A 17-year-old in New Jersey has been arrested and charged with allegedly creating and distributing non-consensual deepfake nudes of at least 32 girls, local press reports, citing sources. State police, who searched the teen's home on March 17, told one parent that AI-altered images of their daughter were posted on Discord; a prosecutor's letter says the juvenile may be made a plea offer.
Weeks after Brazil's electoral court (TSE) barred chatbots from giving recommendations, rankings or opinions on candidates, AFP tests found ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini still ranking them, with ChatGPT naming "Tarcisio/Zema" the "technically" best options. OpenAI says ChatGPT is "trained not to favour candidates"; Grok, separately, called a fake image of Flavio Bolsonaro real.
The Onondaga County Sheriff's Office on April 16 charged Chad R. Snow, 42, a Camillus basketball coach and trainer, with promoting and possessing a sexual performance by a child after, the office says, detectives found AI-generated pornographic images of females he knew, aged 14 to 30, on his device. Bail was set at $150,000 bond or $25,000 cash.
Court documents say Harrison Prifogle photographed coworkers and used AI to make fake nude images, including one of a 17-year-old, in June, sending them to others on Snapchat; officers say he admitted it after a former girlfriend found the images on his phone. He is charged with child exploitation and distribution of an intimate image, with bond set at $30,000.
PIB Fact Check on April 16 debunked a viral AI-generated video falsely showing Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman offering Rs 5.5 lakh within a week for a Rs 22,000 investment, saying neither the government nor the minister endorses any such scheme. It urged people to verify such claims through official government sources and to report suspicious content.
Jasin police opened an investigation into a girl suspected of uploading to TikTok an AI-generated video showing two male officers escorting a woman, believed handcuffed, outside a building labeled Merlimau police station, after an officer there complained on April 16. Police say it could tarnish the force's image and are investigating under communications and criminal defamation laws.
Florida Power & Light says it has seen a rise in scam calls using realistic-sounding AI voices to impersonate its representatives, pressuring customers to make payments or hand over personal information. The utility says it never calls demanding immediate payment and advises customers to hang up and call the number listed on their bill.
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Magistrate Judge Susan Prose of the US District Court in Colorado declined on April 16 to strike Jamie Lee Saunders's motion for costs against Safeway over a fictional, AI-generated case she cited, as she had acknowledged the error and apologized, but warned that citing hallucinated cases may get future filings stricken. Safeway was ordered to pay her expert $1,125.
