{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-01T08:24:19.839Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"baccalaureate","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"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":"2026-algiers-court-jails-baccalaureate-candidate-and-sister-after-prosecutor-says-she-answered-exam-questions-with-chatgpt","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"les faits remontent au 7 juin 2026; Le candidat utilisait son téléphone portable pour photographier les sujets d’examen avant de les transmettre à sa sœur","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"تم بتاريخ 2026/06/07 إخطار مصالح الفرقة الإقليمية للدرك الوطني; وهو يقوم بتصوير الأسئلة باستعمال هاتفه النقال ثم يرسلها إلى شقيقته المتهمة","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the Cheraga prosecutor's statement, on 7 June 2026 an exam supervisor caught a free (external) baccalaureate candidate photographing the exam questions with his phone and sending them by WhatsApp to his sister.","causal_attribution":"One origin: the Cheraga prosecutor's press statement, relayed by two outlets."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"la sœur du candidat recevait les sujets et utilisait l’application d’intelligence artificielle ChatGPT pour obtenir des réponses aux questions posées. Ces réponses étaient ensuite envoyées au candidat par le biais de WhatsApp afin qu’il les exploite durant l’épreuve.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"هذه الأخيرة تتولى الإجابة عليها بالاستعانة بتطبيق الذكاء الاصطناعي “تشات جي بي تي”. ثم تعيد إرسالها إليه عبر تطبيق واتساب","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"تتولى الإجابة عليها بالاستعانة بتطبيق الذكاء الاصطناعي “تشات جي بي تي” ثم تعيد إرسالها إليه عبر تطبيق واتساب","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The prosecutor's statement says the sister obtained answers to the questions from the AI application ChatGPT and sent them back to him by WhatsApp for use during the exam.","causal_attribution":"The ChatGPT use is the prosecutor's account (investigating and prosecuting authority); all three outlets repeat that statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Chacun a été condamné à une peine de quatre ans d’emprisonnement ferme assortie d’une amende de 200 000 dinars. La juridiction a également ordonné leur placement immédiat en détention à l’audience","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"حيث تم إدانة كل متهم بأربع سنوات حبسا نافذا وغرامة مالية قدرها 200.000 دج; طبقا لنص المادة 253 مكرر 6 ومكرر 7 من قانون العقوبات","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"تم إدانة شخصين بأربع سنوات حبسا نافذا وغرامة مالية قدرها 200.000 دج, إثر وقائع غش في امتحان شهادة البكالوريا, حسب ما أفاد به اليوم الثلاثاء بيان لنيابة الجمهورية لدى محكمة الشراقة","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The Cheraga court convicted both of leaking exam questions and answers by remote communication (Penal Code articles 253 bis 6 and 7), sentenced each to four years' imprisonment and a 200,000-dinar fine, and ordered them detained at the hearing.","causal_attribution":"The conviction and sentence come from the prosecutor's statement relayed by three outlets; the judgment itself was not read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"بعد استئناف المتهمين الحكم الصادر عن محكمة الشراقة في 9 جوان المنقضي; من المرتقب أن يمثل أمام الغرفة الجزائية العاشرة لدى مجلس قضاء الجزائر اليوم الثلاثاء","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"إلتمس النائب العام بالغرفة الجزائية العاشرة لدى مجلس قضاء الجزائر تشديد العقوبة لمتّهمين إثنين موقوفين","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Both appealed; at the appeal hearing before the Algiers court, which Ennahar said was scheduled for 21 July 2026, the prosecutor-general asked for the sentences to be increased.","causal_attribution":"Court reporting by one outlet (two articles by the same reporter); no appeal ruling was found."}],"effects":[{"label":"Convicted and jailed for four years after ChatGPT answers were relayed into a baccalaureate exam","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://lecourrier-dalgerie.com/fraude-au-bac-un-candidat-et-sa-soeur-condamnes-a-alger/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read in French on 2026-11-01 (HTTP 200, dated 11 June 2026); translated by the research agent (an AI). Reports the Cheraga prosecutor's communique and the judgment.","independence_group":"cheraga-prosecutor-statement-june-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.ennaharonline.com/%D8%B4%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%8F%D8%AA%D9%91%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B4-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A7/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ar","translation_note":"Read in Arabic on 2026-11-01 (HTTP 200, bylined, dated 21 July 2026); translated by the research agent (an AI). Quotes the prosecutor's press statement and reports the scheduled appeal hearing.","independence_group":"cheraga-prosecutor-statement-june-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.ennaharonline.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AD-%D8%AD/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ar","translation_note":"Read in Arabic on 2026-11-01 (HTTP 200, bylined, dated 22 July 2026); translated by the research agent (an AI). Reports the appeal hearing; its account of the facts repeats the prosecutor's statement.","independence_group":"ennahar-algiers-appeal-hearing-july-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.aps.dz/algerie/actualite-nationale/mq74bf6w-","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ar","translation_note":"Read in Arabic on 2026-11-01 (HTTP 200, Algeria Press Service, dated 9 June 2026); translated by the research agent (an AI). Short dispatch of the prosecutor's statement on the conviction; it does not mention ChatGPT.","independence_group":"cheraga-prosecutor-statement-june-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["education","justice"],"unknowns":["What ChatGPT answered and whether the answers were correct","Where the sister was when she used ChatGPT","The siblings' ages","The outcome of the appeal heard in July 2026","Whether the candidate's exam results were annulled or other exam sanctions applied"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the exam centre was in Algiers province and the gendarmerie, prosecutor and court were in Algiers (s1, s2, s4). The sources do not say where the sister was when she used ChatGPT or where the two live. Court: the Cheraga court and the Algiers appeal court (s1, s3).","court_countries":["DZ"],"event_countries":["DZ"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported prosecution: the Cheraga prosecutor states that a baccalaureate candidate's sister answered his exam questions with ChatGPT and relayed them to him, and both were convicted and jailed for four years; the ChatGPT use rests on the prosecutor's statement and the judgment was not read.","reviewed_on":"2026-11-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"According to the Cheraga prosecutor's statement, the sister put the photographed exam questions to ChatGPT, obtained answers from it and sent them to the candidate during the exam (s1, s2, s3); the conviction for leaking exam answers by remote communication followed. The sources quote no ChatGPT answer.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Algiers court jails a baccalaureate candidate and his sister for four years; prosecutor says she answered his exam questions with ChatGPT","summary":"The prosecutor at the Cheraga court in Algiers said that on 7 June 2026 an exam supervisor caught a free baccalaureate candidate photographing the exam questions and sending them by WhatsApp to his sister, who obtained answers from ChatGPT and sent them back for him to use. The court convicted both of leaking exam questions and answers by remote communication, sentenced each to four years' imprisonment and a 200,000-dinar fine, and had them detained at the hearing. Both appealed, and at the Algiers appeal hearing, which Ennahar said was scheduled for 21 July 2026, the prosecutor-general asked for heavier sentences (Ennahar, 22 July); no appeal ruling was found by 1 November 2026.","incidentDate":"2026-06-07","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-06-09","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, used by the candidate's sister to obtain answers to baccalaureate exam questions, according to the prosecutor's statement","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm","loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the prosecutor's statement, the candidate and his sister were convicted, sentenced to four years' imprisonment and fined after she answered his exam questions with ChatGPT; they were detained at the hearing and their appeal was pending.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people were convicted: the sister, who used ChatGPT (participant user), and the candidate, who received the answers (other person harmed).","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"DZ","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://lecourrier-dalgerie.com/fraude-au-bac-un-candidat-et-sa-soeur-condamnes-a-alger/","primarySourceLabel":"Le Courrier d'Algérie, 11 June 2026: Baccalaureate fraud, a candidate and his sister convicted in Algiers","firstPublishedAt":"2026-11-01T03:20:10.578007+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-11-01T03:20:10.578007+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","exam-cheating","baccalaureate","criminal-conviction","prison-sentence","algeria"]}]}