AI legal assistant’s first appearance in court has been cancelled
DoNotPay’s AI was due to represent a defendant in court for the first time next month over a speeding ticket, but plans have been abandoned, according to the founder of the company
Technology
25 January 2023
So far the involvement of artificial intelligence in law has been behind the scenes icedmocha/Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence company DoNotPay has dropped plans to deploy AI as a lawyer in a real court case for the first time after reportedly being threatened with legal action.
The trial on 22 February was to be the first time an AI advised a defendant in court, which the firm’s founder, Joshua Browder, told New Scientist would be “technically within the rules, but I don’t think it’s in the spirit of the rules”. The location of the US court hadn’t been …