Recently, Steve Sokolowski released the first lawsuit directed by OpenAI's o1pro artificial intelligence system, becoming the first such case in the US federal court system. Steve and his brother Chirs suffered an investment fraud in 2022, losing 90% of their net worth, leaving them unable to pay up to $800,000 in prosecution fees. In seeking legal help, they found that law firms and litigation financing companies often require advance payments, creating a difficult cycle.
To solve this problem, Steve decided to use artificial intelligence technology to advance the case. He signed up for o1pro and found that it has significantly better abilities than other tools in understanding legal cases and predicting defenses. With the efforts of the brothers, they built a complete workflow, created an evidence database and wrote Python scripts to organize and analyze thousands of court records. o1pro helps them summarize the most important documents and evidence, laying the foundation for litigation.
During the writing of the complaint, Steve used o1pro to conduct a series of mock court trials to test the possibility of various motions to dismiss. During this process, they found that AI can not only quickly generate a motion for rejection, but also simulate a judge's ruling, greatly improving the efficiency of case preparation. Ultimately, they came up with some effective litigation strategies, using AI to perform probability analysis to assess the odds of winning from different positions.
This case not only demonstrates the application potential of AI in the legal field, but also highlights how ordinary people use technical tools to fight back against injustice when facing legal challenges. Steve said that although the results are unknown, they are very optimistic about the prospects of the case, fully reflecting the popularization effect of artificial intelligence and bringing new hope to those trapped in legal difficulties.
Reference: https://x.com/SteveSokolowsk2/status/1874909215455674432