NYC Bar AI Task Force Tackles Access to Justice, Tech in Courts

The New York City Bar Association wants to be at the forefront as artificial intelligence takes hold in the legal community with its newly launched AI task force.

AI holds both “great promise and great peril” for the legal community, New York City Bar Association President Muhammad Faridi said in a press statement Monday. Organizations like the bar association must, he said, facilitate discussions about appropriate use of AI in legal services and administration of justice.

The Presidential Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies has 58 members from across the country —not just New York City—that include judges, ...