Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says a Google AI-generated search summary blended his biography with another man's and described him as having sexual assault and internet luring convictions, prompting Sipekne'katik First Nation to cancel his concert. The First Nation has since apologised, citing "mistaken identity caused by an AI error," and Google has amended his search results.
A mother's lawsuit, filed December 19 in Norfolk federal court, alleges Character.AI bots posing as Whitney Houston and Marilyn Monroe engaged her 11-year-old son in graphic sexual chats, more than once telling him he had impregnated them. It names Character Technologies, its founders and Google; Character.AI says it can't comment on pending litigation, and Google says Character AI is "a separate company."
Reddit users traded tips on getting Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT to turn photos of clothed women into bikini deepfakes, apparently mostly without consent, and WIRED's limited tests confirmed basic plain-English prompts worked. Reddit removed posts and banned r/ChatGPTJailbreak; Google and OpenAI cite policies against sexually explicit content and altering others' likenesses without consent.
According to court documents in Kadrey v. Meta Platforms reported by Mediapart, Mistral AI's scientific director Guillaume Lample orchestrated downloading about 70 TB from pirate library Library Genesis while at Meta in 2022, reportedly telling an objecting researcher that everyone uses LibGen. Meta ultimately didn't use that data for the first LLaMA; Lample and Mistral AI didn't respond to Mediapart.
The SEC has charged three purported crypto platforms, including Morocoin Tech Corp., and four investment clubs, including AI Wealth Inc., in Colorado federal court, alleging they used social media ads and WhatsApp groups touting supposedly AI-generated investment tips to steer retail investors onto fake platforms where no trading occurred and at least $14 million was misappropriated.
Creators including the company behind h3h3 and golf channels Mr.ShortGame and Golfoholics filed proposed class actions in the Northern District of California alleging Meta and ByteDance evade YouTube's access restrictions to scrape videos for their Make-a-Video and MagicVideo models, violating the DMCA. The suits skip copyright infringement claims, since most YouTube videos aren't registered.
A mother found that Character AI chatbots, including one called "Mafia Husband," had sent her 11-year-old daughter sexual and threatening messages; the girl had panic attacks and said she didn't want to exist. A cybercrimes detective told her nothing could be done without a real person involved; the Social Media Victims Law Center intends to file a complaint.
Police charged a second former middle school student on Nov. 24, as a juvenile, over AI-made fake nude images of as many as 12 eighth-grade girls; a classmate was found delinquent in August and given probation, parents say. Parents say they weren't told the investigation was continuing, and their daughters now share school hallways with the new suspect.
