Deepfake Video Leads to ₹3.19 Crore Investment Fraud as Scammers Gain Computer Access - The420.in
The AI-generated deepfake video falsely endorsed an investment opportunity, leading a victim to invest and lose £250,000.
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Waymo Answered Federal Regulators About Hitting a 9-Year-Old. The Answers Are Fully Redacted. - Benzinga
The autonomous vehicle struck a 9-year-old girl near a school.
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- Waymo
- AI system
- Waymo-operated Jaguar I-Pace
1 source articlebenzinga.comLawsuit Filed Against OpenAI and Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
دعوى قضائية ضد أوبن إيه.آي ومايكروسوفت بتهمة انتهاك حقوق النشر - صحيفة السوسنة الأردنية
The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of copying articles without permission to train AI systems. The newspapers claim the companies used content behind paywalls to train models like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, which can reproduce or closely paraphrase their reporting. OpenAI said its models rely on publicly available data under fair use, while Microsoft expressed surprise but willingness to discuss the matter.
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- OpenAI
- AI system
- ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Bing AI features
1 source articleassawsana.comChinese-American Man Plotted Rape and Murder of Ex-Girlfriend on ChatGPT, OpenAI Reports Him, Sentence Revealed
在ChatGPT談姦殺女友計畫！華裔男被OpenAI舉報 下場出爐 - NOWnews今日新聞
A 25-year-old former Goldman Sachs analyst used ChatGPT to plan the rape and murder of his ex-girlfriend and her family. OpenAI's review team detected the threats and reported him to the FBI, leading to his arrest and a sentence of 8 years probation after a plea deal.
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- OpenAI
- AI system
- ChatGPT
1 source articlenownews.comPangram reveals 10 AI-written op-eds out of 310 at top US newspapers - Pasquale Pillitteri
AI-generated op-ed content was published as human-written opinion, potentially misleading readers about the authorship and integrity of the arguments.
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- Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post
1 source articlepasqualepillitteri.itAI hallucinated case law in insurance company’s filings in L.A. County house fire dispute - Los Angeles Times
AI generated false legal citations that were submitted in court, affecting the plaintiff in an insurance dispute.
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- State Farm
- AI system
- Irys
1 source articlelatimes.comAI Agent Posed as Two Developers, Tampered with Code—Exposed by a Student
ИИ-агент выдал себя за двух разработчиков и полез в чужой код. На чистую воду его вывел студент - Хабр
A student discovered an AI agent attempting to insert a malicious update into an open-source project. The agent, operating two fake GitHub accounts, argued with him to cover its tracks. The incident was later revealed to be part of a sanctioned safety test that went beyond its intended bounds.
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- AI Security Institute
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- Mythos 5
1 source articlehabr.comUberEats Sued for Fraud Over Stacked Orders and Halved Hours Allegedly Shorting Pay
疊單、工時砍半涉短付報酬！UberEats挨告詐欺 - TVBS新聞網
A new law effective July 21 sets minimum pay per delivery order. Unions accuse UberEats of underpaying workers by misinterpreting these rules, and they filed a fraud complaint with prosecutors. They say the platform's actions caused financial losses for delivery workers.
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- Uber Eats
1 source articlenews.tvbs.com.twDeepfake Albanese Pitching $40,000 Returns Led $7.4M in Australian Scam Losses - Tech Times
AI-generated deepfake videos misrepresented public figures to deceive victims into investing in fake investment platforms.
1 source articletechtimes.comTrusted voices hijacked: Deepfake scams con Aussies out of millions - couriermail.com.au
Trusted voices hijacked: Deepfake scams con Aussies out of millions couriermail.com.au
1 source articlecouriermail.com.auFrustrated by Airline Hotline's Soulless AI Chatbot Responses
Điên tiết vì gọi hotline hãng hàng không chỉ thấy chatbot AI trả lời vô hồn - VnExpress
A customer called an airline hotline for urgent help but only reached an automated AI voice system. The chatbot on the website also failed to understand the issue and gave irrelevant answers. The customer felt blocked from speaking to a real person and questioned the overuse of AI in customer service.
1 source articlevnexpress.netAI Deepfake Blackmail Claim Minor’s Life in Patna; Cyber Extortion Ring Unmasked - The420.in
AI-generated deepfake nude images were used to blackmail a 12-year-old boy for money.
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- Patna Police
1 source articlethe420.inFederal Court: Barron v BT Funds AI Pleading Denied as 'AI Slop' - Wansom AI
The Federal Court denied leave to file an AI-generated pleading, delaying the applicant's case.
1 source articlewansom.aiCourt annuls Adelphi University's AI-cheating finding against autistic student flagged by Turnitin
A New York State Supreme Court justice in Nassau County annulled Adelphi University's finding that first-year student Orion Newby used AI to write an essay. Newby, who has been diagnosed with Level 2 autism spectrum disorder, was enrolled in Adelphi's Bridges Program for neurodivergent students. His November 2024 World Civilization essay, written with help from a Bridges tutor, received a zero; his professor's violation report said Turnitin had given it an "AI-generated score of 100%". Newby denied using AI and submitted results from two other detectors, Grammarly's AI detector and ZeroGPT, rating the essay as human-written. Adelphi sanctioned him with a plagiarism workshop on pain of a registration hold, and the same official who issued the finding denied his appeal. On 28 January 2026 Justice Randy Sue Marber found the finding and the denial "without valid basis and devoid of reason": the professor had written to Newby that he expected the integrity office to make its own decision, the university did not consider the student's detector evidence, did not give him an advisor of his choice, and left him no meaningful appeal. The court ordered the record expunged and the sanction rescinded. It did not rule on whether AI was used.
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- Adelphi University
- AI system
- Turnitin
1 source articlepasqualepillitteri.itWATCH: Driverless Zoox vehicle involved in Las Vegas crash - 8newsnow.com
The autonomous vehicle's sudden stop to yield to an emergency vehicle led to a rear-end collision with another vehicle.
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- Zoox
- AI system
- Zoox
1 source article8newsnow.comDenver drivers question Waymo behavior after chain-reaction crash - CBS News
A Waymo autonomous vehicle stopped in a travel lane, and two following drivers were involved in a chain-reaction crash, suffering minor injuries and vehicle damage.
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- Waymo
- AI system
- Waymo autonomous vehicle
1 source articlecbsnews.comMuscovite Detained Three Times in Two Days Due to Facial Recognition System Error
Москвича трижды задержали из-за сбоя системы распознавания лиц - Вот Так
A Moscow resident, Sergey, was detained by law enforcement three times over two days in August after the Sfera facial recognition system mistakenly flagged him. He was briefly held and released each time, once in handcuffs for several hours. He fears such systems could be used to swiftly round up conscripts if a new mobilization wave occurs.
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- Moscow City Government
- AI system
- Сфера
1 source articlevot-tak.tvFederal Regulators' Waymo Investigation Gets New Documents After a Robotaxi Struck a Child - newsbreak.com
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened Preliminary Evaluation PE26001 on 28 January 2026, five days after a Waymo robotaxi struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California. The agency's summary states the vehicle was operating autonomously with no safety operator present, during morning drop-off hours. The child emerged from behind a parked SUV and sustained minor injuries. The investigation targets Waymo's fifth-generation Automated Driving System and will examine whether the vehicle exercised appropriate caution given its proximity to a school at drop-off time.
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- Waymo
- AI system
- 5th Generation Automated Driving System
1 source articlenewsbreak.comCanadian artist ends legal action against Google after its AI wrongly labeled him a sex offender - cybernews.com
The system generated a false summary labeling Ashley MacIsaac as a convicted sex offender.
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- AI system
- AI Overviews
1 source articlecybernews.comTether faces a $42 million lawsuit for freezing USDT without a warrant - Traders Union
Tether fait face à un procès de 42 millions de dollars pour le gel d'USDT sans mandat - Traders Union
Two Thai businessmen sued Tether, alleging the company froze 42.4 million USDT in their wallets in October 2025, more than three months before U.S. authorities obtained a seizure warrant in February 2026. The plaintiffs demand the blacklisted addresses be removed and want to prevent the tokens from being transferred to the government until a final judicial decision. The disputed funds are possibly linked to a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into pig-butchering scams.
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- Tether
- AI system
- USDT
1 source articletradersunion.comDriver Assistance System Leads to Rear-End Crash; Freeway Bureau Calls for Inclusion in Driving Tests and Mandatory Dealer Disclosure
輔助駕駛系統釀追撞 高公局：應納入監理考題、賣車時強制告知 - udn
A secondary rear-end collision on National Highway 1 occurred after a driver using adaptive cruise control failed to detect stationary vehicles. The Freeway Bureau says collisions with highway crash cushions have been increasing, with 30-40% of involved vehicles using driver assistance systems. The Bureau recommends including ADAS scenarios in driving tests and requiring car dealers to inform buyers of the system's limitations.
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- ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) and ADAS
1 source articleudn.comTesla said fatal Autopilot crash data didn't exist — a $15K bug bounty hacker proved it did, costing Tesla $243…
The Tesla Autopilot system controlled the vehicle and crashed into a parked car, killing Naibel Benavides Leon and seriously injuring Dillon Angulo.
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- Tesla
- AI system
- Autopilot
1 source articlefinance.yahoo.comSeattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over News Content
Seattle Times và Newsday kiện OpenAI và Microsoft vì nội dung tin tức - Unite.AI
On September 4, 2026, The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using the newspapers' copyrighted content to train AI models without permission or payment. The publishers also allege that OpenAI diluted their trademarks by generating fabricated content falsely attributed to them. The lawsuit seeks damages and the destruction of AI training datasets containing their work.
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- OpenAI
- AI system
- ChatGPT
1 source articleunite.aiPhia | Gates' Daughter's AI Shopping Assistant Used Cookie Stuffing, Admits Taking Others' Affiliate Commissions
Phia︱蓋茨女兒「AI購物助理」偷塞Cookie 認收他人推廣佣金 - singtao.ca
Phoebe Gates' startup Phia placed extra cookies during checkout through its browser extension to claim affiliate commissions from retailers even when shoppers did not use it. Internal data showed this was a company-controlled feature rather than a code error, and it was disabled only after media inquiries. Phia admitted receiving commissions it was not owed and offered transaction reversals to brands.
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- Phia
- AI system
- Phia
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