In an amended complaint filed September 19th, the RIAA accuses Suno of "stream ripping" Universal, Sony and Warner recordings from YouTube to train its AI music models, circumventing the platform's "rolling cipher" encryption in breach of the DMCA. Suno has argued such training is fair use; the RIAA seeks $2,500 per act of circumvention and up to $150,000 per work infringed.
The Internet Watch Foundation says its analysts found criminal material on a platform hosting chatbot "characters" designed to let users simulate sexual scenarios with child avatars, some depicted as young as seven. Between 1 June and 7 August 2025, IWF analysts actioned 17 reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material from a single site.
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A federal magistrate judge in New Mexico fined attorney Boglarka Foghi $3,000 and ordered her to self-report to the New Mexico and Arizona bars after filings in a suit against Albuquerque Public Schools cited nonexistent cases and fictional quotations. She conceded unreviewed AI use was the only explanation; the court found her response "less than forthright" and containing similar errors.
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A Clark County, Nevada, district judge cautioned a plaintiff's counsel after defendants' lawyers said several authorities in an opposition brief appeared AI-generated and did not accurately reflect controlling law; the court found "a basis to these concerns". It declined to order a show-cause hearing for now but warned that future inaccurate or AI-generated citations will bring one, and possible sanctions.
A cryptocurrency scheme briefly hijacked the verified X account of former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga, posting a message promoting "Kenya Token" with a video apparently showing him endorsing it. Evidence suggested the video was fabricated and the post was deleted within hours, though a Telegram group for the token, which lacks a contract address, drew more than 1,600 members.
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Dismissing an aircraft-maintenance suit against Constant Aviation, US District Judge Pamela A. Barker said the court could not locate a purported Sixth Circuit case the plaintiffs cited and disregarded it, also noting a pin cite to a nonexistent page and reminding counsel of Rule 11. The opinion does not say how the errors arose.
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Employment Judge Camp, refusing a litigant in person's application in Birmingham, found it cited cases that apparently do not exist, such as "British Chambers of Commerce v Burton", or that do not say what was claimed, and strongly suspected AI was used. No order was made, but the claimant was warned repeats could see the whole case struck out.
