A hearing is being held in an American court next month where the defendant will attempt to challenge a speeding ticket. A robot with artificial intelligence (AI) helps him.
Joshua Browder, head of DoNotPay, spoke about the project. He calls a “robot” an application running on a smartphone with AI algorithms – it “listens” to the court’s arguments and tells the accused what to say in real time via a headset. DoNotPay already has AI legal experience: it has previously generated emails and responses for chatbots to solve problems such as cash refunds for broken Wi-Fi, bill cuts and parking ticket disputes – the developer has already raised $27.7 million in investments from venture capital firms . Company.
Now DoNotPay has decided to take part in the court hearing. The defendant was not named, but noted that if the case is lost, DoNotPay will pay the fine. This is legal in some US courts – defendants are allowed to use audio headsets, including those with a Bluetooth connection. But in most meetings this is not allowed – the consent of all parties is required. Of the three hundred potential cases, DoNotPay was only able to participate in two.
Mr. Browder says his company’s goal is to democratize the institution of legal representation, whose services will become free for those who cannot afford a proper lawyer. But taking into account the current case law, it is not yet possible to fully bring the technology to market. And the legal world is also actively taking action against it: some are already outraged on social networks and are threatening jail.
But DoNotPay sees the company’s mission as protecting ordinary people – they want to equip them with tools that only large corporations have access to. The AI bot ChatGPT is not considered a competitor in the company. “ChatGPT is very good at keeping the conversation going, but not very knowledgeable about the law. We had to retrain AI algorithms so they knew the law. AI is graduating from high school and studying law”– concluded the head of the company.
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