Abstract
Final Report on Phase 1 of the New Zealand Law Foundation’s Artificial Intelligence and Law in New Zealand Project.
This report was prepared as part of the New Zealand Law Foundation-funded project: Artificial Intelligence and Law in New Zealand. The overall focus of the report is on the regulatory issues surrounding uses of AI in New Zealand. But this is a big topic: there are many types of AI system, and many spheres within which AI systems are used (in New Zealand and beyond). In the design of our project, we wanted to identify some coherent sub-topics within this general area—and in particular, sub-topics where New Zealand could play an important role in a broader international discussion. We identified two such sub-topics; and accordingly, our project was divided into two Phases. The current document reports on Phase 1.