Ticket-fighting robots.

• Author: Thomas, Alex
• Position: Briefly Noted - DoNotPay online program to appeal traffic tickets - Brief article

Described as "the world's first robot lawyer," DoNotPay is a free online program that helps drivers appeal traffic tickets by walking them through drafting appeal letters.

Using artificial intelligence, a chatbot asks users a series of questions to select the appeal most likely to actually get the ticket overturned.

While this service is only available to citizens of New York City and London right now, drivers there are already benefiting handsomely from it. According to British newspaper The Guardian, DoNotPay has a success rate of 64 percent, and has aided in squashing over $4 million...