AI, Justice, and the Ecosystem Approach – Notes from the OpenNyAI Mission

Authors

  • Smita Gupta Co-leader at OpenNyAI
  • Atreyo Banerjee Weaver at Agami

Keywords:

Open-source, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Responsible AI, Language Access, Ecosystem collaboration

Abstract

OpenNyAI is an initiative focused on leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance justice in India (Nyai means “justice” in Hindi). It catalyses the development of AI public goods like models, APIs, and datasets, supported by a community of lawyers and technologists. The mission is to transform the justice experience for every Indian. OpenNyAI emphasises open-source, collaborative, and transparent practices, ensuring inclusivity to mitigate the risks of AI exacerbating biases. In this paper, we explore how our ecosystem developed various community initiatives and reference solutions like Jugalbandi and AI-assisted Judgement Explorer, demonstrating AI's potential in the justice field.

Author Biographies

Smita Gupta, Co-leader at OpenNyAI

Smita Gupta co-leads the OpenNyAI mission and is part of Agami - a justice innovation field catalyst in India. She is a lawyer who has been working at the intersection of AI, justice and law for the last 2 years and has been leading the building of Natural Language Processing models, generative AI stacks and a robust community of Justice AI innovators and entrepreneurs.

Atreyo Banerjee, Weaver at Agami

Atreyo is a lawyer, an amateur athlete and a social gadfly. At Agami, Atreyo works on the OpenNyAI Mission which leverages the power of AI and develops public goods to accelerate innovation in justice systems. Before Agami, he worked as a litigator in Delhi and has also extensively worked on issues of climate change, citizenship and statelessness in India. A lover of wild and open landscapes, outside of work he is always trying to move more and live his way into answers.
Atreyo completed his BA.LLB degree from NUJS, Kolkata and holds an LLM in ‘Law and Development’ from Azim Premji University, Bangalore.

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Published

2024-01-18

How to Cite

Gupta, S., & Banerjee, A. (2024). AI, Justice, and the Ecosystem Approach – Notes from the OpenNyAI Mission. Social Innovations Journal, 23. Retrieved from https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7121

Issue

Vol. 23 (2024): Social Entrepreneurs Leveraging and Shaping Artificial Intelligence

Section

Equity and Justice

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