A Singapore retiree lost $4,249 to a cryptocurrency investment scam after seeing a deepfake video of a Singapore minister endorsing it in a WhatsApp group. He paid a $250 registration fee, was coached over a screen-shared video call into moving $4,400 from his CPF account to his bank, then found $3,999 withdrawn without his authorisation; police are investigating.
Three women have sued three Phoenix-area men, plus Creatorcore LLC, Model Forge AI, Fal.ai and Phyziro LLC, in Maricopa County Superior Court, alleging the men turned their social media photos into sexually explicit AI images to advertise an "AI influencer" business. The lawsuit, filed Jan. 22, claims one Instagram video drew more than 16 million views.
A Minnesota woman's sworn declaration in a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security says a Border Patrol agent addressed her by name while she observed ICE activity, saying he had used facial recognition to identify her. Three days later, she says, DHS revoked her Global Entry and TSA PreCheck privileges without a specific explanation, though she was not arrested or charged.
Galicia's Superior Court of Justice ordered a company to pay €53,766 to an employee it made clock in by facial recognition, ruling it an illegitimate intrusion on fundamental rights when less intrusive means, such as a company card, existed. The sum comprises €46,266 for termination of her contract at her request and €7,500 in moral damages.
Kane James Kellum, 34, arrested in Baytown, faces a federal charge of possessing child pornography that the FBI says was created with an AI app on his phone, according to the indictment from photos of two minors. Described as the first federal case in Houston over AI-made child sexual abuse material, it carries up to 10 years in prison if he is convicted.
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco said her "tentative view" is to grant OpenAI's motion to dismiss xAI's lawsuit accusing it of hiring away employees to obtain confidential information about Grok, finding xAI did not plausibly allege OpenAI acquired or used its trade secrets. She tentatively said xAI could amend its claims; oral arguments are set for Feb. 3.
