{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-02T07:19:03.626Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"betting-site","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"contextual","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":0,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":1,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":1,"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":"2024-niteroi-court-orders-google-to-pay-damages-after-its-ai-named-businessman-as-owner-of-betting-site","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'resta incontroverso nos autos que a inteligência artificial da ré apontou em pesquisas que o autor é o proprietário de uma plataforma de jogos de azar, denominada “7 games”. No entanto, o autor não possui qualquer ligação com a empresa, o que se comprova no quadro social da empresa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'após sua inteligência artificial vincular, de forma equivocada, o nome do empresário'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The court found it undisputed that the defendant's artificial intelligence pointed to the plaintiff in searches as the owner of a gambling platform called 7 Games, with which he had no connection, as the company's register of partners showed.","causal_attribution":"The court's finding in the sentence."},{"id":"c2","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'as informações inverídicas fornecidas pela plataforma da ré, inverossímeis, são de responsabilidade da ré e causaram danos ao autor, que recebeu ameaças por e-mail de consumidores das plataformas de apostas'; 'é evidente que a falha da empresa ré comprometeu a reputação do autor, visto que ele vem sendo responsabilizado por golpes aplicados na plataforma de apostas, além das ameaças recebidas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Vale ressaltar, ainda, que a informação passada foi indicada pela plataforma da empresa ré, ou seja, entende-se que foi a ré a responsável pela transmissão, não ocorrendo uma indicação de link como ocorre no Google Search'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The court found that the false information was Google's responsibility because its own platform transmitted it, rather than a linked page as in ordinary search, and that it damaged his reputation: he was being blamed for scams on the betting platform and had received threats by email from its customers.","causal_attribution":"The court's findings on causation and harm."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'alegando as preliminares de perda de objeto e ilegitimidade passiva. Afirma que não hospedam o material apontado em seus resultados, portanto, não tem poder para excluir o conteúdo da internet. Pontua, ainda, que a ferramenta apenas organiza as páginas já disponíveis na internet.'; 'é evidente que a parte ré é legítima, visto que o alegado dano é proveniente da inteligência artificial da empresa ré.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Google argued that it does not host the material shown in its results and only organises pages already available on the internet, and raised loss of object and lack of standing; the court rejected the preliminary objections.","causal_attribution":"Google's defence as the sentence records it, and the court's ruling on it."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Confirmo a tutela antecipada, deferida em decisão de id 147485068'; 'Condeno a parte ré ao pagamento de R$20.000,00 (vinte mil reais), a título de compensação por danos morais'; 'NITERÓI, 12 de maio de 2025.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sentence, dated 12 May 2025, confirmed the earlier injunction and ordered Google to pay R$20,000 in moral damages, plus costs and fees.","causal_attribution":"The operative part of the sentence."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'condenou o Google a indenizar um empresário em R$ 20 mil devido a um erro do Gemini, a ferramenta de inteligência artificial da plataforma'; 'A partir dessa entrevista, a ferramenta de IA do Google passou a associá-lo de forma equivocada ao site 7Games.'; 'em agosto do ano passado, concedeu uma entrevista recomendando sete games aos leitores'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Conjur identifies the tool as Gemini and reports that the AI began associating the businessman with the 7Games site after an interview he gave in August of the previous year (2024, counting from the article's date of 6 June 2025) in which he recommended seven games to readers.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's account; the sentence names no product and does not mention the interview."}],"effects":[{"label":"falsely named by Google's AI as owner of a betting site, blamed for its scams and threatened by email","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.conjur.com.br/2025-jun-06/google-tera-de-indenizar-empresario-apos-ia-associa-lo-a-site-de-apostas/","kind":"news_article","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-11-02; translation by the research agent, an AI. Legal-news report of the sentence; it adds the product name Gemini and the interview background, which the sentence does not contain.","independence_group":"niteroi-5th-civil-court-sentence-0837991"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.migalhas.com.br/quentes/432111/juiz-condena-google-por-ia-associar-empresario-a-site-de-apostas","kind":"news_article","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-11-02; translation by the research agent, an AI. Legal-news report of the same sentence, linking to it.","independence_group":"niteroi-5th-civil-court-sentence-0837991"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.migalhas.com.br/arquivos/2025/6/DE1EA59756D0E8_%C2%B7ProcessoJudicialEletronico.pdf","kind":"court_document","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Sentence PDF published by Migalhas (a print of the TJRJ PJe public consultation page, three pages), read in full in Portuguese on 2026-11-02; translation by the research agent, an AI.","independence_group":"niteroi-5th-civil-court-sentence-0837991"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which Google AI product produced the answer: Conjur says Gemini, Migalhas and the sentence say only Google's artificial intelligence.","When in 2024 the false association first appeared: Conjur dates the interview that preceded it to August of the previous year and the injunction to October, without a year; the case number shows the suit was filed in 2024.","Whether Google appealed and whether the sentence became final."],"geography":{"basis":"The 5th Civil Court of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, decided the case against Google Brasil. The sources do not say where the false answers were shown or where the businessman lives.","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published on the first-instance sentence itself, read in full, which finds that Google's AI falsely named the businessman as owner of a betting site and that this damaged his reputation and led to threats, and awards damages. Contextual relation; the case adds a merits judgment awarding civil damages for an AI-generated false claim about a person.","reviewed_on":"2026-11-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The sentence finds it undisputed that Google's artificial intelligence named the plaintiff in searches as owner of the 7 Games betting platform, a false statement generated and transmitted by Google's own platform rather than a linked page, and connects it to the reputational harm, the blame for the platform's scams and the email threats he received. The product name Gemini comes from Conjur only.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Brazilian court orders Google to pay R$20,000 after its AI falsely named a businessman as owner of a betting site, leaving him blamed for its scams","summary":"A civil court in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, ordered Google Brasil to pay a businessman R$20,000 in moral damages in a sentence dated 12 May 2025. The judge found it undisputed that the company's artificial intelligence had pointed to him in searches as the owner of a gambling platform called 7 Games, with which he had no connection, as the company register showed. The court found that the false information damaged his reputation: he was being held responsible for scams on the betting platform and received threats by email from its customers. The court had earlier granted an injunction to remove the association, and the sentence confirmed it. Google argued that it does not host the material shown in its results and only organises pages available on the web; the judge held Google responsible because the information came from its own platform rather than from a linked page. Conjur, a legal-news site, identifies the tool as Gemini and reports that the association began after an interview in which he recommended seven games; the sentence names no product. Whether Google appealed is not reported.","incidentDate":"2024-01-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-06-06","aiSystem":"Google's artificial intelligence tool in search, identified by Conjur as Gemini; the sentence refers only to the defendant's artificial intelligence","aiProduct":"Gemini (reported)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The court found that Google's AI falsely named the businessman as owner of a betting site, that this damaged his reputation, that he was being blamed for scams on the platform and that he received threats by email from its customers.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"established","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the businessman whom the AI named as owner of the betting site. People who saw the answer are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"lawsuit_filed","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.conjur.com.br/2025-jun-06/google-tera-de-indenizar-empresario-apos-ia-associa-lo-a-site-de-apostas/","primarySourceLabel":"Conjur, Google terá de indenizar empresário após IA associá-lo a site de apostas, 6 June 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-11-02T03:07:50.827824+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T03:07:50.827824+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-false-claim-about-person","betting-site","civil-damages","google","court-judgment"]}]}