Digital forensics expert & expert witness · The Forbes digital forensics columnist
Police jailed a woman for five months based on an inaccurate AI facial recognition match. Here's how the technology works and why the real failure is human, not machine.
YouTube can now detect deepfakes at scale. Here is what that means for your business and your liability.
AI-generated audio is no longer just a consumer scam problem. It is an evidence crisis that courts, insurers and businesses are not prepared for.
Cellebrite’s 2026 Industry Trends Report found that 97% of investigators now identify smartphones as their primary source of digital evidence. The report surveyed 1,200 practitioners in 63 countries. Two years ago that figure was 73%. If you’re an attorney who hasn’t had to grapple with cell phone e
With 97% of investigations now involving cell phones, attorneys and businesses who aren't prepared to handle mobile device evidence risk falling behind.
A claims adjuster reviews damage photos. A detective examines cell phone video. A family law attorney presents screenshots in a custody hearing. None of them can confirm with certainty that what they're looking at is real.
Samsung's AI camera alters photos before they're saved, and witnesses are authenticating those images under oath without knowing.
AI-detection tools are bad at telling real from fake images, and most people can't spot AI videos. Here's how to prove digital evidence is real when it matters most.
A wrongful murder conviction exposed how unprepared courts are to evaluate video evidence. AI has made that crisis impossible to ignore.
You can't trust photos or videos anymore—insurance scams, court battles and police cases hang in the balance. Digital forensics has never been more critical.
Rented a car. Took a picture of it in the lot. Totally clean. Uploaded that photo to Grok and told it to add damage. 30 seconds.
