The creator of a chatbot which overturned more than 160,000 parking fines and helped vulnerable people apply for emergency housing is now turning the bot to helping refugees claim asylum. Browder says this new functionality for his robot lawyer is “long overdue”. After this, it takes down the necessary details required for the appropriate asylum application – an I-589 for the United States or a Canadian Asylum Application for Canada. The 20-year-old chose Facebook Messenger as a home for the latest incarnation of his robot lawyer because of accessibility. She said: “As an immigration attorney, I can see the major benefits that leveraging sophisticated chatbot technology will have in the asylum application process.

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2017 11:48 UTC