Deepfake case study · Video
New York Court System deepfake (Apr 2025)
Jerome Dewald used an AI-generated avatar named James in a New York courtroom to argue his civil appeals case. The judges rejected it, finding that he had not disclosed that the video was not a real person.
- Incident date
- Apr 2025
- Target
- New York Court System
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Jerome Dewald used an AI-generated avatar named James in a New York courtroom to argue his civil appeals case. The judges rejected it, finding that he had not disclosed that the video was not a real person.