Basildon Council leader Gavin Callaghan apologised after posting an AI-made video about Billericay Conservatives that overlaid lyrics from Michael Jackson's 'They Don't Care About Us', including the word 'Jew' and a slur, on Tory councillors' faces. He said he was unaware of the lyrics, had not checked the video adequately and deleted it immediately; opponents have called for him to go.
NIO's legal department said on April 3 that police had cracked a case in which AI 'rewriting' was used to publish false negative claims about the business of NIO and other companies across more than 4,000 self-media accounts, drawing 80 million cumulative clicks. Police have taken criminal coercive measures; NIO says it will file a civil suit for its losses.
Lake Zurich police are investigating reports that Lake Zurich High School students used AI to generate pornographic images using classmates' likenesses, district officials said. Administrators received a report on Feb. 26 and, with a police detective, contacted families; the district says it issued school-based consequences. Police say no further information is available because minors are involved.
On January 17, 2026, a senior employee of the CDU's Lower Saxony parliamentary group posted an AI-generated, sexualised video depicting a female colleague in a private staff WhatsApp group, WELT reports; the employee has been dismissed without notice. Hannover prosecutors are reviewing but not investigating, as no criminal complaint has been filed. State party chief Sebastian Lechner admitted 'obvious deficits'.
After an Anthropic employee accidentally leaked Claude Code's source, malicious GitHub repositories promising it with 'unlocked enterprise features' served a 7-Zip archive whose ClaudeCode_x64.exe installs the Vidar infostealer and GhostSocks proxy malware, according to Zscaler. One repository apparently reached Google's first page for 'leaked Claude Code'; the account behind it has since been removed.
Novelist Ayatsuji Yukito warned on X on April 3, 2026, that two Amazon Kindle titles evoking his debut 'The Decagon House Murders', sold under the author name 'Atsukawa', had nothing to do with him and appeared to be made with generative AI. He said even the AI-made cover ripped off Kiguni Masahiko's art, and that he had alerted the publisher.
Singer Demet Akalın condemned social media ads that used AI to copy her voice and image, having her appear to promote a product with claims such as she 'lost 14 kilos in 2 months' 'without training'. Calling the page a fraudster, she said she had actually had fat-removal surgery and used slimming injections.
Who did it: HYBRID AI Hallucination Cases database
A Kings County Supreme Court justice found that filings by Kleyman Law Group and attorney Alex I. Kleyman in a fee dispute cited 23 fictitious cases 47 times and misstated holdings at least 83 times, in work that appeared AI-generated, and granted sanctions against them. A June 9, 2026, hearing will set the amount and consider a grievance referral.
Who did it: HUMAN The Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Police and school officials are investigating after at least one middle school student was targeted by an AI-generated image, the superintendent said; officials are working to find its source. Social media posts described the student's face attached to an adult image. The district declined to release details, citing student privacy.
