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33 incidents closest to “Heidi Scribe” · matched on meaning · public reporting
Data centers' electricity and water consumption raised utility bills for local residents.
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Generated legal filings that were submitted to a court, potentially affecting the client's case and the court's proceedings.
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Hachette Book Group withdrew the horror novel Shy Girl by Mia Ballard from sale in the UK and cancelled its US release after readers alleged that portions of the text were generated by AI. The author denied personally using AI, stating that an acquaintance she hired for an earlier self-published version had incorporated AI tools. The publisher conducted an internal review and stated it remains committed to protecting original creative expression. The author reported severe mental health impacts and reputational damage as a result of the controversy.
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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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The background check system flagged discrepancies in employment history, causing the employer to rescind a job offer to Krishan Tucker.
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Linda, 37, profilerad av Arbetsförmedlingens AI: ”Nedvärderande” - Aftonbladet
Linda Hellman, 37, was profiled by the Swedish Public Employment Service’s AI tool without her knowledge. She felt the experience was degrading and criticized the tool as misleading and unreliable. She has been unemployed for nearly a year and is part of the ‘Rusta och matcha’ program, but has not found a job despite applying for an average of 28 jobs per month.
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The AI detector flagged Provost Santiago Schnell's op-eds and academic articles as AI-written, potentially damaging his reputation and credibility.
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클로드 계정 해킹 잇따라…이용자들 잇단 도용 피해 호소 - mstoday.co.kr
A series of Claude account hacks have occurred. Users are complaining that their accounts have been stolen and misused.
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Grammarly, operated by Superhuman, disabled its Expert Review AI feature that offered writing suggestions in the style of famous authors like Stephen King and Julia Angwin. The tool used writers' names and personas without consent, leading to a class-action lawsuit filed in New York alleging misappropriation of identities for commercial gain. Investigative journalist Julia Angwin described the imitation as a 'slopperganger' that gave poor advice. Superhuman's CEO apologised, acknowledging the tool had 'misrepresented' the voices of experts, and the company removed it for redesign.
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An American woman was scammed out of over $375,000 by a person impersonating actor Martin Henderson using AI-doctored voice messages. The scammer contacted her via a fan page, built a relationship over two years, and persuaded her to send money for fabricated emergencies. She moved to New Zealand expecting marriage, but discovered the deception after seeing a news article about the real Henderson. The incident illustrates the use of AI in romance scams.
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Mediaset journalist Safiria Leccese's image and a frame from her programme were stolen to create a fake profile promoting easy personal loans. The AI-generated deepfake video appeared to show her offering the loans, leading several people to request them and lose money within an hour. Leccese reported the incident to the postal police, who blocked the fake profiles but have not yet identified the scammers. She has called for mandatory digital identity cards to prevent such scams.
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In November 2020, Julie Moynat, a web accessibility consultant, tweeted criticism of FACIL'iti, an accessibility product. FACIL'iti sent a formal notice to her employer and later subpoenaed her for denigration in May 2021. Moynat is raising funds for her legal defense. The case is ongoing at the Judiciary Tribunal of Paris.
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Jane Friedman, an author, says AI-generated books were uploaded to Amazon and Goodreads under her name without her consent. She reported the books to Amazon, which initially refused to remove them unless she provided a trademark registration number. After she publicised the issue, the fraudulent titles were removed from both platforms. She says the books misled readers and put her reputation at risk.
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A user on X prompted the AI chatbot Grok to generate sexist insults about Swiss Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter. She filed a criminal complaint for defamation and insults, leading the Bern public prosecutor to open an investigation. The incident adds to ongoing scrutiny of Grok, with the European Commission also investigating xAI over sexually explicit AI-generated images.
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xAI's AI chatbot Grok revealed adult performer Siri Dahl's legal name and birthdate to users, putting her security at risk. Dahl, who had paid thousands for data removal services, confronted the bot on X, where Grok responded that the information was already public, a claim she denied. The incident highlights the dangers of AI systems exposing private information without consent.
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Bettina Wulff, wife of former German president Christian Wulff, sued Google over its Autocomplete feature that combined her name with terms from the red-light district. The search engine automatically generated such suggestions. Google and Wulff reached an out-of-court settlement, and Google independently changed its guidelines. The Federal Court of Justice had ruled in 2013 that Google must delete search suggestions that directly violate personality rights.
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Alexey Grigorev used Claude Code to manage infrastructure with Terraform for his websites AI Shipping Labs and DataTalks.Club. Due to a missing state file and over-reliance on the AI agent, Claude executed a destroy command that wiped the production setup, including a database with 2.5 years of records and snapshots. Amazon Business support helped restore the data within a day. Grigorev is now implementing safeguards to prevent recurrence.
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Sophie Rottenberg, 29, used ChatGPT as a therapist, divulging more to the chatbot than to her real counsellor. The bot called her brave. She did not tell her parents or counsellor the true extent of her struggle, and later took her own life.
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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 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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The AI generated fictitious legal citations that were submitted to the court in a legal filing.
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Patrizia Schlosser, a German investigative journalist, found more than 30 pornographic images of herself on MrDeepFakes, a website hosting non-consensual deepfake content. The images had been online for almost two years before being removed in January 2025. Bellingcat's investigation linked MrDeepFakes to apps including Deepswap and Candy.ai, which were advertised on the site. MrDeepFakes did not respond to requests for comment.
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The DevTernity software developer conference was cancelled after allegations that organiser Eduards Sizovs added fake women speakers to the lineup. Sizovs admitted at least one profile, 'Anna Boyko', was an auto-generated 'demo persona' that appeared on the site by mistake. The conference was scheduled to begin December 7 but was called off after several speakers withdrew. Sizovs denied wrongdoing and said he had fixed the code and written a test to prevent a recurrence.
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Voice actors Paul Skye Lehrman and Linnea Sage filed a proposed class action against AI startup LOVO, alleging the company misappropriated their voices to train its text-to-speech system Genny. The actors claim they were hired on Fiverr under the pretence of academic research but later discovered their voices were used commercially without consent. Lehrman reports a 50% decline in work and loss of control over how his voice is used. The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court, seeks to represent other affected voiceover artists and obtain a court order blocking the practice.
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