AI can’t replace human element: HC

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has held that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot substitute human intelligence or the human element in the adjudicatory process. It said that ChatGPT cannot be the basis for judging legal or factual issues in a court of law.

Justice Prathiba M Singh rejected an attempt by a party in a suit to rely on ChatGPT results to bolster its claim of trademark infringement. The HC underlined that the accuracy and reliability of AI-generated data is still in the grey area, and such a tool, at best, can be utilised for preliminary understanding or research.

“The said tool (ChatGPT) cannot be the basis of adjudication of legal or factual issues in a court of law.