The aim of the present article is to analyze the Russian experience of using digital technologies in law and legal risks of artificial intelligence (AI). The result of the present research is the author's conclusion on the necessity of the practical implementation of legal provisions in this area, and their judicial enforcement in federal subjects with the aim of compliance with international standards of human rights. The authors concluded that in the Russian Federation, there is no normative and technical regulation of the process of destruction of personal data, which creates serious problems for operators. The research methodology based on general scientific and private scientific methods of cognition (the dialectical method, methods of analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction, comparative legal and historical legal methods). Moreover, the range of legislative and law enforcement problems in the field of using AI technology is very extensive. For this reason, the authors of the article used the methodology for collecting data on legislative acts and legal regulation in the field under research. A number of federal and regional legal acts were analyzed using systemic-structural and formal-dogmatic methods, including the research of their practical orientation and effectiveness for modern challenges. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2020.