After seeing an online video advert of Rod Stewart enthusing about Bitcoin, a man invested £500, then sums of £10,000 to £20,000. Seven months later his account was empty and £150,000 was gone. Four years on, a legal firm argued his bank had been negligent, and he recovered all of his money.
France's National Publishing Union (SNE), the National Union of Authors and Composers (SNAC) and the Society of Men of Letters (SGDL) said on March 12 that they had filed a complaint against Meta in a Paris court. They allege copyright infringement and economic "parasitism" over the use of protected works to train its AI models. SNAC called it "monumental looting".
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Wilson Frederick Jones, 30, a former middle school teacher, was arrested by federal authorities on March 12. He is charged with producing and possessing morphed images of child pornography and is accused of using AI to incorporate his students' faces. According to the federal complaint, his videos depicted known students kissing and exposing themselves.
Yale Law School barred a scholar from campus and placed her on administrative leave on March 5. That was three days after Jewish Onliner, a site that says it is "empowered by A.I. capabilities," called her a member of a terrorist group over panel appearances at Samidoun events. Her lawyer says she is not a member, and Yale says it is investigating.
Bukit Aman's Commercial Crime Investigation Department said on March 12 that it had detected five AI deepfake videos shared on social media since last year. They show figures including Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and MP Teresa Kok "inviting" the public into schemes promising returns of up to 100 times. Police believe a single syndicate produced them.
Prosecutors in Coutances, in France's Manche department, said on Wednesday that they had opened an investigation into sexual deepfakes targeting at least a dozen middle-school girls, with twelve victims identified so far. Requests to identify the suspect or suspects have been ordered. A source close to the inquiry said the videos started on Instagram.
Who did it: HYBRID AI Hallucination Cases database
Mark Lillard acknowledged using generative AI in his filings against Offit Kurman, P.A., and Delaware Superior Court Judge Danielle J. Brennan found mis-cited and incorrect cases, including quotes that could not be found. On March 12, 2025 she ordered both parties to certify any generative AI use, name the platform and confirm that citations were reviewed by a human.
A records request to Vancouver Public Schools gave Seattle Times and AP reporters access to almost 3,500 sensitive, unredacted student documents. The documents had been flagged by Gaggle's AI surveillance software, and the links to them had no passwords. The district apologized. Gaggle now requires a login to view the screenshots after 72 hours.
Castle of Secrets developer Serene Questworks is accused of replacing its voice actors with AI voices to cut costs. Actor Mika Nerida claims the voices were trained on her takes of over 4,000 lines. Separately, Zenless Zone Zero actors Emeri Chase and Nicholas Thurkettle say they were replaced after refusing work lacking SAG-AFTRA's AI protections.
A Malaysian grandmother-and-grandson influencer duo found AI-generated videos using their likenesses and cloned voices without permission to promote illegal gambling websites, including YE5 and 888. They filed a police report and warned their followers. Their management says they never endorsed any gambling site and is pursuing legal action against those responsible.
Authors suing Meta in a California federal court moved for summary judgment, alleging that its admitted torrenting of pirated books for AI training, including uploading while "leeching," is plain infringement. They mocked what they call its "Bob Dylan defense": "Steal a lot and they make you king." Meta calls the motion premature, and Judge Vince Chhabria hears it May 1.
