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Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Sham Construction School Case Tied to UWS Death 
The last defendant charged in connection with a sham construction safety school, which was linked to a worker’s fatal fall on the Upper West Side, has pleaded guilty. He’s been promised more time behind bars than the company’s president received.
Teen accused of stabbing tourist inside Midtown McDonad’s faces arraignment
Juan Mercedes, 25, faces multiple charges after allegedly stabbing the Australian teen tourist multiple times in an unprovoked attack.
Manhattan music studio shooter gets 17 years but victim’s mom says it’s not enough
A Brooklyn man who permanently paralyzed a defenseless young father in a bout of blind rage — shooting him in the head as he slept inside a Midtown recording studio — received a 17-year prison term on Tuesday.
Manhattan DA seizes 12 deepfake porn websites in historic AI takedown
NEW YORK - The Manhattan District Attorney's Office says it executed the largest-ever takedown of websites dedicated to creating illegal AI-generated pornography.
Manhattan DA seizes websites selling AI ‘deepfakes’
The Manhattan DA’s office announced a huge takedown involving websites that use AI images and videos to exploit celebrities and potentially defraud customers. While the announcement involved only the shutting down of deepfake websites, the district attorney’s office said it was just the beginning, and had a warning for the individuals behind the AI deepfakes. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.
Manhattan DA seizes websites using AI to make deepfake porn videos of celebs
Twelve smutty websites containing deepfake pornographic images of celebrities made with artificial intelligence (AI) were shut down and seized through operations that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Monday.
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