AI-Powered 'Robot Lawyer' Takes First Court Case Next Month

A court hearing scheduled for February will set a terrifying precedent. An individual will be represented in court using artificial intelligence for the first time ever. The defendant will use a smartphone app and earpiece to hear advice from a'robot lawyer.' The robot lawyer will advise the defendant on what to say in court. DoNotPay, a company founded in 2015 by a then-Stanford University freshman to appeal parking tickets, developed the technology.