Kenyan Judiciary Wants AI in Courtrooms
Just three months ago, Kenya’s Supreme Court was wagging a judicial finger at lawyers who’d tried to sneak AI-generated gibberish into legal submissions. It..
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Despite previous warnings about AI-generated "gibberish" in submissions, the Kenyan Judiciary is now actively developing an Artificial Intelligence Adoption Policy Framework to integrate AI into its operations. Chief Justice Martha Koome announced on Monday, August 11, the plan aims to enhance efficiency while safeguarding judicial independence and data privacy.
- The Judiciary is drafting an AI Adoption Policy Framework after a legal brief contained fictitious legal authorities.
- Chief Justice Martha Koome of the Supreme Court is leading the initiative to integrate AI for case management, legal research, and administrative support.
- The initiative was announced during a meeting in Nairobi with Ethiopia's Federal Supreme Court, emphasizing regional experience sharing in integrated case management.
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Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome announced on Monday, August 11, that the Judiciary is developing an Artificial Intelligence Adoption Policy Framework to integrate AI into its operations. The policy aims to enhance efficiency while safeguarding judicial independence and data privacy. The Chief Justice also revealed that AI is already being used for court transcriptions, achieving an 80% accuracy rate after improving from an initial 30% by adapting to Kenyan accents and intonations. In a separate technology development, Google’s Gemini app introduced a new “Personal context” feature that allows it to remember past conversations. This update gives the AI a "memory" of user preferences to provide more personalized responses.
