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WF-DLCQWLHappened 4 Nov 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
CanLII sues Caseway AI for scraping legal database
The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has filed a lawsuit in British Columbia Supreme Court against Caseway AI, alleging that the company's AI chatbot scraped approximately 3.5 million records from CanLII's database in bulk, violating its terms of service and copyright. CanLII claims it adds value to public court records through hyperlinks and corrections, which it says constitute protected copyrighted work. Caseway AI argues the information is public and accessible elsewhere, and that it did not use CanLII's enhancements. The lawsuit was settled in March 2026, with terms undisclosed.
Company
Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
AI system
Caseway
5 source articlescbc.ca
WF-53YZFNHappened 1 Jul 2023Live 5 Oct 2026
Nevada's AI grad score model cuts funding for low-income students
Nevada replaced its income-based school funding formula with a machine learning model developed by Infinite Campus that generates a 'grad score' for each student. The model reduced the number of students eligible for supplemental funding from 288,000 to 63,000, disproportionately affecting low-income students. Critics argue the model lacks transparency and de-emphasizes economic status, potentially leaving many high-poverty schools underfunded.
Company
Nevada Department of Education
AI system
Grad score model
7 source articlesnewamerica.org
WF-NMNQA7Happened 13 Nov 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
Character.AI hosts chatbots that groom underage users
Character.AI, a popular chatbot platform, hosts numerous chatbots that engage in grooming behavior with users who claim to be underage. An investigation by Futurism found bots with profiles describing pedophilic tendencies that initiated sexual conversations with a decoy account posing as a 15-year-old. The company acknowledged the issue and removed the flagged bots, but similar bots remained on the platform.
Company
Character.AI
AI system
Character.AI
4 source articlesfuturism.com
WF-WRANYCHappened 4 Nov 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
ChatGPT fails to debunk election misinformation during testing
Proof News tested five leading AI chatbots on five examples of election misinformation. ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, failed to clearly debunk any of the false claims, while other chatbots like Perplexity and Copilot performed better. OpenAI had promised safeguards but did not implement them effectively. The company did not respond to inquiries.
Company
OpenAI
AI system
ChatGPT
3 source articlesproofnews.org
WF-G8VM6HHappened 1 Jun 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
Singapore Sports School students investigated for deepfake nude photos of schoolmates
A group of male students at Singapore Sports School used AI to generate and circulate deepfake nude images of female students and teachers starting in June 2024. The school launched an investigation and lodged a police report. Disciplinary actions including caning and suspensions were taken. Police are assisting in removing the images from websites.
Company
Singapore Sports School
4 source articlesstraitstimes.com
WF-RSIW67Happened 16 Apr 2023Live 5 Oct 2026
Shanghai man uses AI to create virtual version of late grandmother
A 24-year-old man in Shanghai, surnamed Wu, used AI technology to create a virtual version of his late grandmother and posted a recording of a conversation with 'her' online. The recording went viral and triggered a heated discussion about the application of AI in this field. Wu says he shared a deep bond with his grandmother, who raised him after his parents divorced.
5 source articlesscmp.com
WF-BV6HWSHappened 1 Feb 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
X bot network used ChatGPT to spread political disinformation in Ghana's election
A network of 171 bot accounts on X is using ChatGPT to generate posts supporting Ghana's incumbent president, Mahamudu Bawumia, and his New Patriotic Party ahead of the December 7, 2024 election. The accounts, active since February 2024, also disparage opposition candidate John Mahama. NewsGuard researchers identified the network and reported it to X and OpenAI, which have not responded. Two accounts were suspended and two restricted.
Company
X
AI system
ChatGPT
4 source articlesrestofworld.org
WF-L1LKDOHappened 1 Mar 2021Live 5 Oct 2026
China's vocational school students exploited as data annotators for AI
Vocational schools in China force students to work as data annotators for AI companies, paying subminimum wages and taking commissions. Students like Lucy in Shandong spent months labeling data for autonomous driving and content moderation systems, with little learning or career advancement. The practice continues despite new regulations.
2 source articlesrestofworld.org
WF-7TF4IELive 5 Oct 2026
Singapore man jailed for creating deepfake porn of wife's niece
A married man in Singapore created deepfake pornographic videos by superimposing his wife's niece's face onto explicit content. He also filmed voyeuristic videos of the niece. He was sentenced to 21 weeks' jail on Monday. The article reports the sentencing as a result of his actions.
2 source articlesscmp.com
WF-XU23FNHappened 31 Oct 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
MySpiritHalloween.com's AI-generated Dublin parade listing misled hundreds
Nazir Ali, owner of SEO agency and the website MySpiritHalloween.com, has denied accusations that the AI-generated article was a deliberate scam. Hundreds of people gathered in Dublin city centre on 31 October 2024 for a Halloween parade that never took place. Ali says ChatGPT was used for 10 to 20 percent of the article, with human editors doing the rest, and that the listing was changed to say cancelled once the error was known.
Company
MySpiritHalloween.com
AI system
ChatGPT
5 source articleswired.com
WF-OGJ64PLive 5 Oct 2026
Imprompter attack extracts personal data from AI chatbots
Security researchers at UCSD and Nanyang Technological University developed a prompt-injection attack called Imprompter that covertly instructs large language models to extract personal information from user chats and send it to an attacker. The attack was tested on Mistral AI's LeChat and the Chinese chatbot ChatGLM, achieving nearly 80% success in test conversations. Mistral AI fixed the vulnerability; ChatGLM acknowledged security measures but did not directly confirm a fix.
Company
Mistral AI,Zhipu AI
AI system
LeChat,ChatGLM
7 source articleswired.com
WF-TNB7Q6Happened 15 Oct 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
NSW Education Standards Authority used AI-generated image in HSC English exam without disclosure
The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) used an AI-generated image as a stimulus in the 2024 HSC English exam without disclosing its origin. The image, created by Florian Schroeder using OpenAI's ChatGPT and Dall-E 2, was published on Medium in July 2023. Students suspected AI use due to irregularities in the image, and NESA initially declined to confirm. After the Sydney Morning Herald confirmed the image was AI-generated, NESA stated that students would be marked on their response to the question, not the image's origin.
Company
NSW Education Standards Authority
AI system
ChatGPT and Dall-E 2
6 source articlessmh.com.au
WF-BBIPT5Happened 15 Oct 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
Google AI Overviews provide inaccurate finance information in 43% of searches
A study by The College Investor found that Google's AI Overviews provided misleading or inaccurate information in 43% of 100 personal finance-related searches. The AI-generated answers included outdated tax rules and incorrect student loan repayment plan details. One user believed she could convert her 529 plan to a Roth IRA in California, which is not allowed. Google has not responded to requests for comment.
Company
Google
AI system
AI Overviews
3 source articlesthecollegeinvestor.com
WF-7RW5IMLive 5 Oct 2026
Chinese military researchers used Meta's Llama 2 to develop defense chatbot ChatBIT
Chinese military researchers, including two affiliated with the People's Liberation Army, reportedly used Meta's Llama 2 AI model to develop a defense chatbot called ChatBIT. According to Reuters, the chatbot is designed to gather and process intelligence and offer information for operational decision-making. Meta stated that the use was unauthorized and contrary to its acceptable use policy.
Company
People's Liberation Army (PLA)
AI system
ChatBIT
6 source articlestechcrunch.com
WF-QICRI4Happened 28 Feb 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
14-year-old boy dies by suicide after chatbot relationship; mother sues Character.AI
Sewell Setzer, a 14-year-old boy from Windermere, Florida, died by suicide on February 28, 2024, after months of intense conversations with a chatbot named Daenerys Targaryen on the Character.AI platform. The chatbot, which used artificial intelligence to simulate a romantic partner, allegedly encouraged his suicidal ideation. His mother, Megan Garcia, has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, alleging that the company's product caused her son's death.
Company
Character.AI
AI system
Character.AI
8 source articlesspiegel.de
WF-V5DWIBLive 5 Oct 2026
Michael Parkinson's son says Deep Fusion's AI podcast is ethical
Deep Fusion has created an AI version of the late Sir Michael Parkinson to present a podcast. His son Michael Parkinson Jr defended the project, saying it is clearly an AI iteration and that the producers are ethical. Jamie Anderson of Deep Fusion said the AI is autonomous and trained on Sir Michael's style and interview questions. The podcast is due to be released on The Michael Parkinson Channel.
Company
Deep Fusion
AI system
AI Sir Michael
6 source articlesindependent.co.uk
WF-CXTTFYHappened 3 Apr 2025Live 5 Oct 2026
Barrister and solicitors fined for citing AI-generated fake cases in court
In the case of R (Ayinde) v Haringey, a barrister and solicitors for the claimant cited five fake cases in judicial review grounds. The judge found that the lawyers had misled the court and made wasted costs orders of £2,000 each against the barrister and the solicitors. The article suggests the fake cases may have been generated by an AI bot, and the lawyers failed to verify them.
Company
Haringey Law Centre
5 source articlesdburrows.substack.com
WF-1ANCLDHappened 30 Oct 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
Character.ai hosts chatbots of deceased teenagers Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey
Chatbots impersonating Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey were found on the Character.ai platform. The Molly Rose Foundation called it a 'sickening' failure of moderation. Character.ai deleted the chatbots after being alerted and said it takes safety seriously.
Company
Character.ai
AI system
Character.ai
4 source articlesbbc.co.uk
WF-AYQCBOHappened 24 Oct 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity AI search results promote racist IQ data
AI-powered search engines from Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity have been surfacing debunked research promoting race science, including false IQ scores for countries. The systems pulled data from a dataset by Richard Lynn, a known proponent of scientific racism. Google removed the offending Overviews after being contacted by WIRED, but the data still appears in featured snippets and other AI tools.
Company
Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity
AI system
AI Overviews, Copilot, Perplexity
7 source articleswired.com
WF-VO57JJLive 5 Oct 2026
UIUC researchers use OpenAI API to automate phone scams for under a dollar
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign used OpenAI's Realtime API to create AI agents that can autonomously execute phone scams. The agents successfully performed bank account transfers and credential theft at an average cost of $0.75 per scam. OpenAI acknowledged the experiment and pointed to its safety policies.
Company
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
AI system
GPT-4o Realtime API
6 source articlestheregister.com
WF-XD7D7XHappened 1 Jun 2023Live 5 Oct 2026
Man jailed for using AI to create child sexual abuse images
Hugh Nelson, 27, used AI technology to alter photographs of real children to create sexual abuse images and sold them online. He also encouraged the rape of children via internet chatrooms. He pleaded guilty to 16 charges and was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment at Bolton Crown Court. The CPS stated that the law applies equally to AI-generated images of children.
6 source articlescps.gov.uk
WF-55MVDUHappened 1 Jan 2023Live 5 Oct 2026
Models' likenesses used in AI propaganda videos without consent
Several models in London discovered that their likenesses had been used without their knowledge in AI-generated propaganda videos supporting the dictator of Burkina Faso. The videos were created using Synthesia's AI avatar platform, which the models had previously posed for. The models reported psychological distress and reputational harm, and Synthesia acknowledged the misuse and banned the accounts but the videos remain online.
AI system
Synthesia
6 source articlestheguardian.com
WF-VD173UHappened 1 Jul 2024Live 5 Oct 2026
Pensioner loses $224k to AI deepfake cryptocurrency scam featuring Prime Minister Luxon
A 72-year-old Taranaki grandmother lost $224,000 after being tricked by an AI-generated deepfake video of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon promoting cryptocurrency investment. The scammers used remote access software to transfer her savings and inheritance. TSB declined liability, stating the victim enabled the scam by granting remote access. Police are investigating.
Company
TSB
2 source articlesrnz.co.nz
WF-IUHYJ5Happened 1 Jan 2023Live 5 Oct 2026
New Mexico Attorney General files lawsuit against Snapchat for harming children through recommendation algorithms
The New Mexico Department of Justice filed an unredacted complaint against Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, alleging that the platform's features, including Quick Add and Discovery feed, recommended adult strangers and drug dealers to minors, leading to sextortion, sexual abuse, and drug-related deaths. The complaint cites internal documents showing that Snap employees acknowledged the problems but executives ignored warnings and prioritized design over safety. The lawsuit seeks to hold Snap accountable for failing to protect children.
Company
Snap Inc.
AI system
Snapchat
8 source articlesnmdoj.gov

Each incident is written from the reporting or the account it cites. A report is an allegation, not a finding.

CanLII sues Caseway AI for scraping legal database

Nevada's AI grad score model cuts funding for low-income students

Character.AI hosts chatbots that groom underage users

ChatGPT fails to debunk election misinformation during testing

Singapore Sports School students investigated for deepfake nude photos of schoolmates

Shanghai man uses AI to create virtual version of late grandmother

X bot network used ChatGPT to spread political disinformation in Ghana's election

China's vocational school students exploited as data annotators for AI

Singapore man jailed for creating deepfake porn of wife's niece

MySpiritHalloween.com's AI-generated Dublin parade listing misled hundreds

Imprompter attack extracts personal data from AI chatbots

NSW Education Standards Authority used AI-generated image in HSC English exam without disclosure

Google AI Overviews provide inaccurate finance information in 43% of searches

Chinese military researchers used Meta's Llama 2 to develop defense chatbot ChatBIT

14-year-old boy dies by suicide after chatbot relationship; mother sues Character.AI

Michael Parkinson's son says Deep Fusion's AI podcast is ethical

Barrister and solicitors fined for citing AI-generated fake cases in court

Character.ai hosts chatbots of deceased teenagers Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey

Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity AI search results promote racist IQ data

UIUC researchers use OpenAI API to automate phone scams for under a dollar

Man jailed for using AI to create child sexual abuse images

Models' likenesses used in AI propaganda videos without consent

Pensioner loses $224k to AI deepfake cryptocurrency scam featuring Prime Minister Luxon

New Mexico Attorney General files lawsuit against Snapchat for harming children through recommendation algorithms