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28 Widener Commw. L. Rev. 135 (2019)
The Use of AI Assistants in the Courtroom and Overcoming Privacy Concerns

handle is hein.journals/wjpl28 and id is 142 raw text is: THE USE OF Al ASSISTANTS IN THE COURTROOM AND OVERCOMING PRIVACY CONCERNS Allen Fiechuk I. INTRODUCTION A woman is discovered dead in her home by a neighbor who came by for coffee. The neighbor calls the police and detectives commence their investigation; it is determined the home is a crime scene and detectives are turning this into a murder investigation. Throughout the investigation, detectives look for the usual evidence, including murder weapons, but the search also includes any smart technology which encompasses Al assistants that may be located throughout the home. The home is equipped with Al, located in the living room; Alexa-Amazon's Al assistant-is on the coffee table, and police wonder what Alexa may have overheard and whether that information was saved on Amazon's servers. Alexa did in fact hear, and save, some of the requests made the night before. There was a man in the house, as his voice could be heard in the background; further, the woman can be heard shouting a name, presumably the male heard on the recording. Thanks to shouting the wake word Alexa, the Echo saved audio of the murder-or the events that led up to the murder. The prosecutor trying the case sought to use this evidence at trial against the man. To determine whether the data collected by Alexa could be used as evidence, the rules of evidence in that jurisdiction would need to be examined. This may seem like something out of a science fiction movie, but this scenario is becoming a reality, especially with the increased use of smart technology such as Amazon Echo and Google Home.

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