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Nick Forbes

AI is ‘entering the courtroom to stay’, says Scotland’s most senior judge

Lord Pentland predicted AI would not ‘spell the end of judges and lawyers’ (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

Artificial intelligence is “entering the courtroom to stay” and judges and legal professionals need to adapt if its benefits are to be realised, Scotland’s most senior judge has said.

In a speech to the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow (RFPG), Lord Pentland said AI technology is already being “widely used” in Scotland and court systems elsewhere, and warned it poses “potentially serious” risks to the justice system.

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