Initiative file / Judicial
First Chamber induction on the use of AI to support decision-making
Evidence record v2
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- Institution
- Judicial Branch
- Editorial classification
- Ecosystem and capabilities
- Initiative type
- Capacity-building program
- Documented phase
- In development
- Relationship to AI in the source
- AI declared, technique not published
- Execution evidence
- Confirmed
- First evidence
- Last verified
- Next review: Feb 19, 2027
Documented scope
What it is
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.
Objective stated by the institution
Train First Chamber staff in prompting AI tools for support.
Known timeline
Only milestones with an explicit date in the sources or editorial review are shown.
- First evidence
- Latest editorial verification
- Next scheduled review
Evidence reading
Each dimension is assessed separately. Undetermined marks an evidence gap; not applicable means the dimension does not correspond to the documented object.
What is confirmed
Confirmed evidence is detailed in the matrix and documented results; there are no additional notes in this field.
What could not be determined
- No system, vendor, deployment schedule or metrics were announced.
Documented results
Results are published only when a source traceably attributes them to this initiative.
No public results attributable to this initiative were found in the current review.
Evidence matrix
Sources and traceability
Sources state which claims they support, their origin and the date on which they were consulted.
- [1]First Chamber reduces pending cases and mentions an AI induction process
- Publisher
- Poder Judicial de Costa Rica
- Source type
- Official primary source
- Published
- Consulted
Supports: existence · stated objective · execution
Open questions
No additional open questions were recorded in the current review.
Context
The source documents an induction process, not an AI system. The case reduction in the release title predates the training and is not attributed to it.
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