The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Google's AI Overview said Dave Barry died last November 20, according to the still-living Barry. After his feedback, it kept the death claim but swapped in details of a different Dave Barry, a Dorchester political activist who died in 2016. A Google AI chat failed to grasp the problem, and the Overview has since declared him alive, dead again and alive again.
Original report: Google AI Overview keeps declaring Dave Barry dead
ALERT says it arrested Justin Tillery, 38, a junior girls' football coach in Lethbridge, on July 16, 2025, and charged him with offences including making, distributing and possessing child pornography; police allege he used AI to manipulate and sexualize photos of underage girls, shared via Kik Messenger. He was released on conditions barring him from coaching anyone under 18.
Original report: Lethbridge girls' football coach charged over AI child abuse images archived copy of Lethbridge girls' football coach charged over AI child abuse images
Prosecutors in Nanjing's Xuanwu district say a suspect surnamed Fu bought more than 1.95 million items of personal data online and used AI face-swap software to beat facial recognition on 23 victims' payment accounts, changing five victims' passwords and buying two phones worth 15,996 yuan. In October 2024 a court sentenced Fu to four years and six months.
Original report: Fraudster jailed 4.5 years for AI face-swap payment account break-ins
An FDNY fire marshal ran a Clearview AI search and accessed DMV records to help NYPD detectives identify a pro-Palestinian protester sought over an April 2024 Columbia skirmish, emails disclosed in court show. A Manhattan judge who dismissed the case against the protester in June found the steps "clearly contravene" NYPD facial recognition policy; the FDNY says it follows all laws.
Original report: Fire marshal's Clearview search helped NYPD sidestep facial recognition ban
Tesla confidentially settled a lawsuit over a driver's 2019 death when his Model 3's Autopilot allegedly failed to avoid a tractor-trailer crossing a Florida highway, a July 7 court filing disclosed. The NTSB had cited the driver's over-reliance on automation and criticized Tesla's technology for insufficiently monitoring driver engagement.
Original report: Tesla quietly settles suit over fatal 2019 Autopilot truck crash
A daughter of Colorado dentist James Craig, on trial over the alleged March 2023 poisoning of his wife, testified that he wrote her a letter with step-by-step instructions for a deepfake video showing her mother asking him to order the ingredients prosecutors say killed her. Craig has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder.
Original report: Accused dentist sought deepfake of his wife, daughter testifies
Ronald Richardson, 48, a North Georgia man arrested in January, was indicted on 76 charges in April and 44 more last week, for a total of 120, over allegedly using AI to make normal social media snapshots of minors appear nude. Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson said it is the office's first investigation involving AI.
Original report: Charges against Georgia man over AI nude images reach 120
Turkey's Gendarmerie General Command says a video shared on social media appearing to show its personnel applauding detained Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu at a hearing in Istanbul's Çağlayan courthouse was made with AI and digital methods, and that it will file a criminal complaint against the accounts that made and spread it, for insulting state institutions and inciting hatred.
Original report: Turkish gendarmerie calls İmamoğlu trial applause video an AI fake
Nanyang Technological University upheld a zero grade for a student who appealed an academic misconduct penalty, after a panel found 14 instances of false citations or data in her essay, including non-existent sources, errors NTU says are commonly associated with generative AI. She had said she used only a reference organiser; generative AI was banned for the assignment.
Original report: NTU upholds zero for essay with 14 false citations or data
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav of the Delhi High Court granted a woman an interim injunction against circulation of non-consensual explicit content, including deepfakes and morphed images, ordering platforms to take down listed URLs, the Union of India to block the pornographic websites involved, and Meta and X Corp to disclose details of the alleged originators within 15 days.
Original report: Delhi High Court orders takedown of woman's deepfake explicit images
