Robot lawyer: Tech startup offers £800k reward to argue Supreme Court case

Robot lawyer: Tech startup offers £800k reward to argue Supreme Court case

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The founder of a new startup is offering a $1million (£808,000) reward to anyone who is willing to secretly bring the company’s robot lawyer into the US Supreme Court and argue their case for them. Joshua Browder, the CEO of Do Not Pay, made this announcement on Twitter, offering the services of his artificial intelligence (AI) legal assistant to help defendant fight cases where legal fees for human lawyers are exorbitantly high. The AI has been hailed as “the world’s first robot lawyer” and can be operated through an app that listens to court arguments as they happen, and then advises the defendant what to say via headphones.

While the robot has already being used to help a defendant fight a traffic ticket next month, the CEO aims to send his AI tool to the highest court in the US. Unfortunately, the US Supreme Court bans any electronic devices from being present in the courtroom while court is in session…

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