Artificial intelligence and robotics
AI video mocks federal judge spearheading fight against deepfakes
Judge Jesse M. Fuhrman of the Southern District of New York depicted him as a Nazi in a fake AI video from social media. (Screenshot image of X post)
A New York federal judge who is developing rules to help combat deepfakes in courtrooms said Thursday that he himself has been targeted by synthetic media generated by artificial intelligence.
According to an article in Law360, Judge Jesse M. Fuhrman of the Southern District of New York, who chairs the U.S. Department of Justice’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence, revealed that an AI video from social media depicts him as a Nazi sentencing private equity executives to prison for their political views.
“If you search for me on Twitter, you’ll find my deepfakes,” Furman reportedly said during the meeting, where he also provided an update on the committee’s efforts to create new AI rules. “After I sentenced someone two weeks ago, someone posted a video of me in a Nazi costume.”
According to Law360, an X user named Terry Newsome posted the video in May, the same day Fuhrman sentenced private equity tycoon Michael Castillero to 11 years in prison for fraud. “I am using the power granted to me by Barack Hussein Obama to sentence you to prison for being a Republican,” the AI version of Furman reportedly said in the video.
Law360 was unable to reach Furman, who was appointed to the bench by former President Barack Obama, for additional comment.
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