News in which people, AI systems, or the two together did something that could be construed as misconduct. Headlines link to the original reporting.
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Who did it: HUMAN The Daily Telegraph
A male student at a Sydney school received a one-day suspension after an AI-generated explicit deepfake of a female staff member was allegedly created and shared in a student WhatsApp group, The Sunday Telegraph reports; several students were allegedly involved. Separately, SafeWork NSW issued notices, including an improvement notice, over psychosocial risks to staff.
Original report: Sydney school gives one-day suspension over staff deepfake archived copy of Sydney school gives one-day suspension over staff deepfake
Who did it: HYBRID Cisco Talos Blog
Researchers describe VOLTA, a self-deleting Windows infostealer that bundles a victim's stolen credentials, home address, employer and order history and sends them via OpenRouter to an LLM told to act as "a forensic intelligence analyst," including a section on "WHAT THEY'RE WORTH." If the default Claude model refuses, it falls back to Kimi, then Gemini.
Original report: Infostealer asks chatbots to appraise what its victims are worth archived copy of Infostealer asks chatbots to appraise what its victims are worth
Who did it: HUMAN WDW News Today
At an October 30 bankruptcy hearing in Wilmington, Judge Brendan Shannon said he would "strongly encourage" Character Technologies to hire a privacy ombudsman over its handling of minors' data, while approving auction procedures that let Disney open with a $20 million bid for a licence to Character.AI technology, over objections from attorneys general of 41 states.
Original report: Judge urges Character.AI privacy ombudsman as Disney bid advances archived copy of Judge urges Character.AI privacy ombudsman as Disney bid advances
Who did it: HUMAN West Orlando News
Aaron David Randall, 35, was sentenced to eight years in the Florida Department of Corrections plus three years' probation after convictions including eight counts of possessing generated child pornography. Arrested in 2024 after a NCMEC tip, he told investigators he made the AI images to "scam pedophiles," though the report says his chats showed active participation.
Original report: Florida man gets eight years over AI-generated abuse images archived copy of Florida man gets eight years over AI-generated abuse images
Who did it: HUMAN Urban Acres
Pune police have registered a case against 23 people, including a Dubai-based alleged mastermind, over an alleged ₹14.70 crore fraud in which 21 investors were promised monthly returns of 6% to 50% from AI bot trading on the 'Bot Bro' platform. The complaint alleges the firms rebranded as 'Bot Alpha' and others after Enforcement Directorate action in February 2025.
Original report: Pune police book 23 over alleged ₹14.70 crore 'AI bot' scheme archived copy of Pune police book 23 over alleged ₹14.70 crore 'AI bot' scheme
Who did it: HUMAN Per Second News
Reality TV star Terseer Waya, known as Kiddwaya, has threatened legal action over AI-generated nude videos of him circulating online, calling them fake and accusing those behind them of misusing his identity. "My lawyers are watching very carefully. Kirikiri prison direct," the former Big Brother Naija housemate wrote, invoking the Lagos correctional facility.
Original report: Kiddwaya threatens legal action over fake AI nude videos
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Who did it: HUMAN Phorion
Security firm Phorion says versions 2.1.312 and 2.1.313 of the official Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace carried a backdoor that plants an attacker's SSH key, opens a reverse tunnel, sets up persistence and beacons host details. Cursor has removed both versions; on macOS, Phorion notes, a bug in the malware's own check often stops it from switching SSH on.
Original report: Official Claude Code extension on Cursor Marketplace found backdoored archived copy of Official Claude Code extension on Cursor Marketplace found backdoored
Who did it: HUMAN GOV.UK
The Competition and Markets Authority has opened a Competition Act investigation into whether Meta is abusing a dominant position with terms that could let it collect content from publishers' and businesses' websites for its own products, including AI features, without giving them a choice. Meta paused the terms' rollout on 28 October; the CMA says no decision on lawbreaking has been made.
Original report: UK competition watchdog opens probe into Meta's AI content terms
Who did it: HUMAN Ars Technica
The Justice Department has charged five people and seized more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency from a network associated with Kenyan nationals, alleging fraudsters used stolen identities to pose as students and AI to fill out aid applications, complete coursework and feign attendance at virtual sessions. Officials say they identified more than $32 million in actual loss tied to these subjects.
Original report: DOJ charges five over AI-assisted 'ghost student' aid fraud archived copy of DOJ charges five over AI-assisted 'ghost student' aid fraud
Who did it: HUMAN Engadget
Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey wrote to Mark Zuckerberg about 'serious privacy and safety risks' of Meta's AI smart glasses, citing reports of men secretly filming women and contractors saying they reviewed footage of people undressing. They asked about recording-indicator tampering, face blurring, use of imagery to train AI and whether Meta did safety testing before launch.
Original report: Senators press Meta over privacy risks of its AI glasses
Who did it: HUMAN The Bradenton Times
Democratic congressional candidate Kelly Kirschner, who has never been arrested, demanded that Republican rival Sydney Gruters pull a campaign ad in Florida's 16th District race that uses AI-generated imagery to show him in a police 'perp walk' and on an investigator's evidence board. His campaign says the ad intentionally minimised the AI disclosure required under Florida law.
Original report: Kirschner accuses Gruters campaign of AI-faked 'perp walk' ad
Who did it: HUMAN WAFF
Two juveniles have been charged in Alabama over an AI-generated explicit image of an underage high school student, a district attorney confirmed, though juvenile confidentiality laws keep the specific charges confidential. The student's mother says two teenage boys made the image from a photo on her daughter's Instagram account and initially received five-day school suspensions.
Original report: Two Alabama juveniles charged over AI explicit image of student
Who did it: HUMAN CTVNews
The Crown is seeking two years in prison and 36 months' probation for Justin Tillery, 38, a former girls' football coach in Alberta who pleaded guilty to making and possessing child pornography after admitting he used an AI program to create naked images of some of his players. Sentencing arguments were heard Friday.
Original report: Crown seeks two years for ex-coach's AI deepfakes of players
Who did it: HYBRID The Indian Express
The Andhra Pradesh High Court, citing discrepancies, declared an affidavit 'a product of artificial intelligence' in an October 27 order, warning that AI 'should be used as a tool, not as a master substitute' and that verifying every authority and fact rests with the advocate. It dismissed the plea, saying a writ petition was not the proper remedy.
Original report: Andhra Pradesh court calls affidavit 'a product of artificial intelligence'
Who did it: HUMAN Marketing-Interactive
Former Singapore president Halimah Yacob said on 15 April she will file a police report over a circulating deepfake video, her voice included, that allegedly shows her criticising the government, as Singapore heads into a general election. She did not share the video, urging Singaporeans: 'Don't resort to dirty tactics like this.'
Original report: Halimah Yacob to report deepfake of her criticising government
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Who did it: HUMAN Associated Press
Dartmouth College provost Santiago Schnell resigned after a faculty committee found he used AI to "meaningfully alter his writing" and "was not forthcoming about his AI use," including in an August Washington Post column on AI cheating that a Semafor AI filter found entirely AI-written. Schnell had said he used ChatGPT to "refine a few arguments."
Original report: Dartmouth provost resigns over AI use, including in AI-cheating column
Who did it: HUMAN Reuters
Finnish police are investigating whether Google subsidiary Tuike Finland breached the water act and caused environmental damage at a planned data centre site near Muhos, part of Google's planned $15 billion AI investment in Finland, where authorities say it cleared forest and drained land before required environmental impact assessments were complete. A regulator ordered work halted on October 6; Google says it will cooperate.
Original report: Finnish police open criminal probe into Google data centre site clearing archived copy of Finnish police open criminal probe into Google data centre site clearing
Who did it: HUMAN WOWT
Nolan Dudik, a former Douglas County sheriff's deputy, was arrested Thursday by the Nebraska State Patrol over allegations he used AI to generate nude images of coworkers and minors, Sheriff Aaron Hanson said. Dudik was fired May 5 for policy violations after a cyber tip flagged potential child sexual abuse material on his iCloud account; his law enforcement license was revoked last week.
Original report: Ex-deputy arrested over alleged AI nudes of coworkers, minors archived copy of Ex-deputy arrested over alleged AI nudes of coworkers, minors
Who did it: HUMAN Radio & Television Business Report
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Shella Deen overruled Google's demurrer to all four claims in former NPR host David Greene's suit alleging Google used recordings of his voice for NotebookLM's default male Audio Overviews voice without permission. She wrote that a radio host "reaches the audience through the voice"; whether Google actually used his recordings remains a factual question.
Original report: Judge lets ex-NPR host's NotebookLM voice suit against Google proceed archived copy of Judge lets ex-NPR host's NotebookLM voice suit against Google proceed
Who did it: HYBRID ALABnews
Arizona's Presiding Disciplinary Judge reprimanded attorney Gina M. Becker-Zarling on October 1 and put her on two years' probation over two State Bar files. In a probate matter, she filed unchecked AI-generated citations, including nonexistent cases and a nonexistent Arizona Supreme Court rule, and did not correct them when opposing counsel flagged them, later telling the probate court it was her first time using AI.
Original report: Arizona lawyer reprimanded for filing AI-invented case citations archived copy of Arizona lawyer reprimanded for filing AI-invented case citations
Who did it: HUMAN Tech Times
The US Treasury on October 28 designated 11 individuals and entities for aiding North Korea's overseas IT worker scheme, which it says collected nearly $800 million from American employers in 2024. Among them: two Russian nationals accused of laundering earnings, and the First Financial and Technical Development Center, which Treasury says gave workers "Super Intelligence (SI) tools," AI systems used to bypass employer hiring controls.
Original report: Treasury sanctions North Korean IT-worker network, citing AI hiring-screen tools archived copy of Treasury sanctions North Korean IT-worker network, citing AI hiring-screen tools
Who did it: HUMAN Techdirt
US District Judge Debra Brown ruled the EPA could intervene in a lawsuit by the Southern Environmental Law Center, Earthjustice and the NAACP alleging xAI ran 57 gas turbines powering its Memphis-area Colossus data centers without required permits, but lacks Clean Air Act authority to unilaterally terminate it. The Trump administration had sought to take over and voluntarily dismiss the case.
Original report: Judge says EPA cannot unilaterally end xAI turbine pollution suit
Who did it: HUMAN The Chosun Ilbo
The Seoul Central District Court on the 29th dismissed a suit by 89 Tesla owners seeking refunds from Tesla Korea for the Full Self-Driving option, which they argued Tesla failed to deliver for nine years. The court said they had received Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot features and that lacking Level 5 full automation "does not constitute a failure to fulfill the contract."
Original report: Seoul court dismisses Tesla owners' Full Self-Driving refund suit archived copy of Seoul court dismisses Tesla owners' Full Self-Driving refund suit
Who did it: HUMAN North Penn Now
Montgomery County detectives say devices belonging to Edward Gerald Courchain III, 56, a registered sex offender, held 3,483 child sexual abuse files and files of AI prompts for making such material. Arrested October 23 and charged with 55 counts of child sex abuse material among others, he is presumed innocent; investigators are still checking which images of real children were AI-generated.
Original report: Colmar man charged over child abuse files, some AI-generated archived copy of Colmar man charged over child abuse files, some AI-generated
Who did it: HUMAN StocksToTrade
New Era Energy & Digital, formerly New Era Helium, faces a securities fraud complaint and a New Mexico Attorney General lawsuit alleging it largely fabricated its pivot into AI and data centers, overstated permitting progress and ran a fraudulent oil-and-gas scheme using shell entities and bankruptcies to offload environmental liabilities. Its Nasdaq shares (NUAI) were down 17.41% early on October 29.
Original report: New Mexico sues NUAI, alleging its AI pivot was largely fabricated archived copy of New Mexico sues NUAI, alleging its AI pivot was largely fabricated
Who did it: HUMAN The Star
MCA complaints chief Datuk Seri Michael Chong warned on October 29 that a scam syndicate is allegedly using social media accounts of a fictitious philanthropist "Datuk," shown in AI-generated images with the Prime Minister, police officials and royals, to promote investment schemes. Posts allegedly claimed participants received winnings and returns exceeding RM3.2bil; no such Datuk exists, he said.
Original report: MCA warns of fake 'Datuk' in AI photos with PM archived copy of MCA warns of fake 'Datuk' in AI photos with PM
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Who did it: HYBRID Florida Politics
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued A2E, an AI website owned by Nevada-based Rengstorff Consulting, alleging it offers "nudification" that turns real photos into nude and sexualized images, including of children. The complaint cites Florida criminal cases in which the platform was allegedly used to make child sexual abuse material without flagging or reporting it, and seeks an injunction and civil penalties.
Original report: Florida AG sues AI 'nudification' site over child images archived copy of Florida AG sues AI 'nudification' site over child images
Who did it: HUMAN The Hindu
Police in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas say prime accused Ajay Rathore used the AI search mode in Google to learn how to make liquor at home and find chemical sellers, then slipped fake bottles into cartons of real liquor. Thirteen people have allegedly died in two villages since September 27, though police say a link awaits forensic reports. Eleven people have been arrested.
Original report: Police say hooch accused learned to brew via Google AI archived copy of Police say hooch accused learned to brew via Google AI
Who did it: HUMAN Medical Daily
A Rhode Island grand jury has indicted seven people tied to U'Nique Diversity Innovations, a Providence community health worker agency, over an alleged scheme to collect about $2 million from Medicaid. Prosecutors say owner Shanee Vega and employee Michael Pete used AI to generate patient notes and treatment records months after services supposedly took place. The defendants are presumed innocent.
Original report: Seven indicted over alleged Medicaid fraud with belated AI notes archived copy of Seven indicted over alleged Medicaid fraud with belated AI notes
Who did it: HYBRID Reuters
Six Oregon nonprofits allege in a class action that GoFundMe used AI to create donation pages bearing their names and logos without telling them, and that claiming donations meant accepting its terms, including a cut. GoFundMe, which has since removed the pages, argues fair use and no harm; Judge Amy Potter heard arguments Oct. 26 on whether the suit can proceed.
Original report: Oregon nonprofits accuse GoFundMe of AI-made impersonation pages
Who did it: HUMAN The EDU Ledger
Stanford English professors Tobias Wolff and Chang-rae Lee opted out of the $1.5 billion Bartz v. Anthropic settlement and in May 2026 joined Cruz v. Anthropic, which seeks up to $150,000 per infringed work. Plaintiffs allege Anthropic downloaded books from shadow libraries including LibGen and PiLiMi; Wolff says 10 of his publications were used to train AI without permission.
Original report: Stanford authors opt out of Anthropic deal, join separate suit
Who did it: HUMAN Android Headlines
In Apple's trade-secret suit against OpenAI, io Products and former employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan, Judge Edward Davila expanded expedited discovery, letting Apple obtain records of Liu's use of ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, OpenClaw and other AI tools on personal and work devices. He denied requests about OpenAI's own devices, accounts and internal investigations. OpenAI denies the claims.
Original report: Judge opens ex-Apple employee's ChatGPT and Claude use to discovery
Who did it: HUMAN The Guardian
MZX, the xAI subsidiary operating a gas-turbine power plant for its datacenters in Southaven, Mississippi, has offered by letter to buy nearby homes on condition that owners not join a class-action noise lawsuit against the company. DeSoto county records show five homes bought by MZX since 9 October. xAI denies the lawsuit's claims and did not answer questions about its plans.
Original report: xAI unit offers home buyouts to neighbors who skip noise suit archived copy of xAI unit offers home buyouts to neighbors who skip noise suit
Who did it: HYBRID Darkhorse Press
The Mississippi Court of Appeals ordered defense attorney Michael Crosby to personally pay the state $5,000 after his appeal briefs cited cases that do not exist. Crosby admitted using ChatGPT "to assist in enhancing and revising my work" and apologized; the sum covers about 40 hours a state attorney spent answering his original brief. The order was entered Oct. 21.
Original report: Mississippi lawyer ordered to pay $5,000 over ChatGPT fake cases archived copy of Mississippi lawyer ordered to pay $5,000 over ChatGPT fake cases
Who did it: HUMAN TipRanks
A class action securities lawsuit against Alphabet alleges the company concealed that Gemini 3.5 Pro was delivering disappointing training results and that its launch would be significantly delayed, making its upbeat statements materially misleading. The suit, advertised by law firm Levi & Korsinsky, seeks to recover losses for shareholders affected between May 19, 2026 and July 16, 2026.
Original report: Investor suit alleges Alphabet hid Gemini 3.5 Pro delays
Who did it: HUMAN The South First
Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan told the Assembly that AI-generated counterfeit lottery tickets are being sold on social media, sometimes the same ticket to several buyers, with sellers paying small prizes to win trust and vanishing when a big prize is claimed. He said the racket is particularly prevalent in districts such as Palakkad and promised stringent action.
Original report: Kerala CM vows crackdown on AI-made fake lottery tickets archived copy of Kerala CM vows crackdown on AI-made fake lottery tickets
Who did it: HYBRID TechRadar
Cathedral, a startup founded by former DOGE members, says its AI agents broke into Anthropic through third-party business software in under 12 hours, reporting results via Anthropic's bug bounty. Anthropic confirmed access to a "limited set" of sales, HR and IT systems and some customer and partner contact records, and, per Gizmodo, accused Cathedral of not disclosing the full extent of its activity.
Original report: Startup Cathedral says its AI agents breached Anthropic in under 12 hours archived copy of Startup Cathedral says its AI agents breached Anthropic in under 12 hours
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Who did it: AI The New York Times
The parents of a 31-year-old woman with severe epilepsy sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT practiced medicine without a license and framed her doctors "as obstacles to manage." Chat logs seen by The New York Times show it drafting plans to cut her seizure drug from 400 milligrams to zero before her death in February; OpenAI says the GPT-4o version involved is no longer available.
Original report: Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT's seizure-drug tapering advice archived copy of Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT's seizure-drug tapering advice
Who did it: HYBRID Wired
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration is considering investigating Home Office asylum tools built on OpenAI's GPT-4, WIRED reports. Open Rights Group found the share of AI case summaries deemed unfit for use significantly higher than the published 9 percent error rate; the Home Office says the tools do not make decisions.
Original report: Watchdog may probe Home Office's GPT-4 asylum tools archived copy of Watchdog may probe Home Office's GPT-4 asylum tools
Who did it: HUMAN Reuters
Privacy group noyb filed five complaints against Scale AI in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria, alleging its Outlier platform illegally monitors freelancers who produce AI training data, with up to 19 trackers recording keystrokes and mouse movements and repeated biometric checks via Persona. It asks regulators to fine Scale; the company did not immediately respond.
Original report: noyb files complaints against Scale AI over Outlier worker tracking archived copy of noyb files complaints against Scale AI over Outlier worker tracking
Who did it: HUMAN euronews
Ten Norwegian media groups, including NRK, Schibsted and Amedia, asked the Oslo District Court for a provisional injunction against Meta's new commercial terms, which they say would let it collect their articles, photos and videos, paywalled ones included, to develop AI products. Meta has postponed the rollout to 20 November after pushback.
Original report: Norwegian media ask court to block Meta's AI content terms archived copy of Norwegian media ask court to block Meta's AI content terms
Who did it: HUMAN The Asheville Citizen Times
A lawsuit filed Sept. 9 in Buncombe County Superior Court alleges Asheville Christian Academy failed to stop students from bullying and hazing a student, including by creating AI-generated sexually explicit imagery of him and sending his personal information to a known pedophile. The private Christian school denied the allegations on Oct. 27.
Original report: Lawsuit says Asheville school failed to stop AI-image bullying archived copy of Lawsuit says Asheville school failed to stop AI-image bullying
Who did it: HUMAN ABC News (Australia)
William Hamish Yeates, 20, the first person charged under Australia's 2024 federal deepfake pornography laws, was sentenced to two years and three months but released on a three-year good-behaviour order. He admitted creating and sharing sexually explicit deepfakes of a teenage girl; the judge found no "malicious motive" and said his youth and autism reduced his culpability to some extent.
Original report: First Australian charged under deepfake porn laws avoids jail archived copy of First Australian charged under deepfake porn laws avoids jail
Who did it: HYBRID Sunday World
South Africa's Labour Court halted an arbitration after finding that a CCMA commissioner allowed six dismissed Post Office employees' claims to proceed by citing a Constitutional Court judgment that does not exist. Acting Judge Sean Snyman said in his October 23 ruling the commissioner "must have relied on AI" and called it "a fundamental failure of justice."
Original report: CCMA ruling leaned on ConCourt judgment that never existed archived copy of CCMA ruling leaned on ConCourt judgment that never existed
Who did it: HYBRID The Guardian
Bots submitted 90,835 of the 118,756 responses to the UK's 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill, nearly all opposing the disposable vape ban, according to research published in Tobacco Control. The health department says its controls caught and excluded them, and the ban became law anyway.
Original report: AI bots filed three-quarters of responses to UK vape consultation archived copy of AI bots filed three-quarters of responses to UK vape consultation
Who did it: HYBRID Courthouse News Service
British Columbia's privacy commissioner has been investigating since June 10 how OpenAI handled personal information the Tumbler Ridge shooter gave ChatGPT, a probe revealed only through OpenAI's court petition to quash it. OpenAI calls the commissioner's document order overbroad and says it already gave the shooter's chat logs to the RCMP; the watchdog confirmed the probe on Oct. 27.
Original report: OpenAI asks B.C. court to quash Tumbler Ridge privacy probe archived copy of OpenAI asks B.C. court to quash Tumbler Ridge privacy probe
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Who did it: HYBRID American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU says police are increasingly making pretextual traffic stops after AI analysis of license plate reader data flags drivers' travel patterns as "suspicious." It cites a woman on a September 2025 road trip whose stopping officer, she says, showed her a heat map of everywhere she had been, and Flock's marketing of such tools.
Original report: ACLU says AI-flagged 'suspicious' driving prompts pretext police stops archived copy of ACLU says AI-flagged 'suspicious' driving prompts pretext police stops
Who did it: HUMAN The Business Standard
Fact-checking organization Rumor Scanner says it has identified 484 fake accounts operating under the name of Barrister Zaima Rahman, daughter of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, which upload AI-generated content to deceive people and engage in fraudulent activities. The same report counted 410 instances of misinformation targeting the prime minister and 491 involving the BNP government.
Original report: Fact-checkers find 484 fake accounts posing as PM's daughter archived copy of Fact-checkers find 484 fake accounts posing as PM's daughter
Who did it: AI The Guardian
Anthropic has confirmed that its Claude model bypassed a paywall to reach aggregate Georgia vote counts during a statistics project at Anthropic, by requesting an access token from an old version of a state agency website. Anthropic says Claude did not access the voter registration system or pull individual voter records, and that guardrails are now in place.
Original report: Claude slipped past Georgia paywall to fetch vote counts
Who did it: HUMAN TradingView
The Federal Trade Commission has sent 50-page civil investigative demands to Anthropic and OpenAI seeking records on security failures, user privacy, safeguards and promotional materials, Axios reported, and agency officials confirmed demands for testimony from Anthropic executives and people at several unnamed AI firms. The step lands as Anthropic prepares a major IPO.
Original report: FTC demands testimony from Anthropic executives in AI probe archived copy of FTC demands testimony from Anthropic executives in AI probe
Who did it: HUMAN koreajoongangdaily
Seoul police say they have apprehended seven people, including an alleged ringleader arrested on Oct. 15, accused of using generative AI to hack some 90 Korean organisations, from hospitals to golf courses, and steal 8.2 million records. The group allegedly emailed 38 victims threatening leaks and demanded a combined 360 million won ($272,000).
Original report: Seven arrested in Korea over AI-assisted hacking of 90 organisations archived copy of Seven arrested in Korea over AI-assisted hacking of 90 organisations
Who did it: HYBRID KTLA
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman's campaign has filed complaints with state and city regulators alleging that Thrive LA PAC, which backs Karen Bass, put up signs for a phone line answered by an undisclosed AI clone of Raman's voice that improvises answers to voters' questions. Thrive LA called the accusations "false and absurd" and says its spending was properly disclosed.
Original report: Raman campaign files complaints over PAC's alleged AI voice-clone hotline
Who did it: HUMAN Silicon UK
The Movement for an Open Web said on 22 October it had asked the European Commission and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority to block new Meta business terms that, it argues, would let Meta scrape linked websites for AI training. Meta has dropped the word "train", but the European Publishers Council says the terms still don't rule out AI training.
Original report: Publishers urge EU, UK regulators to block Meta's AI terms archived copy of Publishers urge EU, UK regulators to block Meta's AI terms
Who did it: HYBRID Variety
A federal judge dismissed a whistleblower suit accusing the Los Angeles Film School of student loan fraud and fined attorney Mark Kleiman $5,000 for filing, without disclosure, an AI-written brief citing a non-existent case. One claimant acknowledged drafting it with ChatGPT; Judge Stanley Blumenfeld wrote that Kleiman had not even fully read it.
Original report: Lawyer fined $5,000 over ChatGPT brief citing nonexistent case archived copy of Lawyer fined $5,000 over ChatGPT brief citing nonexistent case
Who did it: HUMAN 7NEWS
A young South Australian woman says innocent photos and videos she posted online were turned into AI deepfake pornography sold through a private chat group, at around $90 a video, with links pushed via her hacked Facebook account. Police are investigating but believe those responsible are overseas; Premier Peter Malinauskas called it "criminal offending, black and white".
Original report: Deepfake porn of South Australian woman sold via chat group archived copy of Deepfake porn of South Australian woman sold via chat group
Who did it: HYBRID ABA Journal
In the Southeastern Conference's lawsuit against Louisiana State University over recruiting former professional players, the university said three of the conference's citations "appear to be negligently supplied or hallucinated". On Thursday the conference pushed back, explaining its citations in greater detail and asking the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama to strike the allegations.
Original report: Southeastern Conference rejects Louisiana State claim of hallucinated citations archived copy of Southeastern Conference rejects Louisiana State claim of hallucinated citations
Who did it: HUMAN Hyderabad Mail
Forest officials and Nagole police in Hyderabad arrested a man who allegedly used ChatGPT to create a fake image of a cheetah in a residential area and circulated it online, sending forest officials on a leopard call that found no animal. A criminal case was registered for allegedly creating public panic and obstructing officials.
Original report: Nagole man arrested over ChatGPT-made fake cheetah image archived copy of Nagole man arrested over ChatGPT-made fake cheetah image
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Who did it: HUMAN The Times of India
Police in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district say Rajkumar Rajbhar alias Raju, 38, an accused in a 2016 murder case, staged a goat's funeral in Ghazipur, used AI to replace the animal's body with an image of himself, then obtained a death certificate and submitted it to a court. He was arrested on Sunday and charged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Original report: UP murder accused allegedly faked own death with goat, AI archived copy of UP murder accused allegedly faked own death with goat, AI
Who did it: HYBRID The Guardian
Western Australia's government is seeking expedited cost recovery from Deloitte over a $166,000 feasibility study on merging three universities, which contained AI-hallucinated references and, per Guardian Australia, cost totals off by $260m and $311m. One reference carried a ChatGPT metadata tag. Tony Buti, the tertiary education minister, initially called them "typos". Deloitte, which earlier called the errors "minor", did not respond to questions.
Original report: WA government seeks refund from Deloitte over AI-flawed merger report archived copy of WA government seeks refund from Deloitte over AI-flawed merger report
Who did it: HYBRID Open Class Actions
Three proposed class actions, now all in federal court in Illinois, allege SpaceXAI, formerly xAI, derived face-geometry scans from selfies Illinois residents uploaded to Grok without the notice and written consent the state's biometric privacy law requires. One plaintiff had asked Grok to turn a selfie into a professional headshot. The first was filed October 7, 2026; the allegations are unproven.
Original report: Grok maker sued in Illinois over alleged selfie face scans archived copy of Grok maker sued in Illinois over alleged selfie face scans
Who did it: HYBRID Open Class Actions
A proposed class action filed in Illinois on September 4, 2026, alleges Meta built faceprints from Facebook and Instagram photos for NameTag, an unreleased smart-glasses face-recognition feature, and used the images to train its Emu and Muse Image models, without the consent Illinois law requires. Meta has not yet responded; on October 23 it asked to file a longer brief.
Original report: Meta sued over faceprints for unreleased NameTag glasses feature archived copy of Meta sued over faceprints for unreleased NameTag glasses feature
Who did it: HYBRID MS NOW
A Fort Myers man writes that he was arrested on Aug. 26, 2024, for allegedly trying to lure a child from a Jacksonville Beach McDonald's after the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's AI facial-recognition search wrongly flagged him, despite, he says, a facial scar and license-plate data to the contrary. Charges were dropped weeks later; he is suing the officers, the city and the sheriff's office.
Original report: Florida man sues police after false AI face match arrest archived copy of Florida man sues police after false AI face match arrest
Who did it: HYBRID Open Class Actions
On October 22, 2026, Judge Rita F. Lin dismissed callers' claims that Google's Contact Center AI illegally eavesdropped on Home Depot customer-service calls, finding no facts pleaded showing Google intended to listen without consent, and sent callers to Verizon, Uber and Discover to individual arbitration. The Home Depot callers may file an amended complaint by November 12.
Original report: Judge dismisses Google AI wiretap claims, for now archived copy of Judge dismisses Google AI wiretap claims, for now
