Google's AI Overview told searchers that Claudio Zorzi, head of orthopaedics and traumatology at the IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria in Negrar, had died, apparently confusing him with a namesake family doctor who died in Trentino. The hospital served Google a formal notice demanding the claim's removal from all its services and says it will go to court otherwise.
At least seven nonprofits critical of OpenAI received subpoenas in recent months in its legal battle with Elon Musk, seeking details of their funders and communications about Musk, Meta and Mark Zuckerberg. The groups say the subpoenas are overly broad legal intimidation; OpenAI's Jason Kwon called them "a routine step in litigation" to ensure transparency about involvement and funding.
Beijing's Haidian district market regulator in June 2025 penalised a company whose livestream promoted "deep-sea polyene fish oil" with medical claims about dizziness, headaches and memory decline, alongside an AI-forged image of CCTV host Li Zimeng. The product was ordinary food made to a candy standard; regulators called it their first Advertising Law case against AI impersonation of famous people.
Newspaper publishers in FIEG filed a formal complaint with Agcom, Italy's Digital Services Coordinator, alleging that Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode breach the Digital Services Act by answering queries without clicks to publishers' sites, making Google a "traffic killer" that cuts their visibility and advertising revenue. ENPA is pursuing similar complaints elsewhere in the EU, seeking a European Commission proceeding.
Akshay Kumar's suit against unknown persons cites "large-scale misuse" of his name, image, voice and mannerisms, including AI-generated content, a doctored trailer showing him as UP chief minister that drew almost two million views, counterfeit merchandise and fake endorsement accounts. Justice Arif Doctor of the Bombay High Court said he would pass an ad-interim order protecting the actor's personality rights.
