In xAI's antitrust suit claiming Apple and OpenAI worked together to stifle rival AI models in the App Store, US Magistrate Judge Hal R. Ray, Jr. designated Apple software chief Craig Federighi a document custodian but declined to add Tim Cook. Apple denies the accusations; the court also ordered Elon Musk to produce Tesla and SpaceX emails and XChat records.
David Fairfull, former chief executive of Sydney start-up Metigy, pleaded guilty in the Federal Court on Friday to making false and misleading statements to induce investors and dishonestly using his position as a director. Prosecutors said his forged records cost backers $39 million; the former CFO had testified there was 'nothing AI about' its touted product.
A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces 16 counts including making explosive substances, distributing terrorist publications and blackmail. He is alleged to have catfished men online to blackmail them over sexual images and is accused of producing deepfake sexual images of six teenage girls. A provisional trial date was fixed for April 2027.
A Dhaka court on 15 May remanded two people for three days in a Cyber Security Act case alleging their group used AI to replicate Islamic speaker Mizanur Rahman Azhari's image and voice to promote a sexual stimulant called 'Eurosin', running more than 24 fake Facebook pages and websites and delivering orders cash-on-delivery. Police had sought seven days.
