Deepfakes and AI in the Courtroom: Report Calls for Legal Reforms to Address a Troubling Trend

From cell phone footage to bodycam and surveillance clips, U.S. courtrooms are awash with video these days, with more than 80% of court cases hinging to some degree on video evidence.But in the age of artificial intelligence, the legal system is ill-prepared to distinguish deep fakes from real footage and handle other AI-enhanced evidence equitably, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder-led report.