‘Bad’: US ‘world’s first robot lawyer’ sued for working without a license

The robot lawyer, who was supposed to make history by advising the first defendant in court with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), is now accused of working without a law degree.

Chicago-based law firm Edelson has sued DoNotPay Inc., which proclaims itself as the “world’s first robot lawyer” and claims it uses artificial intelligence to assist clients in litigation. Reported by the Daily Mail.

Edelson states in his complaint that DoNotPay is neither a robot lawyer nor a law firm. Also, the office thinks that the chatbot is not controlled by any lawyer, which may negatively affect the clients.

According to Edelson, a California client named Jonathan Faridian approached DoNotPay in San Francisco to prepare claims letters and legal representations, but received “substandard and poorly executed” business. As a result, the law firm filed a lawsuit on his behalf.

DoNotPay claims to use artificial intelligence to help its clients process various legal services without hiring a lawyer. An app was developed in 2015 to help customers combat parking tickets, but since then the firm has significantly expanded its range of services.

In January, Joshua Browder, CEO of DoNotPay, tweeted that he was concerned about the allegations against him.

“Bad news. I’ve had threats from state bar attorneys, it looks like they’re going to sentence me to 6 months in prison if I keep bringing a robot lawyer into a physical courtroom,” Browder wrote.

The man later called the allegations against the company unfounded and promised to fight this lawsuit.

‘Then we respond! We have receipts, we have nothing to hide and we will defend ourselves. We could even use our robot lawyer on the case,” Browder said.

At the time of writing this article, the DoNotPay site still calls itself “the world’s first robot lawyer” and continues to offer its services to people.

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Source: Focus

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