Tesla Lawyers Suggest Elon Musk's Self-Driving Safety Statements Could Be Deepfakes

Lawyers for Tesla argued that statements made by Elon Musk about the safety of the company's Autopilot software could be deepfakes and therefore cannot be trusted. The argument was presented as part of the company's justification for why Musk should not be interviewed under oath for a lawsuit blaming the company for the death of an Apple engineer in a fatal crash in 2018. The judge in the case called Tesla's argument "deeply troubling" and tentatively ordered Musk to give a limited, three-hour deposition about these statements.