{"id":73120,"date":"2023-01-26T17:40:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=73120"},"modified":"2025-09-09T12:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:20:05","slug":"developer-of-ai-lawyer-threatened-with-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/developer-of-ai-lawyer-threatened-with-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer of AI lawyer threatened with prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DoNotPay has decided not to use the robot lawyer in the upcoming court proceeding due to pressure from bar associations. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/25\/1151435033\/a-robot-was-scheduled-to-argue-in-court-then-came-the-jail-threats\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener nofollow\\\" title=\\\"\\\">NPR<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to DoNotPay&#8217;s chief executive Joshua Browder, state bar associations threatened his company. One even said that the owner of DoNotPay could be jailed for six months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Good morning! Bad news: after receiving threats from State Bar prosecutors, it seems likely they will put me in jail for 6 months if I follow through with bringing a robot lawyer into a physical courtroom. DoNotPay is postponing our court case and sticking to consumer rights:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joshua Browder (@jbrowder1) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jbrowder1\/status\/1618265395986857984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">January 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abEven if that hadn&#8217;t happened, the threats of criminal prosecution were enough to deter us from doing this. The letters began arriving so frequently that we simply treated it as a distraction and decided to move on,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The California State Bar Association refused to comment on DoNoPay&#8217;s situation. However, the body said it was obliged to investigate possible instances of unauthorized practice of law.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2023, DoNotPay planned to use an AI lawyer in court to challenge a client&#8217;s speeding ticket. According to Browder, the algorithm would \\&#8221;listen to\\&#8221; the case and generate responses using the GPT-3 language model. After that, the client would receive AI-lawyer advice via AirPods and repeat it before the judge.<\/p>\n<p>The use of electronic devices is prohibited in most U.S. courtrooms. However, Browder found a loophole allowing clients to wear AirPods during hearings. According to him, the headset is permitted as an assistive device for people with hearing impairments.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that the court would not learn of the defendant&#8217;s use of AI-generated prompts.<\/p>\n<p>According to Browder, the company will continue helping clients reduce medical bills, cancel subscriptions, and dispute credit reports with the help of AI.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abThe truth is that most people cannot afford lawyers. This would shift the balance and allow them to use tools like ChatGPT in the courtroom to win cases,&#8221; Browder says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In January, the DoNotPay director <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/startup-offers-1-million-to-use-ai-in-u-s-supreme-court-cases\">offered $1 million to the lawyer<\/a>, who would use the company&#8217;s AI assistant in the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s AI news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener nofollow\\\" title=\\\"\\\">ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DoNotPay declined to use the robot lawyer in the upcoming court case due to pressure from bar associations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1201,1162,26],"class_list":["post-73120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-chatbots","tag-court-cases","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73122,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73120\/revisions\/73122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}