Court tosses 10-year manslaughter sentence due to an AI-generated video of the victim ‘created from the imaginings’ of his sister

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In what’s believed to be a first in U.S. courts, Pelkey’s family used AI to create a video of his likeness to give him a voice.

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  • In what’s believed to be a first in U.S. courts, Pelkey’s family used AI to create a video of his likeness to give him a voice.
  • Reported by Fortune and published Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:51:36 UTC.

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