The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Scammers have used AI deepfake videos of New Zealand doctors to sell supposed Type 2 diabetes treatments, according to the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes. Its president, Dr Jo McClintock, said at least three doctors had been impersonated and several patients were thought to have bought the scam supplements.
Original report: Deepfake New Zealand doctors peddle fake diabetes treatments
A teenager died by suicide shortly after receiving a text containing an AI-generated nude photo of himself and a demand for $3,000 to keep it from friends and family, CBS reports. His parents learned what had happened only after finding the messages on his phone, and say they hope the recently passed Take It Down Act will make a difference.
Original report: Teen dies after sextortion with AI-generated nude image
Author James Bernard MacKinnon filed a May 23 claim in B.C. Supreme Court, as a proposed class action, alleging Anthropic trained the first version of Claude on Books3, a dataset downloaded without a licence that he says included a book he wrote and another he co-wrote. The claim seeks damages and disgorgement of profits; none of the allegations have been proven.
Original report: B.C. author files proposed class action against Anthropic
A video shared online as a speech by Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré attacking Western media is AI-generated, fact-checker Rumor Scanner says. It closely resembles a May 25 YouTube upload by the channel Univers Inspirant, whose description calls it fictional, for entertainment only and synthetic; detection sites Hive Moderation and Sensity rated the clip 95% to 100% likely AI-generated.
Original report: AI-made Ibrahim Traoré speech circulates as real, fact-check finds
