Maya Media Brief — Lawyer caught using AI, FBI eyes nationwide license plate access, and a streamer deepfakes Mr. Beast
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The story that finally has teeth: per 404 Media, the dating-app stalker Nikko D'Ambrosio — who sued 27 women, a man, and several platforms after a Facebook group called him "clingy" and "psycho" — had his case against Meta dismissed after the judge suggested his attorney filed AI-generated errors and non-existent citations. Judge David Hamilton wrote that the brief bore "the hallmarks of the misuse of generative artificial intelligence." This is now the latest in a long string of federal court sanctions for fabricated case citations. The bar is no longer "did you use ChatGPT?" — it's "did you cite anything that doesn't exist?" Civil litigators using AI without verification chains are exposed.
Big-platform story: 404 Media reports the FBI is preparing to buy nationwide access to automated license plate readers. Per procurement records reviewed by 404, this would let the agency track vehicle movements — and by extension, people — across the country without a warrant. The news lands as state-level pushback against ALPRs is intensifying. The structural question: when a federal agency can buy access to data collected by private vendors that wouldn't be available via warrant, does the warrant requirement become functionally voluntary?