Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we work and play, but did you know it's also being used to help couples break up quickly and cheaply? Almost half of all marriages in the US and Canada end in divorce, so it's no wonder an app like Wevorce would be popular. Co-founded by former attorney Michelle Crosby and marketing executive Jeff Reynolds, Wevorce basically acts as a tax software for divorce. It also aims to alleviate the pain of messy divorces, which Crosby personally experienced when she was only nine years old. She was put on the stand by her parent's divorce lawyer and asked: "If you were stranded on a desert island, which of your parents would you choose to live with?" Wevorce works by prompting users to answer questions about their ideal outcome regarding the division of assets, co-parenting plan, and other important decisions.

Lauded as the world's first AI lawyer the story of "ROSS" began with a divorce When Jimoh Ovbiagele was 10 years old, his parents decided to separate. His mother started seeking out divorce lawyers, but was quickly halted by the astronomical hourly rates. "As a single mother with two very young kids, she couldn't pay for even a couple hours of this this divorce lawyer's time," says Ovbiagele. Years later, law seemed like a natural path for Ovbiagele – a way to help ensure others would not have to go through what his mother did--but while the University of Texas computer science major considered applying to law school in 2011, he was turned off by the amount of time he'd be expected to devote to research, rather than the practice, in the profession. The seed, however, had been planted.

The headline isn't mine – it was from Bloomberg (I think'robots' sell). The article is really talking about online dispute resolution tools powered by artificial intelligence. Most people are familiar with this kind of tool primarily because of eBay. Its site has an automated dispute-resolution tool which settles 60 million claims every year. Now, some countries are deploying similar technology to let people negotiate divorces, landlord-tenant disputes, and other legal conflicts.

Buyers and sellers on EBay use the site's automated dispute-resolution tool to settle 60 million claims every year. Now, some countries are deploying similar technology to let people negotiate divorces, landlord-tenant disputes, and other legal conflicts, without hiring lawyers or going to court. Couples in the Netherlands can use an online platform to negotiate divorce, custody, and child-support agreements. Similar tools are being rolled out in England and Canada. British Columbia is setting up an online Civil Resolution Tribunal this summer to handle condominium disputes; it will eventually process almost all small-claims cases in the province.