Officer, it wasn't me - my AI did it!
"It wasn't me. My AI did it." That defense is coming, and the way AI agents work right now, it might hold up. Ovie Carroll, SANS instructor and career federal cybercrime investigator, ran the test that shows why: an AI agent edited a Word document and left none of the records that usually show a per
"It wasn't me. My AI did it." That defense is coming, and the way AI agents work right now, it might hold up. Ovie Carroll, SANS instructor and career federal cybercrime investigator, ran the test that shows why: an AI agent edited a Word document and left none of the records that usually show a person did it. He calls the defense SAIDI, the successor to SODDI, some other dude did it.
Full breakdown in my Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2026/07/06/my-ai-did-it-is-the-next-courtroom-excuse-and-it-might-actually-work/
I'm Lars Daniel, digital forensics expert and Forbes contributor. I examine digital evidence for court cases and teach+ testify about what I find.
