---
title: "Production-set log for candidate synthetic or altered media"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/production-synthetic-media-log"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a44-production-synthetic-media-log"
area_id: "A44"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A44-T1-R2", "A44-A20260923-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Production-set log for candidate synthetic or altered media

> 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/production-synthetic-media-log  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Incoming evidence — deepfakes & synthetic documents](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Tasmania
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 4 authorities it cites, for 6 jurisdictions.

## When to use it

Use while reviewing a production set, a subpoena bundle or a client's upload of images, audio, video or PDFs. One row per candidate. The log flags items for the authenticity checklist. It does not decide admissibility.

## Used for these tasks

- [Flag candidate synthetic or altered items in a production set](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/flag-candidate-synthetic-or-altered-items-in-a-production-set.md)
- [Compare claimed source metadata with the file actually produced](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/compare-claimed-source-metadata-with-the-file-actually-produced.md)

## How AI may be used

An approved tool may group files by type and list blank metadata or filenames containing labels such as screenshot or generated, and a lawyer decides which rows stay on the log.

**AI may:**

- List files by extension and flag those whose export shows no created time, no device field, or a filename containing a label the lawyer has set, such as screenshot or generated.
- Count how many items in the set have a native file stored beside the copy.

**AI must not:**

- Must not score an item as likely to be a deepfake or as authentic.
- Must not open image, audio or video content in a public generative AI tool.
- Must not drop a row because the tool found no technical flag. The witness account can still put the item on the log.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Every row states the reason it is on the log in the lawyer's words.
- Intimate or suppressed items are marked so they are not sent to a vendor or a public tool.
- Each row has a next step, or an express decision that no step is needed.

## Authorities

- [Federal Court of Australia, Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Practice Note (GPN-AI), 16 April 2026, paras 4.7 to 4.15](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/law-and-practice/practice-documents/practice-notes/gpn-ai)
- [Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 146 (evidence produced by processes, machines and other devices), Compilation No. 35, 10 June 2025](https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ea199580/s146.html)
- [Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 48 (proof of contents of documents, including copies and device-retrieved records)](https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ea199580/s48.html)
- [OAIC, Guidance on privacy and the use of commercially available AI products: generated information about an identifiable person is personal information](https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-guidance-for-organisations-and-government-agencies/guidance-on-privacy-and-the-use-of-commercially-available-ai-products)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/incoming-evidence-deepfakes-and-synthetic-documents/production-synthetic-media-log and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*