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‘Brutal’: thousands of T-shirt designs stolen and listed on Temu, Sydney label claims

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This story was selected and curated by our editorial team in the AI (artificial intelligence) category. Published on September 18, 2026 • Originally reported by Catie McLeod. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.

Warwick Levy, who runs Lonely Kids Club, says AI may have been used to scrape his entire website and replicate designs

After 15 years running a small business making T-shirts, Warwick Levy says it was “brutal” when he first discovered an identical design for sale on Temu.

It turned out there was an overwhelming amount of T-shirts identical to his own for sale on the Chinese e-commerce marketplace. Between 2025 and earlier this year, Levy, 37, found thousands of rip-offs.

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