How the Hearsay Rule Can Solve Evidence Law's AI Problem
October 20, 2026
October 20, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Vanderbilt Law School posted the following news:
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How the Hearsay Rule Can Solve Evidence Law's AI Problem
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Imagine a witness feeds evidence from a criminal case into an AI tool and then tells the jury whom the tool identified as the culprit. If the witness had consulted a real person instead, that testimony would be barred as hearsay. But artificial intelligence is not a person; its statement falls o . . .
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How the Hearsay Rule Can Solve Evidence Law's AI Problem
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Imagine a witness feeds evidence from a criminal case into an AI tool and then tells the jury whom the tool identified as the culprit. If the witness had consulted a real person instead, that testimony would be barred as hearsay. But artificial intelligence is not a person; its statement falls o . . .