AVA and the Courts: What Can We Learn from Alaska’s Bold Experiment with Artificial Intelligence?

Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast Episode February 17th, 2026 Alaska has quietly become a brave path-finder incourt-based artificial intelligence. Last month, the state released the Alaska Virtual Assistant (AVA), an AI chatbot designed to help court users navigate the probate court system. The path to launch, however, was anything but smooth.Delays piled up, expectations collided with reality, and…