The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Uber €825m ($966m) in a 17 August decision, finding it deactivated European drivers' accounts through automated systems without warning or human involvement between 2018 and 2022. It would be the second-largest GDPR fine yet. Uber, which says it never automated permanent deactivations, called the fine disproportionate and will appeal.
A Connecticut streamer filed a class action in federal court in San Francisco alleging Twitch and Amazon copied millions of creators' videos without permission or pay to train Amazon's generative AI. Twitch added an opt-out setting on 12 August; its chief product officer explained the default: "If it was opt-in, nobody would opt-in."
The RCMP arrested a minor suspected of planning an attack on a Montreal school, alleging the youth used artificial intelligence to help plan it and posted threats against Muslims, Haitians and LGBTQ+ people on Telegram. Acting on an FBI tip, police are seeking a peace bond and charges may follow. The unnamed AI platform reportedly cooperated.
Federal prosecutors say ChatGPT and internet searches by Ayob Nasser, 20, of Dearborn, suggested he was planning a mass shooting for ISIS, with scouted targets including Cedar Point and a Ferndale dance club. Charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, he was ordered held until a May 2027 trial; his lawyers say the alleged plot lacked a target, date or plan.
The New Mexico Supreme Court held Santa Fe defence lawyer Stephen Aarons in contempt, removed him from a murder appeal, ordered him to pay $5,000 and referred him to its Disciplinary Board after a brief he drafted with ChatGPT cited nonexistent witnesses and fictional testimony. Aarons admitted his "stupidity"; the appeal will restart with a public defender.
Minnesota attorney Faisal S. Ahmed agreed to a 30-day licence suspension and $900 in costs, according to a disciplinary petition filed with the Minnesota Supreme Court, after his 2025 Hennepin County memorandum, drafted with an AI tool, cited two nonexistent cases, including a 1948 suit against the city of Biwabik that never happened. A judge had already fined him $5,000.
Brazil's Federal Police launched Operation Manto Protetor on Friday in Guajará-Mirim and Porto Velho, investigating a teacher suspected of using AI to manipulate real images into sexual content involving a teenage student and sharing it by messaging app. Two search warrants were served and a phone seized for forensic analysis; the investigation continues.
Győr mayor Bence Pintér says he is filing a criminal complaint against independent, formerly Fidesz councillor Péter Hajtó, alleging he drew HUF 13m from a municipal company subsidiary over 13 months for a document generated with AI. Pintér describes its pages as empty filler and numbers plucked from thin air; Hajtó calls the affair invented and plans legal action.
Florida's Second District Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment for U.S. Bank and sanctioned appellants' counsel Kenneth Keefe for his "rampant use of hallucinated citations" in two briefs, observing that three years had passed since Mata v. Avianca. Its 21 August opinion says the dangers of unchecked generative AI in legal writing are well documented.
TN's '¿La ves?', hosted by Jonatan Viale, aired an AI-generated video in which a fake FIFA president threatens Argentina's squad before the 2026 World Cup final, including a rape threat against a player; Viale laughed in the studio and said, "I didn't put it in." A lawyer says legal action is being prepared.
