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Type
Judicial Branch
AI projects
9
classified in the catalog
Latest verification cut
Institutional source
Official website
verified adoptions
3
under review
2
ecosystem records
4

Counts are derived from the current catalog records, not from a figure declared by the institution.

Executive summary

The catalog confirms a document-classification pilot, a machine-learning budget model and the use of Nymiz. ChatbotPJ and the CONAMAJ chat remain under review. OIJ–TEC research, rulings analysis, Continuous Disbursement and the First Chamber induction are retained as context without counting them as adopted AI systems.

AI projects (9)

All initiatives associated with this institution, ordered by evidence layer and verification cut.

Verified adoptionOperational

Verified:

Anonymization with Nymiz

Artificial-intelligence tool implemented by the Judicial Branch to depersonalize rulings and protect sensitive data. The institution identifies Nymiz as the platform used and documents its application in the process.

Initiative type
AI component
Operational start

Verified adoptionPilot

Verified:

Document classification for debt collection

Judicial Branch pilot plan to automatically classify documents received by the Specialized Debt Collection Court of Pérez Zeledón. The official source confirms the use of artificial intelligence and reports faster case processing.

Initiative type
AI system
Pilot start

Verified adoptionOperational

Verified:

ML model for budget execution forecasting

Machine-learning model used by the Judicial Branch to predict budget execution from its historical behavior. The institution’s 2019 accountability report documents its use and associated savings.

Initiative type
AI system
Operational start

Initiatives under reviewOperational

Verified:

ChatbotPJ: citizen virtual assistant

Judicial Branch virtual assistant for frequently asked questions about procedures and services. Its operation and usage volume are documented, but public sources do not identify the technique used.

Initiative type
AI system
Operational start

Initiatives under reviewProof of concept

Verified:

CONAMAJ AI chat for judicial facilitators

Language-model chat presented by CONAMAJ to support judicial facilitators with queries and legal guidance. The source confirms its existence and demonstration, but not an operational deployment with measured users.

Initiative type
AI system
Announcement

Ecosystem and capabilitiesIn development

Verified:

OIJ–TEC AI research for criminal analysis

Active research and development project between OIJ and the Costa Rica Institute of Technology to create image-recognition, automatic case-categorization and location-based incident-prediction systems using machine learning and deep learning.

Initiative type
Research
First evidence

Ecosystem and capabilitiesOperational

Verified:

AI analysis of Constitutional Chamber rulings

Research project by UCR’s Legal Research Institute and the State of the Nation Program. Since 2020 it has developed a standardized database, thematic classification and automated analysis of Constitutional Chamber rulings for academic research.

Initiative type
Research
First evidence

Ecosystem and capabilitiesOperational

Verified:

Continuous Disbursement System

Judicial Branch system that automates lower-value judicial deposit disbursements. The institutional source confirms its operation and results but does not identify an artificial-intelligence technique.

Initiative type
Digitization without confirmed AI
Operational start

Ecosystem and capabilitiesIn development

Verified:

First Chamber induction on the use of AI to support decision-making

The First Chamber of the Supreme Court states that it is in an induction process on the use of prompts so that artificial intelligence tools can support decision-making with greater speed and certainty, drawing on international experience. This is a preparation and training stage: no system, vendor or deployment has been announced.

Initiative type
Capacity-building program
First evidence

Evidence reading

Portfolio breadth is not the same as the number of operational AI systems. Separating automation, research, training and confirmed systems prevents AI or results from being attributed to initiatives that the sources do not connect.