AI guidance for judges in England and Wales warns against dangers

A panel of four senior judges in the UK has issued a Judiciary Guide to Artificial Intelligence (AI) which addresses the “responsible use” of AI in courts and tribunals.

The guidance was published on 12 December for judges, court panel members and judges in England and Wales and is intended to inform and alert court officials.

The guide points out situations where the use of AI may be useful, mainly administrative matters such as summarizing articles, writing presentations and writing emails.

Sir Geoffrey Voss, England's second-highest judge, said: “It offers great opportunities for the justice system, but it is so new that we need to make sure judges at all levels understand it. [it properly]He said.

However, much of the guidance warns judges not to feed off false information produced by AI searches and summaries, and to be wary of anything done by AI in their name. Using AI specifically for legal research and analysis is not recommended.

The guidance said information provided by AI tools “may be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or out of date”. Also, he noted that US laws could affect most AI systems. “Even if he thinks he represents English law, he may not.”

In fact, judges in England and Wales are under no obligation to disclose any preparatory work before passing sentence.

According to the issuing judges, this directive is the first step in a “set of future work” to support the judiciary's relationship with AI. In the future, judicial bodies in both courts and tribunals will have the opportunity to take a survey and submit any questions.

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This judicial directive comes after the UK held its first AI Security Summit in early November.

The event brought together officials from countries around the world, heads of leading space technology companies and other thought leaders to discuss the future of AI security.

On December 8, the European Union reached an agreement on a groundbreaking AI regulation that covers various aspects of the technology, including government use, transparency requirements and regulation of powerful AI models like ChatGPT.

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