(HEAD TOPICS) The number of unresolved cases from the Supreme Court down to the lower courts has reached nearly one million.The number of pending cases was disclosed by Senate finance committee chairperson Grace Poe as she defended the proposed 2025 budget of the Judiciary on the Senate plenary on Monday.It was Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada who inquired about the number of cases that remain pending from the lower courts up to the highest tribunal.
This, he said, should be addressed by the Judiciary even with the use of computers.While raising the idea, Pimentel warned against relying on artificial intelligence, which is currently being tapped by the courts to expedite the resolution of cases.”I don’t want anybody to be convicted by AI,” Pimentel joked and clarified that the courts have “no plans of using AI when it comes to adjudicating cases.