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AI Synthetic Witness Testimony: Why Bans Exist
Why jurisdictions are banning AI-fabricated witnesses and what counts as crossing the line.
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- 1The premise
- 2synthetic witness
- 3perjury
- 4rule 403
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Section 1
The premise
Generating a fictitious person to testify, even for illustration, can constitute fabrication of evidence and unfairly prejudice juries.
What AI does well here
- Draft clearly-labeled demonstrative animations
- Summarize real witness statements verbatim
- Flag content that simulates a person speaking
What AI cannot do
- Speak as a real witness
- Reproduce an absent person's voice for the record
- Decide what is unfairly prejudicial
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