Flag candidate synthetic or altered items in a production set
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From a permitted production, list items with missing metadata, inconsistent fonts or reuse patterns, and a sample for human review.
- What the lawyer must review
- Spot-check pivotal documents
- Treat a generated 'synthetic' flag as a question, not a finding
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes identifying points for review. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Court checklist: generative AI and evidentiary material | Checklist | AI use Yellow | A checklist for evidentiary material in the Federal Court where generative AI may have been used: when the practice note requires disclosure, what that disclosure must say, and what must not be put into a tool. |
| Production-set log for candidate synthetic or altered media | Form | AI use Yellow | Log for marking items in a production, brief or client upload that need a lawyer's eye: missing native files, platform AI labels, inconsistent metadata, or a witness account that does not match the item. |
| NSW gate before compelled or suppressed material enters a generative AI program | Checklist | AI use Yellow | A gate, under Supreme Court Practice Note SC Gen 23 paragraph 9A, before subpoenaed, suppressed, or compulsion material is entered into any generative AI program, including a closed one. |
| Response sheet: suspected non-consensual intimate deepfake | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Internal steps when an image or video in a matter shows, or appears to show, a person in an intimate deepfake: do not copy it further, do not put it into a public AI tool, and record the eSafety and safety options the lawyer discussed. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.