THE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/forensic.science.2025.1.17Keywords:
International Criminal Court, Artificial Intelligence, criminal trial, verification of evidence, admissibility of evidenceAbstract
In the increasingly digital environment of gathering and storing information about core crimes, enforcement authorities decided to use algorithms in order to more effectively analyze and manage evidence. These algorithms were designed as tools to be used in order to automatize evidentiary proceedings at all stages of collecting, storing, securing, and analyzing evidence. Enforcement authorities are functioning in an environment where hundreds of thousands of pieces of digital evidence and footages of core crimes are downloaded by potential witnesses. Alongside the social media there are other digital sources of evidence: such as digital audio and video-recordings, CCTV footage, aerial and satellite imagery, drone footage etc. Considering the drastic increases in the volume and velocity of data in the context of criminal investigations, AI has become indispensable in supporting the work of investigators. Not only algorithms became a part of digital forensics but also the use of AI have become central in modern digital investigations. However, investigators and judges must be aware of the problems that stem from the risks typical for the use of algorithms in data-analysis. Also, in consequence of such a rapid development of AI-derived and managed evidence, there is a need to assess admissibility of such evidence in a criminal trial.
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