2025-11-21 20:33:04.822778+01 by Dan Lyke 5 comments
AI-generated evidence is showing up in court. Judges say they're not ready.
The case, Mendones v. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., appears to be one of the first instances in which a suspected deepfake was submitted as purportedly authentic evidence in court and detected — a sign, judges and legal experts said, of a much larger threat.
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#Comment Re: Deepfakes being presented as evidence made: 2025-11-23 00:35:42.695465+01 by: markd
Isn't that kind of stuff like perjury or contempt of court or that kind of thing?
#Comment Re: Deepfakes being presented as evidence made: 2025-11-23 10:58:41.3546+01 by: spc476
If it isn't now, I suspect it will be.
#Comment Re: Deepfakes being presented as evidence made: 2025-11-26 21:07:45.158018+01 by: Dan Lyke
I'd think it would be, although it'd take getting a prosecutor on board, I think. I am not up on legal procedure.
But I'm also shocked by the slaps on the wrists that have accompanied making up court citations and stuff via AI. I'd think that that sort of thing would be like automatic disbarment, and not fines on the order of a few billable hours.
#Comment Re: Deepfakes being presented as evidence made: 2025-11-27 10:11:58.11417+01 by: spc476
I could see a series of increasing punishments---the first being a large fine, the second having the case dismissed with prejudice or maybe jail time for contempt of court, and the third being disbarring.
#Comment Re: Deepfakes being presented as evidence made: 2025-11-30 00:38:16.884757+01 by: meuon
Very large fine and contempt charges. They should be checking their sources.
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