Legal Cheek
The claimant in a New York employment dispute was reportedly given short shrift after attempting to use an AI-generated avatar to argue his case before a court.
According to AP News, Jerome Dewald submitted a video to present his oral argument. But when Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels invited the court to play it, the five-judge bench quickly realised that the counsel introducing Dewald’s case wasn’t a real person — it was an AI-generated avatar.
“May it please the court,” began Dewald’s cyber counsel — a “man” speaking in uncanny tones, “I come here today a humble pro se before a panel of five distinguished justices.”
A baffled Manzanet-Daniels composed herself before questioning Dewald. “Is that counsel for the case?”
“I generated that. That is not a real person,” Dewald replied.
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