Intuit, HireVue Accused of AI Job Bias Against Deaf Woman
The ACLU filed complaints with state and federal agencies on behalf of a deaf, Indigenous employee of Intuit who was denied a promotion after an automated HireVue video interview. The tool did not caption all audible questions and could not accurately transcribe her speech, which the complaint says disadvantaged her because of her disability and race.
- Company involved
- Intuit
- AI system involved
- HireVue video interview
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Sirius XM Wins Dismissal of AI-Fueled Racial Job Bias Claims (1) - Bloomberg Law News
The AI system screened and rejected job applicants, including Arshon Harper, who applied to 150 positions and received only one interview.
- Company involved
- Sirius XM Radio LLC
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Genoa prosecutor's automatic transcription error changes 'lawful' to 'illicit'
During an investigation into alleged corruption, the Genoa prosecutor's office used automatic speech-to-text software to transcribe an interrogation of suspect Roberto Spinelli. The software incorrectly transcribed 'finanziamenti leciti' (lawful financing) as 'finanziamenti illeciti' (illicit financing), an error that could have significantly influenced the case. The mistake was discovered on 26 May when the judge re-listened to the audio at the request of Spinelli's lawyers. The incident highlights concerns about the reliability of AI transcription tools in the Italian judicial system.
- Company involved
- Procura della Repubblica di Genova
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Retool Breached After Hacker Uses AI Deepfake Voice in Phishing Call
A hacker used AI to deepfake an employee's voice and trick a Retool staff member into providing a multi-factor authentication code. The attacker sent phishing SMS messages and then called the employee, impersonating an IT team member with a synthetic voice. This allowed the hacker to add their own device to the employee's account and access internal systems, compromising 27 cloud customers. Retool revoked the access and disclosed the incident, blaming a weakness in Google Authenticator's cloud sync feature.
- Company involved
- Retool
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SiriusXM Radio faces class action on AI discrimination
The AI hiring tool screened and rejected job applicants, including the plaintiff, based on race-related data points.
- Company involved
- SiriusXM Radio
- AI system involved
- iCims
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ShotSpotter's defamation suit against Vice Media dismissed by Delaware court
ShotSpotter, the company behind the AI gunshot detection system, sued Vice Media for defamation over articles alleging it alters evidence at police request. The Delaware Superior Court dismissed the lawsuit, finding the statements were substantially true or opinion. Vice Media incurred legal costs defending itself, as Delaware's anti-SLAPP law does not allow recovery of fees in this case.
- Company involved
- ShotSpotter
- AI system involved
- ShotSpotter
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Round Hill Sues Anthropic and Suno for Alleged Use of Songs to Train AI Models
Round Hill demanda a Anthropic y Suno por presunto uso de canciones para entrenar sus modelos de IA - La…
Round Hill Music sued Anthropic and Suno in a California federal court, alleging the AI companies misused hundreds of its copyrighted songs to train their systems. Anthropic allegedly used lyrics from at least 500 songs—including works by James Brown, The Kinks, and the Goo Goo Dolls—to train its Claude chatbot, while Suno used the same songs for its music generation AI. The publisher says it may add thousands more compositions and claims damages could exceed one billion dollars.
- AI system involved
- Claude,Suno music generation AI
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TRT-RS's Galileu AI Detects Prompt Injection Attempt in Legal Petition
The Galileu AI system, developed by the Tribunal Regional do Trabalho da 4ª Região (TRT-RS) and nationalised by the Conselho Superior da Justiça do Trabalho (CSJT), detected a prompt injection attempt in a petition filed at the 3rd Labour Court of Parauapebas, Pará. The system alerted the magistrate, who reviewed the content and made a decision based on human verification, in line with judicial AI supervision requirements. The court reported that the system prevented the malicious content from being processed and highlighted the importance of institutional AI tools with security measures.
- Company involved
- Tribunal Regional do Trabalho da 4ª Região
- AI system involved
- Galileu
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OpenAI’s Whisper AI hallucinates violent language in transcriptions
Researchers at Cornell discovered that OpenAI's Whisper speech-to-text system occasionally hallucinates violent language, invented personal information, and fake websites, particularly when transcribing speech from people with longer pauses, such as those with speech impairments. The findings were presented at the FAccT conference. OpenAI has since improved the model, reducing the hallucination rate. The researchers caution that even a small percentage of such errors could cause significant harm in contexts like hiring, courtrooms, or medical settings.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- Whisper
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Grammarly pulls AI tool that impersonated writers without consent
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.
- Company involved
- Superhuman
- AI system involved
- Grammarly Expert Review
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Attorney Sanctioned $2,500 for AI-Hallucinated Citations in Brief
Heather Hersh, an appellate attorney, used generative AI to draft a reply brief in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case. The brief contained multiple fabricated legal quotations and inaccurate assertions. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that Hersh failed to verify the AI-generated content and was not candid about her use of AI, imposing a $2,500 monetary sanction under FRAP 46(c) and inherent authority. The court emphasised that attorneys must verify AI outputs and remain honest with the court.
- AI system involved
- Casetext / vLex
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NPR's David Greene sues Google over AI voice cloning in NotebookLM
David Greene, a former NPR host, alleges that Google's NotebookLM tool replicated his voice without permission. He says he was 'completely freaked out' when a colleague asked if he had licensed his voice to the company. Greene is suing Google, claiming the product violated his rights by using an AI-generated voice that sounds like his own. The lawsuit is pending.
- Company involved
- Google
- AI system involved
- NotebookLM
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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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Meta deletes AI-generated Instagram profiles after 'digital blackface' accusations
Meta removed 28 AI-generated Instagram profiles, including one of a 'proud Black queer momma of two', after widespread social media outrage. Critics accused the company of 'digital blackface as a service'. Meta stated it will continue to push AI-generated content on its platforms.
- Company involved
- Meta
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Woody Nora v. M & A Transport, Inc., et al. (E.D. Louisiana): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction; 1…
The AI tool generated fictitious case law citations that were included in a court filing, affecting the plaintiff and the court.
- AI system involved
- Westlaw Precision
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Anonymous Spanish Lawyer (Tribunal Constitucional): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Formal Reprimand (Apercibimiento) + Referral to Barcelona Bar for Disc
The AI system generated hallucinated content that was submitted in a court filing, potentially misleading the court.
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Mag 7 Ltd. et al. v. Tederi et al. (District Court, Tel Aviv-Yafo): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction;…
The AI generated fabricated case law that was submitted to the court, affecting the legal proceedings.
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TikTok's internal AI avatar tool generated harmful content without guardrails
TikTok mistakenly released an internal version of its Symphony Digital Avatars tool, allowing users with personal accounts to generate videos of paid actors saying anything, including quotes from Hitler and messages telling people to drink bleach. The tool lacked the AI-generated watermark and content guardrails of the public version. TikTok acknowledged the technical error and removed the internal tool, stating that any such content posted would have been rejected under its policies.
- Company involved
- TikTok
- AI system involved
- Symphony Digital Avatars
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Morgan v. Community Against Violence (D. New Mexico): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Partial Dismissal + Judicial Warning
The AI generated fake legal citations that were filed in court, wasting the court's and opposing party's time and resources.
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Tencent's WeChat filters chat images in realtime using OCR and visual blacklists
Citizen Lab researchers found that Tencent's WeChat automatically filters images sent in chats based on OCR-detected text and visual similarity to blacklisted images. The filtering is realtime and non-transparent, with no notice to users. The report analyzed 220 filtered images, many political, including content about the arrest of Huawei's CFO and the Sino-US trade war.
- Company involved
- Tencent
- AI system involved
- WeChat
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RocNation files copyright claim to remove Jay-Z deepfake videos from YouTube
Jay-Z's label RocNation filed a copyright claim to remove two deepfake videos from YouTube that used AI to impersonate Jay-Z's voice. The videos were created by the channel Vocal Synthesis, which produces humorous audio deepfakes. RocNation alleged the content unlawfully used an AI to impersonate their client's voice, though the article notes the legal basis may be inaccurate as the videos were transformative fair use.
- Company involved
- RocNation
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Momus Analytics' jury-selection algorithm criticised for racial bias
Momus Analytics, a legal technology company, uses machine learning to rank potential jurors for attorneys. Experts and researchers who reviewed the company's patent application say the algorithm relies on demographic characteristics such as race, which may violate constitutional prohibitions against discriminatory jury selection. The company claims its software has helped secure verdicts worth over $940 million, but did not respond to requests for comment.
- Company involved
- Momus Analytics
- AI system involved
- Momus
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Adobe uses Creative Cloud user data to train AI
Adobe's content analysis feature may scan Creative Cloud and Document Cloud files to train machine learning models, including object recognition in Lightroom and Liquid Mode in Acrobat. The company says it may analyze images, audio, video, text and other documents stored on its servers. Adobe offers an opt-out in account privacy settings, but the article notes the company did not ask first.
- Company involved
- Adobe
- AI system involved
- Content analysis
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Thomas Raynard James v. Detective Kevin Conley, et al. (S.D. Florida): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Bar Referral
AI generated hallucinated content in a court filing, affecting the legal process and the lawyers who filed it.
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