The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson filed a proposed class action on September 5, 2025, alleging Apple trained its OpenELM models on Books3, a dataset of pirated books that includes their works, and likely its Foundation Language Models too. They seek damages and destruction of any Apple Intelligence models and training sets incorporating their works.
Original report: Two authors sue Apple over pirated books in AI training
A caller posing as a policewoman told an elderly woman in Upper Franconia that her daughter had caused a fatal crash and €45,000 bail was due, while the daughter's voice, which police say was faked with AI, confirmed it in the background. Her son got the same call; the family compared notes and did not fall for it.
Original report: Police say scammers AI-faked daughter's voice in €45,000 shock call
Guelph police say two people who posted about lost pets in the past week were sent AI-generated images by people demanding reward money: one man sent $50 of a $300 demand, a woman sent $100. Wellington County OPP reported a similar attempt using an apparently altered photo; police say the senders use fake numbers and email addresses.
Original report: Guelph police warn of AI-faked lost pet reward scams
Common Sense Media gave Gemini Under 13 and Gemini with teen protections an overall "High Risk" rating, calling them adult versions with "some extra safety features". Its assessment found Gemini can share material on sex, drugs, alcohol and unsafe mental health "advice", and that both "fail to recognise serious mental health symptoms".
Original report: Common Sense Media rates Google Gemini high risk for kids
Ahead of the September 7 Buenos Aires provincial elections, a fake campaign spot circulated showing Governor Axel Kicillof urging people to vote Fuerza Patria if they want uncontrolled inflation back and higher taxes. Chequeado says the video, viewed almost 400,000 times on X, was AI-generated according to Hive Moderation, with the voice out of sync with the lips.
Original report: Fake AI Kicillof ad pitches inflation and higher taxes
Edward Saatchi, chief executive of Amazon-backed AI startup Fable Studio, said on Friday it plans to use AI to recreate the 43 minutes cut from Orson Welles's 1942 The Magnificent Ambersons. The Welles estate said it had not even been informed, calling the effort disappointing and, without Welles's creative force, a purely mechanical exercise.
Original report: Welles estate objects to Fable Studio's AI Ambersons rebuild
