Tesla's Deepfake Claims Rejected by Court, Judge Asks for Elon Musk's Deposition in Autopilot Claims

The court rejects Tesla's claim that Elon musk's public statements may have been deepfaked, and instead decided to ask for his deposition in the Autopilot crash investigation. The court opposes Tesla's idea of allowing famous personalities like Musk to use deepfake as an excuse to shirk responsibility. The Autopilot model has been under scrutiny for various crashes and fatalities, including a fatal 2018 crash involving Model X. The victim's family wants to authenticate Musk's previous statements and blame Tesla for misleading customers. The court has previously sought to inquire Musk's statements, which prompted Tesla to claim that he might be vulnerable to deepfakes. Elon Musk and Tesla have been the focal point of autonomous driving tech as scrutiny mounts over the FSD and Autopilot technologies.