Industry insiders told CCTV Finance investigators that overseas AI companion chat apps are largely full of pornographic content and cannot be downloaded from Chinese app stores. They are reaching domestic users anyway through grey channels built to evade regulation for profit. Comments on social media posts share download links and invite codes, and the users include minors, the report says.
An open-source "Zhang Xuefeng.skill" project on GitHub was built from the late Zhang Xuefeng's five books, 15 media interviews and 30-plus quotes, and claims to analyse questions with his "cognitive framework". Lawyer Wu Xuelian told Legal Daily that, without consent from Zhang or his close relatives, using his works, name and persona may infringe copyright and his personality rights, even if non-commercial.
Former vice president Jusuf Kalla has reported Rismon Sianipar to police for alleged defamation over claims that Kalla gave Rp5 billion to Roy Suryo and others to investigate Joko Widodo's diploma. Sianipar denies it and says he is a victim of AI fabrication. He says he does not know who made or spread the video and wants police to find them.
Greg Hartley, 39, of Sheffield, jailed in 2017 for sexually assaulting a child, received a two-year suspended sentence and 300 hours of unpaid work at Sheffield Crown Court on April 10. Police had found nine real abuse images and over 1,000 he generated by prompting AI image generators. The judge warned that "any offence" would send him to prison.
AJP candidate Kunki Chowdhury appeared before police on Sunday over an FIR alleging she violated the Model Code of Conduct on polling day, an allegation she calls false. She said the crime branch has taken no action on her own FIR about a "deepfake" video allegedly aimed at tarnishing her image before the April 9 Assam elections.
Egypt's Interior Ministry says police arrested a Cairo content creator who posted a video explaining how to evade surveillance cameras when committing traffic violations or crimes. According to the ministry, he admitted taking the information from AI applications without checking whether it was correct, and posting it to boost views and earn money. Legal action was taken.
