7 July News AI and the Expert Witness Artificial Intelligence, AI It’s impossible to ignore Artificial Intelligence (AI) which suddenly exploded into the public conscious a couple of years ago with the launch of ChatGPT. The term AI was actually coined in 1956, and some of the underlying mathematics has been around for centuries. What changed everything was the emergence of transformers, a technology that was developed at Google that has enabled software to interpret complex human language and offer a remarkable facsimile of intelligent dialogue. AI is infiltrating almost every area of human endeavour, so it is inevitable that it will impact your practice as an expert witness. In this introductory article, AI practitioner and Expert Witness Richard Marshall discusses: the power and pitfalls of AI tools, and how AI will affect the matters on which experts opine.
9 April Podcast Podcast Episode 11: AI and the Expert Witness 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, Artificial Intelligence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits In the 11th episode of the Expert Matters Podcast, we take a look at how AI is being used by Expert Witnesses. We discuss general developments related to AI in the legal sector, hear from EWI member and computer expert Richard Marshall, listen to some of the ways AI is currently being used by Expert Witnesses, and discuss some dos and don'ts when using AI. As usual, we begin with our segment on 'What's going on at EWI?' and end with 'Newsreel', a quick fire discussion of the key things you need to know this month.
25 October Case Updates How not to use AI in expert evidence 11. Report Writing, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, Artificial Intelligence, AI, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits In this US case, an expert in fiduciary services used Microsoft’s Copilot to cross-check calculations he used in expert evidence. He was unable to recall the prompts he used, state the sources Copilot relied on, or explain how the tool worked and arrived at its outputs. The judge provided some useful insight into the challenges with using AI in expert evidence.
17 May News EWI Annual Conference 2024: Opening keynote looks at the role of Expert Witnesses in the modern and modernising justice system 11. Report Writing, 16. Criticism and Complaints, 17. Maintaining your professional edge, Artificial Intelligence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits Our annual conference is always a highlight in the Expert Witness Institute calendar. This year’s event, which took place on 17th May, saw The Rt. Hon. Sir Keith Lindblom deliver a captivating opening keynote.
25 June News Algorithms use in the Criminal Justice System Artificial Intelligence, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, Algorithms A new report, released by the Technology and Law Public Policy Commission at the beginning of June, examines the challenges in the use of algorithms and suggests key recommendations.