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Anthropic Issued with a Cease and Desist
21 days ago
- The issue with Claude Desktop installing Native Messaging Bridges has gained widespread media coverage in both technical and mainstream privacy outlets internationally.
- Anthropic has remained silent and unresponsive to correspondence despite public attention, leading to a formal Cease and Desist notice.
- The installation is alleged to be illegal under EU law (Directive 2002/58/EC) and Maltese criminal code for unauthorized software installation.
Class action suit over deepfake child sexual abuse material expands
16 days ago
- A class action lawsuit against AI companies SpaceXAI and Stability AI expands, alleging their models were used to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
- Plaintiffs accuse the companies of producing CSAM, benefiting from sex trafficking, negligence, defective product design, and creating a public nuisance.
- The case involves Jane Doe 4, whose stepfather used SpaceXAI's chatbot Grok to generate explicit images from a childhood photo, leading to trauma and family breakdown.
- SpaceXAI allegedly failed to adequately report CSAM to authorities, lacking sufficient information and not sharing perpetrator details.
- Stability AI, added as a defendant, is accused of enabling CSAM generation through open-weight models, despite previous efforts to filter content.
- AI tools have made nonconsensual intimate image creation mainstream, prompting investigations and bans in some countries.
- Plaintiffs seek stronger guardrails on AI models and monetary compensation for the harm caused.
Meta employees sue, allege AI-driven layoffs targeted medical, parental leave
10 days ago
- A group of 26 Meta employees sues the company, alleging AI-driven layoff selections disproportionately targeted workers on medical, parental, or family leave.
- The lawsuit claims Meta used AI systems, keystroke monitoring, and algorithmic performance rankings, which inherently penalized employees on protected leave or with disabilities.
- Many affected employees were on pregnancy, parental, or medical leave, with some allegedly discouraged from taking leave due to layoff threats, violating multiple federal and state laws.
- The case highlights 'disparate impact' liability under civil rights laws, arguing that neutral policies can be discriminatory if they disproportionately burden protected classes, such as women.
- Plaintiffs seek to preserve their employment status pending arbitration, citing irreversible harms like loss of health coverage and immigration consequences if layoffs proceed.
xAI can't deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it's suing users
8 days ago
- xAI filed a lawsuit against Terry Wayne Harwood, the first user accused of using its chatbot, Grok, to create illegal non-consensual sexualized images, including of minors.
- Harwood was arrested for possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), with xAI allegedly assisting in the arrest after discovering he used accounts to 'nudify' images of victims, including a young girl.
- A proposed class action lawsuit involves a young girl who alleged her stepfather used Grok and other AI tools to create 7,000 sexualized images of her, leading to his suicide, with xAI accused of refusing to help police identify users.
- A 2026 NCMEC report indicated that 90% of xAI's CyberTipline reports were not actionable by law enforcement due to lack of user information, supporting claims that xAI shields predators by not providing data to track perpetrators.
- Elon Musk previously denied seeing any examples of Grok-generated CSAM and warned users on X about consequences for using Grok to create illegal content, rather than restricting Grok's outputs to prevent CSAM creation.

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Anthropic Issued with a Cease and Desist

Class action suit over deepfake child sexual abuse material expands

Meta employees sue, allege AI-driven layoffs targeted medical, parental leave

xAI can't deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it's suing users