Summary: Reality Is Melting as Lawyers Claim Real Videos Are Deepfakes

“But this much is clear — the ‘deepfake defense’ is a new challenge to our legal system’s adversarial process and truth-seeking function.”

In the midst of all that destabilization, we should expect to see more lawyers reaching for the “deepfake defense” in the near future.

Delfino argues lawyers are using these objects to “exploit juror bias and skepticism about what is real,” which is a troubling development considering the current guidance was “developed before the advent of deepfake technology.”

“As the public becomes more aware of the idea that video and audio can be convincingly faked, some will try to escape accountability for their actions by denouncing authentic video and audio as deepfakes,” they wrote in a 2018 law review paper.

As generative AI-powered tools make it easier than ever before to synthesize the voices and faces of public figures, lawyers are trying to seize the opportunity to undermine the very foundation of a shared factual reality.

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Reality Is Melting as Lawyers Claim Real Videos Are Deepfakes

Generative AI-powered tools are making it easy to create deepfakes — and lawyers are trying to seize the moment as an opportunity.

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