Free software 'DoNotPay' advising you not to pay a fine succeeds in canceling 160,000 parking tickets

ByKipp Baker

Free AI lawyer Bot, which was released in London in the UK in 2015 and started in the United States and New York in March 2016,DoNotPay"is. When consulting at the time of receiving an unjust parking violation, it gives advice for canceling the fine in chat form, which is the result that we actually canceled 160 thousand tickets after receiving 250 thousand consultations I'm starting out.

The DoNotPay bot has beaten 160,000 traffic tickets - and counting | VentureBeat | Bots | by Khari Johnson
http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/27/donotpay-traffic-lawyer-bot/


Chatbot lawyer overturns 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York | Technology | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/28/chatbot-ai-lawyer-donotpay-parking-tickets-london-new-york

DoNotPay is the world's first AI attorney bot made to file a counter-trip complaint. Usage is simple,DoNotPayJust answer as Bot will ask questions in chat form when signing in. As for the question, "Is the signs firmly visible when receiving a fine?" Such as "Are parking spaces built enough around?", Objections of past similar cases etc. which were revoked by analyzing responses Information required for the complaint is displayed, and the application form for appeal is completed.


Developer Joshua Browder is a 19-year-old student at Stanford University who, at the age of 18, received 30 parking tickets around London, and he made DoNotPay by himself. Browder said, "I think most people who are fined for traffic violations are weak people of society, although they are not intentionally trying to break the law, they are used as a source of income for the local government We are talking. "

ByRemy Sharp

In New York in 2015, it was recorded that 19 million dollars (about 1,943 million yen) of money was paid as a fine for traffic violation, and New York further added 100 speed cameras etc. to increase the collection rate We decided to install more than this. Under such circumstances, DoNotPay has already successfully canceled 160,000 tickets in London and New York, and we plan to start service in Seattle in the fall of 2016.

Besides traffic violation, bot such as "Compensation for air ticket delayed by 4 hours or more" and "Support for legal rights of HIV patients" can be used in DoNotPay. In addition, Mr. Browder is also preparing "a bot to support refugee application", and IBM's question answering system for translating Arabic to English "WatsonIt is said that it is used. Mr. Browder said, "I feel that these technologies are like" the potency of the possibilities "because I can automate many services with AI and bot.A regrettable thing is that most of them are flower shops or pizzerias It is used only to automate orders. "