An artificial intelligence-generated avatar was the source of contempt inside a New York courtroom after judges quickly realized the attorney arguing a case in front of them was not real.
The scene unfolded as Jerome Dewald, a plaintiff in an employment dispute, approached the stand of the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division's First Judicial Department on March 26.
"The appellant has submitted a video for his argument," Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels said. "We will hear that video now."
The screen powered on, displaying a handsome young man wearing a button-down shirt, seemingly sitting in a home office.
