Evidentiary Issues Posed by Technology
Description: For years, technology has provided important tools for criminal investigators, law enforcement, attorneys, and fraud examiners. Tape records, video records, and photographs have been accepted as evidence of whether a crime was (or was not) committed. The most recent technological advances in equipment, exacerbated by commercial AI, now generates deepfakes that are so perfect they cannot be identified as such by even the best technical experts. We have entered a realm in which it will not be possible to determine what is (or is not) real and that does not bode well for the probative value of what has historically been reliable evidence.
Speaker: Zach Kelley is a faculty member at Texas State University in the Information Systems & Analytics department where he teaches a variety of topics that have included: Cyberwarfare, Information Security, Accounting Information Systems, Business Intelligence, Programming, Agile, Statistical Analysis, and ERP. He has more than 10 years of professional experience in information technology leadership positions, more than 20 years’ experience in logistics and SCM, and far more years than he is willing to admit in IT in general. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems and a master's degree in Accounting and Information Technology.
Learning Objectives: After attending this session, participants will be able to: (1) provide basic descriptions of past use of technology for evidence; (2) explain how advanced technology is changing the reliability of video, tape, and photos as evidence; (3) identify steps that could be taken to offset the negative impact of technology (including AI) on evidence.
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