Then I imagine the defendant would risk enjoying a stretch in jail for contempt of court, for creating an unauthorized recording or live "streaming" of the court?

I'm not even convinced by the idea of having a person repeat what they hear through headphones - something like this could easily slow proceedings down, and that's without even going into whether or not the AI can stick to a consistent and accurate set of facts.

Wasn't there something on HN frontpage lately about "fake it until you automate it"?