Toronto lawyer Jisuh Lee of ML Lawyers faces criminal contempt proceedings after admitting she misled the Ontario Superior Court, first denying she used ChatGPT on a factum citing hallucinated case law, then blaming a student. A Dec. 4 order shows the matter was referred to Ontario's attorney general; Justice Frederick Myers called it 'a very unusual case'.
Florida's Second District Court of Appeal referred attorney McLane to the Florida Bar after her answer brief in Russell v. Mells cited an apparently hallucinated case and misquoted two others. She said the citations came from 'computer generated searches' she 'failed to fully vet'; the judges took her at her word that she meant no deception but were 'deeply troubled'.
Corbett High School's principal learned on a Tuesday evening that an AI-generated nude image of a student was circulating, and a student allegedly confessed to making it the next day, but police were told only on Saturday after an internal investigation, the superintendent says. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is investigating possible child sexual abuse material; parents question the delay.
The estate of Suzanne Adams, killed by her son Stein-Erik Soelberg before he took his own life, has filed a wrongful death suit in San Francisco Superior Court. Its lawyers allege ChatGPT-4o "affirmed Soelberg's paranoia and encouraged his delusions," and the suit says OpenAI is refusing to provide full chat logs. OpenAI called it "incredibly heartbreaking."
In a cease-and-desist letter sent Wednesday, Disney accuses Google of copying its works without authorization to train AI and of operating as a "virtual vending machine" for characters from Frozen to Star Wars, with many images bearing the Gemini logo. Google says it builds its AI from public web data and offers copyright controls.
At least half a dozen former neighbours of exiled Hong Kong activist Carmen Lau in Maidenhead received letters posted from Macau carrying five deepfaked sexual images of her, while a fake sex-work poster targeting former legislator Ted Hui circulated in Adelaide. Thames Valley police are investigating; it is not clear who sent the letters.
A proposed class action filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges Sharp HealthCare used the AI app Abridge to record doctor-patient conversations without consent, and that the tool inserted chart notes saying patients had "consented." The suit estimates more than 100,000 patients may have been recorded. Sharp says it cannot comment on pending litigation.
Maldita.es reported 15 TikTok accounts, with almost 300,000 followers, posting AI-generated videos sexualising girls who appear underage; TikTok found "no violation" in 14 and only restricted one. Bios and comments often pointed to Telegram, where Maldita says it was offered real child pornography. Maldita has reported those Telegram accounts and websites to police.
Charles Cornelius, 57, a teacher from Ellesmere Port, was jailed for three-and-a-half years at Chester Crown Court after the NCA found more than 43,000 child abuse images, two "paedophile manuals" and AI-generated abuse images along with the prompts used to make them. He pleaded guilty to possession and production of indecent images of children.
Within 48 hours of launch, the Washington Post's AI-generated personalised podcasts made errors including misattributed or invented quotes and inserted commentary, four sources told Semafor. Standards head Karen Pensiero called the errors "frustrating for all of us"; the Post pointed to its product chief describing the podcasts as "an experimental product in a lot of ways."
In NBC News tests, the Miriat Miiloo plush, advertised for children 3 and older, explained how to sharpen a knife and light a match and insisted "Taiwan is an inalienable part of China." PIRG research found the Alilo Smart AI Bunny describing sexual practices including kink. Alilo says it is reviewing the findings; Miriat didn't respond.
Venezuela's attorney general Tarek William Saab announced the arrest of a 26-year-old woman who allegedly used an AI voice changer to pose as a man, win over women in Caracas and then take their vehicles. Saab said she ran an elaborate "catfishing" romance scam; prosecutors' office 158 is handling the case.
A Louisiana eighth grader was expelled after hitting a male classmate who was sharing AI-generated nude images of her on a school bus, CBS News reported. He has been charged with 10 counts of disseminating AI-created explicit images; the family's attorney says he was only transferred to another school. Her family is considering suing the district.
