A Country Where AI Writes Court Rulings... Chinese Courts Claim "70% Accuracy"

Introduction in Some Cases Such as Loans and Labor... Plans for Expansion

A Chinese court has reportedly begun pilot testing the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in drafting court rulings.

On the 28th, local media including China’s Pengpai News reported that the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province recently received approval from the Jiangsu High People's Court to introduce a "generative AI-assisted judgment drafting system."

It is known that in the second half of this year, the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court has already pilot-tested generative AI in drafting rulings for cases involving financial loans, labor, and housing lease contract disputes.

The court stated that it plans to expand the application to more complex types of cases and other court administrative tasks.

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The generative AI system introduced by this court drafts judgments based on information collected during the case processing and abandonment stages. Electronic document data and legal knowledge data are utilized.

According to the court, the completeness of judgments produced through this process reaches 70%. Among legal documents created using generative AI, the accuracy of the sections confirming the parties involved and factual relationships exceeded 95%.

While the AI market is led by the United States, China appears to be catching up. IT companies such as Baidu, known as "China's Google," Alibaba, and Tencent are rapidly launching generative AI products.

Previously, Baidu announced that its research and development (R&D) expenses, including for its generative AI Ernie Bot, increased by 6% year-on-year to $6.1 billion (approximately 7.9 trillion KRW).

Baidu developed Ernie Bot as a competitor to the U.S. ChatGPT. The "Chinese version of ChatGPT," Ernie Bot, attracted attention in the market by recording 2.4 million downloads and receiving over 33.42 million questions within 24 hours of its release. The subscription fee was set at $8 per month. According to Bloomberg, Ernie Bot secured 70 million users within three months of its launch.

Alibaba’s "Tongyi Qianwen" and SenseTime’s "SenseChat" have also been launched one after another under the name of "Chinese-style ChatGPT."