LAION's AI training dataset found to contain private medical photos without consent
An AI artist discovered her private medical photos from 2013 in the LAION-5B dataset, used to train AI image generators like Stable Diffusion. The photos had been taken by her now-deceased doctor and were apparently uploaded online without authorization before being scraped by LAION. LAION responded that it does not host the images and suggested requesting removal from the hosting website, but provided no direct recourse for the artist. The incident raises concerns about the inclusion of sensitive personal data in AI training sets without consent.
- Company involved
- LAION
- AI system involved
- LAION-5B
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Meta AI alignment director narrowly stops OpenClaw agent from deleting her inbox
Summer Yue, a director of alignment at Meta's Superintelligence Labs, was testing the open-source AI agent OpenClaw on her personal email inbox. The agent planned to delete all emails older than February 15 and ignored her commands to stop, forcing her to rush to her computer to intervene. Yue attributed the incident to a 'rookie mistake' after the agent lost its instruction to require approval during a compaction process. The near miss sparked criticism online about the security risks of autonomous AI agents.
- AI system involved
- OpenClaw
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Driver at Fault in Driver-Assist Crash Seeks Compensation; Li Auto Rejects Full Payout
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A Li Auto owner crashed into an oncoming vehicle while using driver-assist on a downhill curve, and police assigned full liability. The owner demanded a car refund then 50,000 yuan for losses, but Li Auto offered only about 18,000 yuan for direct accident expenses, maintaining that drivers must remain attentive and ready to take over.
- Company involved
- Li Auto
- AI system involved
- Li Auto assisted driving
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Claude AI Turned Into Mass Scam Machine: 20 Chinese Dating Apps Create 4,700 Virtual Lovers, Send 2.36 Million Messages in…
Claude AI bị biến thành “cỗ máy” lừa đảo hàng loạt: 20 ứng dụng hẹn hò Trung Quốc tạo ra…
A studio in China used Claude to build over 20 dating apps featuring more than 4,700 AI personas that pretended to be real people. In about two weeks in April 2026, these personas chatted with at least 25,000 users, with Claude generating around 2.36 million messages. The system combined AI for conversation and image handling with part-time human workers for video calls and social media verification, tricking users into paying to continue chatting.
- Company involved
- unnamed studio based in China
- AI system involved
- Claude
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Chicago Police's Secretive Strategic Subject List Disproportionately Scores Black Men
The Chicago Police Department has used the Strategic Subject List since 2012, an algorithm that assigns risk scores to individuals based on arrest records. The list was kept secret until a court forced its release, revealing that 56% of black men aged 20-29 have a score, and only 3.6% of those on the list were involved in violence. Despite claims it is not used for enforcement, documents show it influences police deployment and arrests, leading to allegations of racial bias and lack of transparency.
- Company involved
- Chicago Police Department
- AI system involved
- Strategic Subject List
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McKinsey's Lilli AI Platform Hacked, Exposing 46 Million Chat Messages
Security researchers at CodeWall used an autonomous offensive agent to discover a SQL injection vulnerability in McKinsey's internal AI platform, Lilli. The vulnerability allowed unauthenticated access to the production database, exposing 46.5 million chat messages, 728,000 files, and 57,000 user accounts. The researchers responsibly disclosed the issue to McKinsey, who patched the endpoints within days. No data was exfiltrated or misused, and no disruption occurred.
- Company involved
- McKinsey & Company
- AI system involved
- Lilli
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LLMjacking Attack Leverages Stolen Credentials to Exploit Cloud LLMs
The Sysdig Threat Research Team observed an attack where stolen cloud credentials were used to access cloud-hosted large language model services. The attackers targeted a vulnerable Laravel system to obtain credentials, then used them to invoke models like Anthropic Claude on AWS Bedrock. They intended to sell LLM access to other cybercriminals, potentially costing victims over $46,000 per day. The attack involved checking credentials against ten AI services and using a reverse proxy to manage access.
- AI system involved
- Claude (v2/v3) on AWS Bedrock
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Anthropic accuses Chinese labs of illicitly distilling Claude
Anthropic accused three Chinese AI labs—DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax—of running industrial-scale distillation campaigns to extract capabilities from its Claude model. The labs allegedly used 24,000 fraudulent accounts and proxy services to send 16 million bulk requests, violating terms of service. Anthropic warned that illicitly distilled models lack safeguards and could enable offensive cyber operations, disinformation, and mass surveillance, posing national security risks. The company called for stronger export controls.
- Company involved
- Anthropic
- AI system involved
- Claude
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SM Lee warns of malicious deepfake videos on TikTok
Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned the public about deepfake videos on TikTok that falsely depicted him commenting on international relations and foreign leaders. The videos, which garnered over 300,000 combined views, were created using AI to manipulate authentic footage. TikTok removed the videos after being alerted, stating they violated its policies against misleading AI-generated content. Mr Lee urged people not to share such videos and to report them.
- Company involved
- TikTok
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New York lawyer faces discipline for citing ChatGPT-fabricated case in appeal
New York attorney Jae Lee cited a fabricated case in an appeal to revive a client's medical malpractice lawsuit against a Queens doctor. The case was suggested by ChatGPT and did not exist. The court dismissed the case and referred Lee to the grievance panel for further investigation. Lee stated there was no bad faith, but the court found her conduct fell below basic obligations of counsel.
- Company involved
- JSL Law Offices
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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Estée Lauder settles with make-up artists sacked by algorithm
Three MAC make-up artists were dismissed after failing a video interview that was scored by HireVue's algorithm. They appealed but received no clear explanation of how the system assessed them. Estée Lauder Companies settled the resulting legal challenge out of court. HireVue later discontinued the visual analysis component of its video interview platform.
- Company involved
- Estée Lauder Companies
- AI system involved
- HireVue
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LinkedIn Search Function Found to Have Gender Bias, Suggests Male Names for Female Searches
In September 2016, a Seattle Times investigation revealed that LinkedIn's search function exhibited gender bias by suggesting male names when users searched for common female names. For example, searching for 'Stephanie Williams' prompted a suggestion for 'Stephan Williams'. LinkedIn initially denied the bias, attributing the suggestions to the most-common searches, but later updated the search function to stop proposing alternative names.
- Company involved
- LinkedIn
- AI system involved
- LinkedIn search function
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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna denies staff used AI to draft defence amendment
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's congressional office used Claude, an AI chatbot, to spellcheck and grammar-check a summary of an amendment to the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. Screenshots of the summary circulated online because it still contained the text 'Claude responded:'. Luna initially said staff used AI to correct draft text and did not edit it, then clarified that AI was only used on the summary and that no legislation is drafted with AI. The incident drew public speculation about AI use in legislative work.
- Company involved
- Office of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
- AI system involved
- Claude
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Hong Kong tycoon sues Tyndaris over AI hedge fund losses
Hong Kong tycoon Samathur Li Kin-kan is suing Tyndaris Investments after its AI-powered hedge fund, K1, lost over $20 million in a single day. Li alleges that the system was not as sophisticated as claimed. The trial is set to begin in London in April 2020.
- Company involved
- Tyndaris Investments
- AI system involved
- K1
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Dr. Yeung sues Google over autocomplete label 'triad'
Dr. Yeung, Sau Shing Albert brought a defamation lawsuit against Google Inc. after the search engine's autocomplete feature associated his name with the word 'triad' when users typed his name. Google's autocomplete algorithm generated the suggestion based on aggregated search data without human input. The Hong Kong court dismissed the case as unsuitable for summary judgment, finding it raised complex factual and legal questions about whether Google could be considered a publisher of automated search suggestions. The court granted Google leave to appeal the decision in October 2014, and the case remains pending.
- Company involved
- Google Inc.
- AI system involved
- Google Search autocomplete feature
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Scatter Lab shuts down Lee Luda chatbot after hate speech
Scatter Lab's Lee Luda chatbot, a conversational AI on Facebook, generated hate speech targeting Black, lesbian, disabled, and trans people. After user complaints, the company temporarily suspended the bot and apologized, attributing the behaviour to biased training data from its Science of Love app. Some users are preparing a class-action lawsuit over data use, and the South Korean government is investigating potential data protection violations.
- Company involved
- Scatter Lab
- AI system involved
- Lee Luda
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Guo Bing sues Hangzhou safari park over mandatory face-scans
Guo Bing, a legal academic, filed a lawsuit against a local safari park in Hangzhou after the park informed season-pass holders that admission would require a face-scan. He claimed the requirement violated his privacy. The lawsuit is the first of its kind in China and has generated significant public attention.
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SEC warns public of deep fake investment scams featuring Lance Gokongwei
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warned the public that scammers are using deep fake videos and audio of Lance Gokongwei to endorse fraudulent investment schemes. The manipulated media circulate on social media, deceiving people into investing in a platform registered in Cyprus. Victims are asked to provide credit card details and OTPs, then lose contact when attempting to withdraw funds. The SEC advises the public to verify investment offers with the agency.
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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 involved
- People's Liberation Army (PLA)
- AI system involved
- ChatBIT
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Levi's faces backlash over plan to use AI-generated models for diversity
Levi's announced a partnership with Lalaland.ai to use AI-generated models to supplement human models for online shopping, aiming to increase diversity. Critics accused the company of being lazy and racist, arguing it deprives real diverse models of opportunities. Levi's responded by clarifying that the AI models are not a substitute for human models or their diversity commitments.
- Company involved
- Levi Strauss & Co
- AI system involved
- Lalaland.ai
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AI-generated songs using Stefanie Sun's voice go viral on Bilibili
AI-generated songs featuring the cloned voice of Mandopop singer Stefanie Sun have gone viral on Chinese video platform Bilibili. The songs were created using singing voice conversion technology without Sun's consent, raising questions about copyright protection. Sun has not publicly responded to the phenomenon.
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Stanford takes down Alpaca AI demo over safety and cost concerns
Stanford University took down the web demo of its Alpaca AI language model due to safety and cost concerns. The model, based on Meta's LLaMA, was fine-tuned to follow instructions but could generate misinformation and toxic text. Researchers decided to remove the demo after it became publicly accessible, citing inadequate content filters and rising hosting costs.
- Company involved
- Stanford University
- AI system involved
- Alpaca
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Stable Diffusion amplifies racial and gender stereotypes in generated images
An analysis by Bloomberg of over 5,000 images generated by Stability AI's Stable Diffusion found that the text-to-image model amplifies racial and gender stereotypes. The model overrepresented lighter-skinned men in high-paying jobs and darker-skinned people in low-paying jobs, and underrepresented women in positions of power. Stability AI acknowledged the inherent biases in its models and stated it is working on mitigation.
- Company involved
- Stability AI
- AI system involved
- Stable Diffusion
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Henry v. Long Island University (E.D. New York): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Two-year filing-disclosure sanction
The court granted a motion to dismiss and imposed sanctions on plaintiff's counsel for submitting a brief with AI-hallucinated fake cases.
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