The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Spain's Civil Guard said on Sunday it was investigating a 17-year-old boy for alleged corruption of minors, on suspicion of using AI to make deepfake nude images of female classmates for sale. Sixteen young women at an educational institute complained about the images circulating online; police say everyone pictured on the account was a minor.
Original report: Spanish police investigate teen over AI nude images of classmates
Tel Aviv's Regional Labour Court struck out a former legal adviser's claim against the Quarries Rehabilitation Fund for relying on fabricated case law. The plaintiff, a lawyer who drafted the claim, blamed time pressure, inexperience and AI editing tools, calling it a technical error; the court disagreed and ordered ₪6,000 in costs to the fund and ₪2,000 to the state.
Original report: Israeli labour court strikes claim built on fictitious case law
Google has admitted its Android Earthquake Alerts system rated the 7.8 magnitude quake that struck Turkey on 6 February 2023 at 4.5 to 4.9, sending only 469 top-level "Take Action" warnings when 10 million people could have received one. More than 55,000 people died in it and a second quake that day. Google had previously told the BBC the system "performed well".
Original report: Google admits quake alerts underplayed Turkey's 2023 earthquake
