Increasing AI Use in Canadian Courtrooms Carries Risk of Errors, Penalties: Lawyers

Increasing AI Use in Canadian Courtrooms Carries Risk of Errors, Penalties: Lawyers
Judges bench at the Edmonton Law Courts building, in Edmonton, on June 28, 2019. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
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In the past, if a client who usually preferred to communicate via short emails suddenly sent a lengthy message akin to a legal memo, Ron Shulman would suspect they’d received help from a family member or partner.

Now, the Toronto family lawyer asks clients if they’ve used artificial intelligence. And most of the time, he says, the answer is yes.