AI in Courts and Sentencing
Risk assessment instruments influence bail, sentencing and parole decisions in several jurisdictions, and generative tools are now appearing in case preparation and disclosure. The central question is whether a defendant can meaningfully challenge a decision shaped by a system whose workings are not disclosed.
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A US federal judge has dismissed antitrust lawsuits against Google brought by education platform Chegg and publisher Penske Media over its artificial intelligence search products.…
A US federal judge has dismissed lawsuits accusing Google of using its artificial intelligence search feature to divert web traffic away from publishers. Penske Media Corporation…
A federal judge has dismissed two antitrust lawsuits against Google over its artificial intelligence search tools. The legal challenges were brought by Chegg and Rolling Stone's…
A Tokyo court has ruled that human voices are protected by law, in a landmark case involving an artificial intelligence clone of a prominent anime actor. Kenjiro Tsuda claimed an…
A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology across London railway stations resulted in no arrests and cost more than £320,000. Freedom of information figures obtained…
British Transport Police scanned more than 500,000 faces during a six-month trial of live facial recognition at London railway stations. The programme cost the force £320,786.…
An appeals court judge in Arizona has overturned a manslaughter prison sentence. The decision came after an artificial intelligence video of the victim was used as a victim impact…
An image circulating on social media showing arrests near RAF Fairford was likely generated or manipulated using artificial intelligence. The composite picture shows people in…
A six-month trial of live facial recognition across London railway stations led to no direct arrests, figures obtained by Liberty Investigates show. The pilot ran between February…
A police trial of live facial recognition technology in London has ended without finding any suspects or leading to any arrests. Officers scanned more than 500,000 faces during…
A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology in London railway stations resulted in no arrests and one false match. The British Transport Police operation scanned more…
A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology in London railway stations resulted in no arrests and a single incorrect alert. The trial cost more than £320,000 and used…
A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology in London railway stations resulted in no arrests, according to a freedom of information request. The project cost more…
A US appeals court has ruled that the Pentagon can continue to treat artificial intelligence firm Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk. Judges said the defence…
The Delhi High Court has ordered Meta to take down a morphed image showing a woman alongside Prime Minister Modi. The court also directed police to give protection to the…
The Delhi High Court has criticised police for delays in removing objectionable deepfake videos and images. The material involved a woman and the Prime Minister. Judges acted…
The Delhi High Court has ordered the immediate removal and blocking of objectionable deepfake content. The court issued the directive on Friday after a local woman filed a…
A former Northern Territory Police assistant commissioner has taken former colleagues to court for sharing an artificial intelligence-generated sexually explicit video of her.…
The results of Australia's first live facial recognition trial have been released. The Western Australian Police Force tested the technology across both metropolitan and regional…
Police in Western Australia say an ongoing trial of overt live facial recognition technology has produced "significant results". The force reported a "tangible increase in…
A police officer used Microsoft Copilot to create a victim statement designed to "make a judge or reader weep", the Court of Appeal in London has heard. The computer-generated…
A teenager has told a South Australian court that sexually explicit deepfake material made of her had a "painfully real" impact. William Hamish Yeates, 20, appeared at the…
Officials will review the potential use of artificial intelligence in parole decisions following a "concerning" incident. It comes after a parole condition for convicted killer…
Tasmania's Justice Department is to review past parole board decisions to see how far artificial intelligence has been used to inform outcomes. The inquiry follows revelations…
The government has made the expansion of artificial intelligence in courts a key priority, a minister has told lawyers. Courts minister Sarah Sackman said the UK has "no choice"…
A small but growing number of police departments across Michigan are using artificial intelligence to help officers draft reports. Forces have adopted the technology drawn by…
Tasmania's attorney-general has demanded an explanation from the state's parole board after it relied on AI-generated case law in the Supreme Court in Hobart. The fabricated legal…