Actress Evangeline Lilly, Marvel's Wasp, accused Disney on Instagram of firing the artists who designed its characters and replacing them with AI that would reuse their work, after Disney began layoffs of more than 1,000 staff that disbanded nearly all of Marvel Studios' visual development team. CBR reported Disney believed AI trained on the team's past work could replace it.
Who did it: HYBRID AI Hallucination Cases database
A federal magistrate judge in New Mexico fined plaintiffs' lawyer Maxey Scherr $1,000 and ordered her to report to the Texas bar and prove attendance at an AI CLE course after sixteen non-existent cases, likely hallucinated by AI, appeared in briefs she signed. An associate drafted them; the court said her signature made her responsible anyway. Amazon may also seek attorney fees.
A press screening of South Korean distributor A-Some Pictures' 'restored' A City of Sadness, Hou Hsiao-hsien's classic, due out this month, showed what viewers took for botched AI work: wrong finger counts, teeth turning into lips, alien-looking text. After the original rights holder demanded withdrawal, Korea's art-film theatre association halted screenings, meaning its member cinemas nationwide will not show it.
Delhi High Court Justice Jyoti Singh issued a John Doe order mandating removal of deepfake content that allegedly violates YouTuber Bhuvan Bam's personality rights, after he argued deepfake videos and unauthorised marketplace listings persisted despite a January 13 order. Finding a prima facie case, the court restrained the unidentified defendants until the next hearing.
On the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion, Kathy Hilton said she tried a 'Jell-O diet' with vinegar and baking soda she believed Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Kelly Clarkson and Dr. Mehmet Oz endorsed, lost 2 lbs. the first day, then got so bloated nothing fit, before discovering the ad was a deepfake: 'It was all AI.'
Authorities in Benton County, Arkansas, say they arrested a man accused of using artificial intelligence to alter photos into sexually explicit images, including some involving minors. Prosecuting Attorney Bryan Sexton said increasingly advanced AI tools make it harder to tell real from fake, and that laws may need tweaking to keep up.
Who did it: HYBRID AI Hallucination Cases database
New Zealand's Supreme Court dismissed a self-represented litigant's bids to appeal judgments in disputes with lenders Goodmore Investments and Tawa Trade Finance, noting many cited authorities were irrelevant or non-existent, apparently AI hallucinations, including 'Peterson v Forbes'. It warned such misuse may, in serious cases, amount to contempt but declined costs sanctions for it; ordinary costs of $2,500 per respondent apply.
Oregon Court of Appeals Chief Judge Erin C. Lagesen warned of 'rapidly escalating' filings, from lawyers and self-represented litigants alike, likely containing AI-fabricated authority, and directed staff and judges to track time spent on them. The court fined one attorney $10,000 in March over at least 15 fabricated citations; a federal magistrate judge imposed a $110,000 penalty on two attorneys.
