The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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After her lawyers and social media teams failed to get it removed, Jamie Lee Curtis publicly asked Mark Zuckerberg on 12 May to take down an "AI fake commercial" built from edited snippets of a TV interview she gave after the Los Angeles fires. Meta removed it two hours later, confirming the ads broke its policies.
Original report: Jamie Lee Curtis gets AI fake ad pulled by appealing to Zuckerberg
The Gold Coast Titans say they are working with the NRL integrity unit and NSW Police to find who produced and distributed "malicious fake images" of one of their NRLW players, made with AI and spread online. The player said it "has happened a few times now"; chief executive Steve Mitchell called the material "vile".
Original report: Titans enlist police over fake AI images of NRLW player
Newly appointed junior officers supervising the academic test for police NCO recruits in South Sulawesi allegedly looked up answers on ChatGPT and passed them to certain candidates, police said. Candidates who received help were disqualified and the supervisors have been examined over ethics and discipline, Propam chief Kombes Pol Zulham Efendi said on 13 May 2025.
Original report: Sulawesi police exam proctors allegedly supplied ChatGPT answers
Two French law firms have filed a class action alleging Apple's Siri records users' conversations without their knowledge to target advertising, seeking damages at least equal to the device's price. Apple pointed to past statements that Siri is designed to protect privacy. In the US, Apple agreed on 2 January to pay $95 million while denying wrongdoing.
Original report: French law firms file class action over Siri's alleged secret recordings
Mr Justice Fordham refused former solicitor Venkateshwarlu Bandla an extension of time to appeal his 2017 striking-off and struck out his grounds as an abuse of process on 13 May 2025, after he cited multiple non-existent cases. Bandla denied using AI, saying he found them via Google and never checked them; he was ordered to pay £24,727.20 indemnity costs.
Original report: Struck-off solicitor's appeal thrown out over fake case citations
Records reviewed by KUT News show Texas insurers using satellite and aircraft photos, some rated by CAPE Analytics' AI, to decide whether to renew home policies. Homeowners have filed at least a dozen state complaints since 2023; in one, Nationwide dropped an Austin homeowner over a year-old roof, later admitting staff had reviewed the wrong aerial report.
Original report: Texas insurers threaten nonrenewals over aerial, AI-rated roof photos
A Changsha Kaifu District court ruled that an unnamed internet company's app, whose AI 'one-click' feature cut a TV drama into 3- to 7-second clips for users without authorisation, infringed the rights holder's information network transmission right. Rejecting the neutral-tool defence, it found no effective infringement safeguards and ordered the developer to stop and pay 800,000 yuan in damages.
Original report: AI 'one-click' clip tool owes 800,000 yuan, Changsha court rules
