OpenAI told US judges it sees no future way to detect AI images.
OpenAI and Meta spoke on Thursday to the federal judiciary's panel that writes the rules of evidence. An OpenAI lawyer said AI images keep improving and she expects no scientific way to detect them. The panel is weighing a rule on disputed fakes, but only 15 of 931 surveyed judges have faced one.
Why it mattersPhotos, videos and recordings are core evidence in custody fights, accidents and crimes. If detection fails, courts may trust a recording only when they know who made and kept it.
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