The integration of
artificial intelligence (AI) into international arbitration raises significant
public policy challenges, particularly when AI is used to render arbitral
awards autonomously. This paper evaluates the enforceability of AI-generated
awards under the 1958 New York Convention (NYC), with particular emphasis on
the public policy exception and associated due-process guarantees. It discusses
three principal concerns: namely, the requirement that arbitrators be natural
persons, the necessity of reasoned awards, and the risk of algorithmic bias
compromising impartiality and fairness. Drawing on comparative jurisprudence
and emerging soft-law guidance, the analysis demonstrates that, although party
autonomy may in principle accommodate technological innovation, prevailing
legal frameworks present significant obstacles to recognition and enforcement.