{"id":114141,"date":"2020-10-11T00:53:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T07:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/australia-wants-ai-to-handle-divorces-heres-why"},"modified":"2020-10-11T00:53:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T07:53:51","slug":"australia-wants-ai-to-handle-divorces-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/australia-wants-ai-to-handle-divorces-heres-why","title":{"rendered":"Australia wants AI to handle divorces \u2014 here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/australia-wants-ai-to-handle-divorces-heres-why2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An online app called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amica.gov.au\/about-amica.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amica<\/a> is now using artificial intelligence to help separating couples make parenting arrangements and divide their assets.<\/p>\n<p>For many people, the coronavirus pandemic has put even the strongest of relationships to the test. A May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relationships.org.au\/what-we-do\/research\/online-survey\/MaySurveyResults.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">survey<\/a> conducted by Relationships Australia found 42% of 739 respondents experienced a negative change in their relationship with their partner under lockdown restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>There has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/jun\/18\/post-lockdown-divorce-jump-in-number-of-australian-couples-seeking-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a surge<\/a> in the number of couples seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/number-of-couples-seeking-separation-advice-soars-during-lockdown-20200605-p54zzf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">separation advice<\/a>. The Australian government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attorneygeneral.gov.au\/media\/media-releases\/new-amica-online-service-assist-couples-separate-amicably-30-june-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">backed<\/a> the use of Amica for those in such circumstances. The chatbot uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make suggestions for how splitting couples can divide their money and property based on their circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online app called Amica is now using artificial intelligence to help separating couples make parenting arrangements and divide their assets. For many people, the coronavirus pandemic has put even the strongest of relationships to the test. A May survey conducted by Relationships Australia found 42% of 739 respondents experienced a negative change in their [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1490,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-government","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}