An artificial intelligence-generated judicial platform has been registered with China’s Cyberspace Department, aiming to help judges improve their work efficiency and facilitate citizens’ access to legal services, according to the most high court of the country.

The platform, as well as its functions, were presented by the People’s Court Press at a press conference of the Supreme People’s Court on Friday.

Highlighting the importance of technology application in the judicial system, Yu Maoyu, editor-in-chief of the press, said that the platform is a national-level legal AI infrastructure built on massive, authoritative and reliable judicial data. high quality.

So far, the platform has gathered 320 million legal data and documents, including legal documents, court decisions, cases and legal opinions, he said, adding that it has the capacity to understand legal terms, logical reasoning, research and generate post content. training.

“These capabilities, as a judicial innovation, will contribute to improving the efficiency of judges’ work, such as searching legal documents and selecting cases, as well as meeting public legal demand and serving further development high quality,” he said.

“Even though there are electronic devices to help judges do their work, they still have to spend a lot of time and energy searching and reviewing legal documents and files,” said Zhang Chengbing, an official with the People’s Court Press.

Once the platform is applied to judicial work, “it will help judges to quickly analyze and compare information from a large number of electronic files, capture key points and extract broad outlines, in order to further improve the efficiency of filing and reviewing cases,” he said. .

“Simply put, the platform acts as a digital assistant to judges, providing them with faster services for organizing, classifying and refining legal information,” he added.

He said that after more training, the platform will also improve the quality of public legal services, meaning it will be able to understand lay people’s questions on legal issues and provide them with accurate answers.

In addition, it will offer the public opinions and suggestions on mediation and litigation based on their specific cases, so that they can more easily access legal services and consultations, he said.