'My AI Did It' Is The Next Courtroom Excuse—And It Might Actually Work
'It wasn't me. The agent did it.' AI agents can use a computer like a ghost or just like you. A digital forensics expert on proving whether you or the AI touched the file.
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'It wasn't me. The agent did it.' AI agents can use a computer like a ghost or just like you. A digital forensics expert on proving whether you or the AI touched the file.
GenAI has ruined trust because anyone can make fraudulent media (like photos, videos, audio) with little to no technical skill or cost.
A police officer allegedly used AI to fabricate evidence. The deeper problem is that no one kept the original recording to catch it. Here is the fix.
Why catching deepfake video calls belongs on your device—not in the cloud.
How did a deepfake indict an innocent person in federal court without anyone catching it? The first federal survey of judges on deepfake challenges just dropped.
New research shows ChatGPT can forge receipt numbers so convincingly that humans, forensic tools, and even ChatGPT itself cannot tell the fakes from originals.
Digital forensics is the only reliable answer to deepfakes—it's also being weaponized to drive litigation costs.
Google moved Location History to users' phones in 2024, ending the geofence pipeline. The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on a case from before the cutover.
The Judicial AI Consortium is free, judges-only, and run by three sitting judges. About 200 have joined. The evidence landing in courtrooms says that is not enough.
Class members whose Social Security numbers were exposed in the September 2024 Constar Financial Services and Empereon Marketing breach have until May 1 to file.
Read my full article at Forbes about how deepfakes and covert coaching are changing how depositions have to be run in the United States:
Former employees and dependents whose Social Security and medical data were exposed in the 2022 Tangoe breach can file for up to $5,750 before June 3, 2026.