How did it even get that far?
You won’t believe the excuses lawyers have after getting busted for using AI
Ars Technica – I got hacked; I lost my login; it was a rough draft; toggling windows is hard. “Amid what one judge called an “epidemic” of fake AI-generated case citations bogging down courts, some common excuses are emerging from lawyers hoping to dodge the most severe sanctions for filings deemed misleading. Using a database compiled by French lawyer and AI researcher Damien Charlotin, Ars reviewed 23 cases where lawyers were sanctioned for AI hallucinations. In many, judges noted that the simplest path to avoid or diminish sanctions was to admit that AI was used as soon as it’s detected, act humble, self-report the error to relevant legal associations, and voluntarily take classes on AI and law. But not every lawyer takes the path of least resistance, Ars’ review found, with many instead offering excuses that no judge found credible. Some even lie about their AI use, judges concluded. Since 2023—when fake AI citations started being publicized—the most popular excuse has been that the lawyer didn’t know AI was used to draft a filing. Sometimes that means arguing that you didn’t realize you were using AI, as in the case of a California lawyer who got stung by Google’s AI Overviews, which he claimed he took for typical Google search results. Most often, lawyers using this excuse tend to blame an underling, but clients have been blamed, too. A Texas lawyer this month was sanctioned after deflecting so much that the court had to eventually put his client on the stand after he revealed she played a significant role in drafting the aberrant filing. “Is your client an attorney?” the court asked. “No, not at all your Honor, just was essentially helping me with the theories of the case,” the lawyer said…”
Is this the start of the next investment bubble/opportunity?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/tech/quantum-computing-ibm-microsoft-google
A seismic shift in computing is on the horizon (and it’s not AI)
… Quantum computing could potentially lead to a $1.3 trillion increase in value across certain industries by 2035, according to McKinsey & Company, and for good reason. Experts believe quantum computing could lead to breakthroughs in fields like cryptography, finance, science and transportation, and IBM says the technology could solve some problems in minutes or hours that would typically take non-quantum standard computers thousands of years.
Picking targets, testing security. Weapons for the next war.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/asio_cyber_sabotage_warnings/
Australia’s spy boss says authoritarian nations ready to commit ‘high-impact sabotage’
The head of Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has warned that authoritarian regimes “are growing more willing to disrupt or destroy critical infrastructure”, using cyber-sabotage.
… Burgess said those scenarios “are not hypotheticals,” adding “foreign governments have elite teams investigating these possibilities right now.” Some of those governments, he said, have previously had an intent “to commit espionage and foreign interference – to steal and meddle.”
(Related)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/uk_aviation_boss_says_organized/
Aviation watchdog says organized drone attacks will shut UK airports ‘sooner or later’
Britain's aviation watchdog has warned it's only a matter of time before organized drone attacks bring UK airports to a standstill.
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) boss Rob Bishton told the Airlines UK conference on Monday that it was "entirely unrealistic" to think drone incursions "won't cause disruption" in the future, days after two Belgian airports were forced to shut down following drone sightings.
"It's not a question of if, only of when," he said, according to The Financial Times, adding that both drones and cyber threats are now evolving faster than anyone can keep up.
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