TRANSLATED INTERCEPT EVIDENCE: A Role for Artificial Intelligence This article explores the layers of interpretation that may apply when translated intercept evidence is used in court and discusses how AI may be used to improve the reliability of this type of evidence in criminal trials. By David Gilbert A rtificial intelligence (AI) platforms are rapidly developing and providing ready access to increasingly reliable machine translations. However, while machine translation may provide a cost-effective means of language transfer in many areas of society, AI platforms are not yet capable of replacing interpreters and translators performing specialized legal tasks. One such task is producing translations from covertly intercepted telephone calls for evidentiary purposes. Translated intercept evidence (TIE), a product of the practice of forensic transcription/translation, is used in court to prove a fact in issue (i.e., a fact that's essential to prove or disprove a claim made in the legal proceedings).1 It's not uncommon for complications to arise when the accuracy of TIE is disputed in court. This article explores the layers of interpretation that may apply when TIE is used in court and discusses how AI may be used to improve the reliability of this type of evidence in criminal trials. A brief comparative analysis between human and machine translation demonstrates that machine translation may 18 The ATA Chronicle | November/December 2024 www.atanet.orghttp://www.atanet.org