Deepfake Executives, Created Via Depositions, Pose Grave Threat (Bloomberg Law)

In their Bloomberg Law article, Goodwin partner Sabrina Rose-Smith and counsel Elizabeth Tucci explain that videotaped depositions have long been a routine feature of modern litigation — efficient, reliable, and strategically useful for impeachment and settlement leverage. Video testimony has become especially common for high-profile executives and public officials. What was once considered a routine evidentiary record, however, has the potential to become something else: high-quality source material for increasingly accessible generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. AI has made deepfakes — convincingly realistic fabricated videos — faster, cheaper, and more accessible than ever. Only a few years ago, creating a credible deepfake required substantial audio and video footage. That threshold has dropped steadily. Researchers and developers have demonstrated that increasingly minimal samples — sometimes just seconds of audio and a single image — can be sufficient to generate persuasive results. Widely available and low-cost tools have made this capability available to virtually anyone.

Read the full analysis: “Deepfake Executives, Created Via Depositions, Pose Grave Threat” (Bloomberg Law)