


USA TODAY has reached out to Dell to confirm.

The BBC reports the specific cat filter in the video originated from pre-installed software for Dell laptops called Live Cam Avatar. It's not exactly clear what program Ponton used that generated the cat filter. "I'm here live, I'm not a cat," said Ponton in a clip Texas' 394th District Court shared on YouTube called " Kitten Zoom Filter Mishap." Lawyer Rod Ponton learned this the hard way during a virtual hearing, when he showed up to the livestream with a cat filter enabled. It's probably not the purr-fect way to start an important meeting: firing up your video chat software only to discover you resemble a talking cat. Watch Video: Cat filter Zoom fail: Lawyer appears in court as talking kitten
