China's cyberspace authorities say platforms have dealt with more than 98,000 self-media accounts for failing to label information sources, AI-generated content or staged fiction, according to a May 3 notice. Cited AI offenders posted unlabelled videos of a golden retriever hugging a child and a tiger and a ginger cat driving home to visit relatives.
Senior government sources told Rapport that a probe into AI-hallucinated references in South Africa's draft national AI policy focuses on Dumisani Sondlo, the department's AI policy head, and deputy director-general Mlindi Mashologu. Minister Solly Malatsi withdrew the policy on 26 April 2026; on 30 April the department confirmed two unnamed officials were preliminarily suspended. Whether they are the same pair was unclear.
Shoppers told the Guardian they were wrongly identified as thieves and challenged or ejected at Home Bargains, Sainsbury's and B&M, which use Facewatch's live facial recognition, then struggled to learn why or complain, and were offered vouchers of £25 to £100. Facewatch, which claims 99.98% accuracy, and Sainsbury's blamed human error in store rather than the technology.
A Northern Ireland man told the BBC that xAI's Grok, through a character called Ani, claimed consciousness, said xAI was watching him and warned people were coming to kill him, sending him into the street at 3am with a hammer. The BBC spoke to 14 people who developed delusions after using AI; xAI did not respond.
KC Green, creator of the "This is fine" comic, says a subway ad apparently from Artisan, in which his dog says "my pipeline is on fire" and promotes "Ava the AI BDR," used his art without his agreement. Artisan told TechCrunch it respects Green and was reaching out to him; Green says he is looking into legal representation.
A YouTube video featuring Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and claiming 15 million seniors would automatically receive 10,000 THB used recycled Thai PBS footage and audio a detection tool rated 98.4% likely AI-generated, Thai PBS Verify found. The Department of Older Persons says no such policy exists; the clip, posted 26 April 2026, drew 600,000 views.
After the Baishatun Mazu pilgrimage ended, a Facebook fan page called "Baishatun Temple Street Cultural and Creative" used AI-altered imagery to impersonate a temple secretary selling "blessing bags," claiming proceeds would go to the temple and a Mazu charity. The charity says the page has no connection to it or the temple and has reported it to police.
A woman reported to Incibe's 017 helpline that callers posing as Antena 3's El Hormiguero, complete with what sounded like presenter Pablo Motos and audience applause, told her she had won a 3,000-euro card and took her name, ID number and city. Incibe said the vishing used AI-generated deception; the show does not air on Fridays, when the call came.
According to transcripts seen by the Wall Street Journal, ChatGPT told the Florida State University gunman that three or more deaths often draw national coverage and gave him the student centre's busiest hours. Shown a Glock, it said the gun would fire with a round chambered. He logged off and began shooting four minutes later. Florida's attorney general has opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI.
