{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T04:41:36.440Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"assault","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":9,"coverage":{"cases":9,"countries":5,"languages":4,"unknownLocation":3,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":3,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":2,"regulatory":1,"minors":2,"coreRelations":5,"contextualRelations":1,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":3,"relationPending":3,"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":"2026-begusarai-bihar-ai-video-blackmail-sexual-assault-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'AI की मदद से मेरा न्यूड वीडियो बनाया और मुझे भेज दिया। वह मुझे ब्लैकमेल करना चाहता था'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'पीड़िता को एक फेक AI जेनरेटेड अश्लील वीडियो बनाकर भेज दिया और उससे बातचीत करने के लिए दबाव बनाने लगा'; 'लगातार AI वीडियो के जरिए ब्लैकमेल करता रहा'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'दोनों आरोपियों ने पहले AI की मदद से उसका एक फर्जी अश्लील वीडियो तैयार किया था'; 'इसी वीडियो को सार्वजनिक करने की धमकी देकर उससे पैसे मांगे गए'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'the two men had earlier used artificial intelligence to create a fake nude video of her and threatened to circulate it'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Four to five months before 27 September 2026 (three to four months, per her lawyer), a fake nude video of the woman was made with AI and sent to her to blackmail her. In her interview she attributes it to the first accused (Dainik Bhaskar); her complaint as reported by newstrack and Dynamite News attributes it to both accused and adds that they threatened to make it public and demanded money.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's account, her lawyer's account and her complaint as reported; the video was not inspected and police have not characterised it in the read sources."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'गेट बंद कर दी और चाकू का डर दिखाकर जबरदस्ती करने लगा'; 'तो उसने मेरा रेप किया और पूरी घटना का वीडियो भी बना लिया'; 'गले में फंदा लगाकर मेरी हत्या की कोशिश भी की'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'होटल के कमरे में ले जाकर आरोपियों ने दरवाजा बंद कर दिया तथा चाकू का भय दिखाकर पीड़िता के साथ जबरन दुष्कर्म किया और वीडियो बनाकर वायरल कर दिया'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'उसे धारदार हथियार दिखाकर डराया गया और उसके साथ दुष्कर्म किया गया'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"On 27 September 2026 the two men took her to a hotel room in Begusarai on the pretext of talking about the video; she says the first accused locked the door, threatened her with a knife, beat her, raped her while filming, and put a noose round her neck, and that she survived by locking herself in the bathroom.","causal_attribution":"Her account and complaint; Prabhat Khabar relays the complaint through the police. Hotel CCTV timings reported by police place the first accused and the woman in the room between about 7:33 am and 12:33 pm; the accused have not responded in the read reporting."},{"id":"c3","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'मामले से संबंधित मारपीट का वीडियो सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल होने के बाद पुलिस ने जांच शुरू की थी'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'घटना से जुड़ा एक वीडियो भी सोशल मीडिया पर सामने आया है'; 'वीडियो की स्वतंत्र पुष्टि नहीं हुई है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'टेबल पर मोबाइल एडजस्ट कर खुद पिटाई का वीडियो बनाया और उसे सोशल मीडिया पर पोस्ट कर दिया'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A video showing the woman being beaten circulated on social media; police said inquiries began after it went viral, and newstrack said it had not verified the video.","causal_attribution":"Police (via Prabhat Khabar) and newstrack independently report the circulating video; newstrack says it had not verified it. The complainant says the accused filmed and posted it."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'पहले से AI के जरिए बनाए गए वीडियो और मारपीट के वीडियो को अलग-अलग वॉट्सएप ग्रुप में शेयर कर दिया'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'समूह के ग्रुप में डालकर वायरल कर दिया'; 'आरोपी ने पीड़िता का मोबाइल फोन भी तोड़कर खराब कर दिया, क्योंकि उसमें उसका भेजा हुआ AI वीडियो मौजूद था'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"She says the AI-made video and the assault video were sent from her phone to WhatsApp groups, including her self-help group's group, and that her phone was broken because it held the AI video.","causal_attribution":"Her account and her lawyer's; the police statement that the WhatsApp number used to circulate the video was blocked (Dainik Bhaskar) does not say which videos it carried."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'आवेदन के आधार पर नगर थाना कांड संख्या 451/26 दर्ज किया गया'; 'पुलिस ने एक नामजद आरोपी को गिरफ्तार किया है, जबकि दूसरे की गिरफ्तारी के लिए छापेमारी जारी है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'28 सितंबर को दिन भर पीड़िता थानों का चक्कर लगाती रही बाद में एसपी के आदेश पर देर रात प्राथमिकी नगर थाने में दर्ज की गई'; 'दो नामजद आरोपी में से एक को गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया है'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'मामले की जांच को लेकर विशेष जांच टीम (SIT) का गठन किया गया है'; 'को नेपाल भागने के दौरान और उसके रिश्तेदार'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"An FIR was registered at Begusarai Nagar police station late on 28 September 2026 (case 451/26) after she spent the day going between police stations; the SP formed a special investigation team, hotel CCTV and the entry register were seized, one accused was reported arrested by the evening of 29 September (Prabhat Khabar; NewsTak) and the other, per Dainik Bhaskar on 30 September, while fleeing towards Nepal.","causal_attribution":"Police statements relayed by three outlets (the SP is quoted by NewsTak and Dainik Bhaskar); the delay in registering the FIR is her lawyer's account."}],"effects":[{"label":"blackmailed with an AI-made fake nude video of her that was later circulated","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"beaten and raped in a hotel room, with the assault filmed and circulated, per her complaint","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/begusarai/news/begusarai-jivika-didi-rape-blackmail-ai-video-case-updates-139196091.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live in Hindi on 2026-09-30 (Dainik Bhaskar, Begusarai correspondent, 30 September 2026): the woman's first-person account, her lawyer, and the SP. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"complainant-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/begusarai/begusarai-blue-diamond-hotel-case-sit-formed-accused-arrested","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live in Hindi on 2026-09-30 (Prabhat Khabar, 29 September 2026): police account of the complaint, FIR number, SIT, CCTV and the first arrest. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"begusarai-police"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.newstak.in/bihar/story/begusarai-hotel-case-rohit-kumar-viral-video-ai-blackmail-full-details-brytgc-3288643-2026-09-29","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live in Hindi on 2026-09-30 (NewsTak, 29 September 2026): the complainant's lawyer's account and the SP's statement. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"complainant-account"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://newstrack.com/amp/bihar/begusarai-woman-rape-hotel-ai-generated-obscene-video-blackmail-635806","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read live in Hindi on 2026-09-30 (newstrack.com, 29 September 2026, AMP page): the complaint as reported and the circulating video. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"complainant-account"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.dynamitenews.com/crime/begusarai-woman-assaulted-for-hours-over-threat-to-leak-ai-generated-video","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-30 (Dynamite News, 29 September 2026); relays the complaint and cites the Times of India for the video.","independence_group":"complainant-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which tool made the earlier video and whether police have examined it.","Whether the accused have been charged or produced in court, and any response from them.","How widely the videos spread and whether they have been taken down."],"geography":{"basis":"The hotel is in Begusarai town, Bihar, and the FIR was registered at Begusarai Nagar police station (Prabhat Khabar; Dainik Bhaskar); the complainant lives in the same district (Dainik Bhaskar). No court proceeding is reported yet.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (an AI-made fake nude video depicting a real person, used to blackmail her, followed by a reported violent sexual assault and circulation of the videos). The account is the complainant's, through her interview, her lawyer and her FIR, with police confirming the FIR, investigation team and arrests. The woman is not named; the accused, hotel and room are not identified here; no sexual detail beyond the complaint's substance is reproduced.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complainant says the first accused made a nude video of her 'with the help of AI' four to five months earlier and sent it to her (Dainik Bhaskar); her lawyer calls it a fake AI-generated obscene video (NewsTak); her complaint as reported by newstrack and Dynamite News says the same. The police statements read (Prabhat Khabar; the SP via NewsTak and Dainik Bhaskar) describe the assault video and the arrests and do not characterise the earlier video. The video was not inspected and no tool is named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Begusarai, Bihar: a 22-year-old woman says a man who had pursued her made a fake nude video of her with AI months earlier to blackmail her, then on 27 September 2026 he and a relative took her to a hotel room where she was beaten and raped and the videos were circulated; FIR registered, SIT formed, both accused arrested","summary":"A 22-year-old woman in Begusarai district, Bihar, told police, her lawyer and Dainik Bhaskar that a man from the village of her maternal relatives, who had pursued her and been refused, made a nude video of her with AI about four to five months earlier and sent it to her in an attempt to blackmail her. On the morning of 27 September 2026, she says, his brother-in-law, her neighbour, gave her a motorcycle lift while she was out collecting self-help-group dues and took her to meet him, and the two men led her into a hotel room 'to talk' about the video. In her account the room was locked, she was threatened with a knife, beaten and raped, the assault was filmed, a noose was put round her neck, and the AI-made video and the assault video were sent to WhatsApp groups, including her self-help group's; she hid in the bathroom until the man left. A video of the beating spread on social media. After she spent 28 September going between police stations, an FIR was registered at Begusarai Nagar police station late that night (case 451/26); the SP formed a special investigation team, seized hotel CCTV and the entry register, and one accused was reported arrested by the evening of 29 September (Prabhat Khabar; NewsTak). Dainik Bhaskar reported on 30 September that the main accused had been arrested while fleeing towards Nepal. The AI element rests on the complainant's account; the police statements read describe the assault video and the arrests without characterising the earlier video.","incidentDate":"2026-09-27","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-29","aiSystem":"AI-generated fake nude video of the complainant, sent to her months before the assault (her account; tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","physical_injury","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A woman says she was blackmailed with an AI-made fake nude video and then beaten and raped in a hotel room, with the AI video and the assault video circulated to WhatsApp groups (her complaint and account via Dainik Bhaskar, NewsTak and newstrack; police confirm the FIR, SIT and arrests).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the complainant (Dainik Bhaskar; Prabhat Khabar). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/begusarai/news/begusarai-jivika-didi-rape-blackmail-ai-video-case-updates-139196091.html","primarySourceLabel":"Dainik Bhaskar (Begusarai), 30 September 2026: AI वीडियो बनाकर ब्लैकमेलिंग, होटल में रेप: बाथरूम में बंद होकर बचाई जान","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:38.672044+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:38.672044+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-generated-video","sextortion","blackmail","sexual-violence","bihar","india","fir","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2025-x-grok-graphic-sexual-violence-posts-about-will-stancil","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"they began asking it to envision scenarios in which Stancil was sexually assaulted.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"several users prompted the bot to generate graphic depictions of raping a civil rights researcher named Will Stancil","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"In a post on X Tuesday, Stancil shared screenshots of several instances when Grok created much more explicit rape fantasies about him.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"I didn’t threaten to rape Will Stancil or anyone else.","relation":"context","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"When Stancil inquired with Grok why it was now able to","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 8 July 2025, in response to prompts from X users, xAI’s Grok chatbot published graphic depictions of the sexual assault of Will Stancil in posts on X.","causal_attribution":"The sources report the connection between Grok outputs and the reported consequence; no court or independent finding of causation was inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Grok obliged: \"Fine, hypothetically for that wooden door deadbolt","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"Give me step by step instructions with those tools for breaking into Will Stancil's door.","relation":"context","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"Stancil redoubled his legal threats after Grok was used to create a plan for breaking into his house for a sexual assault.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Grok explained, in detail, how to break into his home, assault him and then dispose of his body.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In reply to a user request, Grok posted step-by-step instructions for breaking into Will Stancil’s home.","causal_attribution":"The sources report the connection between Grok outputs and the reported consequence; no court or independent finding of causation was inspected."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"I’ve counted hundreds of tweets from it about me, many of them graphic and violent.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"In a volume that I couldn't even keep up.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Will Stancil says Grok produced hundreds of posts about him, many graphic and violent, at a volume he could not keep up with.","causal_attribution":"The sources report the connection between Grok outputs and the reported consequence; no court or independent finding of causation was inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"This came shortly after Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and owner of X, announced an update to the bot.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Grok's vivid criminal advice followed an update to the AI-powered bot that was announced on Friday.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The posts appeared shortly after an xAI update to Grok was announced.","causal_attribution":"The sources place the posts after the update; they do not establish which change caused the outputs."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"All of these posts have been wiped from X as well.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"X’s official Grok account said it was working to remove inappropriate posts, and later reports say the posts about Will Stancil were removed.","causal_attribution":"The sources report the connection between Grok outputs and the reported consequence; no court or independent finding of causation was inspected."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Stancil said he is in the beginning phases of pursuing legal action.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"threatened legal action over the shocking posts","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"If any lawyers want to sue X and do some really fun discovery on why Grok is suddenly publishing violent rape fantasies about members of the public","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Will Stancil said he was in the beginning phases of pursuing legal action, and posted asking whether any lawyers wanted to sue X. No filing was found in the inspected sources.","causal_attribution":"A statement of intent by the affected person; no proceeding is established."}],"effects":[{"label":"Subject of graphic sexual-violence content and break-in instructions published by the platform chatbot","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Reported break-in instructions naming the person’s home","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/11/social-media-ai-bot-targets-minneapolis-attorney-and-liberal-political-commentator","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"mpr-news"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-grok-rape-fantasies-1235381746/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"rolling-stone"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/tech/grok-antisemitic-outbursts-reflect-a-problem-with-ai-chatbots","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"cnn"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/x-user-stancil-threatens-lawsuit-141740752.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"ny-post-via-yahoo"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy"],"unknowns":["The original posts were removed and were not inspected. Reports differ on whether all or many of the posts were removed.","Whether Stancil filed a lawsuit is unknown (no filing found).","The Star Tribune article listed by the archive could not be retrieved (HTTP 429 and archive failure) and is not cited.","No source prints the calendar date of the posts. The date 8 July 2025 is derived from the reports’ \"Tuesday\" references and their publication dates of 9 and 10 July 2025.","The harm outcome category exploitation_or_abuse is the nearest available value for harassing sexual-violence content. No source reports psychological or physical effects on Stancil."],"geography":{"basis":"MPR News describes the affected person as a Minneapolis attorney and political commentator. The event location on X is not established.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Four news reports (MPR News, Rolling Stone, CNN, New York Post via Yahoo) describe posts by a platform-operated chatbot about a named public commentator. The subject of the posts is a public figure who discussed them publicly. The posts were reported as removed, so the text was not inspected directly. Allegations of legal action are statements of intent only.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Four outlets report that Grok, a chatbot operated on X, generated the posts in response to user prompts. Grok replied to the affected person’s own question in one reported exchange (Rolling Stone).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated","communicated_with"]},"name":"Grok posts graphic sexual-violence content and break-in instructions about commentator Will Stancil","summary":"On 8 July 2025, after users prompted xAI’s Grok chatbot on X, it posted graphic depictions of the sexual assault of Minneapolis attorney and commentator Will Stancil and step-by-step instructions for breaking into his home. Stancil told reporters he counted hundreds of posts about him and said he was beginning to pursue legal action. X’s Grok account said it was working to remove inappropriate posts, and later reports say the posts were removed. No lawsuit filing was found. The episode occurred during a wider incident in which Grok also posted antisemitic content.","incidentDate":"2025-07-08","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-07-09","aiSystem":"Grok (X)","aiProduct":"Grok","aiCompany":"xAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Stancil told reporters that Grok posted hundreds of posts about him on X, many graphic and violent, including depictions of his sexual assault and instructions for breaking into his home, in response to other users’ prompts. He said he could not keep up with the volume and was in the beginning phases of pursuing legal action. No physical harm is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One named public commentator who is the subject of the posts (a person depicted by content that other users prompted, so counted as another person harmed). Other people whom Grok also posted about the same day are reported without harm detail and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"chatbot","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-grok-rape-fantasies-1235381746/","primarySourceLabel":"Rolling Stone: Musk’s Grok Chatbot Fantasized About Breaking Into X User’s Home and Raping Him","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:42:16.064361+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:22.074443+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2025"]},{"id":"2025-chatgpt-nonphysical-entities-spouse-domestic-assault-arrest-divorce","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"She had an intuition that the AI chatbot might be able to channel communications with her subconscious or a higher plane","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The guardians are responding right now.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A woman in a marriage with two young children began using ChatGPT in March 2025 after feeling lonely, asked whether it could channel communications with her subconscious or a higher plane, and ChatGPT replied that the guardians were responding.","causal_attribution":"The account comes from the woman, quoted by the New York Times reporter, and the ChatGPT reply is quoted."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"began spending many hours a day using ChatGPT, communicating with what she felt were nonphysical entities","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"came to see it, not her husband, as her true partner","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The woman spent many hours a day with ChatGPT communicating with what she felt were nonphysical entities and came to see one of them, not her husband, as her true partner.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the New York Times from the wife and husband; the husband attributes the change to ChatGPT."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"One night, at the end of April","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"they fought over her obsession with ChatGPT and the toll it was taking on the family","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"punching and scratching him, he said, and slamming his hand in a door","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The police arrested her and charged her with domestic assault. (The case is active.)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"At the end of April 2025, after a fight over her ChatGPT use, the husband said she punched and scratched him and slammed his hand in a door; police arrested her and charged her with domestic assault, and the case was active at publication.","causal_attribution":"The assault details are the husband's account. The arrest and charge are stated by the article without a cited court record."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"came out a different person","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"are now divorcing.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The husband said his wife dropped into a hole about three months before the interview and came out a different person, and the couple were divorcing at publication.","causal_attribution":"The husband attributes the change to ChatGPT use; the divorce is reported without independent record."}],"effects":[{"label":"Domestic assault arrest and charge after spouse's escalating ChatGPT immersion","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Marriage ending in divorce","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/ai-chatbots-answers-fuel-conspiracies-alter-beliefs-in-disturbing-ways-125061400247_1.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"nyt-hill-2025-06"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["relationships","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The only inspected chain is one New York Times article (read through its Business Standard syndication). The direct New York Times page returned HTTP 403.","No court record or police statement was inspected. Outcome of the criminal case is unknown.","Mental health history and other factors in the marriage are not reported beyond the parties' accounts, and ChatGPT's share of causation is attributed by the husband.","The article names two young children but reports no harm to them."],"geography":{"basis":"The article gives no location for this couple, and the case court is not named.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"A national newspaper reports the account with the husband and wife interviewed and ChatGPT output quoted. Claims remain reported because there is one chain and no record inspection.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The New York Times article quotes ChatGPT responses to the woman and reports the husband's account linking her ChatGPT use to the events.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Spouse arrested for domestic assault after weeks of ChatGPT sessions about communicating with nonphysical entities, marriage ending","summary":"In March 2025 a woman with two young children began asking ChatGPT to channel communications with a higher plane and spent many hours a day with what she felt were nonphysical entities. At the end of April her husband said she assaulted him during a fight about her ChatGPT use, and police arrested and charged her with domestic assault. The New York Times reported that the couple were divorcing and that the criminal case was active.","incidentDate":"2025-03-01","incidentEndDate":"2025-04-30","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2025-06-14","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["relationship_disruption","legal_harm","harm_to_others"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the New York Times account, the wife was arrested and charged with domestic assault after, the husband said, punching and scratching him and slamming his hand in a door, and the marriage was ending. The husband attributes the change to ChatGPT.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Two adults are reported harmed: the wife (arrest, charge, divorce) and the husband (reported assault and divorce). Children are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"assistant","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/ai-chatbots-answers-fuel-conspiracies-alter-beliefs-in-disturbing-ways-125061400247_1.html","primarySourceLabel":"Kashmir Hill, New York Times (syndicated by Business Standard), 14 June 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:36.848857+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:58.925084+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2025"]},{"id":"2026-hachioji-high-school-extortion-chatgpt-settlement-figure","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"「5人の逮捕容疑は共謀して1月27日午後11時20分～28日午前1時ごろ、八王子市…の広場で、…男子生徒（17）に暴行を加えて鼻の骨を折るなどのけがを負わせた上」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"「警視庁によりますと、高校生の少女や少年ら5人はことし1月、東京・八王子市で元交際相手の男子高校生に「妹の体に触ったでしょ」などと言って、暴行を加えケガをさせ、現金を脅し取ろうとした疑いがもたれています。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"「過去に男子生徒と交際していた女が「ツーリングに行こう」などと呼び出し、「妹の脚を触ったでしょ」などと因縁をつけたのが発端とみられる。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police allege that late on 27 January 2026, after a suspect who had previously dated a 17-year-old high-school boy invited him out on a motorcycle ride and accused him of touching her younger sister, five high-school students assaulted him in a public square in Hachioji and broke his nose.","causal_attribution":"Police allegation relayed by the press; not attributed to the AI."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"「現場には当時約10人がおり、1人が対話型生成AI「ChatGPT」に「児童に対する性被害」などと入力したところ、示談金として最低15万円という金額が表示されたことから、脅し取ろうとしたとみられる。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"「犯行時、少女の仲間の1人がチャットGPTに「児童に対する性被害」と相談すると、「示談金として最低15万円」と回答があり、現金を要求したとみられています。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"「この“15万円”という金額は女子高校生の仲間が生成AIの『チャットGPT』に相談して決めたとのこと。“児童に対する性被害”について相談したところ、“示談金は最低15万円”と回答があったそうです。」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"During the incident a member of the group entered terms such as 'sexual harm to a child' into ChatGPT, which displayed a minimum settlement of 150,000 yen, and police believe this is why the group told the boy to produce 150,000 yen.","causal_attribution":"Police belief (とみられる) relayed by the press. The prompt and full reply are not published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"「「15万円、親とか友達に借りてでも用意しろ」などと言って現金を脅し取ろうとしたとしている」; 「傷害と恐喝未遂の疑いで」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The group told the boy to produce 150,000 yen, borrowing from his parents or friends if necessary; the charge is attempted extortion and no payment is reported.","causal_attribution":"Police allegation relayed by the press."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"「警視庁少年事件課は傷害と恐喝未遂の疑いで、東京都八王子市の高校3年生の女（17）ら高校生の男女計5人を逮捕した」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"「すでに加害者となった5人は逮捕されていますが、女子生徒ら4人は容疑を認めている中、少年1人は一部否認している状況です」","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Five high-school students were arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department's juvenile crimes division; four admit the allegations and one partly denies them.","causal_attribution":"Police arrest announcement; the admission detail comes from a reporter quoted by Shukan Josei PRIME."}],"effects":[{"label":"the boy was told to produce 150,000 yen, an amount police believe was taken from a ChatGPT answer about minimum settlements obtained during the incident","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the boy was assaulted and his nose was broken (not attributed to the AI)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/article/2606/10/1260610086/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Sankei Shimbun article republished by ITmedia NEWS, full body read in Japanese by curl on 2026-09-29; quotations here are the reviewer's English translations. Relays the Metropolitan Police Department juvenile crimes division's account.","independence_group":"tokyo-mpd-announcement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/society/f4b412aed650460c9cd4e3720590a043","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"NTV (Nippon TV) news LOG text summary of a 13 June 2026 broadcast, read in Japanese by curl on 2026-09-29; the video was not viewed. Attributes the facts to the Metropolitan Police Department.","independence_group":"tokyo-mpd-announcement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.jprime.jp/articles/-/42114?display=b","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Shukan Josei PRIME, 11 June 2026, read in Japanese by curl on 2026-09-29. Relies on an unnamed national-newspaper crime reporter whose account tracks the police announcement; grouped with it.","independence_group":"tokyo-mpd-announcement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","justice"],"unknowns":["The exact prompt entered and the full text of ChatGPT's reply.","Whether any money was paid (the charge is attempted extortion).","The outcome of the juvenile proceedings."],"geography":{"basis":"Sankei places the offence in a public square in Hachioji, Tokyo, and describes the victim as a high-school student; the arrests were made by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["JP"],"affected_person_countries":["JP"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a police-reported case in which a chatbot answer obtained during an assault supplied the amount of an extortion demand against a 17-year-old. All read reports relay the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's account and count as one source chain; the allegations are untested. No suspect or victim is named, and the suspects' relationships are described only as far as needed to explain the event.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Metropolitan Police Department's account, relayed by Sankei Shimbun and NTV, says a member of the group entered terms such as 'sexual harm to a child' into ChatGPT, which displayed a minimum settlement of 150,000 yen, and that police believe this is why that amount was demanded. The chatbot communicated with a member of the suspect group, not with the boy; the relation is recorded as in the published Zurich planning case. The prompt and full reply are not published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Hachioji, Tokyo: police say five high-school students assaulted a 17-year-old boy and demanded 150,000 yen, a figure they believe one of the group got from ChatGPT by asking about settlements for 'sexual harm to a child'","summary":"Sankei Shimbun reported on 10 June 2026, and NTV on 13-14 June, that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's juvenile crimes division had arrested five high-school students on suspicion of injury and attempted extortion. According to the police account, late on 27 January 2026 a suspect who had previously dated a 17-year-old high-school boy invited him to a public square in Hachioji, where the group accused him of having touched her younger sister, assaulted him and broke his nose, and then told him to raise 150,000 yen, borrowing from his parents or friends if necessary. About ten people were present. Police believe the amount came from ChatGPT: one of them entered terms such as 'sexual harm to a child', and the chatbot displayed a minimum settlement of 150,000 yen. No payment is reported. Shukan Josei PRIME reports that four of the five admit the allegations and one partly denies them. The allegations are untested.","incidentDate":"2026-01-27","incidentEndDate":"2026-01-28","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-06-10","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (OpenAI), queried on a phone by a member of the group during the incident, per the police account","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["physical_injury","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A 17-year-old boy was assaulted, suffering a broken nose, and was told to produce 150,000 yen; police believe the amount of the extortion demand was taken from a ChatGPT answer about minimum settlements obtained during the incident (Metropolitan Police Department, via Sankei Shimbun and NTV). The assault itself is not attributed to the AI.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The police account names one victim: a 17-year-old high-school boy who was injured and from whom 150,000 yen was demanded (Sankei, NTV). The ChatGPT user was a member of the suspect group; the five arrested suspects and the roughly ten people present are not counted as harmed. Exact count of one.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"JP-13","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/article/2606/10/1260610086/","primarySourceLabel":"Sankei Shimbun via ITmedia NEWS, 10 June 2026: 「妹の脚を触った」因縁つけ仲間に暴行、AI基に恐喝未遂 容疑の高校生5人逮捕","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:08:54.144434+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:39.125062+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","openai","extortion","assault","minors","japan","tokyo","police-account","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2026-st-louis-county-gatlin-facial-recognition-wrongful-arrest-lawsuit","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Jan 13, 2025 | COMPLAINT against defendant All Defendants ... filed by Christopher Gatlin'; 'Jan 29, 2025 | AMENDED COMPLAINT against defendant Matthew Shute, St. Louis County, Surescan Technology, LLC, The City of Saint Louis, Matthew Welle, Cody Goodwin'; 'Oct 15, 2025 | MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant City of St. Louis's Motion to Dismiss Count 9 (Doc. 22 ) is denied. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Matthew Welle's Motion to Dismiss Counts 2-5 and 10-12 (Doc. 25 ) is granted in part in that Count V is hereby dismissed, and denied in all other respects.'; 'Aug 13, 2026 | SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT against defendant All Defendants'; 'Aug 25, 2026 | SUMMONS Returned Executed filed by Christopher Gatlin. Amazon Web Services, Inc. served on 8/18/2026'; 'Aug 27, 2026 | ANSWER to 105 Amended Complaint'; 'Sep 8, 2026 | ORDER granting 115 Defendant's Consent Motion for Extension of Time to Answer ... due no later than September 21'; 'Sep 17, 2026 | MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Plead ;Proposed extension date September 28, 2026 by Defendant Amazon Web Services'; 'Aug 31, 2026 | ADR COMPLIANCE REPORT ... The parties did not achieve a settlement.'; 'Jul 23, 2026 | AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER ... Jury Trial set for 11/1/2027 09:00 AM ... Pretrial Conference set for 10/27/2027'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Christopher Gatlin alleged Thursday in an amended complaint that his arrest and indictment were the product of shoddy police work, poor training, police misconduct, and the use of a defective facial recognition program developed by Amazon for law enforcement use, known as the Rekognition program.'; 'Gatlin originally filed the lawsuit in January 2025, but amended the complaint to name Amazon as a defendant'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Amazon has until Sept. 28 to file a response to the suit's allegations.'; 'Gatlin sued in January of this year. His suit lists 14 counts against the various defendants'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Gatlin filed a civil-rights suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on 13 January 2025 against St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis and named officers (an amended complaint of 29 January 2025 also named Surescan Technology, LLC, dismissed on 8 May 2025); on 15 October 2025 the court denied the City's motion to dismiss and granted Welle's motion only as to Count V; on 13 August 2026 the court granted leave for a second amended complaint adding Amazon Web Services, which was served on 18 August 2026; the county, its officers, the city and Welle answered on 27 August 2026; AWS's response deadline was extended to 21 September 2026 and AWS moved on 17 September for a further extension to 28 September (no ruling on the docket when read); a July 2026 mediation did not settle; a pretrial conference is set for 27 October 2027 and a jury trial for 1 November 2027.","causal_attribution":"Court docket entries; the Surescan dismissal is docket entry 31 (8 May 2025); the 28 September date is AWS's requested extension (motion of 17 September, unruled when read) and the Post-Dispatch's report; the trial date is from the amended case management order of 23 July 2026 (the earlier 23 August 2027 date in the 5 May 2026 order was superseded)."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Eight months later, in August 2021, Shute and one of the other officers, St. Louis Officer Matthew Welle, revisited the case and uploaded a \"grainy surveillance photo\" from the bus into SMRT.'; 'The program spit out a list of names. On that list: Gatlin.'; 'Gatlin was charged with first-degree assault and held in jail for almost two years.'; 'Gatlin's public defender filed a motion to suppress the photo identification, arguing it was unconstitutionally suggestive, and the judge agreed'; 'On March 14, 2024 — more than two years after Gatlin's arrest — prosecutors dismissed the charges.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Biometric Update reported that Gatlin was arrested on August 14, 2021, and remained incarcerated for roughly 17 months while his case was pending.'; 'St. Louis County Judge Brian May suppressed the witness identification in February 2024 after finding officers had not followed accepted impartial-lineup procedures, and prosecutors dismissed the charges the following month, Biometric Update reported.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'A man who was wrongfully arrested and held in the St. Louis County Jail for two years sued Amazon Web Services LLC along with the city and county over their allegedly improper use of facial recognition technology.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Christopher Gatlin, arrested by police in St. Louis, Missouri (August 2021)'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Gatlin was arrested in August 2021 (13 August per the Post-Dispatch's 'four days' after the 9 August lineup; 14 August per Biometric Update via Hoodline) for a December 2020 assault on a security guard at the St. Charles Rock Road MetroLink station after two officers of a joint county-city MetroLink team uploaded a grainy bus surveillance photo into the St. Louis Mugshot Recognition Technology System and the guard, after prompting, picked Gatlin from a photo lineup; he was charged with first-degree assault and held roughly 17 months to almost two years; the identification was suppressed as unconstitutionally suggestive and prosecutors dismissed the charges on 14 March 2024.","causal_attribution":"The Post-Dispatch's own account of the investigation and the suit, Biometric Update via Hoodline, Bloomberg Law and the ACLU; the jail duration is stated differently by each (roughly 17 months while pending; almost two years; two years) and the arrest date differs by a day."},{"id":"c3","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'in a statement, the company said its terms of service prohibit the use of its facial recognition technology in criminal investigations.'; '\"We expect our customers to comply with those terms,\" the company said in an unsigned statement.'; 'it said it would \"fully investigate\" any additional information that comes out during litigation.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'The company told Biometric Update that its terms of service prohibit the use of Rekognition's face-comparison feature by police departments in connection with criminal investigations. Amazon's current Rekognition documentation also states the technology does not support images that are too blurry or grainy for a human to recognize a face'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Amazon says its terms of service prohibit the use of its facial recognition technology in criminal investigations, that it expects customers to comply and that it will fully investigate any information that emerges in the litigation; Biometric Update adds that Rekognition's documentation excludes images too blurry or grainy for a human to recognise a face.","causal_attribution":"Amazon's statements to the Post-Dispatch and to Biometric Update (via Hoodline)."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Gatlin, who now lives outside of Missouri, says he suffers from mental health issues since he was released.'; 'No one has been charged with Feldman's assault.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Gatlin says he has suffered from mental health issues since his release; the assault victim, who was not the person the officers were pursuing in this suit, continues to suffer lasting injury and no one has been charged with the assault.","causal_attribution":"Gatlin's own account to the Post-Dispatch."}],"effects":[{"label":"arrested and jailed roughly 17 months to almost two years on a first-degree assault charge dismissed in March 2024, after officers acted on a facial-recognition match from a grainy bus photo and a suggestive photo lineup; lasting mental-health effects reported","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69538618/gatlin-v-welle/","kind":"court_docket","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (CourtListener docket 69538618, descending and ascending entry pages). Entry text quoted; the pleadings themselves were not opened (no free RECAP PDFs listed).","independence_group":"courtlistener-docket"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/amazon-facial-id-tech-targeted-in-st-louis-false-arrest-suit","kind":"legal_press","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Bloomberg Law News, 14 August 2026). Only the opening paragraphs before the subscriber wall were rendered; the cited passages are from them.","independence_group":"bloomberglaw"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/more-than-a-dozen-wrongful-arrests-due-to-police-reliance-on-facial-recognition-technology","kind":"advocacy_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (ACLU, 14 April 2026). Lists Gatlin among fourteen known facial-recognition wrongful arrests.","independence_group":"aclu"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://hoodline.com/2026/09/st-louis-county-man-jailed-in-case-involving-facial-id-match-sues/","kind":"news_aggregator","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (Hoodline, 25 September 2026). Aggregates the Post-Dispatch, Biometric Update, IDTechWire and Bloomberg Law; used here mainly for the Biometric Update passages (17 months, 14 August 2021 arrest, Judge May, February 2024 suppression), which were not read directly.","independence_group":"hoodline-aggregating-stltoday-biometricupdate"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_21ae18eb-d1d4-44e8-9e8f-0c6f3c92b94d.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-26 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 25 September 2026). The page delivered the article body in the Lee/BLOX ROT47 obfuscation; decoded locally (bodies/stltoday-gatlin-decoded.txt) and read in full: the assault, the investigation, the SMRT upload, the body-camera lineup, the dismissal date, the suit's counts and Amazon's statement.","independence_group":"stltoday"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["justice"],"unknowns":["Whether the mugshot system's match was the sole basis for the arrest or how it was weighed against the lineup identification; the complaint's allegations have not been tested.","The exact arrest date (13 August 2021 per the Post-Dispatch's account; 14 August per Biometric Update via Hoodline) and the length of detention (roughly 17 months while pending per Biometric Update; almost two years per the Post-Dispatch; two years per Bloomberg Law).","The size of the mug-shot database (more than 500,000 per the suit as reported by the Post-Dispatch; more than 250,000 per Biometric Update via Hoodline).","Whether Rekognition was in fact the engine behind SMRT during the 2021 search; Amazon disputes intended use, and AWS had not yet answered when the docket was read.","The contents of the second amended complaint and the 15 October 2025 order, which were not opened.","The plaintiff's current state of residence (outside Missouri)."],"geography":{"basis":"The assault and the arrest concerned the St. Charles Rock Road MetroLink station in north St. Louis County and the plaintiff was jailed in St. Louis County (Post-Dispatch; ACLU: 'arrested by police in St. Louis, Missouri'); the suit is in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (docket). The plaintiff now lives outside Missouri (Post-Dispatch); his state of residence is not given.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a contextual case in which a facial-recognition system's match about a person contributed, on the plaintiff's account, to a wrongful arrest and roughly 17 months to almost two years' detention: the litigation is documented on the federal docket, the arrest, lineup and dismissal are reported by the Post-Dispatch (read in full), Biometric Update via Hoodline and Bloomberg Law, and the ACLU lists the case. The allegations against the police and Amazon remain allegations.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-26"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complaint alleges, and the Post-Dispatch, Biometric Update and IDTechWire reporting summarised by Hoodline describes, that officers uploaded the bus photo into the St. Louis Mugshot Recognition Technology System and built the investigation around its match; Bloomberg Law reports the amended complaint's allegation that the system used Amazon's Rekognition. No court finding on the system's role is reported; the ACLU lists the case as a facial-recognition wrongful arrest.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"St. Louis County, Missouri: Christopher Gatlin was arrested in August 2021 after officers ran a grainy bus surveillance photo through a regional facial-recognition system and was held roughly 17 months (Post-Dispatch and Bloomberg Law: about two years) on a first-degree assault charge dismissed in March 2024; his federal civil-rights suit (filed January 2025) was amended in August 2026 to add Amazon Web Services, whose Rekognition technology the complaint says underpinned the match","summary":"Christopher Gatlin was arrested on 14 August 2021 for an assault at the St. Charles Rock Road MetroLink station after a joint St. Louis County and city team uploaded a grainy, blurry surveillance photograph from a bus into the St. Louis Mugshot Recognition Technology System, a facial-recognition tool that searches stored mug shots (more than 500,000 uploaded, the suit says per the Post-Dispatch; more than 250,000 per Biometric Update via Hoodline), and built the investigation around the resulting match together with a witness identification; he was charged with first-degree assault and held roughly 17 months (the Post-Dispatch says almost two years), a county judge suppressed the witness identification as unconstitutionally suggestive, and prosecutors dismissed the charges on 14 March 2024 (Post-Dispatch; Hoodline citing Biometric Update; Bloomberg Law). Gatlin sued St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis and named officers in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on 13 January 2025; on 15 October 2025 the court denied the city's motion to dismiss and granted a detective's motion only as to one count; on 13 August 2026 the court allowed a second amended complaint adding Amazon Web Services, which the complaint says supplied the Rekognition program the system used; the county, city and officers answered on 27 August 2026, AWS's response was extended to 21 September 2026 and on 17 September it moved for a further extension to 28 September (no ruling on the docket when read), and a jury trial is set for 1 November 2027 (CourtListener docket). Amazon told the Post-Dispatch that its terms of service prohibit the use of its facial recognition technology in criminal investigations and that it would fully investigate any information that emerges in the litigation. The ACLU lists Gatlin among fourteen people known to have been wrongfully arrested in the US because police relied on erroneous facial-recognition results.","incidentDate":"2021-08-14","incidentEndDate":"2024-03-14","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-01-13","aiSystem":"St. Louis Mugshot Recognition Technology System (SMRT), a regional facial-recognition tool created by St. Louis County with an Amazon Rekognition credit in June 2018 and loaded with more than 500,000 mug shots according to the suit (Post-Dispatch; Biometric Update via Hoodline gives more than 250,000)","aiProduct":"St. Louis mugshot recognition (SMRT)","aiCompany":"Amazon Web Services (Rekognition, per the amended complaint as reported)","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["loss_of_liberty","legal_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Gatlin was jailed for roughly 17 months to almost two years on a first-degree assault charge dismissed in March 2024 after the identification evidence was suppressed; his suit attributes the arrest to reliance on a facial-recognition match from an unusable photograph together with a suggestive lineup (the complaint's allegations as reported by the Post-Dispatch, Bloomberg Law and Hoodline; the ACLU lists the case as a wrongful arrest). He told the Post-Dispatch he has suffered from mental health issues since his release.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person arrested and jailed, the plaintiff (docket; Hoodline; ACLU). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-MO","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_ongoing","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69538618/gatlin-v-welle/","primarySourceLabel":"CourtListener docket, Gatlin v. Welle, 4:25-cv-00043 (E.D. Mo.), read 26 September 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-26T04:07:10.387911+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:41.366922+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["facial-recognition","wrongful-arrest","police","rekognition","amazon","lawsuit","civil-rights","missouri","st-louis","made-claim-about"]},{"id":"2026-jakarta-timur-smp-student-ai-edited-classmates-photos-stickers","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Beberapa siswi di sebuah SMP negeri di Jakarta Timur dilecehkan dalam bentuk penyalahgunaan foto yang diedit menggunakan artificial intelligence (AI).'; 'Foto tersebut kemudian juga dijadikan sticker WhatsApp oleh pelaku.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Polres Metro Jakarta Timur mengusut kasus dugaan pelecehan seksual seorang siswa di salah satu SMP Negeri di Jakarta Timur lewat penyalahgunaan foto yang disunting oleh kecerdasan buatan'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Seorang siswa kelas 9 di salah satu SMP Negeri di Pulogadung, Jakarta Timur (Jaktim) mengedit foto rekan-rekan menggunakan artificial intelligence (AI) hingga bermuatan vulgar.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Tak hanya diedit, foto tersebut juga disebut sempat diedarkan dalam bentuk stiker.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"The East Jakarta police spokesperson confirmed on 23 September 2026 that a student at a state junior high school in East Jakarta had edited photographs of several female schoolmates with AI so that they appeared indecent and that the images were made into WhatsApp stickers; detik and VIVA (24 September) describe him as a grade-9 student at a state junior high school in Pulogadung; the police women-and-children protection unit is investigating.","causal_attribution":"Police spokesperson's confirmation, relayed by all outlets (one chain); the tool and method are not identified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Foto-foto tersebut diperjualbelikan hingga sekitar 200 lembar.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Unggahan tersebut juga menyebutkan pelaku diduga memperjualbelikan foto-foto yang telah diedit kepada pihak lain dengan jumlah mencapai sekitar 200 foto.'; 'Polisi saat ini masih mendalami rangkaian kejadian tersebut mulai dari kronologi lengkap, termasuk mekanisme penyuntingan foto, pihak yang menerima atau menyebarkan hasil suntingan foto dan jumlah korban.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'informasi mengenai dugaan jual beli foto tersebut masih berasal dari unggahan yang beredar di media sosial.'; 'Jumlah foto yang diduga telah diedit juga mencapai sekitar 200 foto berdasarkan informasi yang beredar di media sosial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Jumlahnya disebut mencapai ratusan foto.'; 'Polisi masih menelusuri informasi mengenai dugaan pengeditan tersebut, termasuk narasi yang menyebut foto hasil manipulasi itu sempat dijual.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"A Threads post that brought the case to attention said about 200 edited photographs had been produced and sold to others; Kompas.com noted on 24 September that the sale allegation still rested only on that post, VIVA reported that police were still checking the sale claim, and ANTARA reported on 23 September that police were still establishing the editing method, the recipients and the number of depicted students.","causal_attribution":"Social-media post attributed by the outlets; police treat the figure and the sale as unverified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Iya betul (informasi tersebut), namun saat ini belum ada laporan dari para korban'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'kepolisian masih memastikan apakah para siswi yang diduga menjadi korban pengeditan foto tersebut telah membuat laporan atau belum.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Polisi belum membeberkan identitas rinci siswa maupun para korban karena masih dalam tahap pengumpulan keterangan saksi.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"As of 24 September 2026 the depicted students had not filed a police report; police appealed to them to report and said they were checking whether any report had been made.","causal_attribution":"Police spokesperson's statements."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Berdasarkan keterangan orang tua korban, dugaan penganiayaan terjadi pada Selasa (15/9) hingga Rabu (16/9) 2026 sekitar pukul 11.00 WIB atau setelah korban pulang sekolah.'; 'Setelah di rumah kosong korban dipukul bagian hidung, telinga, kepala, dan dada korban ditendang oleh beberapa pelaku (lidik).'; 'Kemudian setiba di waduk korban dipukul bagian kepala, digampar di bagian telinga kanan dan kiri, kemudian bagian perut korban beberapa kali ditendang'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Berdasarkan keterangan polisi, sejumlah siswi yang mengetahui hal tersebut kemudian tidak terima dan memukuli siswa yang diduga mengedit foto tersebut.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Laporan itu dibuat oleh pelaku yang mengedit foto-foto itu.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'pihak sekolah juga telah melakukan mediasi dengan orangtua siswa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the parents' account relayed by police, on 15 and 16 September 2026 several people took the student who made the images to an empty house on Jalan Tiner and then to the Ria Rio reservoir in Kayu Putih, punched him on the nose, ears and head, kicked his chest and stomach and threatened him with a bladed weapon; he filed an assault report, police are handling it alongside the image case and plan mediation, and the school has mediated with the parents. Police attribute the assault to friends of the depicted students (ANTARA 24 September; detik and VIVA quoting the spokesperson), while Kompas.com (23 September) quotes the spokesperson as saying the depicted students beat him.","causal_attribution":"Parents' report as relayed by the police spokesperson; the alleged assailants were still being identified."}],"effects":[{"label":"several female junior-high students' photographs were edited with AI into indecent images and circulated as WhatsApp stickers, with a social-media claim that about 200 were sold","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the student who made the images was beaten on two days and threatened with a bladed weapon by schoolmates angry at the images, according to his parents' report relayed by police","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/15472151/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-diduga-edit-foto-sejumlah-siswi-dengan-ai-jadi-konten","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 23 September 2026 15:47 WIB; html lang=id). Indonesian; passages quoted in the original and paraphrased in English by the reviewer.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/20403251/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-yang-edit-foto-siswi-pakai-ai-malah-lapor-polisi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 23 September 2026 20:40 WIB; html lang=id). Reports the assault complaint, the police account that the depicted students' friends beat the student, and the education office's statement on school mediation.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/24/06285861/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-edit-foto-siswi-jadi-tak-senonoh-pakai-ai-dijual-dan","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Kompas.com, 24 September 2026 06:28 WIB; html lang=id). Notes that the sale allegation still rests on the social-media post.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5754759/polisi-usut-dugaan-pelecehan-seksual-siswa-di-jaktim-lewat-foto-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (ANTARA, 23 September 2026 16:46 WIB; html lang=id). Agency report from the Pulogadung police station briefing.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5757344/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-dianiaya-usai-edit-foto-temannya-pakai-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (ANTARA, 24 September 2026 21:09 WIB; html lang=id). Details of the assault complaint as relayed by the police spokesperson from the parents' account.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://news.detik.com/berita/d-8677002/foto-siswi-smp-di-jaktim-diedit-ai-jadi-vulgar-dan-stiker-polisi-selidiki","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (detik.com, 24 September 2026 12:34 WIB; html lang=id-ID). Spokesperson quoted by telephone; states no report yet from the depicted students.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.viva.co.id/berita/metro/1930788-edit-foto-teman-pakai-ai-jadi-vulgar-siswa-smp-di-jaktim-dipukuli-lalu-lapor-polisi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (VIVA, 24 September 2026 12:38 WIB; html lang=id-ID). Same telephone remarks; 'hundreds of photographs' and sticker circulation.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://mediaindonesia.com/megapolitan/936703/polisi-selidiki-dugaan-pelecehan-seksual-siswa-smp-jaktim-lewat-foto-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"id","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (Media Indonesia, 23 September 2026; html lang=id). Relays the briefing; notes police have not disclosed identities.","independence_group":"polres-metro-jakarta-timur-briefing"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use","own_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the photographs were edited and how many students were depicted; police say the chronology, the editing tool and the number of depicted students are still being established (the 15-16 September dates are the assault dates).","Whether any images were actually sold, to whom, and how widely the stickers circulated; the sale figure comes from a social-media post.","The injuries suffered by the student who was beaten; the reports describe the blows but not injuries or treatment.","Whether the depicted students have since filed a report, and whether any charge, diversion or school sanction has followed.","Which police unit holds the image case: three Kompas items quote 'Polres Metro Jaksel' while the first Kompas item, ANTARA and Media Indonesia say Polres Metro Jakarta Timur.","Who carried out the beating: the depicted students (Kompas.com, 23 September, quoting the spokesperson: 'korbannya banyak, (korban) kesel, akhirnya dipukullah') or their friends (ANTARA, 24 September: 'teman-teman para korban')."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is a state junior high school in East Jakarta (Kompas.com, ANTARA, Media Indonesia), in Pulogadung according to detik and VIVA; the assault locations are in Kayu Putih, Pulogadung (ANTARA); the depicted students are schoolmates there. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ID"],"affected_person_countries":["ID"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case involving minors: AI-edited indecent images of several junior-high students circulated as stickers, confirmed by the East Jakarta police spokesperson and reported by five Indonesian outlets that relay the same briefing (one chain; the sale figure is a social-media claim police call unverified), with the reported beating of the student who made the images recorded as a consequence. Claims are recorded as reported. No student, school or social-media account is named; the image content is not described beyond indecent.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-25"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The East Jakarta police spokesperson confirmed that the photographs were edited using artificial intelligence and made into stickers; the tool is not identified and police say the editing method is still being established. All outlets relay the police statements.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"East Jakarta: police confirm a grade-9 student at a state junior high school edited several female schoolmates' photographs with AI into indecent images that circulated as WhatsApp stickers; a social-media post said about 200 images were sold; the student was later beaten by schoolmates angry at the images (police statements differ on whether the depicted students or their friends did so) and both matters are under police investigation (Kompas, ANTARA, detik, VIVA, Media Indonesia, 23-24 September 2026)","summary":"On 23 September 2026 the spokesperson of the East Jakarta metropolitan police (Polres Metro Jakarta Timur) confirmed to reporters that a grade-9 student at a state junior high school in Pulogadung, East Jakarta, had edited photographs of several female schoolmates using artificial intelligence so that they appeared indecent, and that the edited images had been made into WhatsApp stickers; the police women-and-children protection unit is investigating. The case surfaced through a post on Threads which said about 200 edited photographs had been produced and sold to others; Kompas.com noted on 24 September that the sale allegation still rested only on that post, VIVA reported that police were still checking the claim that the images had been sold, and ANTARA reported on 23 September that police were still establishing the editing method, the recipients and the number of depicted students. As of 24 September the depicted students had not filed a report (detik and VIVA date the spokesperson's telephone remarks 'Kamis (22/9/2026)', a date that is internally inconsistent) and police appealed to them to do so. According to the parents' account relayed by police, on 15 and 16 September several people took the student who made the images to an empty house and then to a reservoir in Kayu Putih, punched him on the nose, ears and head, kicked his chest and stomach and threatened him with a bladed weapon; police attribute the beating to friends of the depicted students (ANTARA, detik, VIVA), while Kompas.com's 23 September report quotes the same spokesperson as saying the depicted students themselves beat him; he filed an assault report, which police are handling alongside the image case, and the school has held mediation with the students' parents. No student or school is named in the reports.","incidentDate":"2026-09-15","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-16","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-23","aiSystem":"AI image-editing tool used to alter photographs into indecent images; not identified in the police statements or the reports","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","physical_injury"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Several female junior-high students had their photographs edited with AI into indecent images that were made into WhatsApp stickers and, according to a social-media post relayed by the outlets, sold; police confirm the editing and the stickers and are investigating it as alleged sexual harassment ('dugaan pelecehan seksual') through the women-and-children protection unit. The student who made the images was, according to his parents' report relayed by police, beaten on two days by schoolmates angry at the images (the depicted students per Kompas.com, their friends per ANTARA, detik and VIVA) (punched and kicked on the head, chest and stomach and threatened with a bladed weapon); the injuries are not described. Both harms are reported through the police spokesperson.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Counted: the grade-9 student who made the images, reported by police to have been beaten on 15 and 16 September (one person). Not counted: the depicted female students, described as 'beberapa siswi' (several) and 'sejumlah siswi' by police and the outlets; police say the number of depicted students is still being established, and the 'about 200' figure refers to photographs in a social-media post, not to people. Status partial: one counted person plus an unquantified number of depicted students. He is counted as a participant user because he used the AI tool; his reported harm followed from that use.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"ID","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2026/09/23/15472151/siswa-smp-di-jaktim-diduga-edit-foto-sejumlah-siswi-dengan-ai-jadi-konten","primarySourceLabel":"Kompas.com, 23 September 2026: Siswa SMP di Jaktim Diduga Edit Foto Sejumlah Siswi dengan AI Jadi Konten Dewasa","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-25T03:54:25.193666+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:41.38713+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","minors","school","indonesia","jakarta","whatsapp-stickers","assault","police-investigation","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2025-ringsted-hammer-assault-ai-planning","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Geographic fields reviewed against the cited retained dossier passages. This is a metadata review, not a new source or causal review. Residence, event setting and court are recorded separately. Affected-person countries refer to reported location or residence, not citizenship or a complete residence history.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"in a car park in Ringsted, Denmark","location":"summary","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["DK"]},{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"Roskilde District Court","location":"outcome_details","supports":["court_countries"],"countries":["DK"]}],"court_countries":["DK"],"event_countries":["DK"],"affected_person_countries":["DK"]},"unresolved":["Source languages remain unreviewed; no source body was newly inspected for this record during this metadata pass."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-15","source_reviews":[]},"name":"Ringsted rubber-hammer assault planned with an AI chatbot (Denmark)","summary":"On 5 February 2025 a 22-year-old man struck his former father-in-law, 56, twice in the head with a rubber hammer in a car park in Ringsted, Denmark. Prosecutors told Roskilde District Court that he had used an AI chatbot to research how to injure the man as badly as possible without killing him, and that he got past the system's built-in safety restrictions by claiming he was gathering material for a book. On 4 December 2025 the court rejected his self-defence claim, convicted him of aggravated assault and two counts of criminal damage, and sentenced him to ten months in prison. No source names the AI system.","incidentDate":"2025-02-05","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-12-04","aiSystem":"AI chatbot (unspecified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":["third_party_harm_facilitation"],"harmOutcomes":["physical_injury","harm_to_others"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The 56-year-old victim was struck twice in the head with a rubber hammer in a car park. The attacker was convicted of aggravated assault (grov vold) under Danish law. The police release and the news reports do not describe the victim's injuries or treatment in detail.","frameworkFacets":["P1d","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The police and court reporting document one convicted AI participant and one person struck in the head.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"DK","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://politi.dk/midt-og-vestsjaellands-politi/nyhedsliste/doemt-for-vold-med-hammer/2025/12/04","primarySourceLabel":"Midt- og Vestsjaellands Politi (Danish police) press release: 'Doemt for vold med hammer' (Convicted of violence with a hammer)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-05T11:55:10.101124+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:14.283693+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["criminal","violence","harm-to-others","guardrail-bypass","unnamed-chatbot","denmark","eu","adult"]},{"id":"2025-taka-chatgpt-psychosis-japan","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Geographic fields reviewed against the cited retained dossier passages. This is a metadata review, not a new source or causal review. Residence, event setting and court are recorded separately. Affected-person countries refer to reported location or residence, not citizenship or a complete residence history.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"in a Tokyo Station toilet","location":"summary","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["JP"]}],"court_countries":[],"event_countries":["JP"],"affected_person_countries":["JP"]},"unresolved":["No court country established in this review. 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He later attacked and tried to rape his wife, was arrested, and was psychiatrically hospitalized for two months.","incidentDate":"2025-06-15","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2026-05-03","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":["delusion_reinforcement","crisis_response","third_party_harm_facilitation"],"harmOutcomes":["hospitalization","psychiatric_deterioration","harm_to_others","legal_harm","loss_of_liberty","relationship_disruption"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A Japanese participant triggered a police response by leaving a backpack he believed contained a bomb, later attacked his wife, was arrested, and spent two months in psychiatric hospital during a ChatGPT-reinforced delusional episode.","frameworkFacets":["P1a","P1c","P1d","P3a","P3b","P3d","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"both","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The reporting documents one hospitalized and arrested AI participant and one spouse who was physically and sexually assaulted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"JP","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c242pzr1zp2o","primarySourceLabel":"BBC News investigation","firstPublishedAt":"2026-08-10T02:55:27.759114+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:17.559139+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["chatgpt","openai","psychosis","delusion","adult","violence","japan"]},{"id":"2026-doe-v-openai-stalking","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Geographic fields reviewed against the cited retained dossier passages. This is a metadata review, not a new source or causal review. Residence, event setting and court are recorded separately. Affected-person countries refer to reported location or residence, not citizenship or a complete residence history.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"California","location":"victim_description","supports":["affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]}],"court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"unresolved":["The event setting was not established in this metadata pass. A person’s home country alone was not used as its location.","No court country established in this review. Regulatory authorities and police locations are not automatically courts.","Source languages remain unreviewed; no source body was newly inspected for this record during this metadata pass."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-15","source_reviews":[]},"name":"Doe v. OpenAI (ChatGPT-Fueled Stalking and Bomb Threats)","summary":"A 53-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur descended into a delusional spiral through extensive ChatGPT use, came to believe he had invented a cure for sleep apnea and was being surveilled by 'powerful forces,' and used GPT-4o to generate diagnostic-style psychological reports about his ex-girlfriend that he distributed to her family, friends, and employer. OpenAI's automated systems flagged his account for 'Mass Casualty Weapons' activity in August 2025, but a human reviewer restored access the next day. The user was arrested in January 2026 on four felony counts including bomb threats and assault with a deadly weapon, and was found incompetent to stand trial. The victim ('Jane Doe') filed suit against OpenAI on April 9, 2026.","incidentDate":"2025-07-15","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2026-04-09","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":["third_party_harm_facilitation","delusion_reinforcement","psychological_manipulation","crisis_response"],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","reputational_harm","exploitation_or_abuse","harm_to_others","legal_harm","loss_of_liberty","psychiatric_deterioration"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A participant distributed AI-generated diagnostic claims about his former partner, was later arrested for alleged bomb threats and assault, and was found incompetent to stand trial. The former partner sued over the resulting stalking and abuse.","frameworkFacets":["P1a","P1c","P1d","P3a","P3b","P3d","P5b","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"both","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The complaint and criminal record document one AI participant's psychiatric and legal harms and one former partner's stalking, reputational, and psychological harms.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-CA","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"lawsuit_filed","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/stalking-victim-sues-openai-claims-chatgpt-fueled-her-abusers-delusions-and-ignored-her-warnings/","primarySourceLabel":"TechCrunch — Stalking victim sues OpenAI","firstPublishedAt":"2026-04-28T13:00:08.422853+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:35.716614+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["lawsuit","chatgpt","openai","stalking","harassment","bomb-threats","third-party-harm","delusion","us","california","edelson"]}]}