Study reveals that 44 courts and National Justice Council use artificial intelligence

FGV Knowledge’s Center for Judicial Innovation, Administration and Research has just published a report on the second phase of a study on artificial intelligence in Brazilian courts, called “Technologies Applied to Conflict Management in the Judiciary, Focusing on the Use of Artificial Intelligence.” Guided by the center’s coordinator, Justice Luis Felipe Salomão, researchers performed a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the use of AI in the judiciary and found that 44 courts and the National Justice Council use this type of technology for at least one activity.

According to the study, the use of AI is of great importance in Brazil, especially given the need to make more rational use of resources and because of rampant litigation, reflected in the more than 75 million lawsuits under way, according to a report by the National Justice Council titled “Justiça em Números 2021.”

The second phase of the research project was more detailed than the first one, using 40 questions to map general information about AI, the team responsible, technical aspects of the technology, the results obtained from using AI and forecasts for the coming years.

“This study is very significant, for both judicial institutions and the public sector as a whole, since the progression of innovation in this area generates impacts in many areas, such as service improvements, accessibility, information security and privacy. The Center for Judicial Innovation, Administration and Research, through its inter-institutional research network, expects that this report will help promote multidisciplinary knowledge on the use of technology by the Brazilian judiciary,” said Justice Salomão.

Pernambuco Federal Rural University’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory collaborated with the study. To see the full report, click here.