The Connected Cup

Artificial intelligence for child protection: looking back on the Connected Cup

Taking part in the Connected Cup gave us the opportunity to present and explore an innovative idea: how artificial intelligence (AI) can become a lever for fairness and rigour in child protection.

Making sure the legal criteria and the child’s interests are respected

In court decisions concerning minors, an assessment based on the best interests of the child demands absolute rigour. This is why we highlighted the use of AI tools built on specific, methodical assessment grids.

In practice, the aim is to be able to submit a ruling to an AI programmed with these criteria, so that it checks:

• Strict adherence to the legal and psychosocial assessment grid.
• That the best interests of the child were genuinely taken into account at every stage of the judgment.

An objective aid for review and oversight

The idea is not to replace human judgment or the role of judges, but to have an impartial tool for analysis, oversight and early warning. Because it processes data quickly and applies strict criteria, AI can detect possible gaps, omissions or inconsistencies in how protection rules are applied.