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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-oxfordshire-gp-practice-patients-say-ai-phone-triage-could-not-help-or-misread-call-reason","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'began using the AI Andi triage system in July, with all calls made to the surgery passing through the bot'; 'All calls to the surgery go through the AI system, which can then pass them onto a human receptionist'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'began using the AI Andi triage system in July, with all calls made to the surgery passing through the bot'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Newbury Street Practice in Wantage began using the AI Andi triage system in July 2026, and all calls to the surgery pass through it; the system can pass calls on to a human receptionist.","causal_attribution":"Practice arrangement as reported by the LDRS; not disputed by the practice."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'She said she had been waiting in a phone queue for 20 minutes, after which \"he decided he couldn't help me\".'; 'the AI bot \"puts you off ever bothering\" contacting the practice'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'She said she had been waiting in a phone queue for 20 minutes, after which \"he decided he couldn't help me\".'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"One patient says she waited in the phone queue for 20 minutes, after which the AI system decided it could not help her, and that the system is a wall that puts patients off contacting the practice.","causal_attribution":"Patient's own account to the reporter; the system's reasons and the date of the call are not reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'who said she was left \"frustrated\" after the AI system thought she was \"calling about pregnancy\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'who said she was left \"frustrated\" after the AI system thought she was \"calling about pregnancy\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Another patient says she was left frustrated after the AI system took her call to be about pregnancy.","causal_attribution":"Patient's own account; the system's classification is known only from her description."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'it was now giving patients the option to speak to a human receptionist instead of AI'; 'feedback on the AI tool had been \"79% positive\"'; 'particularly those less confident with technology, have found the change harder'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'feedback on the AI tool had been \"79% positive\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A practice spokesperson said most feedback had been positive (79% in the first month), that some patients less confident with technology had found the change harder, and that patients are now offered the option to speak to a human receptionist.","causal_attribution":"Practice statement; the basis of the 79% figure is not described."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Local MP Olly Glover recently contributed to the debate, after being contacted by residents in his Didcot and Wantage constituency.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The local MP said residents had contacted him about the system and that he had been in touch with the practice.","causal_attribution":"MP's statement as reported; the number of residents is not given."}],"effects":[{"label":"patients left waiting without help or misdirected by the AI phone triage system, describing frustration and a barrier to care (patients' accounts)","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmglwe2kel7no","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17 (HTTP 200); no translation. Written by the Local Democracy Reporting Service and published by BBC News on 14 October 2026 (updated 15 October).","independence_group":"ldrs-wantage-gp-ai-receptionist"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/patients-frustration-gp-surgerys-ai-144053050.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17 (HTTP 200); no translation. Yahoo News syndication of the same BBC/LDRS article, so it shares the original's source group and adds no independent support.","independence_group":"ldrs-wantage-gp-ai-receptionist"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["health","public_services"],"unknowns":["The dates of the two patients' calls and whether either later reached a clinician.","How many other patients had similar experiences; the practice reports no complaint count.","Why the system could not help the first patient and how it classified the second patient's call.","When the option to speak to a human receptionist was introduced."],"geography":{"basis":"The report places the practice in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, and the calls were made to that practice by its patients.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["GB"],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as patients' attributed accounts, reported by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, of an AI phone triage system's own responses (declining to help after a 20-minute wait, misreading a call as about pregnancy) and the frustration and access barrier they describe. The practice's statement that most feedback was positive and its change to offer a human receptionist are recorded.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-17"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The practice confirms that all calls pass through the AI Andi triage system. The patients describe the system's own responses to them: after a 20-minute queue it decided it could not help one patient, and it took another patient's call to be about pregnancy. The patients connect these responses to their frustration and to the system acting as a wall to care. Whether either patient later reached a clinician, and the system's internal reasons, are not reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Oxfordshire GP practice patients say its AI phone triage left them without help or misread why they called; practice reports mostly positive feedback","summary":"Newbury Street Practice, a GP surgery in Wantage, Oxfordshire, began routing every incoming call through the AI Andi triage system in July 2026. In a Local Democracy Reporting Service article published by BBC News on 14 October 2026, one patient says she waited in the phone queue for 20 minutes before the AI system decided it could not help her, and described the system as a wall that puts patients off contacting the practice. Another patient says she was left frustrated when the system took her call to be about pregnancy. A practice spokesperson said most feedback had been positive (79% in the first month), that some patients less confident with technology had found the change harder, and that patients are now offered the option of speaking to a human receptionist. The local MP said residents had contacted him about the system.","incidentDate":"2026-07-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-10-14","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-14","aiSystem":"AI Andi, an AI telephone triage and receptionist system through which all calls to Newbury Street Practice, Wantage, pass and which can hand calls on to a human receptionist","aiProduct":"AI Andi","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two patients say the practice's AI phone triage system left one waiting 20 minutes before deciding it could not help and misread the other's reason for calling, leaving them frustrated and describing it as a barrier to care (patients' accounts; the practice reports mostly positive feedback).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":2,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Two patients counted: the one who waited 20 minutes before the system decided it could not help, and the one whose call the system took to be about pregnancy; both dealt with the system directly. The report says other patients raised concerns and the practice says some patients found the change harder, but gives no number; a third patient's opinion about cost-cutting is not counted as harm.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmglwe2kel7no","primarySourceLabel":"BBC News (Local Democracy Reporting Service), 14 Oct 2026: patients frustrated by Wantage GP surgery's AI receptionist","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-17T03:07:47.328581+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T03:07:47.328581+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["gp-practice","phone-triage","ai-receptionist","healthcare-access","nhs"]},{"id":"2026-colorado-state-senator-ai-deepfake-video-ballot-measure-ad-disclosure-complaint","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'The organization released a deepfake video depicting Kipp as a grocery store clerk who keeps a customer' and 'the AI-generated version of Kipp says in the deepfake'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'whether a video from a libertarian think tank generated with artificial intelligence violates a state law' and 'Kipp is portrayed as a grocery store clerk refusing to give a customer their change, saying in a harsh tone that management decided to keep all change in order to fund education.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Independence Institute posted a video, generated with AI, in which a likeness of state Sen. Cathy Kipp appears as a grocery store clerk who keeps a customer's change and says it is to help educate children.","causal_attribution":"The AI generation of the likeness is described by both outlets and is not disputed by the institute."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'She filed a campaign finance complaint alleging the video violates a state law that bars deepfakes of candidates or current lawmakers unless they have a disclosure'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'filed a complaint with the office on Aug. 5 against the Independence Institute' and 'It is the first complaint \"filed within the statutory timeframe required for consideration,\" according to Jack Todd, a spokesperson for the secretary of state'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Kipp filed a campaign finance complaint with the Colorado Secretary of State's office alleging that the video violates a state law requiring disclosure on deepfakes of candidates and officeholders.","causal_attribution":"The complaint is documented by both outlets; whether the video violates the law is disputed and unresolved."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'filed a complaint with the office on Aug. 5 against the Independence Institute' and 'The Secretary of State' and 'decided to investigate the allegations on Aug. 19 and has a deadline of Sept. 18.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The complaint was filed on 5 August 2026 and the Secretary of State's office decided on 19 August to investigate, with a deadline of 18 September.","causal_attribution":"Procedural dates rest on Colorado Newsline alone."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'it is disturbing and wrong to use a deepfake, AI-generated video of someone without their consent,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'We should not allow the rampant misuse of AI and the spread of false information to become normalized in our elections.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Kipp said it is disturbing and wrong to use a deepfake, AI-generated video of someone without their consent, and that the misuse of AI and the spread of false information should not be normalised in elections.","causal_attribution":"Her own statement; it describes her objection to the depiction and does not establish any further consequence."},{"id":"c5","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'The Independence Institute disclaimer is not only smaller, it says simply, \"AI generated content because who gets a human cashier these days?\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'There is a small disclosure visible for about three seconds that reads, \"AI generated content because who gets a human cashier these days?\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The video displayed only a small line reading \"AI generated content because who gets a human cashier these days?\" rather than the statutory disclosure wording.","causal_attribution":"Both outlets describe the on-screen text; whether it meets the statute is the disputed legal question."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He says the video is also satire, which the law exempts.' and 'Caldara says the law applies to content concerning candidates and the content in his video is regarding a ballot initiative.' and 'a violation of the First Amendment.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'He filed a motion to dismiss Kipp' and 'He plans to sue Kipp and the state for his attorney fees.' and 'But he says the ad is obviously satire and parody.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Independence Institute says the video is satire, which the law exempts, that the law applies to candidates rather than ballot measures, and that applying it would violate the First Amendment; its lawyer filed a motion to dismiss and said he plans to sue Kipp and the state for attorney fees.","causal_attribution":"The institute's position and its lawyer's statements, reported by CBS Colorado."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'But the state elections division has a different take. It says satire and parody are \"grounded in humor.\" The deepfake, they say, isn' and 'comic relief but political advocacy.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The state elections division says the video is political advocacy rather than satire or parody.","causal_attribution":"The elections division position as reported by CBS Colorado; no ruling is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"a state senator was depicted without her consent in an AI-generated political video saying and doing things she did not say or do","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"she filed a campaign finance complaint over the video, which the institute contests","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/deepfake-video-colorado-state-lawmaker-complaint/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 from the CBS Colorado syndicated copy on the MSN content API (assets.msn.com, provider CBS Colorado, same title, author and text); the cbsnews.com page returned HTTP 406 to the fetcher. No translation was needed and no human reviewer inspected the text.","independence_group":"cbs-colorado-kipp-deepfake"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/colorado-sen-cathy-kipp-submits-203651449.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 on the Yahoo News syndicated copy of the Colorado Newsline article (coloradonewsline.com returned HTTP 403 to the fetcher). No translation was needed and no human reviewer inspected the text.","independence_group":"colorado-newsline-kipp-deepfake"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/deepfake-ad-colorado-state-senator-prompts-court-case/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 from the CBS Colorado syndicated copy on the MSN content API (assets.msn.com, provider CBS Colorado, same title, author and text); the cbsnews.com page returned HTTP 406 to the fetcher. No translation was needed and no human reviewer inspected the text.","independence_group":"cbs-colorado-kipp-deepfake"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["elections","public_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool produced the video, and the date it was first posted (the reports place it after the April 2026 Senate floor remarks and before the 5 August complaint).","Whether the Secretary of State's office or any court has ruled on the complaint or on the motion to dismiss.","How many people viewed the video or took it for genuine footage; no report measures viewers' understanding."],"geography":{"basis":"The video concerns a Colorado ballot measure and a Colorado state senator, and the complaint was filed with the Colorado Secretary of State's office, per both outlets. The proceeding reported is an administrative campaign finance complaint, so no court country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as an impersonation case involving a public official: an AI-generated likeness of a Colorado state senator was used in a political video she did not consent to, and she filed a complaint under the state deepfake disclosure law that the Secretary of State's office is investigating. Two reporting chains were read (CBS Colorado, two reports by the same reporter, and Colorado Newsline). The AI generation of the likeness is undisputed; whether it deceives viewers or breaks the law is disputed and recorded as such.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"CBS Colorado and Colorado Newsline both describe the video as generated with artificial intelligence: CBS reports that it shows \"an AI-generated deepfake of Kipp as a store clerk\" and quotes the line \"the AI-generated version of Kipp says\", and Newsline describes \"a video from a libertarian think tank generated with artificial intelligence\" in which Kipp is portrayed as a clerk refusing to give a customer change. The video itself carried the text \"AI generated content\". The generated likeness is the harm the senator complains of: she says it is wrong to use \"a deepfake, AI-generated video of someone without their consent\". The tool is not named. The institute does not dispute that the video is AI-generated; it disputes that it is deceptive.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Colorado: state senator files complaint over think tank's AI deepfake video depicting her as a cashier keeping change; group calls it satire","summary":"The Independence Institute, a libertarian-leaning Colorado think tank opposing Proposition NN on the November 2026 ballot, posted a video on its social media accounts in which an AI-generated likeness of Democratic state Sen. Cathy Kipp, who sponsored the bill that referred the measure to voters, appears as a grocery store clerk who keeps a customer's change and says it will help educate children. CBS Colorado reported that the institute made the video in response to remarks Kipp made on the Senate floor in April 2026. Kipp filed a campaign finance complaint with the Colorado Secretary of State's office on 5 August 2026, according to Colorado Newsline, alleging that the video lacked the disclosure a 2024 state law requires on deepfakes of candidates and officeholders; the video carried only a small line reading \"AI generated content because who gets a human cashier these days?\". Kipp said it was \"disturbing and wrong to use a deepfake, AI-generated video of someone without their consent\". The office decided on 19 August to investigate; a spokesperson said it was the first complaint filed within the statutory timeframe for consideration. The institute says the video is satire, which the law exempts, that the law covers candidates rather than ballot measures, and that applying it would violate the First Amendment. CBS Colorado reported on 9 October 2026 that the institute's lawyer had filed a motion to dismiss and planned to sue Kipp and the state for attorney fees, and that the state elections division disputed the satire defence. No decision is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-21","aiSystem":"Unnamed generative AI tool used by the Independence Institute to produce a video depicting the senator; the video carried the on-screen text \"AI generated content\". No tool is named in the inspected reports.","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to her complaint and statements reported by CBS Colorado and Colorado Newsline, the senator was depicted without her consent in an AI-generated political video showing her saying and doing things she did not say or do, which she called a misuse of AI and the spread of false information in an election. The institute disputes that the video is deceptive and calls it obvious satire. No other harm is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"disputed","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the senator depicted in the AI-generated video, who filed the complaint. Viewers of the video, voters and the institute are not counted as harmed persons.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-CO","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/deepfake-video-colorado-state-lawmaker-complaint/","primarySourceLabel":"CBS Colorado, 21 August 2026: Colorado state lawmaker files complaint over a deepfake video with Secretary of State's Office","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:25:23.152269+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:27:57.312914+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-video","election","ballot-measure","colorado","public-figure","depicted"]},{"id":"2026-polish-tatras-lithuanian-hikers-ai-suggested-shortcut-stranded-helicopter-evacuation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Jak poinformował ratownik dyżurny TOPR, chcąc skrócić drogę do Doliny Pięciu Stawów Polskich, turyści skorzystali z podpowiedzi sztucznej inteligencji.'; 'AI wskazała im przejście Świnicką Ławką. Przez to znaleźli się w trudnym terenie wspinaczkowym'; 'ewakuacja dwojga turystów z Litwy, którzy utknęli pod Niebieską Turnią'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'turyści skorzystali z podpowiedzi sztucznej inteligencji, która wskazała im przejście przez Świnicką Ławkę. W efekcie trafili w trudny teren wspinaczkowy.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'W pewnym momencie zboczyli ze szlaku i utknęli w ścianie skalnej w okolicach Niebieskiej Turni.'; 'Doprowadziło to ich do sytuacji, gdzie pojawili się w bardzo trudnym, eksponowanym, taternickim terenie.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Jednocześnie z rejonu Świnicy zatelefonowała do centrali TOPR dwójka Litwinów, którzy zapchali się w północną ścianę.'; 'Utknęli pod Niebieską Turnią w terenie wspinaczkowym.'; 'Jak się okazało chcieli skrócić sobie drogę do Pięciu Stawów korzystając z porad czatu GPT (!), który wskazał im przejście Świnicką Ławką.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"In early July 2026 two tourists from Lithuania, trying to shorten their route to the Valley of Five Polish Lakes, used suggestions from an artificial-intelligence assistant that pointed them across Świnicka Ławka, and they became stuck in difficult climbing terrain below Niebieska Turnia in the Polish Tatras.","causal_attribution":"The account is TOPR's, published in its own report of 10 July 2026 and relayed by PAP (RMF24, Onet) and TVN24 (one origin), so the claim is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ostatecznie zostali ewakuowani śmigłowcem'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Ostatecznie zostali ewakuowani przy użyciu śmigłowca.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ratownicy polecieli po nich śmigłowcem i przetransportowali do Zakopanego.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Wszyscy zostali bezpiecznie ewakuowani śmigłowcem.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"TOPR evacuated the two hikers by helicopter; TVN24's reporter said they were flown to Zakopane.","causal_attribution":"TOPR's own description of its action in its 10 July 2026 report, relayed by three outlets from the same statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Publikacja: Piątek, 10 lipca 2026'; 'Na początku wakacji ratownicy TOPR mieli ręce pełne roboty.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Doszło do niej na początku lipca, ale TOPR podzielił się szczegółami akcji dopiero teraz.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'The rescue service received the emergency call on the afternoon of July 4.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Pierwszy tydzień lipca był wyjątkowo pracowity dla TOPR-u'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'4 lipca'; '16.24 zgłoszenie z Rysów, gdzie urazu kostki doznała turystka'; 'Jednocześnie z rejonu Świnicy zatelefonowała do centrali TOPR dwójka Litwinów, którzy zapchali się w północną ścianę.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026 lists the Lithuanian pair's call among its 4 July 2026 entries, at the same time as a 16:24 call from Rysy, and LRT, citing TOPR, reported that the emergency call came on the afternoon of 4 July; the Polish relays place the event at the start of July within TOPR's summary of the first week of July (published 10 to 11 July) and give no day.","causal_attribution":"The day and afternoon timing come from TOPR's own log and LRT's write-up of TOPR's statement (one origin), so the date stays reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'wspomagając się podpowiedziami jednego z popularnych modeli AI'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'In July, two Lithuanian hikers trying to shorten their route through Poland’s Tatra Mountains followed ChatGPT’s advice onto climbing terrain and rescuers had to evacuate them by helicopter, according to the Polish rescue service TOPR.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'following route advice from an AI chatbot, the Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue Service (TOPR) said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Jak się okazało chcieli skrócić sobie drogę do Pięciu Stawów korzystając z porad czatu GPT (!), który wskazał im przejście Świnicką Ławką.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026 says the hikers used ChatGPT's advice ('porad czatu GPT'); the Polish relays of TOPR's account name no product ('sztuczna inteligencja'; 'one of the popular AI models'), LRT, citing TOPR, wrote 'an AI chatbot', and Straight Arrow News reported in October 2026 that the hikers followed ChatGPT's advice, attributing this to TOPR.","causal_attribution":"TOPR's report names ChatGPT ('porad czatu GPT'); the PAP relays and LRT omit the product; how TOPR learned it is not stated. The identification is TOPR's account, so the label carries (reported)."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Po raz kolejny apelujemy o rozsądny dobór celów górskich wycieczek i nieprzecenianie swoich możliwości'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ratownicy odradzają korzystanie ze sztucznej inteligencji podczas wędrówek w Tatrach'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"No injury to the hikers is reported; TOPR appealed for a sensible choice of mountain objectives and TVN24's reporter said rescuers advise against using artificial intelligence to plan Tatra hikes.","causal_attribution":"Absence of a reported injury is an observation about the inspected bodies, which describe injuries in other incidents of the same week but none here."}],"effects":[{"label":"stranded in difficult, exposed climbing terrain after following an AI assistant's shortcut suggestion (TOPR account)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"helicopter evacuation by TOPR needed","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.rmf24.pl/regiony/zakopane/news-dwoje-turystow-utknelo-w-tatrach-przewodniczka-byla-sztuczna,nIdn,1009565","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. RMF24 compilation of the TOPR duty rescuer's statement as distributed by PAP; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://podroze.onet.pl/aktualnosci/ai-zaprowadzila-ich-w-pulapke-turysci-z-litwy-utkneli-w-tatrach/0c5dj9w","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Onet compilation crediting PAP and quoting the same TOPR statement; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://tvn24.pl/tvnmeteo/polska/tatry-wedrowali-w-gorach-z-pomoca-ai-musial-ratowac-ich-topr-st9138125","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. TVN24 Meteo write-up of its reporter's on-air relay of TOPR's account; the direct fetch returned HTTP 403 and the body was read from an Internet Archive capture of the same URL.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://san.com/cc/chatbots-dont-climb-mountains-so-why-are-hikers-getting-lost-after-trusting-them/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09 and 2026-10-10. One-sentence mention in a feature on AI-planned hikes; it names ChatGPT and attributes the account to TOPR; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"straight-arrow-news-feature-oct-2026"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2989219/two-lithuanian-tourists-stranded-in-polish-mountains-after-following-ai-advice","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10; LRT English write-up of TOPR's statement ('TOPR said'), same TOPR origin as the Polish relays; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://topr.pl/pracowity-poczatek-lipca-dla-ratownikow-topr/","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by a research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 and translated by it into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. TOPR's own day-by-day report on its website, 'Pracowity początek lipca dla ratowników TOPR', posted 10 July 2026; fetched directly, HTTP 200. It is the statement that PAP, RMF24, Onet, TVN24 and LRT relay, so it shares their independence group. Its entries on other rescues the same week are not quoted.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["What the hikers asked the assistant and what it replied, including whether it warned about the terrain; the exchange has not been published.","How TOPR learned that the route came from an AI assistant.","The hikers' ages, genders and experience."],"geography":{"basis":"Niebieska Turnia, Świnicka Ławka and the Valley of Five Polish Lakes are on the Polish side of the Tatras, the rescue service is Poland's TOPR and TVN24 says the hikers were flown to Zakopane, so PL is the event country. The affected persons are described by every source as tourists from Lithuania ('turyści z Litwy'; Onet 'Litwini', Lithuanians; LRT 'Two Lithuanian hikers'), recorded as LT on that descriptor alone; no residence is stated. No court.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["PL"],"affected_person_countries":["LT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with) at low severity: Poland's mountain rescue service describes two hikers who followed an AI assistant's suggested shortcut across Świnicka Ławka into difficult climbing terrain and had to be evacuated by helicopter. The account is TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026, relayed by PAP, three Polish outlets and LRT, and every claim is marked reported; the product naming (ChatGPT) comes from TOPR's report, which the relays omit, and the exchange is unpublished, which the record states. No person is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The TOPR duty rescuer, quoted by PAP and relayed by RMF24 and Onet, said the two tourists used suggestions from artificial intelligence to shorten their way to the Valley of Five Polish Lakes and that the assistant pointed them across Świnicka Ławka, as a result of which they found themselves in difficult climbing terrain and had to be evacuated by helicopter. TVN24's reporter said they were using one of the popular AI models and strayed from the trail into a rock face near Niebieska Turnia. The assistant's output (a route suggestion across Świnicka Ławka) and its consequence (stranding in climbing terrain, helicopter evacuation) are both described by the rescue service; TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026 says the pair used ChatGPT's advice ('porad czatu GPT'), which pointed them to the Świnicka Ławka passage; the exchange itself is unpublished, how TOPR learned this is not stated and the PAP relays omit the product, so the status is reported. LRT, citing TOPR, wrote that the pair had relied on guidance generated by an AI tool which directed them onto a route they could not complete on their own.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"TOPR says two Lithuanian hikers followed an AI assistant's shortcut suggestion into climbing terrain in the Polish Tatras and were evacuated by helicopter","summary":"The Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue service (TOPR), summarising a busy first week of July 2026, told the Polish Press Agency that two tourists from Lithuania became stuck below Niebieska Turnia in the Polish Tatras. According to the TOPR duty rescuer, as relayed by RMF24 and Onet, the pair wanted to shorten their way to the Valley of Five Polish Lakes and used suggestions from an artificial-intelligence assistant, which pointed them across Świnicka Ławka; they ended up in difficult climbing terrain and were evacuated by helicopter. TVN24's reporter said the event happened at the start of July, that the hikers were using 'one of the popular AI models', that good weather let rescuers locate them quickly and that they were flown to Zakopane. TOPR's own report of 10 July lists the call among its afternoon entries for 4 July, as LRT also reported on 13 July, and says the pair had used ChatGPT's advice ('porad czatu GPT'); the PAP relays name no product, and the hikers' exchanges with the assistant have not been published. No injury is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-07-04","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-07-10","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, as named in TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026 ('porad czatu GPT'); the PAP relays (RMF24, Onet), TVN24's reporter ('one of the popular AI models') and LRT ('an AI chatbot') name no product, and Straight Arrow News (8 October 2026) also names ChatGPT, citing TOPR","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two hikers were stranded in difficult, exposed climbing terrain below Niebieska Turnia and needed a TOPR helicopter evacuation; no injury is reported (TOPR duty rescuer's account via PAP; TVN24 reporter).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":2,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: 'dwoje turystów z Litwy' (two tourists from Lithuania) who used the assistant's suggestions and were evacuated. Exact 2. Rescuers are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"PL","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.rmf24.pl/regiony/zakopane/news-dwoje-turystow-utknelo-w-tatrach-przewodniczka-byla-sztuczna,nIdn,1009565","primarySourceLabel":"RMF24, 10 July 2026: Two tourists got stuck in the Tatras. Their guide was artificial intelligence (TOPR account via PAP)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-10T03:26:24.433264+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:44:10.959665+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","openai","trip-planning","hiking","rescue","physical-safety","poland","lithuania","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2026-chuttamalle-ai-morphed-video-janhvi-kapoor-jr-ntr-vow-legal-action","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Over the last few days, a manipulated, AI-generated deepfake video of the song Chuttamalle has been circulating widely on X (formerly Twitter).'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'An AI-morphed video of Jr NTR and Janhvi Kapoor'; 'appearance to create sexually explicit imagery'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'appearance to make it sexually explicit and vulgar, raising alarm about the misuse of AI to objectify women'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'that features sexual explicit content has been doing the rounds on the internet'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'The exact origin of the AI-generated clip remains unclear.'; 'neither Janhvi nor Jr NTR created or approved the altered content'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"A manipulated, AI-generated version of the song Chuttamalle from Devara: Part 1 altered Janhvi Kapoor's appearance from the original footage to depict her in a sexually explicit manner and circulated widely on X in the days before 3 October 2026.","causal_attribution":"Outlets and the actors describe the video as AI-generated or AI-morphed; its creator and the tool used are not identified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Disgusting, Sick and Shameless. In a land that worships women as mothers and goddesses'; 'I will take every possible legal action against those who created it and those who are spreading it.'; 'Please do not watch, share or engage with such content.'; 'bring in strict regulations against the misuse of AI'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'he posted on X Saturday'; 'I urge all the state governments and the Government of India to act strongly'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 3 October 2026 Jr NTR posted on X that the video was disgusting, sick and shameless, said he would take every possible legal action against those who created it and those spreading it, asked people not to watch, share or engage with it, and asked state governments and the Government of India to bring in strict regulations against the misuse of AI.","causal_attribution":"Statement by the co-star whose footage was used; no legal filing is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Janhvi also posted on X, citing this as a'; 'to see AI-generated fake videos being circulated'; 'This is a clear misuse of AI. Legal action will definitely be taken against those involved'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Kapoor also reacted to the video, appealing to people not to share deepfakes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Janhvi Kapoor has also condemned the circulation of AI-generated fake videos and warned that legal action would be taken against those involved.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"Janhvi Kapoor posted on X that it was disturbing to see AI-generated fake videos being circulated, asked people not to create, share or promote such content, called it a clear misuse of AI, and said legal action would be taken against those involved; the quoted post does not name the song, and the outlets present it as her response to the video.","causal_attribution":"Her own statement as relayed by outlets; no legal filing is reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'circulated widely on social media before being taken down, digitally manipulates Janhvi Kapoor'; 'to depict her in sexually explicit manner'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The comments from all three came as the manipulated clip continued to circulate on X.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Her response came as the manipulated Chuttamalle footage continued to circulate online.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"Hindustan Times reports that the video circulated widely on social media before being taken down.","causal_attribution":"Single outlet; who removed the video and when is not stated. India Today separately says the clip continued to circulate on X."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'This is the digital equivalent of sexual assault. The law must treat such acts with utmost seriousness'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'I will take this matter up with the Telugu Film Chamber'; 'recommend the formation of a dedicated committee and support cell. Working closely with Cyber Crime authorities'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Actor Vijay Deverakonda called the video the digital equivalent of sexual assault, and Chiranjeevi said he would take the matter to the Telugu Film Chamber and the Producers' Council and recommend a committee and support cell working with Cyber Crime authorities.","causal_attribution":"Public statements by other film-industry figures."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Someone has made an AI Deep Fake video of an actress and men are thirsting under this page for the link of the video'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'people were allegedly asking for links to the manipulated video in the comments'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Without naming the actress, Chinmayi took to X'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"Singer Chinmayi Sripaada posted on X that users were asking for links to the video in the comments under a post about it; her quoted post does not name the actress, and India Today and Telugu360 present it as concerning this video.","causal_attribution":"Her observation of comments on X; no count of such requests is given."}],"effects":[{"label":"an AI-altered video sexualising her appearance from a film song circulated widely on X","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/telugu-cinema/jr-ntr-condemns-misuse-of-ai-to-create-morphed-chuttamalle-video-of-him-and-janhvi-kapoor-vows-strict-legal-action-devara-part-1-song-101791017164356.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-04 (Hindustan Times, 3 October 2026); relays Jr NTR X post.","independence_group":"chuttamalle-x-posts"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/telugu-cinema/chiranjeevi-vows-to-consult-telugu-film-chamber-the-producers-council-over-misuse-of-ai-to-create-morphed-chuttamalle-video-of-jr-ntr-janhvi-kapoor-101791046814474.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-04 (Hindustan Times, 3 October 2026); relays Chiranjeevi and Jr NTR X posts and describes the video.","independence_group":"chuttamalle-x-posts"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://theprint.in/entertainment/jr-ntr-chuttamalle-deepfakes-janhvi-kapoor/3061062/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-04 (ThePrint, 3 October 2026); relays Jr NTR and Janhvi Kapoor statements.","independence_group":"chuttamalle-x-posts"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/jr-ntr-janhvi-kapoor-condemn-vulgar-ai-video-of-chuttamalle-song-vow-legal-action","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-04 (The News Minute, 3 October 2026); relays Jr NTR and Janhvi Kapoor X posts.","independence_group":"chuttamalle-x-posts"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/vijay-deverakonda-backs-jr-ntr-calls-chuttamalle-deepfake-digital-sexual-assault-3008940-2026-10-03","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-04 (India Today, 3 October 2026); relays Vijay Deverakonda, Jr NTR and Chinmayi Sripaada posts.","independence_group":"chuttamalle-x-posts"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.telugu360.com/singer-chinmayi-calls-out-men-seeking-janhvi-kapoors-ai-deepfake-video/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-04 (Telugu360, 3 October 2026); relays Chinmayi Sripaada X post.","independence_group":"chuttamalle-x-posts"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/news/2026/Oct/03/jr-ntr-and-vijay-deverakonda-slam-ai-generated-chuttamalle-clip-with-janhvi-kapoor","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-04 (Cinema Express, 3 October 2026); relays Jr NTR, Vijay Deverakonda and Chinmayi Sripaada posts.","independence_group":"chuttamalle-x-posts"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://sundayguardianlive.com/why-is-janhvi-kapoors-chuttamalle-trending-on-x-after-2-years-devara-songs-ai-morphed-video-jr-ntr-reaction-explained-298080/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-04 (Sunday Guardian, 3 October 2026); explainer relaying the actors' statements.","independence_group":"chuttamalle-x-posts"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who made the video, with what tool, and when it was first posted.","Whether a police complaint, FIR or court filing has been made by Janhvi Kapoor, Jr NTR or the film's producers.","Who removed the video, and whether copies remain in circulation.","The original text and timing of Janhvi Kapoor's post, which was read only as quoted by outlets."],"geography":{"basis":"The sources report circulation on X and do not state where the video was made or first posted, or the nationality of the people depicted. Jr NTR's appeal to state governments and the Government of India, and Chiranjeevi's reference to Cyber Crime authorities, describe the response sought, not where the event occurred. No court proceeding is reported. All three arrays are left empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an AI-altered video depicting a named public figure in a sexually explicit manner without her involvement, with her own reported objection. The account rests on public X posts by the actors and others, as relayed by several news outlets, and is treated as one reporting chain. The video is not reproduced, linked or described beyond the outlets' general description.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Jr NTR, Janhvi Kapoor and the outlets read describe the video as AI-generated or AI-morphed (Hindustan Times; ThePrint; The News Minute). No tool is named, no forensic analysis is reported, and Sunday Guardian says the clip's origin is unclear.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"AI-altered video of the Devara song Chuttamalle depicting actor Janhvi Kapoor in a sexually explicit manner circulates on X; she and co-star Jr NTR say legal action will be taken","summary":"An AI-generated, manipulated version of the song Chuttamalle from the 2024 Telugu film Devara: Part 1 circulated widely on X in the days before 3 October 2026. Hindustan Times, ThePrint and The News Minute report that it altered Janhvi Kapoor's appearance from the original footage to depict her in a sexually explicit manner. On 3 October her co-star Jr NTR called it \"disgusting, sick and shameless\" on X and said he would take every possible legal action against those who made and spread it. The News Minute reports that Kapoor posted on X that it was disturbing to see AI-generated fake videos circulated and that legal action would be taken. Hindustan Times reports the video was taken down after circulating. No police complaint or arrest is reported in the sources read.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-03","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tool used to alter footage of the song into a sexually explicit video (outlets call it AI-generated or AI-morphed; Sunday Guardian says its origin is unclear)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"An AI-altered video sexualising Janhvi Kapoor's appearance from a film song circulated widely on X without her involvement; she called it disturbing and said legal action would be taken (as reported by The News Minute and ThePrint).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person, Janhvi Kapoor, whose appearance the video sexualises (ThePrint; Hindustan Times; The News Minute). Hindustan Times and Sunday Guardian say the altered video uses footage featuring Jr NTR as well, but no source reports that his depiction was sexualised or that he was harmed, so he is not counted. Viewers and users who shared it are not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/telugu-cinema/jr-ntr-condemns-misuse-of-ai-to-create-morphed-chuttamalle-video-of-him-and-janhvi-kapoor-vows-strict-legal-action-devara-part-1-song-101791017164356.html","primarySourceLabel":"Hindustan Times, 3 October 2026: Jr NTR condemns misuse of AI to create morphed Chuttamalle video of him and Janhvi Kapoor","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:12.218939+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:12.218939+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-generated-video","sexually-explicit-deepfake","telugu-cinema","x-twitter","legal-action-threatened","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-gpt-5-6-sol-agent-deleted-shumer-mac-home-directory","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'GPT-5.6-Sol just accidentally deleted almost ALL of my Mac’s files.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Three days ago, GPT-5.6 deleted my Mac’s home directory.'; 'It absolutely sucked.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'wrote Matt Shumer, the founder and CEO of AI startup OthersideAI, maker of HyperWrite, in a now viral post on X.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 10 July 2026 Matt Shumer, founder and chief executive of the AI start-up OthersideAI, posted on X that OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol had just accidentally deleted almost all of the files on his Mac; three days later he wrote that GPT-5.6 had deleted his Mac's home directory and that it \"absolutely sucked\".","causal_attribution":"Shumer's own posts; TechCrunch relays them."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'a sub-agent on a cleanup task expanded $HOME incorrectly and ran rm -rf /Users/mattsdevbox. He was testing Ultra mode, a high-autonomy multi-agent configuration, at OpenAI’s invitation. He caught the process mid-run; material deletion had already occurred.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'The OpenAI team reached out privately and asked him to test \"Ultra mode\"'; 'Shumer accepted and granted the local agent Full Access to his machine.'; 'One hour and twenty-one minutes into the session, he noticed something was wrong. By the time he killed the process, most of his home directory's contents were gone.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"According to accounts of Shumer's post-mortem, he was testing a high-autonomy multi-agent \"Ultra mode\" at OpenAI's invitation with the agent given Full Access to his machine; during a cleanup task a sub-agent expanded $HOME incorrectly and ran a recursive delete of his home directory, he noticed a problem about 81 minutes into the session, and by the time he stopped the process most of the directory's contents were gone.","causal_attribution":"Shumer's account as summarised by a technical blog and TechTimes; the original post-mortem was not read."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'OpenAI has confirmed reports that GPT-5.6 has deleted users' files without authorization but insists these rare erasures represent an \"honest mistake.\"'; 'an internal inquiry into file deletion claims found that when GPT-5.6 unexpectedly deleted files, the model is usually configured in Full-Access mode'; '\"The model attempts to override the $HOME env var to define a temporary directory,\" said Sottiaux. \"The model makes an honest mistake and mistakenly deletes $HOME instead.\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"OpenAI confirmed that GPT-5.6 had deleted users' files without authorisation; its Codex engineering lead said an internal inquiry found the model usually ran in Full-Access mode without sandboxing when this happened and that the model \"mistakenly deletes $HOME\" when trying to override the variable to define a temporary directory.","causal_attribution":"OpenAI's statement as reported by The Register; it is general and does not name Shumer's case."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'But so many OpenAI folks reached out, and @gdb called me and offered to do anything he could to help.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'As of this writing, Shumer is using agents to attempt recovery of the deleted files.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Shumer said OpenAI staff reached out and that Greg Brockman called him and offered help; TechTimes reported that he was using agents to try to recover the files, and no report inspected says whether they were recovered.","causal_attribution":"Shumer's post and TechTimes."}],"effects":[{"label":"most of the user's Mac home directory was deleted by the coding agent during a cleanup task","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2075657271401390161","kind":"first_person_account","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Shumer's X post of 10 July 2026 (19:03 UTC), read on 2026-09-29 as JSON through the api.fxtwitter.com mirror of the status; x.com itself was not fetched.","independence_group":"shumer-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2076794038456385546","kind":"first_person_account","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Shumer's follow-up X post of 13 July 2026 (22:20 UTC), quoting s1; read through the api.fxtwitter.com mirror on 2026-09-29.","independence_group":"shumer-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/openais-new-flagship-model-deletes-files-on-its-own-people-keep-warning/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Full body read by curl on 2026-09-29. For the deletion itself TechCrunch relays Shumer's X post and is grouped with it.","independence_group":"shumer-account"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/16/openai-admits-gpt-56-occasionally-deletes-files-but-its-an-honest-mistake/5274008","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Full body read by curl on 2026-09-29. Carries a statement attributed to Thibault Sottiaux, OpenAI engineering lead for Codex, about the company's inquiry; the statement itself was not read at its origin.","independence_group":"register-openai"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.techtimes.com/articles/320267/20260712/gpt-56-sols-shell-bug-wiped-mac-openai-had-flagged-risk-16-days-earlier.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Full body read by curl on 2026-09-29. Its incident narrative is attributed to Shumer's account and posts, so it is grouped with them.","independence_group":"shumer-account"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://paddo.dev/blog/the-warning-was-in-the-manual/","kind":"blog","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Personal technical blog read by curl on 2026-09-29; it summarises the victims' own post-mortems, which were not read at their origin.","independence_group":"shumer-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["work","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Whether the deleted files were recovered.","Exactly what data was lost and whether any belonged to other people.","Whether OpenAI's inquiry examined this specific session."],"geography":{"basis":"No inspected source says where Shumer or his machine was located.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete first-person account of an AI coding agent deleting a user's files, with the developer's general confirmation of the behaviour. The mechanism rests on secondary summaries of the user's post-mortem.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Shumer attributes the deletion to GPT-5.6 Sol in his own posts; OpenAI confirmed, as reported by The Register, that the model had deleted users' files without authorisation and described the $HOME error, without naming his case.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["acted_on_behalf"]},"name":"OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol coding agent, run in a high-autonomy mode with full access, deleted most of the Mac home directory of AI entrepreneur Matt Shumer (10 July 2026)","summary":"On 10 July 2026 Matt Shumer, founder and chief executive of the AI start-up OthersideAI, posted on X that OpenAI's newly released GPT-5.6 Sol \"just accidentally deleted almost ALL of my Mac’s files\". Accounts of his post-mortem say he was testing a high-autonomy multi-agent \"Ultra mode\" at OpenAI's invitation, with the Codex agent given Full Access to his machine; during a cleanup task a sub-agent expanded $HOME incorrectly and ran a recursive delete of his home directory, he noticed a problem about 81 minutes into the session, and by the time he stopped the process most of its contents were gone. Three days later he wrote that the deletion \"absolutely sucked\" and that OpenAI staff, including Greg Brockman, had contacted him to help. OpenAI confirmed, as reported by The Register, that GPT-5.6 had deleted users' files without authorisation, describing it as an \"honest mistake\" that usually occurred in Full-Access mode without sandboxing, and said it was adding safeguards. Whether the files were recovered is not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-07-10","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-07-10","aiSystem":"GPT-5.6 Sol running as the Codex coding agent in \"Ultra mode\" (multiple sub-agents) with Full Access to the user's Mac","aiProduct":"Codex coding agent","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["property_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Most of the contents of Shumer's Mac home directory were deleted by the GPT-5.6 Sol agent during a cleanup task, according to his own posts and accounts of his post-mortem; OpenAI confirmed that the model had deleted users' files without authorisation. Recovery is not reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Shumer, whose home directory was deleted (1 participant user). No other person is reported harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"agent","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/16/openai-admits-gpt-56-occasionally-deletes-files-but-its-an-honest-mistake/5274008","primarySourceLabel":"The Register, 16 July 2026: OpenAI admits GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes files","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:10:46.288079+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:38.109125+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["openai","gpt-5-6","codex","coding-agent","data-loss","file-deletion","first-person","acted-on-behalf"]}]}