Shein Accused of AI-Driven Art Theft on Merchandise
Jul 11, 2023
Artists Krista Perry, Larissa Martinez, and Jay Baron filed a lawsuit against Shein, alleging the company used AI to replicate their art on...
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Data source & citationAI-Generated Articles at G/O Media Allegedly Diminishes Reputation of Human Staff
Jul 5, 2023
G/O Media began publishing AI-generated articles, against staff advice, that contained errors and quality issues. The first such article, a...
Read moreHarmful Stereotyping of Non-Cisgendered People via Text-to-Image Systems
Jul 3, 2023
Text-to-image systems such as DALL-E are allegedly generating biased and often insulting representations of non-cisgender identities. The sy...
Read moreGrant Reviewers Fed Applications into Generative AI to Produce Reports, Allegedly Breaching Confidentiality
Jun 30, 2023
Peer reviewers of Australian government grant applications inserted applicants' work into generative AI systems such as ChatGPT to generate...
Read moreBankrate's Resumption of AI-Generated Content Allegedly Continuing to Produce Inaccurate and Misleading Information
Jun 30, 2023
Bankrate, and its sister site CNET, both owned by Red Ventures, resumed publishing AI-generated articles claiming thorough human fact-checki...
Read moreAmazon Rife with Many Allegedly AI-Generated Books of Suspect Quality
Jun 28, 2023
Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited young adult romance bestseller list was flooded with allegedly AI-generated books that made little to no sense, di...
Read moreAlleged Exploitation of Meta's Open-Source LLaMA Model for NSFW and Violent Content
Jun 26, 2023
Meta's open-source large language model, LLaMA, is allegedly being used to create graphic and explicit chatbots that indulge in violent and...
Read moreGoogle Ads Allegedly Serving Content on AI-Generated Misinformation Sites
Jun 24, 2023
Google’s advertising platform, Google Ads, has allegedly been found to be serving ads on AI-generated content farms that often disseminate m...
Read moreTesla on Autopilot Struck Parked Work Truck on Highway in Pennsylvania
Jun 23, 2023
A 2016 Tesla on Autopilot crashed into the rear of a parked 2007 Freightliner truck providing traffic control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike h...
Read moreDeepfake Image Circulating of Donald Trump with Underage Girl at Jeffrey Epstein's Private Island
Jun 23, 2023
A deepfake image depicting Donald Trump with an underage girl at Jeffrey Epstein's private island in 1992 has been circulating on social med...
Read moreBing Chat Solved CAPTCHAs with Image Analysis Feature Despite Safeguards
Jun 22, 2023
Microsoft was reported by a Twitter user for deploying image analysis feature capable of solving CAPTCHAs for its GPT-based chatbot despite...
Read moreAccidental Exposure of 38TB of Data by Microsoft's AI Research Team
Jun 22, 2023
Microsoft's AI research team accidentally exposed 38TB of sensitive data while publishing open-source training material on GitHub. The expos...
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