{"id":6820,"date":"2025-11-19T18:24:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/judge-horrified-lawyers-submit-ai-evidence\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T18:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:24:46","slug":"judge-horrified-lawyers-submit-ai-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/judge-horrified-lawyers-submit-ai-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Horrified as Lawyers Submit Evidence in Court That Was Faked With AI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawyers across the country have been landing themselves in hot water<\/a> for submitting botched court documents written with the help of AI, in blunders that were clear signs of the tech\u2019s rapid inroads into the courtroom.<\/p>\n

But it was only a matter of time before AI wasn\u2019t just producing clerical errors, but actual submitted \u201cevidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what recently played out in a California court over a housing dispute \u2014 and it didn\u2019t end well for the AI-fielding party.<\/p>\n

As NBC News <\/em>reports<\/a>, the plaintiffs in the case, Mendones v. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc, submitted a strange video<\/a> that was supposed to be witness testimony. In it, the witness\u2019s face is fuzzy and barely animated. Aside from the rare blink, the only noticeable movement comes from her flapping lips, while the rest of her expression remains unchanged. There\u2019s also a jarring cut, after which the movements repeat themselves.<\/p>\n

In other words, it was obviously an AI deepfake. And according to the reporting, it might be one of the first documented instances of a deepfake being submitted as purportedly authentic evidence in court \u2014 or at least one that was caught.<\/p>\n

Judges have had little patience for AI making a mockery of their profession<\/a>, and the one on this case, judge Victoria Kolakowski, wasn\u2019t having any of it, either. Kolakowski dismissed the case on September 9, citing the AI-generated witness testimony. The plaintiffs filed a motion for reconsideration, arguing that Kolakowski failed to prove that their incredibly janky deepfake was the creation of AI. Their request was denied on November 6.<\/p>\n

Kolakowski says her profession is only just beginning to grapple with AI. The release of OpenAI\u2019s video generating AI app, Sora 2, was a wakeup call for just how easily convincing video evidence could be faked, as users quickly found that they could create realistic videos of people committing crimes<\/a> like shoplifting. Creating deepfakes may have once required some degree of technical knowhow, but now, anyone with a smartphone and a prompt could spit them out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe judiciary in general is aware that big changes are happening and want to understand AI, but I don\u2019t think anybody has figured out the full implications,\u201d Kolakowski told NBC<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re still dealing with a technology in its infancy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among judges and other legal experts interviewed by NBC<\/em>, there seems to be two prevailing schools of thought on how to deal with AI. One argues that we should get ahead of the AI threat by updating judicial rules, such as instituting guidelines that dictate how lawyers verify their evidence, or having it so it\u2019s the judge\u2019s rather than the jury\u2019s duty to identify AI fakery. But the other camp maintains that we should leave it up to the judges to figure it out among themselves, and see if an apocalypse of AI-forged evidence really comes to pass.<\/p>\n

Right now, the latter sentiment is informing official policy. In May, NBC <\/em>noted, the US Judicial Conference\u2019s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules rejected proposals to update the guidance on AI, arguing that \u201cexisting standards of authenticity are up to the task of regulating AI evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The committee signaled it was open to instituting these changes in the future, which could take years, but in the meantime, AI will run rampant in courtrooms, and likely under most of our noses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think AI-generated fake or modified evidence is happening much more frequently than is reported publicly,\u201d judge Erica Yew, a member of California\u2019s Santa Clara County Superior Court, told NBC<\/em>.<\/p>\n

More on AI in law:<\/strong> Judge Blasts Lawyer Caught Using ChatGPT in Divorce Court, Orders Him to Take Remedial Law Classes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Judge Horrified as Lawyers Submit Evidence in Court That Was Faked With AI<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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