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Attorney Sanctioned for Submitting AI-Fabricated Legal Citations
A New York attorney was fined $5,000 after submitting a court motion containing six fabricated legal citations generated by ChatGPT. The sanction, imposed after opposing counsel discovered the fake ca
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FTC Settles DoNotPay Case: AI 'Robot Lawyer' Lacked Testing
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order against DoNotPay, Inc. in February 2025, finding the company marketed its AI chatbot as a 'robot lawyer' without testing legal document vali
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Maryland principal's voice deepfaked in school fraud case
A Maryland school principal's voice was synthesized by an AI system to commit fraud, according to court documents and AP News reporting. The case marks a documented instance of autonomous audio-synthe
Economy
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North Korean Agents Used Deepfakes to Pose as U.S. IT Workers
The U.S. Department of Justice disclosed in May 2024 that more than 300 American companies had unknowingly hired remote IT workers with ties to North Korea, who used fabricated identities, forged docu
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FBI reports AI scams stole hundreds of millions in 2025
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center documented more than $893 million in losses from 22,364 AI-related fraud complaints in 2025, marking the first year the agency tracked such crimes as a distin
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FBI: $893M in AI-Driven Fraud Losses Reported in 2025
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center reported 22,364 AI-related cybercrime complaints and $893 million in losses during 2025, marking the first time in the center's 25-year history that it dedicate
Policy
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Attorney Sanctioned for Submitting AI-Fabricated Legal Citations
A New York attorney was fined $5,000 after submitting a court motion containing six fabricated legal citations generated by ChatGPT. The sanction, imposed after opposing counsel discovered the fake ca
Crime
FTC Settles DoNotPay Case: AI 'Robot Lawyer' Lacked Testing
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order against DoNotPay, Inc. in February 2025, finding the company marketed its AI chatbot as a 'robot lawyer' without testing legal document vali
Crime
North Korean Agents Used Deepfakes to Pose as U.S. IT Workers
The U.S. Department of Justice disclosed in May 2024 that more than 300 American companies had unknowingly hired remote IT workers with ties to North Korea, who used fabricated identities, forged docu
News
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Maryland principal's voice deepfaked in school fraud case
A Maryland school principal's voice was synthesized by an AI system to commit fraud, according to court documents and AP News reporting. The case marks a documented instance of autonomous audio-synthe
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Nx npm attack weaponizes AI coding agents for data theft
A supply-chain attack discovered in August 2025 exploited stolen npm publishing credentials to distribute malicious versions of the Nx package ecosystem, injecting code designed to manipulate AI codin
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AI voice clone used to extort mother in kidnapping scam
Jennifer DeStefano of Arizona received a phone call from an AI-generated voice impersonating her daughter and demanding ransom, leading her to send $4,000 within minutes. The incident, in which the ar