Mealey's International Arbitration Report recently asked industry experts and leaders for their thoughts on the American Arbitration Association's Interna tional Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR) announcement of the launch of an AI arbitrator for use in construction arbitration. Consent remains the cornerstone, as users decide whether to utilize AI Arbitrator, and both parties must opt-in. But an AI arbitrator may not be able to determine the relative weight to give to contradictory or unreliable documents. The process intends to enhance efficiency by augmenting human arbitration with AI—it is not (as least yet) a standalone "AI arbitrator." Wilkes, Membiela and Haueisen: The AAA-ICDR's new AI Arbitrator is a voluntary "analytical tool"1 for documents-only construction disputes.

Source: International New York Times January 20, 2026 15:38 UTC