The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Péter Magyar called Viktor Orbán "a cheap, petty fraud" after the prime minister's morning video featured an artificially generated, Hungarian-speaking Zelensky advertising a so-called "Tiszafon". Magyar accused Orbán of posting AI-faked videos and content about the Tisza party and Magyar himself at taxpayers' expense, likening him to an athlete caught doping.
Original report: Orbán video features AI Zelensky plugging the 'Tiszafon'
OpenAI's Sora 2 exempted "historical figures" from its consent rules at launch, and videos of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Robin Williams, Bob Ross and others flooded social media, appalling relatives including Ilyasah Shabazz and Zelda Williams. After backlash, OpenAI said it would let representatives of "recently deceased" public figures request blocks, a term its spokeswoman declined to define.
Original report: Sora 2 revives dead celebrities, to their families' horror
AFP Factuel found that crowd photos from the campaigns of presidential candidates Hiram Samuel Iyodi (MP3) and Joshua Osih (SDF) were AI-altered or generated, one showing duplicated faces and a star matching Gemini's logo. Iyodi's spokeswoman confirmed using AI; the SDF denies it, though three people told AFP its campaign director sent the images on WhatsApp, then deleted them.
Original report: Cameroon campaigns pad rally crowds with AI images, AFP finds archived copy of Cameroon campaigns pad rally crowds with AI images, AFP finds
Singer Kumar Sanu has filed a suit in the Delhi High Court to protect his personality and publicity rights, objecting to AI content cloning his voice, vocal style and manner of singing, morphing of his face and merchandise, which the suit says earns defendants revenue on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora is likely to hear it on October 13.
Original report: Kumar Sanu asks Delhi High Court to curb AI voice clones
Jaxen Cole of Gilford has been indicted on two counts of fraudulent use of deepfakes, a class B felony, accused of posting a Laconia officer's bodycam video in February 2025 with the officer's voice altered to profess admiration for Cole and want his autograph, prosecutors say. Cole has pleaded not guilty; his attorney cites free-speech issues.
Original report: Gilford man indicted over deepfaked police bodycam voice
Police arrested Chirag Rajendra Thapa, 21, of Virar East, Mumbai, accused of using AI tools to make nude images of a Pune woman he met playing BGMI after she rejected his proposal. Police say he created fake Instagram profiles in her name, sent the images to her friends and family, and faked images of her friends too.
Original report: Man arrested over AI nudes after rejected BGMI proposal
In a first-person essay, tech founder Anthony Tan says months of nightly philosophy chats with ChatGPT, begun in September 2024, validated grandiose theories about AI alignment and simulation, contributing to a psychotic break in December 2024 and a stay in a psychiatric ward. Tan also lists exams, sleep loss and a cannabis edible as triggers but calls the AI's role central.
Original report: Tech founder blames ChatGPT chats for psychotic break
Dismissing Habib Miah's pro se suit against Morgan Stanley for lack of jurisdiction on November 6, 2025, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer noted Miah's "troubling apparent use" of AI, flagged by defendants, including nonexistent cases and quotations absent from cited authorities. The complaint itself contained: "Let me know if you'd like me to expand further or draft additional sections!"
Original report: Judge notes apparent AI use in pro se suit against Morgan Stanley
