Artificial Intelligence in International Arbitration: Self-regulation and the Case for Model Clauses

Inteligenţa artificială în arbitrajul internaţional: reglementarea la nivel de industrie şi argumentul pentru clauze model

Clarissa COLEMAN

Nora FREDSTIE

Jamie TOMLINSON

Millie BAILEY

ABSTRACT

Artificial intelligence (specifically, legal AI software) has the potential to greatly improve efficiency in and reduce the costs of international arbitration. The number of use cases will continue to grow as technological advances are made, but at the time of writing, these include predictive analytics, document review and management and data summarisation.

However, over-reliance on AI output by lawyers and arbitrators presents multiple and significant risks. The use of AI technology remains largely unregulated in the legal industry. In the absence of clear rules governing the use of AI in arbitrated disputes, the consensual basis upon which those disputes are conducted presents an opportunity for...