{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-14T16:30:31.297Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"campaign-flyer","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","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":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-california-school-board-race-flyer-with-ai-disclosure-depicts-female-candidate-at-bake-sale","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The San Dieguito Faculty Association has now accused Miyashiro's campaign of using AI'; 'to generate deceptive, sexist imagery to attack candidate Amy Flicker'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'has now claimed that Miyashiro used artificial intelligence 'to generate deceptive, sexist imagery to attack candidate Amy Flicker' in his campaign flyer on October 11'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The San Dieguito Faculty Association, which has endorsed Amy Flicker, accused her opponent David Ray Miyashiro of using artificial intelligence to generate deceptive, sexist imagery to attack her in a campaign flyer.","causal_attribution":"The union's accusation, relayed by two outlets from its news release."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Flicker is shown behind a table of baked goods labeled \"Non-profit volunteer.\"'; 'Miyashiro is seated at a microphone, with \"District superintendent\" printed beneath him.'; 'A line of small print at the bottom reads, \"Ad generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence.\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Flyer photograph in the article (credited to the San Dieguito Faculty Association), small print at the bottom right: 'Ad generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence'; text: 'On the left side, Flicker was standing in front of a table with baked goods with the words 'Non-Profit volunteer,' written below her.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The flyer shows Flicker behind a table of baked goods labelled 'Non-profit volunteer' beside Miyashiro at a microphone labelled 'District superintendent', and carries the small-print disclosure 'Ad generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence.'","causal_attribution":"The flyer's own disclosure, seen in the published photograph and quoted by one outlet; the photograph comes from the union."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Using AI technology to manipulate the likeness of a female candidate and diminish my public service into a condescending stereotype is both ethically dubious and deeply concerning for someone seeking a position in educational leadership'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Flicker wrote in the SDFA news release'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Flicker said that using AI technology to manipulate the likeness of a female candidate and diminish her public service into a condescending stereotype was ethically dubious and deeply concerning.","causal_attribution":"The depicted candidate's own statement in the union's release."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'David Ray Miyashiro is going up against Amy Flicker on November 3 for a trustee seat on the San Dieguito Union High School District.'; 'The Daily Mail has reached out to David Ray Miyashiro, Amy Flicker and Rimga Viskanta for comments.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Miyashiro is superintendent of the Cajon Valley district and is running against Flicker for a San Dieguito Union High School District trustee seat in the 3 November election; the Daily Mail said it had asked him, Flicker and a current trustee for comment.","causal_attribution":"Context; no campaign response is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"candidate says an AI-disclosed flyer manipulated her likeness into a condescending stereotype","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/california-school-board-race-draws-172457475.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-14 (HTTP 200). Globe article syndicated on Yahoo News, relaying FOX 5 San Diego and the Daily Mail, including the flyer's disclosure text and Flicker's statement from the union's release.","independence_group":"sdfa-release-and-flyer"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-16205219/index.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-14 (HTTP 200; the article-number URL redirects to the full article), including the flyer photograph credited to the San Dieguito Faculty Association. Reports the union's news release, so it shares an origin with s1.","independence_group":"sdfa-release-and-flyer"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["elections","public_life"],"unknowns":["Which parts of the image were generated or altered, and with which tool","Who designed and distributed the flyer, and the campaign's response to the union's accusation","How widely the flyer was distributed","Whether any complaint was made to an elections regulator"],"geography":{"basis":"The flyer was used in the race for a San Dieguito Union High School District trustee seat in California (both sources); the depicted candidate is a candidate in that California election. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case: a campaign flyer in a California school board race carries the disclosure 'Ad generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence' and depicts candidate Amy Flicker behind a bake-sale table; she said the use of AI manipulated her likeness and diminished her public service, and her endorsing union called the imagery deceptive and sexist. The attribution of the flyer to her opponent's campaign is the union's accusation, and no campaign response is reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-14"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The flyer itself carries the disclosure 'Ad generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence', visible in the photograph the Daily Mail published and quoted by Globe, and the depicted candidate and her endorsing union say AI was used to manipulate her likeness. The AI output is the image depicting the candidate behind a bake-sale table, which she objected to (depicted_or_impersonated). Which elements were generated or altered, and the tool, are not stated; the attribution of the flyer to her opponent's campaign is the union's.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"California school board race: a flyer carrying an AI disclosure shows a female candidate at a bake sale; she says it manipulated her likeness","summary":"In October 2026 the San Dieguito Faculty Association, a California union representing district educators and staff that has endorsed candidate Amy Flicker for a San Dieguito Union High School District trustee seat, accused the campaign of her opponent, Cajon Valley Union School District superintendent David Ray Miyashiro, of using AI 'to generate deceptive, sexist imagery' in a campaign flyer. The flyer, as published by the Daily Mail, shows Flicker behind a table of baked goods labelled 'Non-profit volunteer' beside Miyashiro at a microphone labelled 'District superintendent', and carries the small-print disclosure 'Ad generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence.' Flicker said that using AI to manipulate her likeness diminished her public service into a condescending stereotype. The campaign's response is not reported, and which parts of the image were generated or altered is not stated.","incidentDate":"2026-10-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-12","aiSystem":"Image generation or alteration used in a campaign flyer, disclosed on the flyer as 'Ad generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence' (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A candidate says a campaign flyer disclosed as AI-generated or altered manipulated her likeness and reduced her public service to a condescending stereotype; her endorsing union calls it deceptive and sexist.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the depicted candidate, who objected publicly (claim c3). She did not use the AI. The opposing candidate also appears on the flyer but no adverse consequence is reported for him.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/california-school-board-race-draws-172457475.html","primarySourceLabel":"Globe via Yahoo News, 13 October 2026: California school board race draws backlash over 'sexist' AI ad showing female candidate at bake sale","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-14T03:07:22.109235+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T03:07:22.109235+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-altered-image","campaign-flyer","election","school-board","california","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}