{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-07T07:06:06.600Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"british-columbia","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":1,"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-crown-mountain-bc-claude-planned-route-teen-stranded-widowmaker-helicopter-rescue","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Markey said the teenager rode the gondola up to Grouse Mountain at around 8 a.m. and asked Claude AI to plan a trip to Crown Mountain. The artificial intelligence tool sent him down the Crown Pass and up through Crater Slabs and Crown Couloir before his instructions led him off the trail route.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The AI-suggested route directed him through Crown Pass, Crater Slabs and Crown Couloir before he reached the final headwall of the Widowmaker Arete'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"North Shore Rescue's search manager says the 16-year-old rode the gondola to Grouse Mountain at about 8 a.m., asked Claude AI to plan a trip to Crown Mountain, and that the tool's route sent him down Crown Pass and up through Crater Slabs and Crown Couloir before its instructions led him off the trail route.","causal_attribution":"Rescuers attribute the route to the chatbot; no source says how they learned of the exchange, and the exchange itself has not been published."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'eventually called for help from the base of Widowmaker Arete's final headwall'; 'NSR said two rescue techs were lowered to an area above the teenager's location because he was too close to the vertical wall for their helicopter to get any closer'; 'The teen was extracted by about 6:30 p.m.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'NSR members were called to the area of Crown Mountain, not far from Grouse Mountain, at around 3:30 p.m.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'\"When on the ground, the crew established an anchor, and one member was belayed to the subject,\" a North Shore Rescue task debrief reads.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"He called for help from the base of the final headwall of the Widowmaker arete; NSR was called at about 3:30 p.m., two rescue technicians were lowered from the helicopter to a point above him because he was too close to the vertical wall for a closer approach, the crew anchored and belayed a member to him, and he was extracted by about 6:30 p.m.","causal_attribution":"Rescue facts as stated by NSR to CTV and in its task debrief as quoted; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'\"A fall would have resulted in significant injury or potentially death,\" Markey explained.'; 'He was very scared and thankful.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Markey said the teen was frightened and appeared to fear for his life.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The search manager said a fall would have resulted in significant injury or potentially death, and that the boy was very scared and thankful; no injury is reported.","causal_attribution":"Rescuers' assessment of the danger; no injury is described in any source."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Markey said the boy had a lot of experience with high-difficulty indoor climbing and came well equipped for hiking and some of the terrain, but this was his first foray into outdoor climbing.'; 'Certainly not something you should be doing any time on your own'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The search manager said the boy had a lot of high-difficulty indoor climbing experience and came well equipped for hiking and some of the terrain, but that this was his first outdoor climbing outing and he was alone.","causal_attribution":"Context from the rescuers; records inexperience and solo travel as contributing factors alongside the route."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'rescued from steep mountainous terrain in the B.C. backcountry on Saturday'; 'Published: October 05, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The teen left Grouse Mountain at approximately 8 a.m. on Oct. 3, 2026, with Crown Mountain as his destination.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The stranding and rescue happened on Saturday 3 October 2026.","causal_attribution":"CTV, published 5 October 2026, says Saturday; Gadget Review's relay gives 3 October 2026, the Saturday before publication."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'CTV News identified the AI tool as Claude, made by Anthropic, though earlier reporting had not named the tool; Gadget Review was unable to independently confirm that attribution before publication.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Gadget Review, relaying CTV, notes that CTV identified the tool as Claude while earlier reporting had not named the tool, and that it could not independently confirm the attribution.","causal_attribution":"Not applicable: records a limit on the product identification."}],"effects":[{"label":"stranded on technical climbing terrain after following a chatbot-planned route (rescuers' account)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"helicopter and roped extraction needed; rescuers say a fall could have been fatal","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"fear while stranded (rescuers say he was very scared)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/teenager-rescued-from-bcs-widowmaker-after-getting-stranded-using-ai-instructions/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-07; the visible page text was navigation, so the article text was taken from the page's JSON-LD articleBody (saved in bodies/tr-ctv-crown.txt). Original report carrying the North Shore Rescue statements and task debrief.","independence_group":"nsr-via-ctv"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/teenage-stranded-mountain-ai-instructions","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-07 (bodies/tr-futurism-widowmaker.txt). Relay of the CTV report; quotes the NSR task debrief and Markey's statements as given to CTV.","independence_group":"nsr-via-ctv"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.gadgetreview.com/teen-rescued-from-bcs-widowmaker-after-following-ai-generated-hiking-route","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-07 (bodies/tr-gadgetreview-crown.txt). Relay of the CTV report with the outlet's own note that it could not confirm the Claude attribution.","independence_group":"nsr-via-ctv"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["What the boy asked Claude and what the tool replied, including whether it warned about technical terrain; the exchange has not been published.","Whether the boy followed the tool's route exactly or deviated from it; NSR describes the instructions as leading him off the trail route.","Whether the earlier, unnamed-tool reporting that Gadget Review mentions attributed the route to a different source.","The boy's identity and country of residence (not published)."],"geography":{"basis":"CTV News places the stranding and rescue on Crown Mountain near Grouse Mountain in the B.C. backcountry, Canada, CTV's page dek calls him 'A B.C. teen' and Gadget Review calls him a 'Vancouver-area teen', so CA is recorded for the affected person; no more precise residence is stated. No court.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CA"],"affected_person_countries":["CA"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete event described by the rescue organisation that extracted the boy: a solo 16-year-old asked a chatbot to plan a mountain trip, the route's instructions as described by rescuers led him off the trail route, he ended up stranded below a technical climbing wall, and he needed a helicopter and roped extraction. Attributed throughout to North Shore Rescue as reported by CTV News; the chatbot exchange is unpublished and the tool identification is noted as reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-07"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"North Shore Rescue's search manager told CTV News that the boy asked Claude AI to plan a trip to Crown Mountain and that the tool sent him down the Crown Pass and up through Crater Slabs and Crown Couloir before its instructions led him off the trail route, after which he called for help from the base of the Widowmaker arete's final headwall. The chatbot exchange itself has not been published; the identification of the tool and the description of its route rest on the rescuers' account as reported by CTV News; no source says how the rescuers learned of the exchange, and a relaying outlet noted that earlier reporting had not named the tool.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Rescuers say a 16-year-old's Claude-planned Crown Mountain hike led him off the trail; stranded at the Widowmaker arete, helicopter extraction, no injury","summary":"North Shore Rescue (NSR), the search and rescue team that extracted him, told CTV News that a 16-year-old boy rode the Grouse Mountain gondola at about 8 a.m. on Saturday 3 October 2026 and asked Claude, Anthropic's AI chatbot, to plan a trip to Crown Mountain in British Columbia. According to NSR search manager Paul Markey, the tool's route sent the boy down Crown Pass and up through Crater Slabs and Crown Couloir before its instructions led him off the trail route; he continued through difficult terrain and called for help from the base of the final headwall of the Widowmaker arete, a technical climbing wall. NSR was called at about 3:30 p.m., two rescue technicians were lowered from a helicopter to a point above him because he was too close to the vertical wall for a direct approach, and he was extracted by about 6:30 p.m. Markey said a fall would have resulted in significant injury or potentially death and that the boy was very scared. No injury is reported. The account rests on NSR's statements and task debrief as reported by CTV News; the chatbot exchange itself has not been published, and a relaying outlet noted that earlier reporting had not named the tool.","incidentDate":"2026-10-03","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-05","aiSystem":"Claude (Anthropic's AI chatbot), as identified by North Shore Rescue's search manager in the CTV News report; the chat itself was not published","aiProduct":"Claude (reported)","aiCompany":"Anthropic","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A 16-year-old was stranded for hours on technical climbing terrain at the base of the Widowmaker arete and needed a helicopter and roped extraction; rescuers say he was very scared and that a fall could have killed him. No physical injury is reported (rescuers' account via CTV News).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the 16-year-old hiker who was rescued. Exact 1. Rescuers are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"CA-BC","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/teenager-rescued-from-bcs-widowmaker-after-getting-stranded-using-ai-instructions/","primarySourceLabel":"CTV News Vancouver, 5 October 2026: Teenager rescued from B.C.'s 'Widowmaker' after getting stranded using AI instructions","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-07T03:26:24.556433+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T03:26:24.556433+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["claude","anthropic","trip-planning","hiking","rescue","physical-safety","minor","british-columbia","canada","communicated-with"]}]}