Transcriptions of of court hearings and oral judgments and ‘knowledge retrieval assistant’ with access to more than 300 unstructured documents are among the case studies cited in the government’s plan to embed artificial intelligence throughout the justice system. The ‘AI action plan for justice’, published last week, aims to ’harness the power of AI to transform the public’s experience,’ Lord Timpson, minister for prisons, probations and reducing reoffending, said.
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AI to be embedded across justice system
Embedding AI across the justice system is one of three strategic priorities of the plan, which also covers establishing a dedicared ‘Justice AI Unit’ and investing in staff and partnerships with ’legal serices providers and regulators to support AI driven legal innovation’.


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