AI and Criminal Justice: How It Works

A Council on Criminal Justice report reviewed how AI is being applied in the U.S. criminal justice system.

At Davos, Michael Hayes and Renee Cummings discussed public skepticism and the real-world impact of algorithms on justice outcomes.

Cummings said she began investigating algorithms about 10–12 years ago after seeing flawed risk assessments for juveniles.

She urged better training for judges and lawyers and advocated examining data and building protective factors to avoid biased outcomes.