The daily rap sheet of the machine age.
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Italy's antitrust authority AGCM ordered Meta Platforms on Dec 24 to suspend WhatsApp contractual terms that, the watchdog said, "completely exclude Meta AI's competitors" from the platform, as it investigates suspected abuse of a dominant position. A Meta spokesperson called the decision "fundamentally flawed" and said: "We will appeal."
Original report: Italy orders Meta to suspend WhatsApp terms excluding rival chatbots
South Korean police have booked, without detention, a second-year high school student suspected of using AI deepfake technology from 2022 to this year to put the faces of 10 people, including two teachers and students, onto nude images. Police say forensic analysis of the student's phone found more than 100 such images, and further investigation, including into distribution, is planned.
Original report: Korean student booked over AI deepfake nudes of teachers archived copy of Korean student booked over AI deepfake nudes of teachers
The Busan District Court sentenced a person in their 20s to two years in prison for insurance fraud. The defendant uploaded photos of hospital admission records to ChatGPT and asked it to lengthen the stays, collecting 150 million won over 11 claims from July 2024, including one claiming an acquaintance was hurt playing football. The judge noted no settlement with the insurers.
Original report: Defendant gets two years for ChatGPT-doctored insurance paperwork archived copy of Defendant gets two years for ChatGPT-doctored insurance paperwork
A proposed class action in Illinois federal court alleges Fireflies.AI Corp.'s meeting assistant collects and stores participants' biometric voice data for speaker recognition without consent, and publishes no retention or destruction policy as Illinois' BIPA requires. The plaintiff, an Illinois resident, says her voice was profiled in a November meeting though she never used the service.
Original report: Lawsuit says Fireflies.AI harvests meeting voiceprints without consent archived copy of Lawsuit says Fireflies.AI harvests meeting voiceprints without consent
Gachibowli police arrested two candidates from Haryana accused of cheating in a University of Hyderabad junior office assistant recruitment exam. Police say a miniature scanner on a shirt button captured the questions and AI-generated answers were relayed to a Bluetooth device; an invigilator caught the first after hearing repeated beeping.
Original report: Beeping Bluetooth gives away AI cheating in Hyderabad job exam archived copy of Beeping Bluetooth gives away AI cheating in Hyderabad job exam
Surgeon and MP Vladimir Dobricanin found an AI-manipulated video on fake Facebook and Instagram profiles showing him endorsing eyedrops and remedies for rheumatism, impotence and parasites, with ads linking to a site of Limited Charm, registered as Digital Edge. Montenegro's CIRT says misuse of public figures' likenesses has grown since 2022.
Original report: Deepfaked MP 'endorses' eyedrops he says don't work archived copy of Deepfaked MP 'endorses' eyedrops he says don't work
In an unfair dismissal claim against GTC Contracting, Fair Work Commission Deputy President Butler suspected the applicant's husband and representative, Michael Archer, had used AI for his closing submissions, which he confirmed. The Commission disregarded cited cases for which he could not find citations or links, and dismissed the application on 24 December 2025.
Original report: Fair Work Commission sets aside AI-assisted case citations
Canada's Social Security Tribunal found that four Federal Court of Appeal cases cited by an employment insurance appellant, including "Gagnon v Canada, 1999 FCA 8976", do not exist, their citations leading to unrelated decisions. Member Gary Conrad disregarded them and on December 24, 2025 dismissed the appeal seeking to backdate the claim.
Original report: Tribunal finds EI appellant's four cited cases do not exist
LivCor, one of six landlords the Justice Department and states sued in January for allegedly using rivals' sensitive information through RealPage pricing algorithms to set rents, reached a proposed settlement barring anticompetitive algorithms and requiring a court-appointed monitor if it uses an uncertified pricing algorithm. LivCor notes the deal contains "no finding of or admission of any wrongdoing."
Original report: LivCor reaches proposed DOJ settlement in RealPage rent case
