Incidents gathered from public reporting around the world. Each one links to the articles it came from. None of it is a finding that anyone broke the law.
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92 incidents closest to “Carpe Claims” · matched on meaning · public reporting
The AI generated false legal citations that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and potentially harming the client's case.
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AI-generated fake legal citations were included in a court filing, resulting in monetary sanctions against the attorney and his law firm.
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The AI generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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The court imposed monetary sanctions and continuing legal education requirements on plaintiff's counsel for using AI-generated fake legal authorities in a court filing.
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The attorney filed a court document containing AI-hallucinated legal authorities, misleading the court and opposing party.
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The system generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, potentially misleading the court and prejudicing the client's case.
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The AI generated false legal citations and quotations in an appellate brief, misleading the court and harming the client's immigration appeal.
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Maxpread Technologies allegedly used an AI-generated avatar to pose as its CEO in a YouTube video to deceive investors. The California DFPI issued cease and desist letters to Maxpread and four other companies for offering unqualified securities and making false promises. The regulator claims the companies promised high daily returns using AI trading, but these claims were false. Maxpread did not respond to requests for comment.
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The AI generated legal briefs containing fabricated citations, which were submitted to the Connecticut Supreme Court.
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The AI generated fabricated legal citations that were submitted to the bankruptcy court.
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AI generated hallucinated legal citations that were filed in court, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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The AI generated fabricated legal citations that were included in a court filing, affecting the court and the opposing party.
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The AI system generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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The AI generated fictitious legal authorities and arguments that were filed in a court motion, misleading the court and opposing counsel.
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The AI system generated legal briefs containing fabricated case citations, which were filed in court, affecting the court and the opposing party.
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Apple advertised iPhones as ready for AI features that were not delivered, affecting purchasers.
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AI-generated fake legal citations were submitted to the court, affecting the plaintiff's appeal and the defendant's legal costs.
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In January 2021, the California Employment Development Department used Thompson Reuters automated batch review software to flag 1.1 million unemployment claims as potentially fraudulent. EDD stopped payments on those claims without prior notice. Later, over 600,000 were confirmed as legitimate after claimants used ID.me to verify their identity. The incident highlights the trade-off between fraud prevention and timely benefit access.
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In a British Columbia Supreme Court case, lawyer Chong Ke used ChatGPT to generate legal case citations for a notice of application in a parenting dispute. The citations were fictitious and were discovered by opposing counsel, who incurred costs investigating them. Ke later acknowledged the error, apologized, and withdrew the fake cases before the hearing. The court considered whether to order special costs against Ke personally.
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The British Phonographic Industry has threatened legal proceedings against Jammable, an AI voice platform formerly known as Voicify, over its collection of deepfake songs. The trade association alleges that the platform's use of AI-generated voices imitating musicians such as Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish, and public figures such as Donald Trump and Narendra Modi, infringes artists' rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Jammable has rebranded and removed guides on making deepfakes following the letter before action, but no formal claim has yet been filed.
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In August 2024, Andrea Bartz, Kirk Wallace Johnson and Charles Graeber filed a lawsuit against Anthropic PBC in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint alleges copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501. Anthropic waived service, and the case was assigned to the court.
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Condé Nast, the media conglomerate, sent a cease-and-desist letter to AI search startup Perplexity, accusing it of plagiarism for using content from its publications in AI-generated responses without permission. The letter demands that Perplexity stop using the content. Perplexity has been criticized for ignoring robots.txt and scraping content. The incident highlights ongoing tensions between publishers and AI companies over unauthorized use of content.
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Dozens of parents at a Christchurch childcare centre were wrongly issued $85 parking fines by Parking Enforcement Services after its licence plate recognition cameras failed to accurately capture multiple short visits. The company acknowledged some misreads and waived fines on appeal, but parents described the process as stressful and time-consuming. An additional camera was installed to improve accuracy.
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A Dutch foundation, SOMI, has launched a mass claim against TikTok, alleging that the platform collects personal data from users, including children, without proper consent. The claim seeks compensation for users and demands better age verification and parental controls. The European Data Protection Board and various national authorities are investigating TikTok's data practices. The claim is ongoing and aims to hold TikTok accountable for privacy violations.
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