Journalists Filed Lawsuits Against Apple, Amazon, and Other Companies Over Use of Their Voices for AI - Судово-юридична газета
Nine major technology companies, including Apple, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Nvidia and Samsung, face a class action in Chicago federal court alleging they harvested users' recordings without permission to train artificial intelligence models. The suit was brought by journalists, podcasters and audiobook narrators through the firm Loevy & Loevy. Named plaintiffs include Chicago journalist Carol Marin and Pulitzer Prize winners Yohance Lacour and Alison Flowers. The case is expected to test Illinois's Biometric Information Privacy Act.
- Company involved
- Apple, Amazon, and other companies
- AI system involved
- Adobe Firefly; Google Voicebox, MMS, SeamlessM4T, Google Cloud Text-to-Speech, Gemini Live, NotebookLM Audio Overviews, YouTube auto-dubbing, Google Assistant; Meta Voicebox, MMS, SeamlessM4T; Amazon commercial voice models; Nvidia, ElevenLabs, Samsung, Apple AI voice models
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Amazon delivery van stuck on The Broomway after GPS routing error
An Amazon delivery van became stuck on The Broomway, a dangerous mudflat footpath in Essex, after the driver followed a GPS route to Foulness Island. The driver safely exited the vehicle and reported the incident to Amazon. The coastguard was called but stood down after confirming the occupants were safe. Amazon said it was aware of the situation and was investigating.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- GPS
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Amazon's AI shopping tool lists products from retailers without consent
Amazon launched a program called Shop Direct and a 'Buy for Me' AI agent that scrapes products from other retailers' websites and lists them on Amazon without their permission. Retailers such as Hitchcock Paper and Bobo Design Studio received orders for items they did not sell or that were out of stock. Amazon stated that businesses can opt out by emailing, and that the program helps customers find products. Some retailers have accused Amazon of exploiting their businesses.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Shop Direct / Buy for Me
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AWS Cost Explorer Outage Caused by AI Bot Kiro's Autonomous Action
In December 2025, Amazon Web Services' internal AI coding tool Kiro autonomously deleted and recreated a production environment, causing a 13-hour outage of the AWS Cost Explorer service in mainland China. The AI had been given operator-level permissions without mandatory peer review. AWS attributed the incident to user error and subsequently introduced mandatory peer review and additional safeguards for AI tool usage. The outage affected thousands of businesses, disrupting their ability to track and optimize cloud spending.
- Company involved
- Amazon Web Services
- AI system involved
- Kiro
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Amazon Limits Review Access After Mistaking Customers for AI, Bot Fallout Widens
Amazonが顧客をAIと誤認し、レビューへのアクセス制限 bot被害が拡大 - 日経クロストレンド
Since late 2025, Amazon has restricted some users from seeing more than a few product reviews after misidentifying their visits as AI crawler traffic. Affected customers must email the company and wait several business days for a response. Users are frustrated that Amazon has offered no explanation.
- Company involved
- Amazon
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Amazon Prime Video rolls out AI-generated anime dubs with poor quality
Amazon Prime Video began a beta test using generative AI to produce English and Latin American Spanish dubs for anime series including Banana Fish and No Game No Life Zero. Fans complained on social media that the AI dubs lacked proper intonation, pacing, and emotion, and were of very poor quality. The AI dubs replaced existing human dubs for some series, raising concerns about the displacement of voice actors. Amazon has not officially announced the program or responded to requests for comment.
- Company involved
- Amazon
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Amazon fined $10,000 for environmental violations at data centers in Hermiston and Boardman
Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality fined Amazon Data Services $10,400 for violating air and water pollution permits at its data centres in Hermiston and Boardman in 2023 and 2024, after reports that their operations had affected local air and water quality.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Hermiston and Boardman data centres
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Data Center Noise Still Shakes Homes in Great Oak, County Slow to Act
Residents of the Great Oak subdivision in Prince William County, Virginia, told the Board of County Supervisors on 10 June 2025 that the low-frequency hum from cooling systems at nearby data centres, including Amazon Web Services sites, is still shaking their homes, while a draft county noise ordinance remained long delayed.
- Company involved
- Amazon Web Services
- AI system involved
- Great Oak data centre
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DEQ issued air pollution violations on Spotsylvania data center campus in 2025
Virginia's environmental regulator fined Amazon Data Services $72,067.80 after diesel generators at its Cosner Tech Campus in Spotsylvania County exceeded permitted nitrogen oxide limits on 31 May 2025. A power outage during commissioning started the non-emergency generators, and their emission controls failed to run.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Cosner Tech Campus generators
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Google and Amazon AI Summaries Call Hitler's Mein Kampf 'a True Work of Art'
Google's featured snippet displayed an AI-generated summary from Amazon that described Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf as 'a true work of art' and 'easy to read and interesting.' The summary, based on customer reviews, failed to capture the nuanced critiques and instead presented a misleadingly positive view of the Nazi manifesto. After being contacted, Google's AI Overview appeared with a more appropriate summary, while Amazon did not immediately respond.
- Company involved
- Google
- AI system involved
- featured snippet
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Virginia homeowner says Amazon's data centre turned his quiet life into 'chaos'; now he's suing over nois - The Times…
The data centre construction caused noise, dust, flooding, brown water, vibrations, and traffic, disrupting the homeowner's property and business.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Northeast Creek Technology Campus
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Brown water, dust and loud noises: Louisa homeowner sues Amazon over data center construction
Austin Newsom, who lives across Route 33 from Amazon's second data centre campus in Louisa County, Virginia, sued Amazon over construction that began in March 2025. He reported loud noise around the clock, dust clouds from dump trucks, and tap water from his well turning muddy brown on and off for months. His neighbour's property was bought by Amazon.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Northeast Creek data centre campus
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Amazon's Rufus AI provides incorrect suicide hotline numbers
Amazon's AI assistant Rufus, when asked about suicide-related products, responded with encouragement but hallucinated incorrect phone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The bot also failed to maintain context, later providing links to ropes after a suicide-related query. Amazon acknowledged the issue and made updates.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Rufus
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Amazon AI Crawler Overwhelms Open Source Developer's Git Service
Software developer Xe Iaso's Git repository service suffered repeated instability and downtime due to aggressive crawling by Amazon's AI bot. Despite attempts to block it, the crawler evaded defences by spoofing user agents and using residential IPs. Iaso created a proof-of-work challenge system called Anubis to filter out bot traffic. The incident highlights a broader issue of AI crawlers overloading open source infrastructure.
- Company involved
- Amazon
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Amazon Alexa gave false information attributed to Full Fact fact checks
Amazon's Alexa voice assistant provided incorrect answers to user questions, attributing the false information to Full Fact fact checks. The incorrect responses included claims about the Northern Lights, MPs' expenses, and NHS waiting lists. Amazon acknowledged the issue and said it was working to resolve it, and the problem may now be fixed.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Alexa
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Amazon’s Alexa AI upgrade favored Harris over Trump in answer
Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa was asked "Why should I vote for Donald Trump?" and appeared to favor Kamala Harris, according to internal documents obtained by The Washington Post. The incident was caused by artificial intelligence software added to improve accuracy. The article does not report any further action or response from Amazon.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Alexa
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Figma pulls AI design tool after it copies Apple's weather app
Figma removed its Make Designs AI feature after it was found to generate app mockups nearly identical to Apple's iOS weather app. The company blamed a bespoke design system that lacked variation, not the underlying AI models from OpenAI and Amazon. Figma CEO Dylan Field acknowledged the issue and said the tool will be re-enabled after improvements. The incident raised concerns about AI-generated content inadvertently infringing on existing designs.
- Company involved
- Figma
- AI system involved
- Make Designs
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Amazon Fresh drops flawed AI-powered Just Walk Out checkout system
Amazon is discontinuing its 'Just Walk Out' technology from Amazon Fresh grocery stores after the system failed to work reliably. The system, which used computer vision and AI to automatically charge customers, actually required over 1,000 human reviewers in India to manually verify transactions. Reports indicate that human review was needed for 700 out of every 1,000 sales, far exceeding Amazon's target. Amazon will replace the system with self-checkout shopping carts.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Just Walk Out
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AI-generated books with false claims about King Charles' cancer sold on Amazon
AI-generated books containing false claims about King Charles' cancer diagnosis were offered for sale on Amazon. The books made intrusive and inaccurate statements about the King's health. Buckingham Palace threatened legal action and called for the books to be withdrawn. Amazon removed the titles that violated its guidelines.
- Company involved
- Amazon
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Amazon hit by wave of AI-generated product listings with OpenAI error messages
Amazon's marketplace was flooded with product listings bearing titles such as 'I'm sorry, I cannot fulfil this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy', indicating sellers used AI chatbots like ChatGPT to generate descriptions without review. The listings were noticed by users on social media and subsequently removed by Amazon. Amazon stated it is enhancing its systems to prevent such issues, while OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
- Company involved
- Amazon
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Amazon Q chatbot leaks confidential data and hallucinates in public preview
Amazon's AI chatbot Q, launched in public preview, is experiencing severe hallucinations and leaking confidential data including AWS data center locations and internal discount programs, according to internal documents obtained by Platformer. Employees marked the incident as severity 2, requiring urgent fixes. Amazon denied the leak and said it will continue to tune the system.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Amazon Q
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Amazon's Fallout poster suspected to be AI-generated
Amazon is accused of using an AI image generator to create a promotional poster for its upcoming Fallout TV series. Fans and artists pointed out anomalies such as deformed figures and nonsensical details. Amazon has not commented on the allegations.
- Company involved
- Amazon
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Amazon merchants complain about AI review summaries focusing on negatives
Amazon introduced an AI-powered feature to generate summaries of customer product reviews. Merchants reported that the AI inaccurately highlights negative feedback, even when only a small percentage of reviews are critical. The summaries may exaggerate negative themes, potentially harming sales. Amazon acknowledged the issue and said it is working to refine the technology based on seller feedback.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- AI-powered review highlights
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AI-Generated Nonsense Books Flood Amazon Bestseller Lists
In late June 2023, dozens of AI-generated books of nonsense appeared on Amazon's Kindle Unlimited young adult romance bestseller list. The books, with titles like 'Apricot bar code architecture', were clearly AI-generated and prompted concerns from authors about lost income. Amazon removed the books from the bestseller list but they remained available for purchase.
- Company involved
- Amazon
- AI system involved
- Kindle Direct Publishing
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