Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder
@visualevidencelab.bsky.social
Advancing equitable and responsible video and AI technology in the pursuit of justice. Directed by @sristovska.bsky.social at @colorado.edu. Visit https://www.colorado.edu/lab/visualevidence
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season! See you again in 2026.
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season! See you again in 2026.
A Year in Review: Reflecting on Key Highlights from 2025
**April 25** We celebrated our soft launch with the Justice by Video workshop at the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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**April 25** We celebrated our soft launch with the Justice by Video workshop at the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A Year in Review: Reflecting on Key Highlights from 2025
**April 25** We celebrated our soft launch with the Justice by Video workshop at the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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**April 25** We celebrated our soft launch with the Justice by Video workshop at the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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The last Friday introduction of 2025: the fabulous Alexa Koenig who serves on our advisory board. Alexa is a research professor and co-faculty director of the MacArthur Foundation award-winning Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law, where she also leads the center’s Investigations Program.
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The last Friday introduction of 2025: the fabulous Alexa Koenig who serves on our advisory board. Alexa is a research professor and co-faculty director of the MacArthur Foundation award-winning Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law, where she also leads the center’s Investigations Program.
We're excited to announce the launch of "Seeking Justice with Video and AI," a new podcast from the Visual Evidence Lab. Tune in on KVCU Radio 1190 every second Wednesday of the month during News Team’s Audio Magazine from 11 am to 12 pm MT. The podcast will also be available on Spotify afterwards.
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We're excited to announce the launch of "Seeking Justice with Video and AI," a new podcast from the Visual Evidence Lab. Tune in on KVCU Radio 1190 every second Wednesday of the month during News Team’s Audio Magazine from 11 am to 12 pm MT. The podcast will also be available on Spotify afterwards.
Lab Director @sristovska.bsky.social and steering committee member Tara Coughlin shared insights from their collaboration with the nonprofit SCALES-OKN at a grantee meeting with @acls1919.bsky.social last Friday.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lab Director @sristovska.bsky.social and steering committee member Tara Coughlin shared insights from their collaboration with the nonprofit SCALES-OKN at a grantee meeting with @acls1919.bsky.social last Friday.
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"We're risking unfair renderings of justice."
ABC's affiliate in Denver covered the inaugural report issued by the @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social
Full news coverage & access to the report: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
ABC's affiliate in Denver covered the inaugural report issued by the @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social
Full news coverage & access to the report: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"We're risking unfair renderings of justice."
ABC's affiliate in Denver covered the inaugural report issued by the @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social
Full news coverage & access to the report: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
ABC's affiliate in Denver covered the inaugural report issued by the @visualevidencelab.bsky.social, directed by CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social
Full news coverage & access to the report: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
Continuing our Friday tradition, we're thrilled to introduce another member of our advisory @riana.bsky.social. Riana is a policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).
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December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Continuing our Friday tradition, we're thrilled to introduce another member of our advisory @riana.bsky.social. Riana is a policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).
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We're excited to share insights from the recent symposium at the @ascmediarisk.org at the University of Pennsylvania on December 4-5. Our founding director @sristovska.bsky.social delivered a compelling talk titled "New Technologies, Old Problems: Witnessing in an Age of AI."
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December 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We're excited to share insights from the recent symposium at the @ascmediarisk.org at the University of Pennsylvania on December 4-5. Our founding director @sristovska.bsky.social delivered a compelling talk titled "New Technologies, Old Problems: Witnessing in an Age of AI."
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Our inaugural report, "Video’s Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI," was highlighted in Denver7 news segment: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
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New CU Boulder report finds criminal justice system needs solutions to address AI, video evidence
The inaugural report from the newly founded Visual Evidence Lab at the CU Boulder began with a discussion where experts analyzed the challenges and solutions related to AI within a courtroom.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Our inaugural report, "Video’s Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI," was highlighted in Denver7 news segment: www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
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We're pleased to introduce our advisory board member, Judge Roderick Kennedy. He retired from the New Mexico Court of Appeals, of which he had been chief judge, in 2016.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We're pleased to introduce our advisory board member, Judge Roderick Kennedy. He retired from the New Mexico Court of Appeals, of which he had been chief judge, in 2016.
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Our founding director @sristovska.bsky.social will be giving a talk, "New Technologies, Old Problems: Witnessing in an Age of AI" on December 5 at @ascmediarisk.org at the University of Pennsylvania. Join us if you're in the area. More info and registration details below.
There is hope, and we must use it! Join us at our annual symposium next month to envision new possibilities for media research and practice at this time of profound upheaval. Register here: bit.ly/beyondendurance @asc.upenn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our founding director @sristovska.bsky.social will be giving a talk, "New Technologies, Old Problems: Witnessing in an Age of AI" on December 5 at @ascmediarisk.org at the University of Pennsylvania. Join us if you're in the area. More info and registration details below.
How are video and AI shaping the pursuit of justice? Check out Seeking Justice with Video and AI, our new speaker series. Featuring leading voices from academia, law, journalism, media forensics, and human rights practice, it will explore the promises and challenges of these technologies. 1/6
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
How are video and AI shaping the pursuit of justice? Check out Seeking Justice with Video and AI, our new speaker series. Featuring leading voices from academia, law, journalism, media forensics, and human rights practice, it will explore the promises and challenges of these technologies. 1/6
Happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. followers!
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. followers!
We have an advisory board, steering committee, fellows, interns, alumni affiliates, and affiliate organizations. The advisory board includes scholars, practitioners, and retired trial judges who provide guidance on strategic planning and research priorities (see some of our prior posts). 1/4
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We have an advisory board, steering committee, fellows, interns, alumni affiliates, and affiliate organizations. The advisory board includes scholars, practitioners, and retired trial judges who provide guidance on strategic planning and research priorities (see some of our prior posts). 1/4
Following our Friday tradition, today we're introducing another member of our advisory board, Judge Paul W. Grimm, who brings unparalleled insights to our team. 1/3
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Following our Friday tradition, today we're introducing another member of our advisory board, Judge Paul W. Grimm, who brings unparalleled insights to our team. 1/3
Our inaugural report, "Video's Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI," was just covered in CU Boulder Today: www.colorado.edu/today/2025/1... 1/4
Deepfakes and AI in the courtroom: Report calls for legal reforms to address a troubling trend
The inaugural report of CU Boulder's new Visual Evidence Lab warns that the legal system is unprepared for the flood of video, including AI-enhanced or
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November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our inaugural report, "Video's Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI," was just covered in CU Boulder Today: www.colorado.edu/today/2025/1... 1/4
The Visual Evidence Lab made waves in Detroit as our founding director, @sristovska.bsky.social, presented her latest research at the American Society for Legal History Conference (Nov 13-15). She gave a compelling presentation titled "Tracing the Legal History of AI Manipulation and Deepfakes." 1/5
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The Visual Evidence Lab made waves in Detroit as our founding director, @sristovska.bsky.social, presented her latest research at the American Society for Legal History Conference (Nov 13-15). She gave a compelling presentation titled "Tracing the Legal History of AI Manipulation and Deepfakes." 1/5
Today we're thrilled to introduce another member of our advisory board: @samgregory.bsky.social, Executive Director of @witnessorg.bsky.social. Sam is an award-winning human rights advocate and technologist with 25-plus years of experience addressing emerging technologies and civic engagement. 1/5
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today we're thrilled to introduce another member of our advisory board: @samgregory.bsky.social, Executive Director of @witnessorg.bsky.social. Sam is an award-winning human rights advocate and technologist with 25-plus years of experience addressing emerging technologies and civic engagement. 1/5
One of our aims is to train the future generation of publicly engaged scholars and practitioners who work at the intersection of media, technology, and law. 1/4
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One of our aims is to train the future generation of publicly engaged scholars and practitioners who work at the intersection of media, technology, and law. 1/4
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At a convening of our board of directors, CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social presented on public & legal concerns about AI & deepfakes' effects on the integrity & reliability of video evidence
A new report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social explores some of the thorny issues Sandra discussed (🧵)
A new report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social explores some of the thorny issues Sandra discussed (🧵)
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
At a convening of our board of directors, CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social presented on public & legal concerns about AI & deepfakes' effects on the integrity & reliability of video evidence
A new report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social explores some of the thorny issues Sandra discussed (🧵)
A new report from @visualevidencelab.bsky.social explores some of the thorny issues Sandra discussed (🧵)
Informed by dialogues taking place at the intersection of media, technology, and law, our work is inherently interdisciplinary, multi-methodological, and multi-modal. But what do we mean by multi-modal work? 1/5
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Informed by dialogues taking place at the intersection of media, technology, and law, our work is inherently interdisciplinary, multi-methodological, and multi-modal. But what do we mean by multi-modal work? 1/5
Today we're introducing Judge Roxanne Bailin, a member of our advisory board. She was chief judge of the 20th Judicial District (1998-2013). Before that, she was named to the county bench in 1983 and to the district court bench in 1987. She brings unparalleled insights and dedication to our team.
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today we're introducing Judge Roxanne Bailin, a member of our advisory board. She was chief judge of the 20th Judicial District (1998-2013). Before that, she was named to the county bench in 1983 and to the district court bench in 1987. She brings unparalleled insights and dedication to our team.
Publication alert! Our inaugural report is here! Video's Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev... Immensely grateful for the insights from 20 experts and the research assistance from 4 grad students at @cumediastudies.bsky.social
Inaugural Report: "Video’s Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI"
At its launch in April 2025, the Visual Evidence Lab gathered experts from across academia, law, media forensics, journalism and human rights practice to
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November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Publication alert! Our inaugural report is here! Video's Day in Court: Advancing Equitable Legal Usage of Visual Technologies and AI: www.colorado.edu/lab/visualev... Immensely grateful for the insights from 20 experts and the research assistance from 4 grad students at @cumediastudies.bsky.social
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Biases & context shape how we view videos, but courts lack guidelines about videos as evidence. Now w/AI & deepfakes, "we’re adding another layer of complexity to a system that hasn’t even fully addressed the challenges of authentic video,” says CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here
A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Biases & context shape how we view videos, but courts lack guidelines about videos as evidence. Now w/AI & deepfakes, "we’re adding another layer of complexity to a system that hasn’t even fully addressed the challenges of authentic video,” says CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Founding director, @sristovska.bsky.social, and advisory board member, @riana.bsky.social, discussed the legal issues that AI and deepfakes pose in The Nation. Read more about the implications of this technology for justice, civil rights, and human rights here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here
A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Founding director, @sristovska.bsky.social, and advisory board member, @riana.bsky.social, discussed the legal issues that AI and deepfakes pose in The Nation. Read more about the implications of this technology for justice, civil rights, and human rights here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...