Justice That all sounds promising, but given the potential downsides, it will still take human intention and direction to make sure these technologies are put to good use. One new company whose work I’m particularly excited about is JusticeText. (Full disclosure: I’m an angel investor in the company, alongside Bloomberg Beta, Michael Tubbs, John Legend, and many others). Led by Devshi Mehrotra, JusticeText makes software that helps public defenders analyze and share video evidence to ensure their clients have the same access to this evidence as the pros- ecution. The product automatically transcribes and tags video data, making it easier for attorneys to use in court. The company is still in start-up mode, but they are working with over fifty public defender offices and sixty private attor- neys, with plans to continue scaling up. Their belief—which I support wholeheartedly—is that their AI technology can help more defendants get the justice they deserve. Legal services After you’ve spent time with GPT-4, you see that it’s very good at generating text in specific formats. That text can take what- ever format you want, be it song lyrics or—more relevant here— court briefings and motions. It shouldn’t be controversial to say that the quality of legal rep- resentation people in the U.S. get depends on the size of their bank account. In that context, it’s not hard to see how many of our country’s less well-to-do defendants could be better served using AI, and specifically LLMs like GPT-4. 71