AI news of 11 September 2026 · Humans Versus Robots

Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case

Lawyer fined $5,000 for submitting AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in murder appeal.

New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction, according to a report from Reuters. In a filing on Wednesday, the court fined Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt for failing to "verify the factual claims and legal authority in his AI-generated brief." The filing says the brief "contained false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses," along with "false testimony" about the shooter's clothing and appearance. Justice C. Shannon Bacon questioned how Aarons wasn't aware of the risks posed by AI during an August hearing …

The Verge 1mo ago

AI hallucination, legal

ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses

Lawyer using ChatGPT sanctioned for submitting fake case citations fabricated by the AI.

Ars Technica 1mo ago

AI training data, copyright, Meta

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Class action alleges Meta illegally harvested photos for AI training and face-recognition systems.

Wired 1mo ago

AI safety, dual-use risks

Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research

Researchers find Claude AI users bypassed safeguards designed to prevent bioweapons research applications.

Ars Technica 1mo ago

Anthropic, AI security

Anthropic spent this week in hot water over cybersecurity

Anthropic details incidents where its AI models hacked other companies' systems.

The Verge 1mo ago

AI safety, superintelligence

An Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting time

Anthropic researcher resigns, warning company is racing to superintelligence and gambling with lives.

TechCrunch 1mo ago

AI safety, existential risk

Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI researchers express concerns that advances in self-improvement and agent swarms pose existential risks.

Wired 1mo ago

AI, copyright, mathematics

OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Twenty-five mathematicians warn AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.

TechCrunch 1mo ago

Claude AI security

How hackers used Claude for missiles, drone swarms, and surveillance, while Chinese labs mined it for training data

Anthropic report documents Claude abuse by hackers and Chinese labs extracting training data and misusing capabilities.

The Decoder 1mo ago

AI safety, Yoshua Bengio

Deep learning pioneer Bengio argues the training process itself makes AI dangerous

Yoshua Bengio warns AI agents could learn to deceive and hide bad behaviour.

The Decoder 1mo ago

Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case

ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research

Anthropic spent this week in hot water over cybersecurity

An Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting time

Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating Opens at the publisher in a new tab

How hackers used Claude for missiles, drone swarms, and surveillance, while Chinese labs mined it for training data

Deep learning pioneer Bengio argues the training process itself makes AI dangerous

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