The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Docomo Pacific has warned that increasingly sophisticated AI-driven scam calls are targeting Guam's elderly, saying fraudsters can now use AI to clone relatives' voices. The warning followed a call in which a supposed federal agent told an elderly woman her ID was found in a car with drugs; she called to verify first and gave no information.
Original report: Guam telecom warns AI voice-cloning scammers are targeting elderly
An Austin elementary school teacher, Carl Innmon, faces additional state jail felony charges. According to an arrest affidavit, he put classroom photos of at least two 10-year-old students into an AI generator that 'de-clothed' them. He was first arrested on March 12 on child pornography possession charges, and the affidavit says he admitted downloading such material.
Original report: Austin teacher accused of using AI to undress student photos
In a T-shirt trademark and copyright dispute, a defendant company's filing before Florence's business court cited Court of Cassation judgments that did not exist or said something else. Its lawyer said a studio collaborator found them with ChatGPT without the lawyer's knowledge. The court noted the failure to verify but rejected a sanctions request, finding no bad faith.
Original report: Florence court lets ChatGPT-invented Cassazione rulings go unsanctioned
Ireland's High Court refused David Reddan leave to challenge planning permission for a roof over six driving bays at Nenagh Golf Club. Mr Justice Nolan said a 'subordination to perjury' allegation had 'all the hallmarks of ChatGPT, or some similar AI tool', and that another ground looked generated by a third party or an AI tool. He found none of the nine grounds substantial.
Original report: Irish judge spots ChatGPT hallmarks in golf club planning challenge
MEP Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (FDP) has demanded a cease-and-desist declaration from filmmaker Jan Henrik Stahlberg and Filmfest Bremen. The dispute concerns an AI-altered satire video in which a fake husband blames her for sending him to the Ukrainian front. Her office calls it a 'nasty fake video' not marked as AI. Stahlberg says it is labelled and that the festival merely shared it.
Original report: Strack-Zimmermann demands cease-and-desist over AI fake husband video archived copy of Strack-Zimmermann demands cease-and-desist over AI fake husband video
Scammers used AI-manipulated images and videos of journalist Alicia Ortega and businessman Frank Rainieri, plus a cloned Noticias SIN website, to promote 'Fortuna Aurora'. The platform supposedly pays 200,000 pesos a month on a 15,000-peso stake. The fake story claims the Central Bank and President Luis Abinader endorse it, but all of this is false.
Original report: Deepfaked Alicia Ortega and Frank Rainieri front fake investment scheme
Tenable researchers report that DeepSeek R1 refused to write a keylogger but its guardrails were trivial to bypass, for example by citing 'educational purposes only'. After some back and forth, it produced keylogger and ransomware code that needed manual fixes. The result included a working keylogger that hid an encrypted log file. Tenable expects the model to fuel more AI-generated malware.
Original report: DeepSeek R1 writes keylogger once its guardrails are bypassed
A viral video showing the Garuda Palace and Swissotel Nusantara submerged in Indonesia's future capital was AI-generated. The clip spread through Facebook and WhatsApp groups, prompting a hoax warning from the Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN). Its official Troy Pantouw called the video entirely fake and said legal action would be taken against those spreading false information.
Original report: Indonesia's new capital floods only in AI-generated video
