The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Strike 3 Holdings, an adult-video maker, is suing Meta in federal court in California, alleging the company has torrented and seeded its videos since 2018, BitTorrenting 2,396 of them via 47 Meta-affiliated IP addresses, partly to train AI models. Strike 3 is demanding $350 million; a Meta spokesperson said the company doesn't believe the claims are accurate.
Original report: Meta accused of torrenting porn videos for AI training
RealPage settled Nevada's lawsuit alleging its algorithm let landlords align prices and avoid competition, agreeing to limit its use of nonpublic data, age that data by at least three months and contribute $200,000 for rental assistance, according to Attorney General Aaron Ford. RealPage denies the allegations and says it settled to "avoid the costs and distraction of potential litigation."
Original report: RealPage settles Nevada rent-pricing algorithm case, denying wrongdoing archived copy of RealPage settles Nevada rent-pricing algorithm case, denying wrongdoing
People Power Party leaders said a tip recording behind Democratic claims that Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae met former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to discuss President Lee Jae-myung's case was a fake voice file recreated with AI, and said Democrats including Jung Chung-rae should be the first targets of the punitive-damages scheme their own party is pushing.
Original report: People Power Party calls Cho Hee-dae tape an AI fake
Ong Kai Min, 42, was jailed for seven years and nine months on Sept 19 after pleading guilty to eight cheating charges, having told investors that his firm, Singapore Index Trading Institute, had AI programs making automated trades with historical returns of at least 3 per cent a month. No trading was done; he cheated victims of over $4.6 million in total.
Original report: Singapore man jailed for fake AI-powered investment scheme archived copy of Singapore man jailed for fake AI-powered investment scheme
Delta president Glen Hauenstein told investors about plans to offer prices tailored "to you, the individual," prompting backlash and a formal letter from US senators expressing concerns about data privacy and consumer costs. Delta later backtracked, telling lawmakers it was not targeting individuals but using broader data pools for dynamic pricing.
Original report: Delta's 'to you, the individual' pricing pitch draws senators' letter archived copy of Delta's 'to you, the individual' pricing pitch draws senators' letter
An investigation by Hunterbrook Media and journalist Pablo Torre alleges that BrainCo, a Harvard-born start-up that moved to China, secretly receives funding from Chinese government-linked entities and military-linked firms, raising fears that brain data its FocusCalm headbands collected from athletes including Jannik Sinner, Charles Leclerc and Iga Swiatek could be used to train soldiers with AI.
Original report: Investigation ties athletes' BrainCo headbands to Chinese government-linked funding
The Sofia Metropolis says a Facebook video uses AI to fake the image and voice of Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil, who it says took no part in it and "does not advertise goods and services" in the media or on social networks. The metropolis has taken steps to alert state authorities and urged the public not to fall for such malicious manipulations.
Original report: Church disowns AI video faking Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil archived copy of Church disowns AI video faking Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil
A Michigan federal magistrate judge sanctioned pro se plaintiff Khalid Ali $600, $200 for each of three admitted misrepresentations: a misquoted Sixth Circuit ruling, a records deadline Michigan law does not impose, and a "phantom" state regulation that "simply does not exist." Excessive reliance on AI-generated documents, the court said, "does not excuse false statements of law."
Original report: Pro se plaintiff sanctioned $600 for phantom regulation and misquotes
A federal court in California admonished plaintiffs' lawyer Laurie Doucet Normandin over a brief citing "Innovation Ventures, LLC, v. Pitts," a case the court could not find and said appeared to be AI-hallucinated. She admitted using sources "that incorporate AI" and cited inadvertent error; the court called her carelessness "a discredit to the bar" but discharged its show-cause order without sanctions.
Original report: Lawyer admonished, not sanctioned, over AI-hallucinated case citation
The Selangor Sultan's Office says a fake TikTok account used AI to manipulate and misuse images of Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin, and also misused pictures of other individuals and figures to deceive social media users. A police report has been made, Shah Alam district police chief Mohd. Iqbal Ibrahim confirmed, and the palace urged the public to beware of scammers.
Original report: Fake TikTok account misused AI-altered photos of Tengku Permaisuri Selangor archived copy of Fake TikTok account misused AI-altered photos of Tengku Permaisuri Selangor
