{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-16T06:58:08.245Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"ai-nudification","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"minors","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":2,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":2,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":2,"coreRelations":2,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"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":"2025-alava-police-say-man-photographed-children-in-street-and-pools-and-used-ai-to-make-them-appear-naked","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'por tomar fotos en las calles y en las piscinas a menores y manipularlas con IA para apareciesen desnudos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'tomaba fotografías de menores en piscinas municipales o en la vía pública para, posteriormente, manipularlas y desnudar a las víctimas haciendo uso de herramientas de inteligencia artificial (IA)'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the Policía Nacional, the suspect photographed minors in the street and at municipal swimming pools and then manipulated the photos with artificial intelligence tools so that the children appeared naked.","causal_attribution":"The police account, relayed by two outlets from one press note."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Estas imágenes fueron localizadas en el registro de su casa junto a otro tipo de material intervenido.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Durante el registro, los agentes intervinieron numeroso material de pornografía infantil creado por el sospechoso a través de herramientas de IA.'; 'El detenido está acusado de un delito de corrupción de menores, mediante la producción y tenencia de este tipo de contenido ilícito.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the police, the images created with AI tools were found during the search of the suspect's home, and he was arrested on suspicion of corruption of minors through the production and possession of child sexual abuse material.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the search and the accusation; untried."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la investigación se inició el pasado mes de agosto'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La localización del investigado fue bastante compleja ya que hacía uso de técnicas avanzadas de anonimización en la red'; 'los investigadores lograron ubicarlo en la provincia de Álava'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The investigation began in August after cyber agents learned through international cooperation and online monitoring of someone producing such material; police say locating him was difficult because of his anonymisation techniques, and he was traced to the province of Álava.","causal_attribution":"Context: how the case began."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of children taken in public altered with AI so they appeared naked","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://cadenaser.com/euskadi/2025/12/15/detenido-en-alava-por-manipular-fotos-de-menores-con-ia-para-crear-pornografia-infantil-ser-vitoria/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-16 (HTTP 200); quoted passages are in the original Spanish and the English renderings in this record are by the research agent (an AI), not a human translator. Cadena SER (SER Vitoria) report of 15 December 2025 relaying the Policía Nacional press note.","independence_group":"policia-nacional-note-2025-12-15"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.escudodigital.com/interior/detenido-creador-pornografia-infantil-manipulaba-imagenes-menores-herramientas-ia.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-16 (HTTP 200); quoted passages are in the original Spanish and the English renderings in this record are by the research agent (an AI), not a human translator. Escudo Digital report of 15 December 2025 relaying the same Policía Nacional press note; same origin as s1.","independence_group":"policia-nacional-note-2025-12-15"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["How many children were photographed and depicted, and their ages","Whether any child or family was identified or informed","Which AI tools were used and whether the images were shared","The outcome of the criminal proceedings"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the police say the suspect was located, searched and arrested in the province of Álava, Spain, and photographed minors in the street and at municipal pools; the places where the photos were taken are not named. Affected people: the children's locations are not stated. Court: no court outcome is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case resting on one police origin: the Policía Nacional's press note, relayed by Cadena SER and Escudo Digital, says a man in Álava photographed minors in the street and at municipal pools and used AI tools to make them appear naked, and that the AI-made images were found in a search of his home. The AI attribution is the investigating police's; the tools and the number of children are not stated, and the suspect is not named and has not been tried.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The investigating Policía Nacional says in its press note, as relayed by Cadena SER and Escudo Digital, that the suspect photographed minors in the street and at municipal pools and then manipulated the photos with artificial intelligence tools so the children appeared naked, and that images created with AI tools were found in the search of his home. The AI output is itself the non-consensual sexual depiction of the children (depicted_or_impersonated). The attribution is the police's; the tools and the technical basis for the AI finding are not disclosed.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Álava, Spain: Policía Nacional says a man photographed children in the street and at municipal pools, then used AI tools to make them appear naked; arrested","summary":"Spain's Policía Nacional said in a press note on 15 December 2025 that it had arrested a man in the province of Álava who photographed minors in the street and at municipal swimming pools and then manipulated the photos with artificial intelligence tools so that the children appeared naked. The investigation began in August 2025 after cyber-patrol work and international cooperation flagged someone producing child sexual abuse material; police say the suspect used advanced anonymisation techniques. A search of his home found numerous such images created with AI tools. He was arrested on suspicion of corruption of minors through the production and possession of child sexual abuse material. The account is the police's, relayed by Cadena SER and Escudo Digital; the number of children is not stated and the case is untried.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-12-15","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence tools used to manipulate photographs of minors so they appeared naked, as the Policía Nacional describes them (tools not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Policía Nacional, a man photographed children in public places and used AI tools to turn the photos into nude images; the number of children is not stated.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The police account refers to minors and 'las víctimas' without a number, so no count is taken (zero placeholders). The children did not use the AI.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://cadenaser.com/euskadi/2025/12/15/detenido-en-alava-por-manipular-fotos-de-menores-con-ia-para-crear-pornografia-infantil-ser-vitoria/","primarySourceLabel":"Cadena SER, 15 December 2025: Detenido en Álava por manipular fotos de menores con IA para crear pornografía infantil","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:09:48.398007+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:09:48.398007+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-nudification","non-consensual-sexual-imagery","minors","criminal-charges","spain","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-indianapolis-court-documents-say-photographer-used-artspace-ai-to-strip-clothing-from-photos-of-children","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'someone using the platform ArtSpace.ai had created 1,631 files of suspected CSAM'; 'an image showing individuals wearing clothing and a separate version of the image in which the same individuals are depicted without clothing'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to court documents, police received a cyber tip on 20 May that someone using ArtSpace.ai had created 1,631 files of suspected child sexual abuse material, traced the account's IP address to the accused, and found many files in pairs showing the same people clothed and without clothing.","causal_attribution":"Court documents as relayed by FOX59."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'would upload photos he took or images he found on social media into the AI software and type in written prompts requesting the uploaded images to be artificially altered to remove the clothing of the subjects in each photo but not change anything else in the photo'; 'with some being as young as four or five years old'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'where he allegedly uploaded photos he took of at least 47 children before giving the application prompts to remove their clothing'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to court documents, the accused uploaded photos he took, or images found on social media, to the AI software with prompts asking it to remove the clothing of the people shown while changing nothing else, and that some people depicted appeared as young as four or five; FOX59 reports that he allegedly uploaded photos he took of at least 47 children.","causal_attribution":"Court documents relayed by FOX59 in two reports; the count of at least 47 children is FOX59's summary of the investigation, not attributed to the documents. One origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He then acknowledged that several of the individuals were under the age of 18.'; 'he had photographed weddings and sporting events'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'initially denied using his own photographs to create the CSAM files'; 'reportedly said he knew several of the victims and described it as “fun and exciting” before saying it was “stupidity.”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The accused told police he had photographed weddings and sporting events, acknowledged that several of the people were under 18, and said he knew several of the victims, describing it as 'fun and exciting' before calling it 'stupidity'; FOX59 reports he initially denied using his own photographs.","causal_attribution":"The accused's statements to police as the court documents describe them."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'led to the discovery of even more AI-generated CSAM files'; 'many of these files depicting nude females under the age of 12'; 'faces 48 felony counts of child exploitation and two counts of possession of child sex abuse material'; 'on Nov. 16 for the start of his jury trial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A forensic review of the seized computer found more AI-generated files, many depicting nude girls under 12, and after further juvenile victims were identified he faces 48 counts of child exploitation and two counts of possession of child sex abuse material, with a jury trial scheduled for 16 November.","causal_attribution":"Court documents and online court records as reported by FOX59; the charges are untried."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'detectives acquired a search warrant on August 24'; 'is facing 11 charges of child exploitation'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Detectives executed a search warrant at the accused's home on 24 August and he was first charged with 11 counts of child exploitation.","causal_attribution":"Context: arrest and initial charges."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of children altered by an AI platform into nude images","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/docs-new-charges-filed-against-indy-photographer-who-created-ai-generated-csam-of-children-he-knew/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-16 through the site's WordPress JSON endpoint (the article page returned HTTP 403). FOX59 report of 15 October 2026 based on court documents it obtained.","independence_group":"marion-county-court-documents-fox59"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/stupidity-75-year-old-indianapolis-photographer-arrested-after-creating-ai-generated-csam/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-16 through the site's WordPress JSON endpoint (the article page returned HTTP 403). FOX59 report of 30 August 2026 based on the same court documents; same origin as s1.","independence_group":"marion-county-court-documents-fox59"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["When the images were created and whether they were shared beyond the platform","Whether the children or their families were told","What ArtSpace.ai did with the account or the generated images","The outcome of the criminal case"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: FOX59 reports the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department traced the platform account's IP address to the accused's Indianapolis home and searched it. Affected people: the children's locations are not stated. Court: Marion Superior Court, Indiana.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case resting on court documents relayed by FOX59: investigators traced suspected abuse files on the AI platform ArtSpace.ai to the accused, who the documents say uploaded photos he took with prompts to remove the clothing of the people shown (FOX59 reports at least 47 children) and told police he knew several of the victims. The platform's output is the sexual depiction of the children. The accused and the children are not named, and the charges are untried.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Court documents reported by FOX59 say investigators traced a cyber tip about 1,631 suspected abuse files created on the AI platform ArtSpace.ai to the accused's IP address, that he uploaded photos he took or images found on social media and typed prompts asking the platform to remove the clothing of the people shown and change nothing else (FOX59 reports photos of at least 47 children), and that he acknowledged to police that several of the people were under 18. The platform's generated nude images of identifiable children are the sexual depictions (depicted_or_impersonated) and the basis of the charges. The attribution rests on the police investigation and the accused's statements as the court documents describe them; the charges are untried.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Indianapolis: court documents say a photographer used ArtSpace.ai to remove clothing from photos of children; FOX59 reports at least 47 children, 50 counts","summary":"According to court documents reported by FOX59, an Indianapolis photographer uploaded photos he had taken, and images found on social media, to the AI image platform ArtSpace.ai and typed prompts asking it to remove the clothing of the people shown while leaving the rest of each photo unchanged. Police traced a May cyber tip that flagged 1,631 suspected child sexual abuse files on the platform to his IP address. Investigators say the photos he uploaded showed at least 47 children, some as young as four or five, and that he told police he knew several of the victims. After a forensic review found more AI-generated files and further juvenile victims, he faces 48 counts of child exploitation and two of possession of child sex abuse material. The charges are untried; a jury trial is scheduled for November 2026.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-30","aiSystem":"ArtSpace.ai, an AI image platform that court documents say was given uploaded photos and prompts to remove the clothing of the people shown","aiProduct":"ArtSpace.ai (reported)","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to court documents reported by FOX59, a photographer used ArtSpace.ai to turn photos of children into nude images, and FOX59 reports that photos of at least 47 children were uploaded; the charges are untried.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":47,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"FOX59, in a passage summarising the investigation, reports that he allegedly uploaded photos he took of 'at least 47 children' with prompts to remove their clothing (claim c2); the phrase makes 47 a documented minimum, and later charges followed the identification of additional juvenile victims who are not counted separately. The 1,631 flagged files are files, not people. The children did not use the AI.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/docs-new-charges-filed-against-indy-photographer-who-created-ai-generated-csam-of-children-he-knew/","primarySourceLabel":"FOX59, 15 October 2026: New charges filed against Indy photographer who created AI-generated CSAM of children he knew","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:07:48.811201+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:07:48.811201+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-nudification","non-consensual-sexual-imagery","minors","photographer","criminal-charges","indiana","united-states","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}