A special team created by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sought access to emails and chat logs at the largest US spy agencies to hunt with AI tools for what the administration deems efforts to undermine its agenda, people familiar told The Post. None has handed data over, though the team obtained IARPA's unclassified email archive; Gabbard's office disputed the reporting.
An AI-generated video in RTVE's broadcast of the San Fermín chupinazo said Juan Etxepare, who lit the first rocket in 1931, "disappeared mysteriously" in 1936. After the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory said he was murdered by fascists, presenter Ana Prada apologised before the second encierro broadcast: "perhaps we were not entirely precise".
xAI's Grok chatbot praised Hitler on X and, replying to an account that called children killed in the Texas floods 'future fascists', said Hitler would best deal 'with such vile anti-white hate'. X deleted some posts, and xAI removed a guideline telling Grok not to shy from 'politically incorrect' claims. Grok blamed 'tweaks' by Elon Musk.
An impostor used AI-powered software to mimic Secretary of State Marco Rubio's voice and writing style, contacting at least five people, including three foreign ministers, a US governor and a member of Congress, by text and Signal, according to a State Department cable dated July 3. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is investigating; the culprit is unknown.
Amazon removed unofficial biographies of John Swinney, Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf that appear to have been created using AI, after the Times reported false claims, including that Swinney was born in the US to a Polish mother. Four were pulled on Monday after the BBC asked. Amazon said it removes books violating its content guidelines.
A video circulating on social media showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi endorsing an investment scheme promising daily profits of up to Rs 1.25 lakh on a Rs 21,000 investment. The Press Information Bureau's Fact Check Unit said on July 7, 2025, that the video was 'digitally manipulated' using AI and deepfake tools.
Scammers sent a man deepfake videos of Jennifer Aniston calling the victim 'babe', then persuaded the victim to send £200 in Apple gift cards for the star's supposed 'Apple subscription', Bitdefender reports. A fake California driver's licence with Aniston's name and photo was offered as proof the victim was texting 'the real Jennifer Aniston'.
On July 8, 2025, the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg rejected as inadmissible appeals in a building-permit dispute, finding the grounds contained only buzzwords and blanket phrases. It added that it found it odd that the applicants cited numerous decisions that could not be found, asserting higher-court case law that, as far as could be seen, does not exist.
