Justice minister: Digitalisation, AI present challenges to judicial systems

Whereas digitalisation and artificial intelligence offer "the greatest opportunities of our time", they also present huge challenges to judicial systems, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Tuesday ahead of a conference of her Council of Europe counterparts. Both private individuals and businesses rightly expect the authorities to provide fast and efficient services, the minister told journalists in Godollo, outside Budapest, ahead of the meeting held as part of Hungary's presidency of the Council of Europe, adding that this is why electronic services must be expanded. Varga said Hungary was "at the forefront" of the European Union in terms of digitalising its judiciary, as reflected by the European Commission's judicial scoreboard.