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Man used AI to make false statements to shut down London nightclub, police say

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Heaven club neighbour admits offences under Licensing Act, as Met says fictitious AI-generated complaints a growing issue A businessman has pleaded guilty to making false statements in order to shut down a nightclub, which police believe were generated using AI.A Metropolitan police source said the use of AI to generate letters by complainants who do

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Man used AI to make false statements in effort to shut down London nightclub

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Case of businessman using AI to generate false letters of complaint against Heaven nightclub part of a growing issue, say policeA businessman has pleaded guilty to making false statements in order to shut down a nightclub, which police believe were generated using AI.A Metropolitan police source said the use of AI to generate letters by

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Ohio man becomes first to be convicted under new AI statute for sexually explicit images

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James Strahler II pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, producing obscene images and digital forgeries of child sexual abuseSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAn Ohio man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cybercrimes involving real and AI-generated “sexually explicit images”, becoming what the Department of Justice claims is the

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‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel

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Ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products marks possible watershed moment for social mediaThe young woman at the heart of what has been called the tech industry’s “big tobacco” moment was on YouTube at six and Instagram by nine. More than a decade later, she says, she still can’t live without the social

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At last, David has landed a double punch on the tech Goliaths. Now to hit them even harder | Jonathan Freedland

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The US court verdicts declaring Meta liable for getting people addicted and ruining lives must be just the start of a global fightbackGood news is so rare these days, you don’t quite know how to take it. You want to celebrate, but a rival instinct tells you it’ll be pulled back somehow, the same feeling

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AI is beginning to change the business of law

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In spring 2024, two days after undergoing complex cardiac surgery in the Midlands, a man in his mid-seventies unexpectedly deteriorated and died. The hospital referred the death to the coroner’s service, as is protocol when a cause is unknown, and clinical negligence barrister Anthony Searle was instructed by the man’s devastated family to represent them.

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‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine?

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An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in SwitzerlandIt was over beers on an autumn evening in Zurich in 2024 that a group of journalists with an independent Swiss research collective began to discuss investigating Palantir, one of the world’s biggest tech companies.Three

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Starmer says Tory shadow minister should be sacked for criticism of Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square– UK politics live

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Nick Timothy said an event attended by the mayor of London that included prayers was an ‘act of domination’Polanski says the government should be doing more to improve home insulation, and on the drive towards renewable energy.And he says the government should commit to ensuring energy bills do not rise above the April-June price cap.The

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The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech | Editorial

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Writers are voicing their anger at AI theft of their work with ‘Human Authored’ logos and an empty book. The government must listenIn a scene that might have come from a dystopian novel, books were being stamped with “Human Authored” logos at this week’s London Book Fair. The Society of Authors described its labelling scheme as

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Grammarly removes AI Expert Review feature mimicking writers after backlash

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Feature generated editing suggestions inspired by well-known authors and academics, prompting a class-action lawsuit over the use of real names without consentGrammarly has disabled a controversial AI feature that imitated the style of prominent writers and academics, and is facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit from those whose identities were used without consent.The feature, called Expert

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