{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-01T07:38:29.268Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"actor","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":4,"coverage":{"cases":4,"countries":1,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":3,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":4,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":3,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":1},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2023-actor-tony-ramos-interview-redubbed-into-fake-prostate-remedy-ad","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A equipe do ator alertou que uma entrevista que ele deu ao programa \"Mais Você\", da Ana Maria Braga, foi alterada digitalmente para promover um remédio supostamente milagroso para hiperplasia da próstata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Segundo a equipe, falas de Tony Ramos foram editadas com o uso de tecnologia avançada para fazer parecer que ele estava endossando o produto. A equipe enfatizou que a voz do ator foi redublada e que o conteúdo original era uma homenagem a colegas de profissão.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The actor's team said that an interview he gave to 'Mais Você' was digitally altered, with his words edited and his voice redubbed, to make him appear to endorse a supposedly miraculous remedy for prostate hyperplasia.","causal_attribution":"The team's account as relayed by Terra; the video was not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'é a mais nova vítima do uso indevido de imagem em vídeos falsos criados com inteligência artificial (IA)'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Terra described the clips as fake videos created with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"Terra's framing; the team statement it quotes refers to advanced technology without naming AI."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Roubaram minha imagem em uma entrevista com a Ana Maria Braga. Dublaram, mal dublado, aliás, e fizeram eu vender um remédio para próstata'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Uma deepfake sua, em uma entrevista com Ana Maria Braga, circulou nas redes sociais para vender remédios para a próstata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 'Roda Viva' on 28 September 2026, Ramos said his image had been taken from an interview with Ana Maria Braga, badly dubbed and made to sell a prostate medicine; Estado de Minas describes the clip as a deepfake that circulated on social networks.","causal_attribution":"His own account and the outlet's 'deepfake' label. Estado de Minas says this happened 'recentemente'; whether it is the 2023 video or a later recirculation is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"image and redubbed voice used without consent in a fake advertisement for a prostate remedy","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tony-ramos-e-a-mais-nova-vitima-de-proliferacao-de-golpes-com-ia,77e3ad25ee4be9c660a202668da183d28j74r5v3.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-01 (Terra, published 6 December 2023 per the page metadata). Licensed Pipoca Moderna article (byline Pedro Benjamin Prado); relays a statement by the actor's team. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"ramos-team-statement-2023"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.em.com.br/cultura/2026/09/7510638-tony-ramos-detona-uso-de-inteligencia-artificial-para-recriar-atores-um-horror.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-01 (Estado de Minas, 29 September 2026); reports his remarks on 'Roda Viva' of 28 September 2026. The page credits its image to Tupi, which carries an article with the same title; the broadcast itself was not viewed. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"roda-viva-interview-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","health"],"unknowns":["When the video first circulated, on which platforms, and whether it recirculated after December 2023.","Whether anyone bought the advertised product or lost money.","Whether a complaint, takedown or platform action followed.","Which tool was used and whether the voice was synthesised or dubbed by a person."],"geography":{"basis":"Neither inspected body states where the video circulated beyond 'redes sociais' or where the actor lives; no country is inferred from the Portuguese language, the outlets or the TV programmes.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an altered video depicted the actor endorsing a prostate remedy he did not endorse. He is a public figure who described it in his own words in 2026, and his team warned the public in 2023. The AI element rests on the outlets' description; the video was not inspected.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Terra describes the case as misuse of his image in fake videos created with artificial intelligence; the team statement it relays says his words were edited with 'tecnologia avançada' and his voice redubbed, without naming AI. Estado de Minas calls the clip a deepfake; Ramos's quoted words say the interview was dubbed ('Dublaram, mal dublado'). The video was not inspected and no tool is named. The altered video depicted him (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Actor Tony Ramos's interview on Ana Maria Braga's 'Mais Você' is digitally altered and redubbed into a fake advertisement for a prostate remedy, reported as made with AI; Terra reported his team's warning in December 2023 and he recounted it on 'Roda Viva' in September 2026","summary":"Terra reported on 6 December 2023 that the team of the actor Tony Ramos, then appearing in the telenovela 'Terra e Paixão', had warned that an interview he gave to Ana Maria Braga's programme 'Mais Você' was digitally altered to promote a supposedly miraculous remedy for prostate hyperplasia. According to the team, his words were edited with advanced technology to make it seem he endorsed the product, his voice was redubbed, and the original footage was a tribute to fellow professionals. Terra describes the clips as fake videos created with artificial intelligence. On the TV programme 'Roda Viva' on 28 September 2026, Ramos said his image had been stolen from that interview, badly dubbed and made to sell a prostate medicine (Estado de Minas, 29 September 2026), and Estado de Minas describes the clip as a deepfake that circulated on social networks. No buyer losses, complaint or takedown are reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2023-12-06","aiSystem":"Manipulated video of a 'Mais Você' interview in which the actor's words were edited and his voice redubbed to endorse a prostate remedy; Terra describes it as a fake video created with AI and Estado de Minas as a deepfake; the tool and the operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The actor's image and a redubbed voice were used without consent to make him appear to endorse a prostate remedy in a fake advertisement; his team had to warn the public, and he describes it as his image being stolen (his team's statement via Terra; his remarks on 'Roda Viva' via Estado de Minas).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Tony Ramos (Terra; Estado de Minas). Viewers of the video and any buyers are not counted because no source reports anyone deceived. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.terra.com.br/diversao/tony-ramos-e-a-mais-nova-vitima-de-proliferacao-de-golpes-com-ia,77e3ad25ee4be9c660a202668da183d28j74r5v3.html","primarySourceLabel":"Terra, 6 December 2023: Tony Ramos é a mais nova vítima de proliferação de golpes com IA","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:24.125788+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:24.125788+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","fake-advertisement","health-product-scam","voice-redubbing","actor","portuguese-language"]},{"id":"2026-argentina-jorge-martinez-ai-messi-milei-video-investment-scam","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La primera estafa comenzó cuando Martínez se interesó por una supuesta plataforma de inversión que utilizaba videos falsos de Lionel Messi y Javier Milei, creados con Inteligencia Artificial, como parte de una estrategia para atraer a posibles víctimas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La primera estafa comenzó en una plataforma digital que usaba videos falsos de Lionel Messi y Javier Milei creados con Inteligencia Artificial para captar víctimas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Fue estafado por una plataforma promocionada con IA en la que utilizaban un video de Messi y otro de Milei para captar gente'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The 79-year-old actor Jorge Martínez was drawn into a supposed investment platform that used AI-generated fake videos of Lionel Messi and Javier Milei, and transferred money to it.","causal_attribution":"La Criti's post and both outlets say the platform used AI-made videos of Messi and Milei to attract people; none says whether he saw them or that they drew him in, and his quoted words do not mention the videos or AI."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'“Cuando llegaron a los $19.300 de intereses me preguntaron a dónde me los mandaban y les dije que a mi cuenta. Les di mi cuenta, como un bol…, y cuando fui al banco a la tarde me habían dejado en cero mis cuatro cuentas”, relató Martínez.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After two weeks of calls showing fictitious interest, the scammers asked for his bank details to pay out the gains, and his four bank accounts were emptied the same day.","causal_attribution":"His account; the amount lost in the first scam is not stated."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Me sacaron los 1400 dólares que había depositado en el banco'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Soon after, a separate scam by callers posing as Temu took the 1,400 dollars he had deposited; no AI element is reported in that second scam.","causal_attribution":"Recorded as context; the second scam is not attributed to AI."}],"effects":[{"label":"savings in four bank accounts emptied after an investment platform promoted with AI-made celebrity videos","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://laopinionaustral.com.ar/argentina/jorge-martinez-victima-de-una-doble-estafa-un-falso-messi-creado-con-ia-y-una-supuesta-bonificacion-de-temu-713028.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (La Opinión Austral, 28 September 2026). Relays the actor's account as told by journalist Nahuel Saa (La Criti). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"la-criti-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.pronto.com.ar/espectaculos/2026/9/28/jorge-martinez-victima-de-una-doble-estafa-le-vaciaron-las-cuentas-y-perdio-todos-sus-ahorros-264332.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Pronto, 28 September 2026); same account and quotes. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"la-criti-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://x.com/LaCritiok/status/2104695128891756941","kind":"journalist_social_post","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Post text read in Spanish on 2026-09-29 via api.fxtwitter.com (bodies/verify-ar-lacriti-x-2104695128891756941.json); the attached 99-second video of Martínez speaking was not transcribed. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"la-criti-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The amount lost in the first scam and when it happened.","Whether he filed a police complaint.","Which platform and videos were involved."],"geography":{"basis":"Martínez is presented by Argentine outlets as a telenovela actor and the amounts he describes are in pesos (La Opinión Austral; Pronto); no body states his residence. The scammers' phone numbers came from Spain and England per his account; the platform's location is unknown, so no event country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["AR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an adverse financial experience (an investment platform promoted with AI-made videos of Messi and Milei, on which he lost the savings in his four bank accounts); the AI system's relation to him is unknown. The account is his, relayed by the journalist La Criti and two Argentine outlets; he is a public figure. The AI element rests on that account.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Journalist Nahuel Saa (La Criti) posted on X on 28 September 2026 that Martínez was defrauded by a platform 'promocionada con IA' that used a video of Messi and another of Milei to attract people; La Opinión Austral and Pronto rewrite this as fake videos created with AI. Martínez's quoted words do not mention AI or the videos. The videos were not inspected and the AI claim is not independently verified. The AI depicted third parties; no AI relation to the actor himself is established, so the relation is unknown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Argentina: actor Jorge Martínez, 79, loses the savings in his four bank accounts to an investment platform promoted with AI-made fake videos of Lionel Messi and Javier Milei, then loses 1,400 dollars to a separate fake-Temu call","summary":"Journalist Nahuel Saa (La Criti) reported in September 2026 that the 79-year-old telenovela actor Jorge Martínez, who was saving a sum in dollars, had fallen for two consecutive online scams. In the first, he became interested in a supposed investment platform that used fake videos of Lionel Messi and Javier Milei created with artificial intelligence, transferred money, and received calls for about two weeks showing growing interest. When the callers asked where to send 19,300 pesos of 'interest', he gave his bank account, and that afternoon his four accounts had been emptied. He noted that the callers' numbers were from Spain and England. Soon after, callers posing as Temu promised him a 500,000-peso loyalty bonus, asked for his account, and took the 1,400 dollars he had deposited; no AI element is reported in that second scam.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"AI-generated fake videos of Lionel Messi and Javier Milei used to promote the investment platform (per the relayed account); the tool is not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"An elderly actor lost the savings in his four bank accounts after being recruited by an investment platform promoted with AI-made celebrity videos (his account via La Criti, La Opinión Austral and Pronto).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Jorge Martínez (La Opinión Austral; Pronto). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://laopinionaustral.com.ar/argentina/jorge-martinez-victima-de-una-doble-estafa-un-falso-messi-creado-con-ia-y-una-supuesta-bonificacion-de-temu-713028.html","primarySourceLabel":"La Opinión Austral, 28 September 2026: Jorge Martínez, víctima de una doble estafa: un falso Messi creado con IA y una supuesta bonificación de Temu","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:15.951695+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:24.357832+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","investment-scam","celebrity-deepfake","messi","milei","elderly","argentina","financial-loss"]},{"id":"2026-guanajuato-vendimias-spot-announcer-voice-ai-clone-carreto","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El locutor comercial Diego Carreto denunció que en un spot promocional de las Vendimias de Guanajuato, elaborado por una empresa privada, pero difundido por la Secretaría de Turismo del Estado, se utilizó su voz sin su autorización, pues él nunca trabajó ni para ese spot, ni para esa empresa, ni para la Secretaría de Turismo.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'“El gobierno utilizó un anuncio para una campaña nacional con mi voz, cuando yo no fui contactado para esa campaña, no la grabé”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A promotional spot for Vendimias Guanajuato, produced by a private agency and distributed by the Guanajuato state tourism secretariat, used a voice that the León commercial announcer Diego Carreto says is his although he never recorded it or worked for the agency or the secretariat.","causal_attribution":"His account. That the voice was made with generative AI is his inference; neither the agency nor the secretariat has confirmed how it was produced."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Por lo tanto, al ser público, supuso que su demo fue parte del material que se utilizó para alimentar a la inteligencia artificial generativa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Pido tres cosas: la remuneración por mi trabajo, porque es mi voz. El que se dé de baja todo el material que yo no grabé”, además de la eliminación de sus datos biométricos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Carreto believes his public voice demo was used to train or feed a generative-AI voice system, and he asked for removal of the material, payment for the use of his voice, legal action against those responsible and deletion of his biometric data.","causal_attribution":"His stated belief about the method and his demands."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El spot ya se difundió a nivel nacional, dijo él mismo, y en entrevista con AM precisó que lo vio en Puebla y en la Ciudad de México.'; 'También señaló que el spot se difundió a nivel estatal en la radio, en las redes sociales de la Secretaría de Turismo del Estado de Guanajuato y del Gobierno de Guanajuato, así como en la plataforma oficial de promoción turística de México, llamada Visit México.'; 'AM verificó este domingo y el spot ya no estaba en la cuenta de X de la Sectur estatal.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Carreto says the spot circulated nationally (he saw it in Puebla and Mexico City) and was distributed within Guanajuato on radio, on the social media of the state tourism secretariat and the state government, and on the Visit México platform; AM found it no longer on the secretariat's X account on 27 September.","causal_attribution":"Distribution as described by Carreto; the removal from X is AM's own check."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'“Rechazamos cualquier uso indebido de la voz o imagen de una persona, incluido el uso de herramientas de inteligencia artificial sin la autorización correspondiente”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'hemos solicitado de manera inmediata a la empresa responsable de su producción que aclare lo ocurrido, responda al planteamiento y atienda la situación conforme corresponda'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The state Secretaría de Turismo e Identidad said it rejects any unauthorised use of a person's voice or image, including with AI tools, and asked the production company to clarify what happened, respond to the complaint and deal with the situation as appropriate.","causal_attribution":"The secretariat did not confirm or deny that his voice was cloned."}],"effects":[{"label":"a voice he says is his, which he never recorded, used without consent or payment in a state tourism advertisement","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.am.com.mx/guanajuato/2026/09/27/diego-carreto-denuncia-que-clonaron-su-voz-con-ia-para-spot-de-vendimias-guanajuato-1849241.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Periódico AM, 27 September 2026). Interview with Carreto plus AM's own checks. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"carreto-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://ahoramx.com/2026/09/parece-un-capitulo-de-black-mirror-diego-carreto-denuncia-uso-de-su-voz-con-ia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Ahora Mx interview). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"carreto-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://periodicocorreo.com.mx/leon/2026/sep/27/denuncian-uso-no-autorizado-de-voz-con-ia-en-promocion-de-vendimias-guanajuato-2026-167667.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Periódico Correo, 27 September 2026); quotes the Secretaría de Turismo e Identidad communiqué. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sectur-guanajuato-statement"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.conxionturistica.com/post/secretar%C3%ADa-de-turismo-de-guanajuato-rechaza-y-condena-uso-indebido-de-voz-o-imagen-de-persona-con-in","kind":"news_relay","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29; relays the same communiqué. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sectur-guanajuato-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["work"],"unknowns":["How the voice was produced; the agency's account.","Whether he has been paid or a legal complaint filed.","Whether the spot has been withdrawn from all channels.","When the spot was produced and first aired; it was circulating before his complaint of 25 September 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The spot was commissioned for the Guanajuato state tourism campaign and broadcast in Mexico; Carreto lives in León, Guanajuato (Periódico AM).","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["MX"],"affected_person_countries":["MX"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (a professional's voice reproduced without consent in a government-distributed advertisement, which he attributes to AI cloning). The account is his, reported by several Mexican outlets; the state tourism secretariat's response is recorded. AI use is suspected, not established.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Carreto says the voice in the spot is his and that he never recorded it; he infers that his public demo fed a generative-AI system and notes that the agency advertises AI services (Periódico AM; Ahora Mx). The state secretariat's communiqué refers to AI tools without confirming their use (Periódico Correo). No technical analysis is reported.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Guanajuato, Mexico: León announcer Diego Carreto says a state-distributed Vendimias Guanajuato tourism ad used an AI clone of his voice that he never recorded or was paid for; the state tourism secretariat asks the producing agency to explain","summary":"On 25 September 2026 Diego Carreto, a 26-year-old commercial announcer from León, Guanajuato, published a video saying that a promotional spot for Vendimias Guanajuato 2026, produced by a private agency and distributed by the state Secretaría de Turismo e Identidad, used his voice although he never recorded it, never worked with the agency and was never contacted. He showed segments of the spot and repeated the same lines himself. He believes his public voice demo was fed into a generative-AI system, and asked for removal of all material with his voice, payment for its use, legal action against those responsible and deletion of his biometric data. He says the spot ran nationally, and within Guanajuato on radio, on state government social media and on the Visit México platform. The secretariat said it rejects any unauthorised use of a person's voice or image, including with AI tools, and asked the producing company to clarify what happened. AI use has not been confirmed.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-27","aiSystem":"A voice attributed by the announcer to generative-AI cloning, used in an advertisement produced by a private agency for the Guanajuato state tourism secretariat; the tool and its use are unconfirmed","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A commercial announcer says his voice was reproduced, which he attributes to AI cloning, and used without consent or payment in a nationally broadcast state tourism advertisement (Carreto via Periódico AM and Ahora Mx).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the announcer whose voice was used (Periódico AM). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"MX-GUA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.am.com.mx/guanajuato/2026/09/27/diego-carreto-denuncia-que-clonaron-su-voz-con-ia-para-spot-de-vendimias-guanajuato-1849241.html","primarySourceLabel":"Periódico AM, 27 September 2026: Diego Carreto denuncia que clonaron su voz con IA para spot de Vendimias Guanajuato","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:11.290326+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:38.71861+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","voice-actor","government-advertising","guanajuato","mexico","unauthorised-use","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-yoona-ai-pregnancy-composite-images-sm-criminal-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'앞서 온라인 커뮤니티와 SNS 등에는 윤아의 얼굴을 무단으로 합성한 사진이 급속도로 퍼졌다.'; '해당 게시물에는 윤아가 배가 부른 모습으로 등장하며, 얼굴은 모자이크 처리된 한 남성이 윤아의 배 위에 손을 얹는 모습이 연출돼 논란이 일었다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'최근 윤아의 초상을 무단으로 합성한 불법 AI 생성 이미지와 이를 바탕으로 한 허위사실이 무분별하게 제작·유포되고 있는 상황을 추가적으로 확인했다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'특히 해당 이미지 게시자가 윤아의 실제 SNS 계정을 태그해 사진을 게재하기도 했다'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"AI-generated images synthesising the face of YoonA (Im Yoon-ah) of Girls' Generation, showing her apparently pregnant with a man touching her belly, spread on social media and online communities together with false claims based on them.","causal_attribution":"The images are described by her agency as illegal AI-generated composites; their creators are not identified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'이를 바탕으로 이미 형사고소를 진행하였고, 어떠한 선처나 합의 없이 강경하게 대응할 예정입니다.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'이를 바탕으로 이미 형사고소를 진행했고, 어떠한 선처나 합의 없이 강경하게 대응할 예정'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Her agency SM Entertainment said on 28 September 2026 that it had already filed a criminal complaint on the basis of evidence gathered from fan reports and monitoring, and would respond without leniency or settlement.","causal_attribution":"Agency statement; no police action or suspect is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"fabricated AI images depicting her as pregnant spread online with false claims about her","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.starnewskorea.com/star/2026/09/28/2026092819154494314","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Read live in Korean on 2026-09-29 (Star News, 28 September 2026); reproduces the full SM Entertainment statement. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sm-entertainment-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.segye.com/newsView/20260928517569","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Read live in Korean on 2026-09-29 (Segye Ilbo, 28 September 2026); relays the same statement. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sm-entertainment-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.spotvnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1010237","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ko","translation_note":"Read live in Korean on 2026-09-29 (29 September 2026); relays the statement and adds career background. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sm-entertainment-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the images first appeared and on which platforms.","Who made them and with what tool.","The police agency handling the complaint and any investigation outcome."],"geography":{"basis":"YoonA is a Korean singer and actor with a Korean drama and film career (SPOTV News) represented by SM Entertainment, whose statement cites Korean statutes (Star News). Where the images were made or first posted is not stated, and the authority receiving the complaint is not named, so no event or court country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["KR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (AI-generated images depicting a real, named public figure in a fabricated pregnancy, circulated with false claims). The account rests on her agency's statement, relayed by several Korean outlets; YoonA is a public figure and the subject of the statement. The images are not reproduced or described beyond the agency's description.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"SM Entertainment's statement describes the images as illegal AI-generated images synthesising her likeness (Star News; Segye Ilbo). No tool is named and no forensic analysis is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"South Korea: AI-generated images depicting Girls' Generation's YoonA as pregnant spread online with false claims; her agency SM Entertainment says it has already filed a criminal complaint","summary":"SM Entertainment said on 28 September 2026 that illegal AI-generated images synthesising the likeness of YoonA (Im Yoon-ah), singer and actor of Girls' Generation, and false claims built on them had been made and spread on social media and online communities. Korean outlets describe images showing her apparently pregnant with a man placing a hand on her belly (his face blurred, per Star News). The agency said it had collected evidence from fan reports to its KWANGYA 119 channel and monitoring, had already filed a criminal complaint, and would respond without leniency or settlement, warning that making, posting or re-sharing the images could breach Korean defamation, portrait-rights and sexual-crime (false video) provisions.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"Unnamed generative-AI image tool used to synthesise her likeness (per SM Entertainment's statement)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Fabricated AI images of YoonA as pregnant, with false claims about her, circulated online; her agency filed a criminal complaint (SM Entertainment via Star News and Segye Ilbo).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person, YoonA (SM Entertainment via Star News). The unidentified man in the image is not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"KR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.starnewskorea.com/star/2026/09/28/2026092819154494314","primarySourceLabel":"Star News, 28 September 2026: 소녀시대 윤아, 악의적 임신 AI 합성 피해..SM \"이미 형사고소\"[전문]","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:06.71184+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:59.374935+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-generated-images","k-pop","girls-generation","sm-entertainment","south-korea","criminal-complaint","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}