New Delhi, April 9 -- A New York courtroom was thrown into confusion after a man attempted to argue his case using an artificial intelligence-generated avatar. The incident took place on March 26 in the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court's First Judicial Department.

Jerome Dewald, the appellant in an employment-related lawsuit, had submitted a video to support his argument. When the panel of judges sat down to hear it, Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels introduced the clip, saying, "The appellant has submitted a video for his argument. Ok. We will hear that video now."

As the video played, a sharply dressed, smiling man appeared on screen and began speaking: "May it please the court. I come here today a humble pro se be...