Colorado Lawyer Filed a Motion Citing Hallucinated ChatGPT Cases
Jun 13, 2023
A Colorado Springs attorney, Zachariah Crabill, mistakenly used hallucinated ChatGPT-generated legal cases in court documents. The AI softwa...
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Data source & citationAlleged Gender Discrimination in Facebook Job Ads Algorithm
Jun 12, 2023
Facebook's ad delivery algorithm allegedly disproportionately showed job advertisements to one gender. Despite claims of non-discrimination,...
Read moreInstagram Algorithms Allegedly Promote Accounts Facilitating Child Sex Abuse Content
Jun 7, 2023
An investigation disclosed that Instagram's recommendation algorithms are promoting accounts that facilitate and sell child sexual abuse mat...
Read moreRon DeSantis's Presidential Campaign Released Twitter Video Containing AI Images of Donald Trump Hugging Anthony Fauci
Jun 5, 2023
Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign shared a video on Twitter featuring some AI-generated images of Donald Trump hugging former White House...
Read moreRacial Bias in Lung Function Diagnostic Algorithm Leads to Underdiagnosis in Black Men
Jun 1, 2023
A study published in JAMA Network Open reveals that racial bias built into a commonly used medical diagnostic algorithm for lung function ma...
Read moreAI-Generated Voices Amplify Conspiracy Theories on TikTok
Jun 1, 2023
NewsGuard has identified 17 TikTok accounts that have been using AI-generated voices to advance and amplify conspiracy theories and false cl...
Read moreChatbot Tessa gives unauthorized diet advice to users seeking help for eating disorders
May 29, 2023
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) has shut down its chatbot named Tessa after it gave weight-loss advice to users seeking hel...
Read moreUnrepresented Litigant Misled by ChatGPT-Generated False Legal Citations in Manchester Court
May 28, 2023
A litigant in person (LiP) in a Manchester civil case presented false legal citations generated by ChatGPT. It fabricated one case name and...
Read moreOpera's GPT-Based AI Reportedly Accused War Photographers of War Crimes
May 24, 2023
When prompted about "photographers accused of committing war crimes," Opera's GPT-based chatbot Aria provided a list of photographers who ta...
Read moreDonald Trump's Presidential Campaign Released Deepfakes Attacking Ron DeSantis
May 24, 2023
Former President Donald Trump released two AI-generated videos using deepfaked voices to mock Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The first video...
Read moreApparent Failure to Accurately Label Primates in Image Recognition Software Due to Alleged Fear of Racial Bias
May 22, 2023
Eight years after Google Photos mislabeled images of Black individuals as "gorillas," image recognition software by Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
Read moreDeepfake of Explosion Near US Military Administration Building Reportedly Causes Stock Dip
May 22, 2023
An apparent deepfake image posted by a false Bloomberg news account to Twitter depicted an explosion near the pentagon office complex near W...
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