The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Singapore's former president Halimah Yacob said in a Facebook post on April 15 that she will make a police report over a deepfake video, which she called "completely false", showing her allegedly making negative statements about the Government and even capturing her voice. She urged parties to fight fair in the general election, with Polling Day on May 3.
Original report: Ex-president Halimah Yacob to report deepfake video to police
Cortland Management, which owns more than 5,000 units in the Triangle, reached a settlement with North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson that bars it from using non-public landlord data to set rents, limiting its use of RealPage's software. Jackson, who calls the software unlawful, says the state will keep fighting the wider case.
Original report: Landlord Cortland settles with North Carolina over RealPage rent software
Belfast firm KRW LAW has sent pre-action correspondence to Meta Platforms Ireland on behalf of author Richard O'Rawe, alleging serious and ongoing breaches of his copyright and data protection rights. The central allegation is that Meta used LibGen, an online library of millions of copyrighted texts, to train its Llama model. The firm says it is also seeking an injunction.
Original report: Author Richard O'Rawe moves to sue Meta over Llama training
AI developer ROSS Intelligence has petitioned to certify an interlocutory appeal to the Third Circuit, challenging District of Delaware findings by Judge Stephanos Bibas in Thomson Reuters' copyright case that Westlaw's headnotes are original and that ROSS' use of them to train its legal research AI was not fair use. ROSS argues it used only 0.076% of the headnotes.
Original report: ROSS Intelligence asks Third Circuit to review Westlaw copyright loss
Actress and comedian Muriel Robin said on Instagram on April 15 that the company SLIMPAL is circulating a "totally fraudulent" online advert using her image and an AI-generated voice to promote a supposed miracle slimming product. She said she never filmed it or gave consent, and that she will take legal action against those responsible.
Original report: Muriel Robin plans legal action over AI-cloned SLIMPAL weight-loss ad
US Magistrate Judge Elayna J. Youchah in Nevada denied a self-represented plaintiff's bid to file a supplemental sanctions motion on April 15, 2025, noting she continues to rely on non-existent and inapplicable case law, including Graham v. Nyquist, which the court could not find on Westlaw. Continued reliance, the order warns, may result in sanctions.
Original report: Nevada court warns pro se plaintiff over nonexistent case citation
Abnormal says attackers are emailing links from compromised accounts to presentations hosted on Gamma, an AI-powered presentation builder, which lead via a Cloudflare Turnstile check to fake Microsoft SharePoint login pages. The firm says an apparent adversary-in-the-middle setup validates stolen credentials in real time and can capture session cookies to bypass multi-factor authentication.
Original report: Phishers use AI presentation tool Gamma to steal Microsoft logins
404 Media reports that Instagram account FutureRiderUS posted AI-generated Los Angeles fire videos, including firefighters rescuing baby animals, drawing about 94 million views in roughly 24 hours from January 10, then advertised a $19.99 course on viral AI videos. The account says Instagram's barely visible "AI Info" label is sufficient disclosure; Meta did not respond.
Original report: Fake AI LA fire videos earn Instagram account 94 million views
A Bengaluru techie used OpenAI's GPT-4o image generation tool to create hyper-realistic images of a non-existent woman and set up a fake Bumble profile, which drew over 2,750 likes, SuperSwipes and offers of concert tickets within two hours, according to their post on X. Bumble reportedly took around 12 hours to remove it.
Original report: AI-generated Bumble profile draws over 2,750 likes in two hours
