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I wonder how video evidence in court is going to be affected by this. Both from a defense and prosecution perspective.

Technically videos could've been faked before but it would require a ton of effort and skill that no average person would have.

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Just as before, a major part of photo or video evidence in court is not the actual video itself, but a person testifying "on that day I saw this horrible event, where these things happened, and here's attached evidence that I filmed which illustrates some details of what I saw." - which would be a valid consideration even without the photo/video, but the added details do obviously help.

Courts already wouldn't generally approve random footage without clear provenance.

There will be a new cottage industry of AI detectives that serve as expert witnesses and they will attest to the originality of media to the court

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