AI in litigation

Generative artificial intelligence can alter authentic photographs in ways that may affect criminal trials. Photographic evidence created by law enforcement should have a digital chain of authenticity establishing that the image offered in court contains the same evidentiary information recorded when the photograph was taken.

Lawyers using artificial intelligence in litigation should use two independent AI agents rather than rely upon the analysis of only one. The second AI agent provides an independent means of testing the analysis, research and conclusions produced with the first AI agent before the lawyer relies upon them. But even use of two independent AI agents […]

ChatGPT is changing the practice of law. Artificial intelligence in litigation can save many hours of time for the lawyers involved and reduce their need for junior associates, paralegals, clerks and word processors. ChatGPT can analyze pleadings, affidavits, exhibits, correspondence, account records, discovery responses, judicial decisions, statutes, court rules and transcripts according to the objectives […]

No one can cross-examine a machine. Chatbot evidence presents a new problem for criminal courts. A conversation between an accused and an artificial intelligence system may contain the accused’s own words alongside computer-generated responses that appear equally deliberate, informed, and human. But a chatbot cannot be a witness. In a criminal trial, the prosecution must prove […]