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AI legal assistant's first appearance in court has been cancelled

25 January 2023

DoNotPay's AI was due to represent a defendant in court for the first time next month over a speeding ticket, but plans have been abandoned, according to the founder of the company


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AI legal assistant will help defendant fight a speeding case in court

4 January 2023

In February, an AI from DoNotPay is set to tell a defendant exactly what to say and when during an entire court case. It is likely to be the first ever case defended by an artificial intelligence


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Nearly all websites may breach GDPR legislation around data usage

18 March 2022

In an analysis of nearly 30,000 websites, 94.7 per cent had at least one potential violation of European laws requiring users' consent to store their data


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Concerns raised over Indian government's plan for face recognition

11 December 2019

India's government wants to build one of the largest face recognition systems in the world, but campaigners are concerned


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Australian government to be sued over firefighting foam contamination

4 November 2019

Up to 40,000 residents of towns contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foams are set to sue the Australian government, amid cancer risk fears


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UK's controversial use of face recognition to be challenged in court

21 May 2019

The first legal battle of the UK's use of face recognition technology begins today, the police today it helps them find suspects but critics say it is unlawful


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UK wants to curb fake news and cyberbullying with new internet laws

8 April 2019

The UK government plans to make social media firms legally take responsibility for their users and safety, as well as the content that appears on their services


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Copycat justice has turned US counties into execution hotspots

15 January 2018

Criminals assigned the death penalty are five times more likely to be executed in some US counties than in others – a trend that some argue is unconstitutional


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This AI reads the news to keep tabs on US police shootings

22 September 2017

There’s no central government database on police-related shootings in the US, but now a machine-learning system is helping record details by scanning the news


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AI can doctor videos to put words in the mouths of speakers

19 May 2017

Realistically faked video will soon be a single click away thanks to new technology that might render video evidence meaningless in court


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