Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California halted the Trump administration's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk. She ruled that the government trampled free-speech protections when it labelled the AI company a security threat and barred government use of its models. The government must report by April 6 on how it has complied.
Texas Department of Public Safety investigators found Flock Safety, which sells thousands of license plate-reading cameras to Texas police and homeowners associations, violated state law by operating without a license, and the state fined it $500, the first-offense penalty. Flock also operated without a required license from 2019 to 2024, drawing a cease-and-desist letter.
An Amsterdam court on March 26 issued a preliminary injunction barring xAI and Grok from generating or distributing images stripping people without their explicit permission in the Netherlands, with fines of 100,000 euros per day for non-compliance. xAI argued it could not stop all abuse; Offlimits, which brought the case, said a March 9 courtroom demonstration showed Grok still 'undressing' images.
Kerala Police's cyber wing registered a case against X Corp and a user account over an AI-generated video allegedly depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission of India in a misleading and defamatory manner. Police say the 1-minute 17-second clip was shared with the intention of causing social unrest and kept circulating despite directions to remove it.
Los Angeles digital artist Austin Beaulier filed proposed class actions in California federal court alleging Meta, Nvidia and Roblox trained SAM-3D, TRELLIS-500K and Cube3D on millions of 3D models from public repositories without artists' permission. His works are shared under Creative Commons licenses, which generally forbid commercial exploitation. He seeks unspecified damages; the companies did not immediately comment.
Czech deputy education minister Zdeněk Kettner (SPD) shared on Facebook an AI-generated image showing Mikuláš Minář and theologian Tomáš Halík arm in arm with a suspect in the attack on LPP Holding's Pardubice arms plant. Kettner apologised, saying even a ChatGPT check missed the fake. Milion chvilek pro demokracii plans to sue, and Prague police are looking into it.
AI startup Air AI and its owners are banned from marketing or selling business opportunities under an FTC settlement. The FTC's complaint alleged false earnings claims and refund guarantees bilked customers of roughly $19 million. An $18 million judgment is largely suspended due to inability to pay; operators will instead pay $50,000 for consumer relief.
Justice Jyoti Singh of the Delhi High Court said platforms including Meta, Google and Amazon would be directed to remove flagged content misusing India head coach Gautam Gambhir's identity and to disclose who uploaded it. Gambhir's suit, seeking Rs 2.5 crore in damages, cites deepfakes including a fake resignation video that reportedly crossed 2.9 million views.
