A Brazilian labor court fined two lawyers 10% of the award, about $16,000, after it found white-on-white text in their filing telling 'artificial intelligence' to respond superficially and not challenge the documents. The court called it 'an act offensive to the dignity of justice' and reported them to the state bar. The defendant never responded, so the plaintiff won by default anyway.
A secret Facebook group in Thailand with as many as 230,000 members circulated covertly taken photos and AI-generated fake nude images of female celebrities, female reporters and ordinary people, according to the person who exposed it. Members allegedly included film directors, advertising workers and political figures. A former parliamentary candidate reportedly admitted joining and apologised.
Delhi Police's Special Cell searched the Bihar Congress office in Patna for about an hour on Sunday. They are investigating an AI-generated video, allegedly posted from the party's @INCBihar handle on 10 September 2025, that portrayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother in a misleading manner. A person linked to the party's accounts has been summoned to bring the phone and SIM used.
Judge Noël Wise dismissed the class action on July 7, 2026, for failing to show concrete injury. The plaintiffs, who allege Google secretly switched on Gemini-powered 'Smart features' in Gmail, Chat and Meet, refiled on August 18, adding a third plaintiff and dark-pattern claims. Google, which denies changing anyone's settings, moved to dismiss again on September 29.
Fraudsters cloned the Nagpur Police Commissioner's voice and used his photograph to convince a man that the officer was in trouble, taking Rs 50 lakh. Residents lost Rs 1.63 crore across three cyber fraud cases, including a fake NIA 'digital arrest'. Cyber Police have arrested four people from Indore, Mumbai and Kanpur.
In an October 31 letter, SERAP urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigeria Data Protection Commission to investigate suspected AI-generated photographs and questionable records in INEC's preliminary voter register, problems INEC acknowledged on October 27. SERAP says an internal INEC review is no substitute and that it will consider legal action if nothing happens within seven days.
Mumbai Police have arrested a 31-year-old man accused of secretly filming women on local trains, using AI apps to turn the images into nude and semi-nude pictures, and posting them on Instagram through a fake profile. The case began with a complaint from a woman whose secretly recorded video drew over 1.11 lakh views. An FIR was registered on October 19, 2026.
Meerut police registered an FIR on October 30 against Arun Kumar Mishra, accused of circulating on YouTube and other platforms an AI-generated video about the district jail that used a photograph of Senior Superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma. The jailer's complaint alleges the video aimed to damage officials' reputations and pressure them over certain demands. The FIR cites extortion, forgery and defamation sections.
