{"id":905065,"date":"2025-11-26T15:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=905065"},"modified":"2025-11-26T15:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:39:08","slug":"artificial-intelligence-generated-evidence-reaches-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/artificial-intelligence-generated-evidence-reaches-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-Generated Evidence Reaches Courts, Judges Sound Alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riskandinsurance.com\">Risk &amp; Insurance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>A California judge detected and dismissed<\/strong> what appears to be the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/artifical-intelligence-impact-on-construction-litigation\/\">AI<\/a> deepfake video submitted as authentic evidence in a housing dispute, signaling a looming crisis for the justice system, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.riskandinsurance.com\/eqyszhjjyybfryvdftcclfvhdcfplcvvppkhqbtthdqdd_xhddvccdjhtdjbhjhhbgg.html?a=1299173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NBC News<\/a>. <br><br><strong>The big picture:<\/strong> Judges and legal experts warn that increasingly sophisticated AI tools capable of creating convincing fake videos, images and audio could fundamentally erode trust in courtrooms. Yet the judicial system lacks adequate rules and detection methods to combat the threat. <br><br><strong>Zoom in:<\/strong> Judge Victoria Kolakowski noticed something wrong with Exhibit 6C in <em>Mendonez vs. Cushman &amp; Wakefield Inc.<\/em> \u2014 a witness whose voice was monotone and face fuzzy, with repetitive twitching movements. <br>&#8211; The video\u2019s metadata revealed it was captured on an iPhone 6, though the plaintiffs\u2019 case required features only available on iPhone 15 or newer. <br>&#8211; Kolakowski dismissed the case Sept. 9, marking what appears to be the first detected deepfake submitted as real evidence in court. <br><br><strong>What they\u2019re saying:<\/strong> \u201cI think there are a lot of judges in fear that they\u2019re going to make a decision based on something that\u2019s not real, something AI-generated, and it\u2019s going to have real impacts on someone&#8217;s life,\u201d Judge Stoney Hiljus of Minnesota\u2019s 10th Judicial District said. <br><br>\u201cI am not aware of any repository where courts can report or memorialize their encounters with deep-fake evidence,\u201d said Judge Erica Yew of California\u2019s Santa Clara County Superior Court. \u201cI think AI-generated fake or modified evidence is happening much more frequently than is reported publicly.\u201d <br><br><strong>State of play:<\/strong> The U.S. Judicial Conference\u2019s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules considered proposals in May requiring parties to substantiate deepfake allegations but declined to approve them, arguing existing authenticity standards suffice. <br><br><strong>The takeaway:<\/strong> Courts face mounting pressure to adapt authentication standards as AI democratizes the ability to create convincing fake evidence that could corrupt the judicial fact-finding process.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risk &amp; Insurance A California judge detected and dismissed what appears to be the first AI deepfake video submitted as authentic evidence in a housing dispute, signaling a looming crisis for the justice system, according to NBC News. The big picture: Judges and legal experts warn that increasingly sophisticated AI tools capable of creating convincing&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/artificial-intelligence-generated-evidence-reaches-courts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI-Generated Evidence Reaches Courts, Judges Sound Alarm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[172],"tags":[9895,11331,27],"class_list":["post-905065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-law-2","tag-advise-consult","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-construction-law","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AI-Generated Evidence Reaches Courts, Judges Sound Alarm - Advise &amp; 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