Criminal law aspects of the use of artificial intelligence in socially significant decision-making

The relevance is due to the rapidly progressing development of artificial intelligence technologies and their active implementation in the most important areas of social activity, including justice, healthcare, education and public process management. This creates an objective need to rethink traditional criminal law approaches and develop special legal norms that take into account the specifics of machine learning algorithms and processing large amounts of data. Purpose. Research of criminal law aspects of the use of artificial intelligence in the process of making socially significant decisions, identification of threats to the social rights of citizens caused by the use of AI technologies, as well as substantiation of proposals for improving Russian criminal legislation. Objective: assess the need to rethink traditional criminal law approaches in light of the emergence of new forms of illegal activity involving the use of machine learning algorithms and big data processing; identify the main threats and risks to citizens' rights and freedoms associated with the use of AI, such as cyberattacks, AI manipulation, and violations of confidentiality and privacy; justify the importance of developing mechanisms for legal protection and oversight of the use of AI technologies to prevent violations of constitutional guarantees and ensure citizen safety. Methodology. The article uses an integrated approach, including an analysis of normative legal acts and judicial practice, a dogmatic method, a comparative analysis, and a qualitative analysis of court cases. Results. The obtained results indicate the existence of significant legal gaps and uncertainties in current legislation regarding liability for social violations committed through AI technologies. Conclusions. The modern legal system requires supplementing with criminal law provisions aimed at protecting citizens from potential abuses of AI technologies, including mechanisms for monitoring and preventing unlawful interference in social activities.