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In what officials say is a first for Estonia, a Tallinn court fined plaintiffs over false academic references generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in a legal filing.

The plaintiffs in the case challenged a logging permit, submitting material to Tallinn Administrative Court citing studies on the impacts of clearcutting in forest management.

The court, however, found that the Estonian researchers cited do not actually exist and the studies described could not be found.

Seeking clarification on how the document in question was produced, the first-tier court gave the plaintiffs a chance to

Following up on our previous blog post, we discovered several additional incidents where rogue AI agents appear to have used aggressive techniques to access publicly available data on government websites.

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This includes two rudimentary and failed hacking attempts, one against the U.S. Department of Education's [Civil Rights Data Collect

When Mohammed Yusuf resigned from his “poorly paid” teaching job in Ilorin, Kwara State, in October 2025, he hoped a new source of income would help him survive Nigeria’s economic hardship. After weeks of unsuccessful job searches, he invested borrowed money to begin a Point-of-Sale (PoS) business that he hoped would keep him afloat.

As Mr Yusuf searched online for opportunities, TikTok’s algorithm appeared to understand his search interest. His feed became increasingly

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A federal judge has warned that law firms' increasing use of artificial intelligence could create risks for clients and hinder the training of junior lawyers, even as he declined ​to sanction attorneys over AI-generated errors in a court filing.

Manhattan-based US District Judge Arun Subramanian said ‌in an order this week that the episode should serve as a "wakeup call" for lawyers, cautioning that AI-generated legal work must be carefully checked for accuracy.

"While clients may demand the use of AI to save money, there is a risk of adverse consequences when t

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - McDonald's (MCD.N), opens new tab has been sued in federal court in Chicago in ​a proposed nationwide class action alleging the fast-food company illegally ‌coordinates menu prices across its franchises and company-owned restaurants through an AI-powered pricing system.

The lawsuit, opens new tab, filed on Friday, said McDonald's violated US antitrust law by ​conspiring with independent franchisees to fix prices using algor