Brazil’s Government Hires OpenAI To Mitigate Growing Court Costs

Brazil’s government is hiring OpenAI to speed up the screening and analysis of thousands of lawsuits using AI to avoid costly court losses, according to Reuters.

Court-ordered debt payments have consumed a growing share of Brazil’s federal budget. Their government estimated it would spend 70.7 billion reais ($13.2 billion) next year on judicial decisions it can no longer appeal.

That figure does not include small-value claims, meaning the combined account of over 100 billion reais represents a sharp increase from 37.3 billion reais in 2015.

How Will It Work?

The AI service will flag to the government the need to act on lawsuits before final decisions, mapping trends and potential action areas for the solicitor general’s office (AGU).

AGU told Reuters that Microsoft would provide the AI services from ChatGPT creator OpenAI through its Azure cloud-computing platform.

It did not confirm how much Brazil would pay for the services or why their court costs rose.

AGU said the AI project would not replace the work of its members and employees. “It will help them gain efficiency and accuracy, with all activities fully supervised by humans,” it said.