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The Evidentiary Admissibility of AI-Generated Evidence
Quick fact
In the United States, there is no specific law governing AI evidence, but courts apply the same rules that were written long before AI existed—and judges have already ruled in several cases that deepfakes cannot be admitted without rigorous authentication, even leading to sanctions on parties who submitted them.
Why this is interesting
You've seen deepfakes that look impossibly real. But if a deepfake video ends up as evidence in a court case, can the court even use it?