 Rittenhouse lawyer claims iPad pinch-to-zoom uses AI to fake video footage
I watched this live. This is a standard objection in any criminal proceeding when digital evidence is introduced. The defense admitted he doesn’t know what he’s talking about (he kept saying “logarithm” when he meant “algorithm”) but asserted a well established precedent that requires digital evidence be accompanied by affidavits of its authenticity, especially in a context where it is being enhanced (magnification is enhancement). What I don’t like about this coverage is that it ignores the much more salient fact that the prosecution has utterly collapsed in the last two days. The prosecution witnesses have explicitly endorsed Kyle’s self defense theory and the prosecution has obviously acted in bad faith since.