Russia Tests AI in Courts to Improve Legal Consistency
Moscow, September 5. Igor Krasnov, Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, spoke at the Forum of Supreme Court Presidents of BRICS countries about the implementation of artificial intelligence in the judicial system.
Consensus
- Four large language models of AI are being tested in Russian courts in a pilot program.
- The AI models are trained on legal positions of the Supreme Court of Russia and current judicial practice.
- The goal is to achieve consistency in judicial practice, reduce logical contradictions, and minimize errors.
- The Supreme Court of Russia has approved a concept for AI implementation and established a Center for Judicial Competencies in AI.
- The Supreme Court is organizing digital competence training for judges.
- The initiative is part of the 'Digital Justice' system, which integrates existing judicial services with the 'State Services' portal.
- The Supreme Court is working with major Russian AI developers to establish ethical principles for AI use in courts.
- Judges have expressed interest in using AI tools and see their potential.
- The Supreme Court is engaging the academic community and students in the process.
Points of divergence
- The AI models are intended to help judges eliminate logical contradictions, reduce error risk, and make law application more uniform and predictable. — vesti
- The Supreme Court has formed an ethics committee in collaboration with major Russian AI developers to define ethical principles for AI use in courts. — interfax
- The Supreme Court is conducting a nationwide student competition called 'Algorithm of Justice. Second Opinion' to involve students in the process. — interfax
Coverage (3 sources)
- Judges will be helped by neural networks: in Russia four AI models for justice are being tested — Вести
- Russian vessels began using artificial intelligence in pilot mode — Интерфакс
- Krasnov calls the introduction of AI technologies into all stages of judicial proceedings in the Russian Federation an ambitious task — Интерфакс