures
‘The president of the Supreme Court last week called for a debate on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and for “greater prominence” for ethics in legal training.’
Legal Futures, 20th June 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Artificial Intelligence and the Law – BBC Law in Action
‘Artificial Intelligence has made great advances in recent years, with computer scientists developing cars without drivers, planes without pilots and mobile phones which can double up as a personal assistant. The legal profession is proving to be rich territory in the AI field too.’
BBC Law in Action, June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judges will need to get to grips with AI, says Lord Neuberger – Litigation Futures
‘Judges will have to learn how to use artificial intelligence (AI), the president of the Supreme Court has said, but there is “little point” in them worrying about the possibility of being replaced by it.’
Litigation Futures, 30th November 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
The Law and Artificial Intelligence – BBC Unreliable Evidence
‘Clive Anderson ask how our legal system will cope in a fast-approaching world of autonomous cars, care-bots and other machines using artificial intelligence to make judgments normally made by humans.’
BBC Unreliable Evidence, 7th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
