Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg

Interesting story guys! A bankruptcy lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg is suing the other Mark Zuckerberg after Facebook kept banning him for “impersonating” himself. The lawyer has been practicing since the Meta CEO was three years old, but that hasn’t stopped him from losing $11,000 in ads and dealing with limo drivers causing chaos at airports. Sometimes having the same name as a billionaire isn’t worth it.

Dot, an app that promised to be your digital buddy and confidante, announced this week that it’s shutting down. Users have until October 5 to download their chat history and say goodbye to their AI companions. The app launched just over a year ago by Sam Whitmore and former Apple designer Jason Yuan. Dot was supposed to learn your personality over time and offer advice and emotional support. Yuan described it as “a living mirror of myself”, basically an AI that would get to know you really well. But Dot’s closure comes as AI friend apps face serious criticism. People worry about vulnerable users getting too attached to chatbots or believing false information. Some experts call this “AI psychosis”, when people lose touch with reality because their AI friend keeps agreeing with confused thoughts. The concerns aren’t just theoretical. OpenAI is being sued by parents whose teenager killed himself after talking with ChatGPT about suicide.

This week, two state attorneys general warned OpenAI about protecting children from harm. Dot’s founders said they had different visions for the company and decided to close rather than compromise. They claimed “hundreds of thousands” of users, but app data shows only about 24,500 iPhone downloads since launch. What makes this shutdown striking is how the company acknowledged something most software companies never face. They wrote: “We want to be sensitive to the fact that this means many of you will lose access to a friend, confidante, and companion, which is somewhat unprecedented in software.” That’s exactly the problem with AI companions. When people form real emotional bonds with these apps, shutting them down isn’t just losing a tool, it’s losing a relationship. As AI gets better at seeming human, companies face much bigger responsibilities than traditional software makers ever had to worry about.

A bankruptcy lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg has had enough of being mistaken for the other Mark Zuckerberg, so he’s suing him. Mark Zuckerberg the lawyer from Indiana filed a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg the Meta CEO this week after Facebook’s systems repeatedly disabled his business page for “impersonating” the billionaire tech founder. The problem is that he’s not impersonating anyone, he actually is Mark Zuckerberg. The lawyer has been practicing law since 1991, when the future Facebook founder was just three years old. But his Facebook business page has been disabled five times over the past eight years because Meta’s automated systems can’t tell the difference between the two Mark Zuckerbergs. “It’s not funny,” the lawyer told Indianapolis news station 13WTHR. “Not when they take my money. This really pissed me off.”

Mark Zuckerberg the lawyer has spent over $11,000 advertising his legal practice on Meta’s platforms. But when his account gets disabled for allegedly being fake, he still has to pay for those ads while losing access to potential clients. The lawsuit includes emails from 2020 where the lawyer tried to resolve the issue, writing to Facebook support: “Also, if you happen to run into the younger, richer Mark Zuckerberg, tell him I said hi and he causes me great aggravation each day.” The name confusion affects more than just Facebook.

The lawyer says people hang up on him when he makes business calls, thinking he’s a prank caller. When he speaks at bankruptcy law conferences in Las Vegas, limo drivers holding “Mark Zuckerberg” signs cause chaos among crowds expecting to see the tech billionaire. He regularly receives death threats and money requests meant for the other guy. Fed up with the daily hassles turning into lost income, the lawyer created a website called iammarkzuckerberg.com to document his struggles. He wrote: “My life sometimes feels like the Michael Jordan ESPN commercial, where a regular person’s name causes constant mixups.” Meta told the news station they know there’s more than one Mark Zuckerberg and are “getting to the bottom of this.” The lawyer, meanwhile, found one silver lining: he’ll always be the top result when people Google “Mark Zuckerberg bankruptcy.” And if the billionaire ever needs his services, he joked, “I will gladly handle his case in honor of our eponymy.”

Google is upgrading its Photos app with Veo 3, its latest AI model that turns your still pictures into short video clips with improved quality. The feature works through Google Photos’ Create tab, where users in the U.S. can select any photo and watch AI bring it to life. Google already offered video generation with its older Veo 2 model, but the company says Veo 3 creates much higher-quality results.

With the previous version, users could pick a photo and choose between “subtle movements” or hit an “I’m feeling lucky” button for surprise animations, creating six-second clips. Veo 3 produces four-second videos without audio – a trade-off for better visuals. Google first introduced Veo 3 at its developer conference in May, then made it available through its Gemini AI app for paying subscribers. In Google Photos, the feature stays free but with limited generations. People who pay for Google’s AI Pro or AI Ultra subscriptions get more attempts.

The company imagines people using it to bring old family photos to life or add motion to static memories. With over 1.5 billion monthly Google Photos users, it’s a massive testing ground for AI features. For Google, it’s another way to show off its AI while keeping users engaged with its photo service. As AI video generation becomes more common, having it built into where people already store pictures could give Google an edge over standalone AI video apps.

OpenAI is building its own hiring platform to compete directly with LinkedIn, promising to use AI to match companies with workers more effectively. The OpenAI Jobs Platform will launch by mid-2026, according to the company. CEO of Applications Fidji Simo says the service will “use AI to help find the perfect matches between what companies need and what workers can offer,” with special focus on helping small businesses and local governments find AI talent. The move puts OpenAI on a collision course with LinkedIn, which was co-founded by Reid Hoffman, one of OpenAI’s earliest investors. LinkedIn has been adding its own AI features over the past year to improve job matching between candidates and employers. OpenAI’s platform is part of CEO Sam Altman’s plan to expand beyond ChatGPT into new markets.

The company is reportedly also working on a web browser and social media app as it looks to diversify its business. Along with the job platform, OpenAI announced it will offer AI certifications through its OpenAI Academy program. The company wants to certify 10 million Americans by 2030, working with partners like Walmart to train people on AI skills. A pilot certification program launches in late 2025. This comes as tech leaders warn AI could eliminate many traditional jobs. Anthropic’s CEO predicts AI could wipe out up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs before 2030. Simo acknowledged OpenAI can’t prevent that disruption but said the company wants to help people learn AI skills and connect them with companies that need those abilities. The timing isn’t coincidental, OpenAI executives are meeting with President Trump at the White House this week to discuss AI policy as part of the administration’s push to expand AI literacy across the country.

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