AI video mocks federal judge who is leading efforts to combat deepfakes
A federal judge in New York who is developing rules to help combat deepfakes in the courtroom said on Thursday that he now has become the target of artificial intelligence-generated synthetic media.
A federal judge in New York who is developing rules to help combat deepfakes in the courtroom said on Thursday that he now has become the target of artificial intelligence-generated synthetic media.
Judge Jesse M. Furman of the Southern District of New York, who chairs the federal judiciary’s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules, revealed that an AI video from social media portrays him as a Nazi who sentences a private equity executive to prison for his political views, according to a story from Law360.
“If you search for me on Twitter, you will find a deepfake of me,” Furman reportedly said during a meeting, in which he also provided an update on his committee’s efforts to create new AI rules. “After I sentenced somebody two weeks ago, somebody posted a video of me dressed in Nazi garb.”
An X user named Terry Newsome posted the video in May, the same day that Furman sentenced private equity businessman Michael Castillero to 11 years in prison for fraud, according to Law360. “With the power vested in me by Barack Hussein Obama, I sentence you to prison for being a Republican,” the AI version of Furman reportedly says in the video.
Law360 could not reach Furman, who was nominated to the bench by former President Barack Obama, for additional comments.
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