Nielsen's Gracenote has sued OpenAI in the Southern District of New York, alleging ChatGPT models reproduce near-exact copies of its copyrighted, human-curated program descriptions, including one for 'Game of Thrones'. Gracenote says OpenAI rebuffed or ignored every attempt to discuss licensing; OpenAI says its models are trained on publicly available data and grounded in fair use.
Martin Lewis says scammers ran deepfake ads purporting to show his wife being beaten up by an 'immigrant' refused entry to a 'Martin Lewis Quantum AI' investment scheme. Lewis said she was unharmed and there is no such scheme. He accused social media firms of taking money to publish the ads while Online Safety Act scam-ad rules keep being delayed.
A Wilmington, N.C., man arrested in February on child sex exploitation charges faces seven additional counts under a warrant issued March 9. The warrant claims videos in his possession showed sexually explicit content involving children that had been altered with artificial intelligence. Seth Pollock, 28, is being held on a $150,000 bond.
Punjab Police arrested three brothers who, police say, used voice-changing software and fake social media profiles to pose as women and win targets' trust, then extorted money by threatening to circulate AI-generated objectionable videos of victims. Police say the accused disclosed earning almost ₹40 lakh; ₹3.49 lakh in cash and 29 mobile phones were recovered.
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In Joseph 'Fat Joe' Cartagena's defamation suit, US District Judge Jennifer Rochon publicly admonished defense lawyer Tyrone Blackburn for citing non-existent cases, which he blamed on LexisNexis's Protégé AI. LexisNexis told the court he had no subscription to it. Citing past sanctions and warnings against him, the judge said further misconduct may bring sanctions or a disciplinary referral.
Ontario Superior Court Justice FL Myers said he will refer a ruling on lawyer Khalid Parvaiz's reply factum, which attributed seven 'wholly made up' quotations to real cases, to the Law Society of Ontario. Parvaiz denies using AI and blames carelessness. The judge made no AI finding but said he could not understand how human error produced them.
