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New York Court, Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels deepfake (Apr 2025)
Jerome Dewald used an AI-generated avatar from Tavus in a legal appeal without informing the court. Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels rebuked him for misleading the court. The AI avatar presented Dewald's oral…
- Incident date
- Apr 2025
- Target
- New York Court, Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Jerome Dewald used an AI-generated avatar from Tavus in a legal appeal without informing the court. Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels rebuked him for misleading the court. The AI avatar presented Dewald's oral argument, but the courtroom was unaware that the video contents were artificially generated.