A defendant tried to use an AI avatar in a legal appeal. It didn't work

“I don’t appreciate being misled,” said a New York judge after seeing an AI avatar used to represent a defendant.

A defendant in a New York appeals court has been slammed by a judge for using an artificial intelligence avatar to represent himself in a recent case. 

A New York appeals court faced an unusual situation in late March when Jerome Dewald, representing himself in an employment dispute, submitted an AI-generated avatar to present his legal arguments via video, a livestream of the hearing shows. 

It’s the latest example of artificial intelligence tools trickling their way into courtrooms. 

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