World’s first robot lawyer that is developed by a startup, DoNotPay, has been sued over charges of fraud by appearing in the courtroom without a law license to practice in the United States.
According to Washington Examiner, DoNotPay’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Joshua Browder and his firm have upheld Artificial Intelligence to bring up the law profession. However, minutes introduced to the court on March 3 and released on Monday, said the first robot lawyer’s appearance might also be his last.
Artificial intelligence, which has been announced as the “world’s first robot lawyer” and delivers consultancy services on more than 150 subjects, has been on the agenda of both the US and the world in current months.
The robot lawyer is encountering a suggested class section case filed by Chicago-based law firm, Edelson and published on the website of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Francisco.
Unfortunately for its customers, DoNotPay is not actually a robot, a lawyer, or a law firm. DoNotPay does not have a law degree, is not barred in any jurisdiction, and is not supervised by any lawyer.”
The complaint argued.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Jonathan Faridian, who said he hired the services of DoNotPay to prepare different legal documents including demand letters, a small claims court filing, and a job discrimination complaint.
The United States Examiner said that the AI launched by DoNotPay, could not be operated due to the warnings of the court as it was preparing to emerge in its first court on February 22.
Browder said the AI is “the world’s first robot lawyer” and “an alternative and inexpensive solution to lawyers.” But, the lawyers have blamed the DoNotPay ambition of being “a technology company that manipulates users and acts like a lawyer.”
The documents presented to the court also contained comments made by several citizens who wanted to have their parking tickets removed using DoNotPay’s advisory system. They complained about spending more than double the amount they should have spent on the court because of the recommendation of artificial intelligence.
Responding that DoNotPay acquired more than 90% bad reviews on the internet and social media as “a failed attempt and a large-scale fraud”, the lawyers judged the CEO of the company with the offenses of “fraud by persuasion” and “informatics fraud.”
In addition, the documents submitted to the court alleged that there would be no issue if the artificial intelligence were described as a “legal adviser” rather than a lawyer, but that the company intentionally lied to market this software in a manipulative manner.
