Article written by Shannon Bond, via https://www.npr.org on 08 May 2023
People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes.
The family’s lawyers cited that 2016 claim, along with others Musk has made about Tesla’s self-driving software.
“Put simply: a skeptical public will be primed to doubt the authenticity of real audio and video evidence,” Chesney and Citron wrote.
So far, courts aren’t buying claims of deepfaked evidenceIn Musk’s case, the judge did not buy his lawyers’ claims.
In fact, Pfefferkorn thinks as AI technology proliferates, it’s more likely that courts will confront accusations of fakery against real evidence than attempts to introduce fake evidence.