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California Judges Are Testing AI Clerks on Real Cases " Draft Rulings Without Disclosure Requirement
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (224+ words) Los Angeles and Riverside courts use $324, 000 AI system to draft rulings without telling parties Learned Hand combines models from major tech companies to function as a digital research attorney for overwhelmed judges. Six LA judges and their research attorneys are…...
CNN Declares War on Perplexity, Files Lawsuit Alleging Unlawful Content Distribution
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (161+ words) Cable network seeks damages for over 17, 000 allegedly copied stories as publishers unite against AI companies CNN joins a growing roster of publishers taking AI companies to court. These lawsuits will reshape how AI tools source and display information. If publishers…...
Cities Are Blinding Flock Cameras By Covering Them With Trash Bags
1+ day, 15+ min ago (358+ words) Dayton covers cameras with garbage bags after discovering Flock Safety devices shared resident data with ICE through misconfigured settings Think about that for a moment. One misconfigured setting turned local crime-fighting tools into an immigration surveillance network. The same cameras…...
DOJ Reportedly Hunts Down Anonymous ICE Critics on Reddit and X
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (180+ words) Federal prosecutors use grand jury subpoenas to force Reddit and X to reveal identities behind anti-ICE posts Posted harsh criticism of ICE officers on social media? The Department of Justice reportedly wants to know exactly who you are. Bloomberg reports…...
Google Engineer Charged With Using Internal Data to Win $1. 2 M on Prediction Markets
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (285+ words) 36-year-old Michele Spagnuolo used confidential Google search trends to bet on Year in Search outcomes via Polymarket Google's internal search tools gave Spagnuolo an unfair advantage that prosecutors say he exploited systematically. The market assigned near-zero probability to that outcome,…...
Police In China Are Embracing Smart Glasses & The Privacy Issues Will Go Global
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (429+ words) Chinese police deploy AI glasses with 95% face recognition accuracy, connecting to national databases for instant identification Your Ray-Ban Meta glasses can't identify faces'Meta draws that privacy line pretty firmly. Meanwhile, police in China are patrolling with smart glasses that scan…...
Iranian Hackers Allegedly Penetrated LA Metro's Rail Control Systems
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (410+ words) Alleged access to rail yard control systems makes LA Metro's March breach more serious than your typical data heist. While the transit agency maintained bus and rail service throughout the incident, Israeli cybersecurity firm Gambit Security now claims Iranian-backed hackers…...
Louisiana Uses Algorithm to Block Prison Paroles " A First in the U. S.
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (316+ words) Louisiana becomes first state to use AI risk scores to automatically deny parole hearings for 13, 000 inmates Louisiana turned a rehabilitation tool into an algorithmic prison lock. But in 2024, Governor Jeff Landry's "tough on crime" overhaul flipped TIGER's purpose entirely. Now,…...
AI Scammers Clone Daughter's Voice, Mother Wires $5, 400 in Fake Kidnapping
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (204+ words) Martinez mother loses $5, 400 to AI voice clone scam using daughter's social media audio in fake kidnapping call Voice cloning requires mere seconds of audio to create convincing fake distress calls Scammers now need just a few seconds of audio'pulled from…...
When Your Lawyer Trusts AI Over Reality: The Disastrous "Are We Dating the Same Guy" Lawsuit
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (476+ words) Attorney Aaron Walner faces sanctions after appellate judges found fabricated case citations in defamation appeal brief You're already fighting an uphill defamation battle, and then your own lawyer's AI-powered brief gets called out by judges for including made-up case citations....