Seeing is no longer believing: why physical witnesses matter more in the age of AI-generated content

Tesla gathered a live audience to prove that its vehicle demonstration was not generated by artificial intelligence. Synthetic media can now show events that never happened, meaning visual recordings no longer serve as self-standing proof. Legal thinkers and investigators must now rely on human presence and provenance to establish facts.

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