How far can AI go in criminal prosecution?

“Between Blackbox and Deepfakes - AI in Criminal Prosecution” is the title of a conference celebrating the premiere of the Bayreuth IT Criminal Law Day. On the agenda are the currently most pressing issues surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in law enforcement practice. The conference is being organized by Prof. Dr. Christian Rückert, Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and IT Criminal Law (University of Bayreuth).

For the parties involved in the criminal proceedings, it is generally not possible to understand how the AI arrives at the reported result and how reliable the result is. This is particularly problematic in the area of criminal prosecution, as errors here can lead to the conviction of innocent people. AI-generated deepfakes are also not transparent for the parties involved in the proceedings. While the courts have to grapple with the question of which multimedia evidence they can still trust, deepfakes can also be used in criminal prosecution to imitate deceptively real videos and voices of real-life suspects. This can be extremely valuable for infiltrating criminal networks, but it is completely unclear whether such an approach is legally permitted and ethically justifiable.

To discuss these still unresolved issues, renowned experts from the fields of practice, science and IT were brought in to shed light on different perspectives.

The number of participants is limited. The organizers will be available for reporting in advance; media representatives are invited to attend the conference.