AI-generated attorney outrages judge who scolds man over courtroom fake: 'not a real person'

A panel of New York judges condemned Jerome Dewald's use of an artificial intelligence-generated avatar as his attorney during an appearance in court on March 26. 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."