Australia has sued Microsoft over AI linked subscription price increases. Reuters.com reports that the suit claims that Microsoft has mislead millions of users into paying more of its Microsoft 365 product after bundling it with AI tool Copilot. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says about 2.7 million users were affected, as they were led to believe they had to move to higher priced Microsoft 365 personal and family plans that included Copilot. The price increase with Copilot per year was a fat 45% more for the personal plan and 29% for the family plan. According to the suit, Microsoft didn’t clearly explain that people could use the cheaper ‘classic’ plan that omitted Copilot. A Microsoft spokesperson says they are reviewing the legal action.

A number of new features are out with the October update to Google’s Gemini. According to bgr.com, you will now be able to create presentations with the AI chatbot. Essentially, you will be able to drop any source into Gemini, and it will use that to create slides for a presentation. If you aren’t satisfied with the output, you can export them to Google Slides, and then edit and refine the idea further. 

A number of state driver licenses can be saved in the iPhone Wallet, and can be used for some things…not for police stops, though. Now, Apple is going to add a digital version of your passport to the Wallet. Apple VP of Apple Pay and Apple Wallet Jennifer Bailey said the update will be coming later this year. She didn’t specify if it would be with an iOS update or just something Apple will do server side. You will be able to show the digital passport to the TSA in select US airports if you are flying domestically. If you are going to fly internationally or cross a border, you will still need a physical passport. You will also be able to use the Digital ID for age and identity verification in apps, online, and in stores. 

 Workers with expense reimbursement are getting crafty. Some are using image-generating AI to fake expense reports! Financialtimes.com reports that models from both OpenAI and Google are cranking out the fakes. Software provider AppZen says fake expense reports added up to about 14% of those submitted in September…that compares with none last year. The realistic fakes sometimes even have wrinkles in the paper, a coffee stain, detailed itemization, and even signatures! Some systems can detect metadata and toss the fakes, but savvy employees can easily remove that info. No Photoshop skills are needed, just write a prompt. This is going to be a serious issue for companies starting now. 

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.