Artificial Intelligence in the Judiciary System of Saudi Arabia: A Literature Review

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the prominent technological developments in the 21st century. It has gained application in diverse fields, including healthcare, agriculture, and manufacturing. Like other global countries, Saudi Arabia has accelerated its efforts to develop AI. This study aims to investigate AI techniques’ influence on the Saudi judiciary system and determine possible future developments. The study was a literature review of 10 different international and Saudi Arabia publications on Artificial Intelligence in the Judiciary System using related titles, terms, and abstracts. The findings revealed that AI techniques are promising developments in the judiciary. Research evidence supports that augmenting human expertise with appropriate AI techniques like machine learning, text mining, NLP, and machine interpretation can improve efficiency, effectiveness, accuracy, transparency, and fairness in judicial processes. However, the studies focusing on AI applications in the Saudi judicial system are also limited. Despite the limited research, with inferences from the findings from studies in other contexts. AI is a promising development that can improve the Saudi judiciary system. Although these findings provide insight, they are inferential and not an accurate explanation of the influence of AI on the Saudi judicial system. Such gaps call for future studies to determine the influence of AI on the judicial system within the Saudi context.