The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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A man who says he was abducted and held in the KK Park scam compound on the Myanmar-Thai border told Reuters that workers there used a free version of ChatGPT to pose as Americans and lure U.S. real estate agents into bogus crypto investments. Reuters could not verify all details; OpenAI says it works to disrupt scam-related misuse.
Original report: Ex-captive says scam workers used ChatGPT to pose as Americans
A court dismissed claims seeking to hold Warner Bros. Discovery responsible in Alcon Entertainment's suit alleging Tesla fed images from Blade Runner 2049 into an AI image generator for its robotaxi unveiling after being denied permission. Alcon may amend direct and vicarious infringement claims; a contributory infringement claim against the studio survives, as did a direct claim against Tesla in April.
Original report: Court trims Blade Runner AI suit against Warner Bros. archived copy of Court trims Blade Runner AI suit against Warner Bros.
Justice Mary V. Rosado of New York County Supreme Court dismissed a woman's suit against her former lawyers, granted sanctions against her counsel for misleading conduct, awarding the defendants their legal fees, and, finding his papers 'riddled with incorrect and false citations', ordered him to state within five days whether he used AI and explain citing cases that do not exist.
Original report: New York judge demands lawyer explain nonexistent case citations
A Morón, Buenos Aires province, appeals court declared a plaintiff's appeal deserted, with costs, after finding it relied on precedents, including a supposed ruling of the court itself, that could not be located. Judge Gabriel Quadri saw a strong probability, though no certainty, of AI misuse but declined sanctions, instead notifying the lawyer and asking the local bar association to urge members to verify citations.
Original report: Argentine court tosses appeal built on untraceable precedents
California's Fourth District Court of Appeal found that a self-represented parent in a child custody jurisdiction appeal cited two nonexistent cases, but declined a requested $10,000 sanction, noting she promptly removed them and they were cited for correct statements of law. Warning against blind reliance on AI-generated cases, the court said future self-represented litigants citing fictitious cases may face sanctions.
Original report: Court warns but spares litigant who cited fictitious cases
More than 200 contractors who rate and improve Google's AI products were laid off without warning in August amid a fight over pay and conditions at Hitachi-owned outsourcer GlobalLogic, workers told WIRED. Two workers have filed a National Labor Relations Board complaint alleging they were unfairly fired; Google says the raters work for GlobalLogic or its subcontractors.
Original report: More than 200 Google AI raters laid off amid pay fight archived copy of More than 200 Google AI raters laid off amid pay fight
