The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, Daniel Okrent and several other authors sued Microsoft in New York federal court, alleging it trained its Megatron AI model on a collection of nearly 200,000 pirated books. They seek an order blocking the alleged infringement and statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work. Microsoft did not immediately respond.
Original report: Authors sue Microsoft over pirated books in Megatron training
Judge Vince Chhabria ruled that Meta's use of books to train Llama was fair use, but said this did not make it lawful, only that the authors, including Sarah Silverman, "made the wrong arguments." The authors had alleged Meta downloaded their books from piracy websites; their lawyers cited Meta's "historically unprecedented pirating."
Original report: Meta wins authors' Llama suit as judge faults their arguments
Russian Telegram channels spread claims, including an AI-generated deepfake video, that Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna proposed barring women aged 18 to 27 from leaving the country and that parliament backed it. Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation said no such bill is before parliament and called it an attempt to discredit officials and spread panic.
Original report: Russian Telegram deepfake has Stefanishyna proposing women's travel ban
On a suit by TV Today Network, the Delhi High Court directed Google to take down within 48 hours a YouTube channel, "@AnajanaomKashya", that impersonated Aaj Tak anchor Anjana Om Kashyap with deepfake videos. Justice Prathiba M. Singh noted the missing "P" and ordered Google to disclose the operator's subscriber details and any revenue paid.
Original report: Delhi HC orders deepfake Anjana Om Kashyap channel removed
A video circulating on social media combined a photo of actor and showman Igor Dzambazov in a wheelchair, an AI-generated fake statement and a clip of a parliamentary brawl to claim he punched pharmacists who had banned a treatment that supposedly got him out of the wheelchair. Dzambazov denounced it on Instagram: "Shame on you!"
Original report: Fake AI video claims actor Igor Dzambazov punched pharmacists
Judge Kobi Vardi of the Tel Aviv-Yafo administrative court found that Auto Test's lawyer, who apologised, used AI in a petition against the Ministry of Transport that cited many nonexistent or erroneous rulings. The petition could have been struck out, the judge wrote, but given the State's "scandalous" tender delays he only denied Auto Test costs.
Original report: Israeli court denies costs over lawyer's AI-invented case law
Getty Images dropped its primary copyright infringement claims against Stability AI at London's High Court, its lawyers citing weak evidence and a lack of knowledgeable Stability witnesses. Getty, which alleges Stable Diffusion was trained on millions of its images without permission, continues with secondary infringement and trademark claims, plus a separate U.S. lawsuit.
Original report: Getty drops main UK copyright claims against Stability AI
