Bengaluru's Central Crime Branch is questioning Rajesh Kamat, Madhu and Nageshappa, who police say ran the "Crystal AI Robot Trading Platform", promising investors their money would double within 200 days via automated AI trading. The alleged chain-marketing scheme ran two to three years and took crores from investors in Karnataka and abroad; the trio were already on bail for similar offences.
News24 found at least six of the 67 references in South Africa's Draft National AI Policy, published for comment by minister Solly Malatsi, are fictitious, with journal editors saying no such articles appeared; News24 says an AI tool most likely hallucinated them. The department said it was reviewing the "minor referencing discrepancies," which it said do not affect the policy's substance.
Texas' First Court of Appeals denied Fort Bend County judicial candidate Paula Maria Miller's mandamus petition to stay on the November ballot. In a concurring opinion, Chief Justice Terry Adams said the petition's caselaw quotations "strongly appear to be AI-fabricated hallucinations," warning that such filings could see briefs stricken and attorneys referred to the State Bar of Texas.
A housing development ad shared on Threads showed a man in a cream suit, hat and gold-rimmed glasses whom fans found strikingly like star Takeshi Kaneshiro; many netizens suspected the image was AI-generated. His agency said the ad was completely unrelated to him, called such borderline marketing ethically flawed and urged authorities to improve rules against AI misuse of likenesses.
Florida Highway Patrol says a 37-year-old woman, twice the legal limit, believed her Tesla's Autopilot would get her home safely. Troopers said the car halted in the middle lane of I-75 north in Sarasota around 2 a.m. and she was found asleep; the car shuts down if drivers ignore alerts to look ahead. She was charged with DUI.
