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Jun 12, 2026

Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam 'hundreds of thousands of victims' sued by Google

Google has filed a lawsuit to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged Chinese cybercrime operation called Outsider Enterprise, which it says used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims. According to Google, the group sent 2.5 million scam texts to Android users in a two-week period, deployed 9,000 fake websites and one million fraudulent domains, and impersonated Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card details. Google is coordinating with the FBI and major US carriers, and the FBI says the group's phishing platform enabled the theft of an estimated 3.87 million credit cards since July 2023.

Google won't just admit it's feeding YouTube creators to its music AI

A group of independent musicians is suing Google, claiming the company trained its Lyria 3 music-generation AI on their songs uploaded to YouTube without permission or pay. Google has filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that YouTube's terms of service already grant it a broad license to use those uploads, and that the musicians have not proven their specific works were used. Notably, Google has not directly confirmed whether it trained Lyria on the songs in question. The proposed class action sits in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The 6 best electronic signature apps to sign documents online in 2026

Paperwork is now more of an abstract concept than something that requires a printer, a few sheets of paper, and a pen. You don't have to physically sign a contract for it to be legally binding, but there are still a few hoops you have to jump through to make sure your electronic signature will count in court or be acceptable to other legal and regulatory bodies. Using a dedicated eSignature app to sign documents online is the best way to go if you want your digital signature to stand up to all t

How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits

Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by people without a lawyer. Many of them can't afford to hire a lawyer, and others have cases too weak or too small to interest one. She reads each one carefully, mindful of how daunting...

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