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Thursday, March 12, 2026

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Cybertruck owner sues Tesla over FSD barrier crash, blaming Musk

Who did it: HYBRID Hub

According to Electrek, a Texas driver is seeking more than $1 million from Tesla in Harris County District Court, alleging her Cybertruck's Full Self-Driving system failed to follow a Houston freeway split in August 2025 and drove into a concrete barrier. The complaint also accuses Tesla of negligently retaining Elon Musk as CEO, alleging he rejected engineers' recommendations to add LiDAR or radar.

Advance UK paid AI rapper's makers for its byelection video

Who did it: HYBRID TBIJ

Advance UK paid the Node Project, the anonymous collective behind Danny Bones, an AI-generated white-nationalist rapper, to make its main Gorton and Denton byelection video, TBIJ reports. The Electoral Commission is 'considering the information'; TikTok banned the Node Project's account and Instagram removed videos, and the party says the spending will be declared.

Waunakee man charged under Wisconsin's AI child abuse imagery law

Who did it: HUMAN Channel 3000

Daniel Briggs, 30, of Waunakee faces six counts under a 2024 Wisconsin law banning virtual child sexual abuse material after Google flagged six images on his Google Drive, all AI-generated according to the criminal complaint. Arrested on March 2, he allegedly told officers he had 'been wondering what's going to happen with that.'

Washington Post sets subscription prices by algorithm and personal data

Who did it: HUMAN Washingtonian

Washington Post subscribers are receiving price-increase emails with an asterisked note: 'This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.' Asked how it works, a Post spokesperson pointed reporters to an engineering blog post about its AI 'smart metering' paywall model, which does not specifically explain how subscriber information sets prices.

Rhode Island judge flags zoning brief quoting nonexistent law

Who did it: HYBRID AI Hallucination Cases database

Granting a neighbour's appeal over a solar array permit on March 12, 2026, Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Lanphear noted the appellant's brief quoted a sentence a state Supreme Court case does not contain, and cited cases irrelevant to the issue. Floating 'the rise of artificial intelligence' among possible causes, the judge called it, at best, recklessness and reserved the right to take further action.