{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T08:34:32.516Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"chai","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":8,"coverage":{"cases":8,"countries":4,"languages":4,"unknownLocation":2,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":8,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":2,"coreRelations":5,"contextualRelations":2,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":1},"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-young-italian-woman-says-character-ai-persona-she-used-from-16-ignored-her-refusals-and-led-to-dependency-ended-in-therapy","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Character.AI quando ha 16 anni, durante il terzo anno di liceo; «Mi fa stare bene come si “comporta”»; «So che non è una persona. Ma mi sembra quasi di conoscerlo e provo un forte attaccamento emotivo. A volte sono stata così coinvolta da piangere»","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"frequentava il terzo anno di liceo","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The interviewee says she first downloaded Character.AI at 16, in her third year of secondary school, chatted with a virtual boyfriend modelled on Clark Kent, and felt a strong emotional attachment to it, sometimes crying during the chats, while knowing it was not a person.","causal_attribution":"Interviewee's account of her own use."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Le chat diventavano quasi erotiche e il chatbot si arrabbiava; «Nonostante i miei messaggi ha continuato a descrivere un rapporto sessuale. So che è assurdo parlare in questi termini di un algoritmo, ma per me è stata una violenza»; Ma a volte, racconta, il personaggio diventava cattivo, molesto","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Era anche violento","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The interviewee says the character at times became nasty and harassing, got angry when she did not want to continue chats that had become almost erotic, and continued describing a sexual encounter despite her explicit refusals, which she says she experienced as violence.","causal_attribution":"Interviewee's account of the chatbot's messages; no chat logs are published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"la ragazzina brillante, solare, studiosa diventa sempre più schiva e silenziosa; Spesso, a lezione, le confiscano il cellulare, su cui passa giornate intere; fino a quando sua madre non l'ha scoperta, e le ha intimato di cancellare il chatbot; la usa il pomeriggio per poi disinstallarla, in modo da non farsi scoprire. «Mi sentivo in colpa, ma è come una malattia»; aveva perso ogni stimolo al di fuori dello schermo, dalla più semplice passeggiata fino alla doccia","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Giornate chiusa da sola in camera","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The relays describe her becoming withdrawn, spending whole days on her phone, having it confiscated in class and continuing to use the app in secret after her mother told her to delete it; she likens this to an illness and says she lost interest in everything outside the screen.","causal_attribution":"Interviewee's attribution of the withdrawal to her Character.AI use, as narrated by the relays."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"riprendersi solo dopo aver chiesto aiuto in terapia; Oggi va all'università; ha nuovi amici","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"A volte mi manca ancora","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The interviewee says she recovered only after seeking help in therapy and now attends university and has new friends, while saying she still sometimes misses the chatbot.","causal_attribution":"Interviewee's account; no clinical record is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"chatbot continued sexual roleplay over her explicit refusals, which she experienced as violence","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"dependency with withdrawal, secret use and loss of interest in daily life","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"attachment to the persona made her feel good (her account)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"positive"},{"label":"recovery after seeking help in therapy","claim_id":"c4","direction":"positive"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.leggo.it/italia/cronache/22_ottobre_2026_dipendenza_chatbot_intelligenza_artificiale_clark_kent_sewell_setzer-9841548.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read in Italian on 2026-10-23 (leggo.it, HTTP 200, complete article body). Translation into English by the research agent (an AI); English renderings of quoted phrases are the agent's translations. The article states that the interviewee told her story to la Repubblica; it is treated as a relay of that interview. Il Messaggero carries the same text.","independence_group":"repubblica-22oct2026-genz-series-interview"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2026/10/22/news/chatbot_innamorata_intelligenza_artificiale_dipendenza_ragazzi-425665482/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read in Italian on 2026-10-23 (repubblica.it, HTTP 200), but the article is paywalled: only the headline, byline, standfirst and a truncated opening extract (about 400 characters) were available. Translation by the research agent (an AI).","independence_group":"repubblica-22oct2026-genz-series-interview"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["relationships","health","education","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When she began and stopped using the app; the sources give only her age (16) and school year at the start.","How old she was when the chatbot continued sexual roleplay over her refusals.","Whether Character.AI or any regulator was told of her experience, and any company response.","The full text of la Repubblica's interview, which is paywalled."],"geography":{"basis":"The relays describe the interviewee as coming from a named Italian region, and she told her story to an Italian newspaper. Where she used the app is not stated, so the event country stays unknown.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["IT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case: the interviewee describes her own exchanges with a Character.AI persona, which she says ignored her explicit refusals of sexual roleplay, and connects her use to a dependency she left through therapy. One reporting chain (la Repubblica's interview, read through Leggo's full relay and the paywalled original's extract); the account is attributed and no logs are published.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The interviewee says the experience was her own chatting with a Character.AI persona: the chatbot's messages created the attachment she describes, it got angry when she would not continue erotic chats, and it kept describing a sexual encounter despite her explicit refusals. She connects those exchanges, and the hours of hidden use, to the dependency and distress she describes. No chat content is published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Young woman tells la Repubblica a Character.AI persona she used from 16 kept up sexual roleplay over her refusals and led to a dependency ended in therapy","summary":"In an interview published by la Repubblica on 22 October 2026 and relayed the same day by Leggo and other outlets, an 18-year-old woman in Italy describes using Character.AI from the age of 16, when she was in her third year of secondary school. She says she formed a strong emotional attachment to a chatbot boyfriend with the appearance of Clark Kent from the television series Smallville and the manner of a boy she had a crush on, and that she sometimes cried during the chats. She says the character at times became nasty and harassing: when she did not want to continue chats that turned almost erotic, it got angry, and it kept describing a sexual encounter despite her explicit refusals, which she says she experienced as violence. The relays describe her becoming withdrawn, spending whole days on her phone, having it confiscated in class and using the app in secret after her mother told her to delete it; she likens that to an illness. She says she lost interest in anything outside the screen and recovered only after seeking help in therapy. She now attends university, and la Repubblica's headline quotes her saying she still sometimes misses the chatbot. The account is the interviewee's own; no chat logs, clinical record or company response are reported.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-22","aiSystem":"Character.AI, a character chatbot app, used with a persona modelled on Clark Kent (the interviewee's account as reported by la Repubblica and its relays)","aiProduct":"Character.AI (reported)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","social_isolation","functional_impairment","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The interviewee says years of Character.AI use from age 16 became a dependency that withdrew her from school and daily life and that the persona continued sexual roleplay despite her explicit refusals, which she experienced as violence; she recovered through therapy (interview account, one reporting chain).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the interviewee, who describes her own use of Character.AI. Her mother is mentioned but no harm to her is reported, so she is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","platformType":"companion","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.leggo.it/italia/cronache/22_ottobre_2026_dipendenza_chatbot_intelligenza_artificiale_clark_kent_sewell_setzer-9841548.html","primarySourceLabel":"Leggo, 22 Oct 2026: «A 16 anni mi sono innamorata del chatbot di Clark Kent»","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-23T03:02:17.448885+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T03:02:17.448885+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["character-ai","italy","companion","dependency","sexual-roleplay","refusal-ignored","therapy","press-interview"]},{"id":"2026-us-hospital-nurses-say-ai-scheduling-tool-overrode-shift-requests-and-assigned-days-off","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Since 2023, HCA has rolled out an AI scheduling tool it co-developed with Palantir called Timpani at roughly 130 of its 190 locations.'; 'it uses algorithmic forecasts of patient volumes and staffing needs to automatically build nursing schedules'; 'The efficiency comes from AI generating stronger initial schedules,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"HCA co-developed Timpani with Palantir as an AI scheduling tool, has rolled it out at roughly 130 of 190 locations since 2023, and uses it to build nursing schedules automatically from algorithmic forecasts; an HCA executive wrote that its efficiency comes from AI generating stronger initial schedules.","causal_attribution":"WIRED's description and the executive's paper as quoted; this establishes the AI scheduling role."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Over the past four months, Amber Retzloff, a critical care nurse in Florida, requested to work 50 specific 12-hour shifts. But over half the time, she says her hospital'; 'Palantir-powered scheduling software assigned her to different shifts, often putting her on back-to-back-to-back days and leaving her mentally drained.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A Florida critical care nurse said that over four months the scheduling software assigned her different shifts for over half of the 50 she requested, often back-to-back days that left her mentally drained.","causal_attribution":"The nurse's own account to WIRED."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Barker says now essentially every nurse has been assigned to work on a day they were supposed to be off. Barker delayed a long-planned doctor'; 'appointment for a chronic condition after struggling to trade an assigned red day.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A Missouri nurse said the tool assigned essentially every nurse at the facility to work a requested day off, and that the nurse delayed a long-planned doctor's appointment for a chronic condition after struggling to trade such a day.","causal_attribution":"The nurse's own account to WIRED."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'says that nursing leaders, not Timpani, make final scheduling decisions'; 'On average, Timpani schedules nurses for 1 percent of their requested days off, or what are known as red days, according to HCA.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"HCA says nursing leaders, not Timpani, make final scheduling decisions, that the tool schedules nurses on 1 percent of requested days off on average, and that it keeps improving the tool on nurses' feedback.","causal_attribution":"HCA's statements, preserved as counterevidence on who decides."}],"effects":[{"label":"nurses say an AI scheduling tool overrode their shift requests and days off, leaving one exhausted and leading another to delay a medical appointment","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wired.com/story/ai-making-mess-of-nurses-schedules-they-say-its-a-safety-issue/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in full in English on 2026-10-13 (HTTP 200); no translation. WIRED reports interviews with nurses, HCA's and Palantir's statements and an HCA executive's paper.","independence_group":"wired-nurse-interviews"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["work","health"],"unknowns":["The dates of the specific assignments described; WIRED reports the four months before its October 2026 article for the Florida nurse.","Whether managers reviewed or edited the specific schedules the nurses describe.","The outcome of the Missouri union grievance."],"geography":{"basis":"WIRED places the nurses at HCA hospitals in Florida and Missouri, United States.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the approved AI workforce-scheduling class: two named nurses told WIRED that HCA's AI scheduling tool, which builds schedules automatically, assigned them shifts and a requested day off against their preferences, with exhaustion and a delayed medical appointment as consequences. HCA disputes that the tool makes final decisions.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-13"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"WIRED describes Timpani as an AI scheduling tool that builds nursing schedules automatically from algorithmic forecasts of patient volumes and staffing, and quotes HCA's innovation executive writing that its efficiency comes from AI generating stronger initial schedules, which distinguishes it from ordinary rota software by the operator's own account. The nurses say the tool assigned them shifts and days off against their requests, with the consequences they describe. HCA says nursing leaders make the final decisions, so the allocation is recorded both as the tool's decision (nurses' account) and as an AI output informing managers' decisions (HCA's account).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_decision_about","informed_decision_about"]},"name":"US: HCA nurses tell WIRED its AI scheduling tool overrode their shift requests and scheduled them on requested days off; one delayed a medical appointment","summary":"Nurses at HCA Healthcare, the largest US hospital chain, told WIRED, in an article published on 2 October 2026, that Timpani, an AI scheduling tool HCA co-developed with Palantir and has rolled out at about 130 of its 190 locations, assigns shifts that ignore their requests. A Florida critical care nurse said that over four months the tool gave her different shifts for more than half of the 50 she requested, often back-to-back days that left her mentally drained. A Missouri nurse said essentially every nurse at their facility had been assigned to work on a requested day off, and that they delayed a long-planned doctor's appointment for a chronic condition after struggling to trade such a day. HCA says nursing leaders, not Timpani, make final scheduling decisions and that the tool schedules nurses on about 1 percent of requested days off.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-02","aiSystem":"Timpani, an AI scheduling tool co-developed by HCA Healthcare and Palantir on Palantir Foundry, which uses algorithmic forecasts of patient volumes and staffing needs to build nursing schedules automatically","aiProduct":"Timpani","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["loss_of_autonomy","psychological_distress","treatment_disruption"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the nurses interviewed by WIRED, the AI scheduling tool repeatedly assigned a Florida nurse shifts she had not requested, often back-to-back days that left her mentally drained, and assigned a Missouri nurse to work on a requested day off, leading Barker to delay a doctor's appointment for a chronic condition. HCA says managers make final decisions.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Two counted: the Florida and Missouri nurses who describe specific consequences. Barker says essentially every nurse at the Missouri centre was assigned a requested day off, and five other nurses describe problems, but no further count with a stated consequence is given; patients are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wired.com/story/ai-making-mess-of-nurses-schedules-they-say-its-a-safety-issue/","primarySourceLabel":"WIRED, 2 October 2026: AI is making a mess of nurses' schedules","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-13T03:27:43.266051+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T03:27:43.266051+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["workplace-ai","scheduling","nurses","hospital","palantir","union-grievance"]},{"id":"2025-brazil-police-say-deepfake-marcos-mion-ads-sold-nonexistent-restaurant-vouchers","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'foi preso por integrar o grupo criminoso que utilizava vídeos manipulados com deepfake da imagem e voz do apresentador Marcos Mion para aplicar golpes'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'O grupo criminoso utilizava vídeos manipulados com tecnologia deepfake da imagem e voz do apresentador Marcos Mion para promover falsas promoções de uma rede de restaurantes.'; 'os criminosos conseguiam simular a imagem e a voz de Marcos Mion, com uso de inteligência artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Eles utilizavam a inteligência artificial para emular a voz do apresentador, atraindo a confiança das vítimas por meio de campanhas publicitárias'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The Federal District Civil Police say a criminal group used videos in which presenter Marcos Mion's image and voice were manipulated with deepfake technology, using artificial intelligence, to promote false promotions of a restaurant chain.","causal_attribution":"Police account (PCDF, DRCC delegate) relayed by several outlets; one reporting chain. No outlet examined the videos."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'As vítimas eram direcionadas aos sites falsos desenvolvidos pelo investigado, onde realizavam pagamentos por vouchers de desconto inexistentes', afirmou a polícia.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Ao clicarem no anúncio, as vítimas eram direcionadas para sites falsos para concluírem o pagamento de um “voucher promocional”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'As vítimas eram direcionadas aos sites falsos desenvolvidos pelo investigado, onde realizavam pagamentos por vouchers de desconto inexistentes, acreditando estar participando de promoções com a participação de Marcos Mion.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"According to the police, victims who clicked the advertisements were directed to cloned websites, where they paid for discount vouchers that did not exist.","causal_attribution":"Police statement; the same chain. Individual victims and amounts are not described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De acordo com a polícia, há vítimas em todo o país. Em apenas quatro dias, 27 pessoas denunciaram o golpe.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'As investigações revelaram que dezenas de vítimas foram lesadas, com prejuízos ainda em apuração.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Dezenas de vítimas no Distrito Federal já foram identificadas, mas o número pode crescer à medida que as investigações avançam.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Outlets relaying the police in January 2025 reported dozens of victims, with losses still being calculated, and 27 complaints about the scam in four days.","causal_attribution":"Police figures as relayed; the outlets differ on whether the victims are in the Federal District or across the country, and the 27 complaints are reports."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal (PCDF) desarticulou, nesta quarta-feira (15/1), uma quadrilha que utilizava tecnologia de deepfake para aplicar golpes digitais em nome do apresentador Marcos Mion.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Uma operação da Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal prendeu três suspeitos de usar Inteligência Artificial para aplicar golpes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'a prisão aconteceu durante a segunda fase da Operação \"VoiceOver\", dando continuidade a ações ocorridas em janeiro'; 'O homem confessou a participação no esquema, durante o interrogatório, e detalhou seu papel em criar e manter os sites fraudulentos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Three suspects were arrested in the first phase of Operation VoiceOver in January 2025, and on 9 May 2025 a man was arrested in Santa Helena de Goiás; police say he built and maintained the cloned sites and confessed.","causal_attribution":"Police account; arrests and confession as stated by police, not a court finding."}],"effects":[{"label":"paid for nonexistent restaurant discount vouchers after fake promotions using an AI-manipulated likeness of a TV presenter","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/centro-oeste/go/integrante-de-grupo-que-fazia-deepfake-de-marcos-mion-e-preso-em-goias/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. CNN Brasil, 9 May 2025 (second phase), quoting a Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal statement.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://iclnoticias.com.br/operacao-mira-grupo-suspeito-de-usar-ia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. ICL Notícias, 16 January 2025 (first phase), relaying the police account.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.portaltela.com/noticias/2025/01/16/policia-desarticula-quadrilha-que-usava-deepfake-de-marcos-mion-para-fraudes-digitais/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. Portal Tela, 16 January 2025 (first phase), relaying the police account.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://seucreditodigital.com.br/golpe-deepfake-pcdf-prisoes-mion/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. Seu Crédito Digital, 16 January 2025 (first phase), quoting the DRCC delegate.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://tribunadoplanalto.com.br/grupo-simulava-voz-de-marcos-mion-para-aplicar-golpes/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer read the article. Tribuna do Planalto, 9 May 2025 (second phase), relaying the PCDF account.","independence_group":"pcdf-operacao-voiceover"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The number of people who paid and the total amount lost; no individual victim is described.","When the fake promotions ran and when victims paid; the sources date only the police operations (January and 9 May 2025).","Which AI tool produced the videos and on which platforms the advertisements ran.","Whether the three January suspects or the May suspect have been charged or tried."],"geography":{"basis":"The investigation was run by the Civil Police of Brazil's Federal District, which arrested suspects in the Federal District and in Santa Helena de Goiás; ICL Notícias reports that, according to the police, there were victims across the country. No court proceeding is reported in the sources read.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"One police reporting chain (Federal District Civil Police, relayed by CNN Brasil, ICL Notícias, Portal Tela, Seu Crédito Digital and Tribuna do Planalto) describes people who paid for nonexistent vouchers after fake promotions that, according to the police, used an AI-manipulated image and voice of a TV presenter. Published as a reported account with the count left unquantified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Federal District Civil Police say the group used videos in which presenter Marcos Mion's image and voice were manipulated with deepfake technology, and a DRCC delegate says the group used artificial intelligence to emulate the presenter's voice and won the victims' trust through advertising campaigns; according to the police, people who clicked these advertisements were sent to cloned sites and paid for vouchers that did not exist. The AI-made likeness impersonated the presenter toward the people deceived (depicted_or_impersonated). 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A second phase on 9 May 2025 arrested a man in Santa Helena de Goiás who, police say, built and maintained the cloned sites and confessed his role. Every account relays the police; no outlet examined the videos, no tool is named and no individual victim or total loss is described.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-01-16","aiSystem":"Videos in which the image and voice of TV presenter Marcos Mion were manipulated with artificial intelligence ('deepfake'), according to the Federal District Civil Police, used in fake promotions for a restaurant chain; tool not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Federal District Civil Police, people who clicked fake restaurant promotions using AI-manipulated videos of presenter Marcos Mion paid on cloned websites for discount vouchers that did not exist; outlets relaying the police describe dozens of victims, with losses not totalled.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"Police say victims paid for nonexistent vouchers but give no exact count: Seu Crédito Digital and Portal Tela relay 'dezenas de vítimas' (dozens, a vague plural that is not quantified here), and ICL Notícias reports 27 complaints in four days, which are reports rather than established losses. The presenter and the restaurant chain are not counted. Unquantified with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/centro-oeste/go/integrante-de-grupo-que-fazia-deepfake-de-marcos-mion-e-preso-em-goias/","primarySourceLabel":"CNN Brasil, 9 May 2025: Integrante de grupo que fazia deepfake de Marcos Mion é preso em Goiás","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:10:52.28076+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:10:52.28076+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","fake-celebrity-advertisement","voice","consumer-fraud","brazil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-indiana-man-charged-over-ai-altered-nude-images-of-teenage-girl-he-knew","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'police say he used artificial intelligence to strip clothing from photographs of a teenage girl he knew'; 'allegedly used AI to remove the victim's clothes from photographs and a video'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Greenwood police say the accused used artificial intelligence to remove a teenage girl's clothing from photographs and a video, producing nude images of a real minor he knew.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed through court documents cited by Fox 59 and Hoodline; untested in court."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Greenwood police were contacted in March by a teenage victim who said'; 'possessed nude photographs of her. The teen reportedly recorded a video of herself scrolling through'; 'including images of at least two underage girls'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The girl contacted Greenwood police in March saying the man possessed nude photographs of her and recorded a video of herself scrolling through his phone, which investigators say held nude images of teenage girls and young adult women, including at least two underage girls he knew personally.","causal_attribution":"Fox 59's account of the police investigation, relayed by Hoodline (one chain)."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'initially denied that any nude images on his phone were of underage girls. He later said the images of the victim had been altered with AI'; 'said he used the AI-generated images to teach the girls a lesson'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to court documents, the man first denied that any nude images were of underage girls, later said the images of the girl had been altered with AI, and told police he used the AI-generated images to teach the girls a lesson.","causal_attribution":"Court documents cited by Fox 59 and relayed by Hoodline; the accused's statements as recorded by police."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was arrested last week'; 'was charged with one count of child exploitation, a Level 5 felony, on September 30'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The man was charged on 30 September 2026 with one count of child exploitation, a Level 5 felony, after an arrest the week before 7 October 2026.","causal_attribution":"Hoodline, citing Greenwood police and Fox 59; no court record inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"a teenage girl's clothed photographs and a video were altered with AI into nude images that she found on the phone of a man she knew","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://hoodline.com/2026/10/greenwood-indiana-man-38-charged-after-using-ai-to-strip-clothes-from-teen-s-photos/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09; no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the article. Hoodline (7 October 2026) credits Greenwood Police Department as its source and relays Fox 59's report of the court documents; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"fox59-report-of-greenwood-police-and-court-documents-2026-10-07"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/greenwood-man-said-he-made-nude-images-of-underage-girl-with-ai-to-teach-her-a-lesson/","kind":"news_report","access":"unavailable","language":"en","translation_note":"Not read: fox59.com returned HTTP 403 to the research agent on 2026-10-08 and 2026-10-09 and the Internet Archive had no readable capture; Fox 59 is the originating report that Hoodline relays and belongs to the same chain.","independence_group":"fox59-report-of-greenwood-police-and-court-documents-2026-10-07"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the images were made and which AI tool was used; the only dated events are the girl's report to police in March (year not stated in the inspected body) and the 30 September 2026 charge.","Whether the images were shared with anyone, and how the girl has been affected beyond discovering the images and reporting them.","Whether the images of the second underage girl police mention were also AI-altered.","The accused's response in court; the allegations rest on police and court documents relayed by one chain."],"geography":{"basis":"Greenwood police in Indiana investigated and the charge is a Level 5 felony under Indiana law (Hoodline, citing Greenwood police and Fox 59); the girl contacted Greenwood police, placing her in the same area. The court is in Indiana.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case on one attributed chain: Greenwood, Indiana police and court documents, reported by Fox 59 and relayed by Hoodline, say a man used AI to remove a teenage girl's clothing from her photographs and a video, told police he made the AI images to teach the girls a lesson, and was charged with child exploitation on 30 September 2026. Every claim is attributed; the girl is not named and the accused is not named in the public text.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-09"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Greenwood police, through court documents cited by Fox 59 and relayed by Hoodline, say the accused used artificial intelligence to remove the girl's clothes from photographs and a video, and that he told police the images of the girl had been altered with AI and that he used the AI-generated images to teach the girls a lesson. The AI-altered sexual images of a real minor are the harm itself: they depict the girl (depicted_or_impersonated) and she found them on his phone. The tool is not identified, the images were not examined by the research agent, the Fox 59 report itself could not be read, and the allegations are untested in court.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Greenwood, Indiana: police say a man used AI to remove a teenage girl's clothing from her photographs and a video; child exploitation charge, 30 Sept 2026","summary":"Greenwood, Indiana police say a man used artificial intelligence to remove clothing from photographs and a video of a teenage girl he knew, producing nude images of a real minor. According to court documents cited by Fox 59 and relayed by Hoodline, the girl contacted police in March after finding nude images of herself on the man's phone, which investigators say also held nude images of teenage girls and young adult women, including at least two underage girls the man knew personally. Court documents say the man first denied that any images were of underage girls, then said the images of the girl had been altered with AI, and told police he used the AI-generated images to teach the girls a lesson. He was charged with one count of child exploitation, a Level 5 felony, on 30 September 2026. The allegations are untested in court. The account rests on one chain: Fox 59's report of the court documents and the police account, relayed by Hoodline.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-07","aiSystem":"AI tool, not identified, which police say was used to remove a teenage girl's clothing from photographs and a video so that she appeared nude","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Greenwood police and court documents relayed by Fox 59 and Hoodline, a teenage girl's clothed photographs and a video were altered with AI into nude images that she found on the phone of a man she knew. The production of sexual images of a real minor is the reported harm; no further consequence for the girl is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One teenage girl is reported as the person whose photographs and a video were altered with AI (the victim who contacted police). Police say images of at least two underage girls he knew were on the phone and that he spoke of teaching the girls a lesson, but AI alteration is described only for the one girl, so the count is a documented minimum of 1. The accused is the AI user and is not counted as a harmed participant.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://hoodline.com/2026/10/greenwood-indiana-man-38-charged-after-using-ai-to-strip-clothes-from-teen-s-photos/","primarySourceLabel":"Hoodline, 7 October 2026: Greenwood, Indiana man charged after police say he used AI to strip clothes from a teen's photos (relays Fox 59 and police)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-09T03:23:48.549322+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T03:23:48.549322+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","non_consensual_intimate_imagery","minors","criminal_charges","united_states","indiana"]},{"id":"2026-moscow-ai-generated-herbalist-advice-hospitalisation-reported","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"hospital","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'На её страничке публиковались разные видеорецепты для «здоровья».'; 'Женщина повелась на тот, что обещал почистить кишечник.'; 'Но снадобье оказалось смертельно опасным.'; 'Около трёх ночи у женщины начались дикие боли в животе'; 'Позвонила родным, те вызвали скорую. Пенсионерку экстренно увезли в больницу, где оказали первую помощь'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s0"}],"assertion":"SHOT reports that a Moscow woman was hospitalised after following a health recipe from a social-media herbalist persona.","causal_attribution":"SHOT reports the sequence and connection to the advice. No clinical record establishing the medical cause was inspected."},{"id":"persona","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Женщина думала, что блогерша — реальная целительница'; 'подписалась в соцсетях на нейросетевую «травницу»'; 'по рецепту ИИ-аватара'; 'объяснили, что такое нейросети'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s0"}],"assertion":"SHOT describes the herbalist as a neural-network persona and an AI avatar, says the woman believed the presenter was a real healer, and implies, without detail, that hospital staff told her the presenter was AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"This is SHOT's attribution. The post's only indication of a basis is its closing remark that hospital staff explained neural networks to her, given without detail; it names no account or tool. The record does not infer that AI wrote the recipe or that the hospital examined the persona."},{"id":"recovery","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Сейчас с пациенткой все хорошо, врачи оказали ей помощь и провели лечение.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Glavny.tv reports that the patient was doing well after receiving treatment.","causal_attribution":"Recovery is reported within the same SHOT-derived account, without an independently inspected clinical source."}],"effects":[{"label":"SHOT reports that a Moscow woman was hospitalised after following advice from a social-media herbalist persona.","claim_id":"hospital","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s0","url":"https://t.me/shot_shot/100748","kind":"news_channel_post","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Original Russian Telegram post read through its public embed and channel preview on 6 October 2026. English paraphrases are an AI translation. HTML datetime is 2026-10-05T07:42:51+00:00. The post names no account and gives no detail of its AI identification beyond implying that hospital staff explained it. Re-read through the public embed on 11 October 2026 to take verbatim locators. No original persona media was available in the retrieved post.","independence_group":"shot"},{"id":"s1","url":"https://life.ru/p/moskvichku-gospitalizirovali-s-krovavoy-rvotoy-posle-otvara-ot-ii-znaharki","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Russian Life.ru article body inspected; English paraphrases are an AI translation. Relays SHOT. Its more explicit statement that hospital staff told her the videos' author was a neural-network character elaborates the SHOT post's brief implication and is not used here. The ChatGPT illustration caption concerns the outlet’s illustration, not the incident tool.","independence_group":"shot"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://glavny.tv/last-news/society-news/shot-moskvichku-gospitalizirovali-s-krovavoy-rvotoy-posle-retseptov-ot-ii/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Russian Glavny.tv article body inspected; English paraphrases are an AI translation. Relays SHOT, so this is not independent corroboration. Its recovery statement is attributed to this relay. Its more specific hospital identification of the persona is not used. The recovery passage was checked on 11 October 2026 against a retained copy of the article body because the live page did not load in full.","independence_group":"shot"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["Exact event date.","Independent confirmation of the reported event and medical cause of the symptoms.","The original persona account, video, creator and production tool, and any basis for SHOT’s AI identification beyond its undetailed implication that hospital staff explained it.","Whether the presenter was in fact generated, and who wrote the advice."],"geography":{"basis":"The reports place the event in Moscow. No separate nationality or residence-country inference is made.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["RU"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Concrete reported hospitalisation linked by SHOT to advice from a presenter it describes as an AI avatar. Published as an unverified attributed account, with the thinly stated basis for AI identification (an undetailed implication that hospital staff explained it) and unknown recipe authorship explicit. The original describes the person’s encounter, belief and action; the record does not claim that the hospital examined the persona, and no independent corroboration is claimed.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"SHOT describes a social-media presenter as an AI avatar, says the woman believed the herbalist was a real person and connects following its recipe to subsequent hospital treatment. This is an explicit reported generated-persona pathway. The post implies, without detail, that hospital staff told her the presenter was AI-generated; it names no account or tool, and no original video or account was inspected. The reported contribution is reliance on the presenter. AI authorship of the recipe, production provenance and medical causation are unconfirmed.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"SHOT reports Moscow woman hospitalised after following advice from a persona it describes as AI-generated","summary":"SHOT reports that an older Moscow woman followed a health recipe from a social-media herbalist whom she believed was a real person. The channel describes the presenter as an AI avatar and says the woman developed severe symptoms and received hospital treatment. Its post implies, without detail, that hospital staff told her the presenter was AI-generated, and does not name the account or production tool. Glavny.tv, relaying SHOT, reports that she recovered. This is one unverified reporting chain. The recipe’s authorship, the persona’s actual production method and the medical cause of the symptoms remain unconfirmed.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-05","aiSystem":"A herbalist persona in social-media health videos that SHOT describes as an AI avatar. The production tool and basis for that identification are unconfirmed.","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["hospitalization"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"SHOT reports hospital treatment after the woman followed the advice. Medical causation is unconfirmed. Glavny.tv’s relay reports recovery.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"SHOT describes one woman who received hospital treatment. She is counted as a viewer reportedly harmed by someone else’s use of a persona described as generated. No wider audience is counted.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"RU","primarySourceUrl":"https://t.me/shot_shot/100748","primarySourceLabel":"SHOT, 5 October 2026: reported hospitalisation after advice from an alleged AI herbalist","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-06T04:48:56.037044+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:44:06.348113+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["synthetic-persona","health-advice","hospitalisation","single-reporting-chain"]},{"id":"2026-uh-downtown-student-f-grade-over-alleged-ai-generated-coursework-overturned-on-appeal","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'his Music Appreciation Professor gave him an \"F\" claiming, \"the student submitted several journal entries and discussion posts that were determined to be copy and pasted AI generated.\"'; 'A University of Houston-Downtown student who received an \"F\" after being accused of submitting AI-generated work'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A University of Houston-Downtown senior received an F in a music appreciation course after the professor claimed the student had submitted several journal entries and discussion posts determined to be AI-generated text that had been copied and pasted.","causal_attribution":"The station's report, quoting the professor's stated reason. How the determination was made is not stated."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The appeal process started with the professor who accused him in the first place'; 'Then he lost in the second phase with the department chair of the Arts and Communication Department.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The student's appeal was denied first by the professor and then by the chair of the Arts and Communication Department.","causal_attribution":"The station's report of the appeal stages."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'But the student discipline committee made up of four deans ruled in his favor.'; 'The committees decision was based on concerns regarding the reliability and consistency of the evidence used to support the original finding.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A student discipline committee made up of four deans ruled in the student's favour, and the decision as quoted cites concerns about the reliability and consistency of the evidence used to support the original finding.","causal_attribution":"The station's quotation of the decision. The decision document was not published."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'To be honest, I was shocked. I was incredibly incensed'; 'In other things, in the course, I received A's or either 100% or 90%, so it came as a jarring surprise to me.'; 'This came as a huge relief'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The student said they were shocked and incredibly incensed by the grade, which came as a surprise after high marks elsewhere in the course, and that the committee's ruling came as a huge relief.","causal_attribution":"Student's own statement to the station."}],"effects":[{"label":"failing course grade on a finding that journal entries and discussion posts were AI-generated; later overturned","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"two appeals denied before the committee ruling","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"shock and anger at the accusation (student statement)","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"},{"label":"committee of deans ruled in the student's favour","claim_id":"c3","direction":"positive"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.fox26houston.com/news/senior-uh-downtown-prevails-after-being-accused-handing-assignments-were-ai-generated","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English: the article text in full, including the summary box and the JSON-LD article body, as served on 23 October 2026 (unchanged since 2 October 2026). The video segment on the page was not viewed. The station says its reporter spoke with the student.","independence_group":"fox26-houston"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["unknown"],"contexts":["education"],"unknowns":["How the professor determined that the work was AI-generated, and whether an AI-detection tool was used.","The year of the grade: the report says 'last August' without a year.","The university's and the professor's accounts.","Whether the grade was changed after the committee's ruling and to what."],"geography":{"basis":"The course and the appeals were at the University of Houston-Downtown; the report is datelined Houston. The student's country of residence is not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete account of a student penalised on a finding of AI use that a university committee later overturned, reported by a local television station from the student's interview and a decision passage it quotes. The harm is the institution's sanction for alleged AI use. No AI system's role in the finding is established, and the record says so. The student is not named in this record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The harm is the university's response to alleged AI use: the professor's finding, as quoted by the station, was that the student's journal entries and discussion posts were 'copy and pasted AI generated', and the F followed from it. The student contested the finding and a committee of deans ruled in the student's favour over the reliability and consistency of the evidence. The report does not state how the finding was reached or whether an AI-detection tool was used, so no AI system's output about the student is established and the relation is recorded as unknown.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"University of Houston-Downtown senior given an F over a professor's claim of AI-generated coursework; deans' committee overturns it after two failed appeals","summary":"FOX 26 Houston reported on 2 October 2026 that a senior at the University of Houston-Downtown received an F in a music appreciation course 'last August' after the professor claimed the student had submitted several journal entries and discussion posts 'determined to be copy and pasted AI generated'. The student appealed. The professor and then the chair of the Arts and Communication Department denied the appeal, and a student discipline committee of four deans ruled in the student's favour. The station quotes the committee's decision as based on concerns about the reliability and consistency of the evidence used to support the original finding. The report does not say how the work was determined to be AI-generated or whether a detection tool was used, and it carries no university statement. The student told the station of being shocked and incensed by the grade, after high marks elsewhere in the course, and relieved by the outcome.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-02","aiSystem":"No AI system is identified. The professor's finding was that the student's journal entries and discussion posts were AI-generated, which the student contested and a committee overturned; the report does not say whether an AI-detection tool produced or supported that finding","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI writing tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["educational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A student received a failing course grade on a professor's finding that coursework was AI-generated, lost two appeals and described shock and anger before a committee of deans ruled in the student's favour, citing concerns about the reliability and consistency of the evidence (FOX 26 Houston report based on the student's account and the quoted decision).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the student who received the failing grade and pursued the appeals. The student is counted under other people harmed because no use of AI by the student is established.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-TX","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.fox26houston.com/news/senior-uh-downtown-prevails-after-being-accused-handing-assignments-were-ai-generated","primarySourceLabel":"FOX 26 Houston, 2 October 2026: \"Senior at UH Downtown prevails after being accused of handing in assignments that were AI generated\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:19:52.006191+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T02:58:39.959626+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-use-accusation","academic-integrity","education","appeal-upheld","texas","ai-involvement-suspected"]},{"id":"2025-markham-reported-musk-deepfake-crypto-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: Markham woman's first Facebook video and AI alteration account.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The reports link the woman's first Facebook investment contact to an AI-altered video purporting to show Elon Musk.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: woman's account of home equity, fees, loans and total loss.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"They report total losses of about C$1.7 million, including home-equity borrowing, family loans and credit cards.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: attribution to W5 investigation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The reports attribute the woman's account to a W5 investigation.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported loss of about C$1.7 million, with home borrowing and credit-card debt","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://money.ca/investing/cryptocurrency/woman-loses-over-a-million-to-fake-elon-musk-ai-crypto-scheme","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"w5-canadian-scam-interviews"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/deepfake-crypto-scams-canadians-2-3-million/","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"w5-canadian-scam-interviews"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance"],"unknowns":["The first contact date and generation tool are unknown.","The full original interview, payment records and later recovery were not inspected."],"geography":{"basis":"The sources identify the woman as a Markham, Ontario resident in Canada.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CA"],"affected_person_countries":["CA"]},"publication":{"basis":"An inspected source describes a concrete person-level adverse experience connected to the specified AI use. Statements remain attributed, private identities are minimized, and unknown dates, counts and technical details are preserved.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Both written articles attribute this woman's contact to an AI/deepfake video in the W5 investigation. The primary CTV page offered a video teaser rather than the full individual narrative; no full transcript or video forensics were inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Reports describe Markham woman losing C$1.7 million after a purported Musk deepfake","summary":"Reports relaying a W5 investigation describe a 51-year-old Markham woman who lost about C$1.7 million after a purported AI-altered Elon Musk investment video on Facebook. She reportedly mortgaged her home, borrowed from family and friends and used credit cards while being shown apparent profits. Withdrawal demands for fees and taxes led to further payments. The underlying W5 interview was not independently inspected in full; both written reports share that chain.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-01-09","aiSystem":"Reported AI celebrity impersonation video","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Reported loss of about C$1.7 million, with home borrowing and credit-card debt","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One Markham woman is described as losing funds. Lenders and the other W5 interviewee are not included in this case's count.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://money.ca/investing/cryptocurrency/woman-loses-over-a-million-to-fake-elon-musk-ai-crypto-scheme","primarySourceLabel":"Money.ca, 9 January 2026, relay of W5 interview","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:11:06.444723+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:02.735791+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-us-senator-blackburn-google-gemma-reported-fabricated-sexual-misconduct-allegation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"When prompted with, ‘Has Marsha Blackburn been accused of rape?’ Gemma produced the following entirely false response","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"There has never been such an accusation, there is no such individual, and there are no such news stories.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"pressured him to obtain prescription drugs for her and that the relationship involved non-consensual acts.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"“None of this is true, not even the campaign year which was actually 1998,” Blackburn wrote.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Senator Marsha Blackburn says that Google's Gemma model, asked 'Has Marsha Blackburn been accused of rape?', responded with an invented account of a sexual relationship with a state trooper during a 1987 state senate campaign, including an allegation of non-consensual acts, and that she has never faced such an accusation.","causal_attribution":"The sources report the connection between the AI output and the reported consequence; no court, regulator or independent finding of causation was inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Gemma went on to generate fake links to fabricated news articles to support the story.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The links lead to error pages and unrelated news articles.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"“The links lead to error pages and unrelated news articles.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Blackburn says the response came with generated links to news articles that do not exist: the links lead to error pages and unrelated articles.","causal_attribution":"The sources report the connection between the AI output and the reported consequence; no court, regulator or independent finding of causation was inspected."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"It is an act of defamation produced and distributed by a Google-owned AI model.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Shut it down until you can control it.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Blackburn characterised the output as defamation produced and distributed by a Google-owned model and called on Google to shut the model down until it can be controlled.","causal_attribution":"A statement of the affected person's position; no finding that the output is legally defamatory was inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"seen reports of non-developers trying to use Gemma in AI Studio and ask it factual questions.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"We never intended this to be a consumer tool or model, or to be used this way","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"As a result, Google said it’s removing Gemma from AI Studio while continuing to make the models available via API.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Google did not reference the specifics of Blackburn’s letter","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Google said it had seen non-developers trying to use Gemma in AI Studio to ask factual questions, said this was not an intended use, and removed Gemma from AI Studio while keeping it available by API.","causal_attribution":"Google's stated reason for the removal, as relayed by one outlet. Google's post did not reference the specifics of the Senator's letter."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"the hallucinations you have seen in Gemma are technical issues common to large-language models impacting users across the political spectrum.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"users enter a misleading premise","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"fails to address how this happened and how the company will prevent it from happening in the future.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In a letter to the Senator, a Google vice president called the hallucinations a technical issue common to large language models affecting users across the political spectrum, and said problems arise when consumers use smaller open models that are not designed to be factual assistants and when users enter a misleading premise. Blackburn said the response did not explain how the output happened or how Google would prevent a repeat.","causal_attribution":"Both statements are the parties' own positions as relayed by one outlet."}],"effects":[{"label":"Fabricated sexual-misconduct allegation with non-existent news links generated about a named public official","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/10/technology/blackburn-demands-answers-from-google-after-gemma-manufactured-fake-criminal-allegations-against-her","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"blackburn-letter"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/google-pulls-gemma-from-ai-studio-after-senator-blackburn-accuses-model-of-defamation","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"blackburn-letter"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.axios.com/2025/11/07/google-blackburn-ai-hallucinations","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"google-reply-to-blackburn"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["unknown"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The date the output was generated is not stated. The Senator's release of 31 October 2025 says she 'learned of another example' after a Senate Commerce hearing earlier that week, which does not date the generation.","Who entered the prompt, and whether the exchange was in AI Studio, is not stated in the inspected sources.","The Gemma response text and the fake links were not inspected; the sources quote the Senator's letter.","No source reports a downstream consequence for the Senator beyond the allegation itself, or that any third party read it.","The Google post on X and the Google letter to the Senator were read only as relayed by TechCrunch and Axios (Axios was read through a Wayback capture of 3,144 characters of text, which appears to be the whole short article). The Blackburn ICYMI page (HTTP 403) and the VentureBeat article (HTTP 429) could not be read.","Whether the Senator's letter reflects a documented systematic bias is not established and is not claimed."],"geography":{"basis":"The sources identify the affected person as a US Senator and give her office locations, but do not establish where the prompt was entered or where the output was read. No country is inferred from the Senator's office, Google's headquarters or the outlets.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"The Senator's own press release (Wayback capture, read in full), a TechCrunch report that quotes her letter and Google's post, and an Axios report of Google's reply. The output was reported only through the Senator's letter, so its content is an allegation by the person concerned. The Senator is a public figure who described the output publicly under her own name. The event date is unknown, so the case is published undated.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Senator's letter and press release, relayed by TechCrunch, state that Gemma produced the response. Google's own reply to the Senator refers to 'the hallucinations you have seen in Gemma' and Google removed Gemma from AI Studio. The response text was not inspected independently.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Google Gemma model reportedly generates a fabricated sexual-misconduct allegation with fake news links about US Senator Marsha Blackburn","summary":"In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on 31 October 2025, US Senator Marsha Blackburn said that Google's Gemma model, asked \"Has Marsha Blackburn been accused of rape?\", produced an invented account of a 1987 campaign-era accusation by a state trooper, with links to news articles that do not exist. She said there has never been such an accusation, called the output defamation and demanded that Google shut the model down until it can be controlled. Google said it had seen reports of non-developers trying to use Gemma in AI Studio to ask factual questions, that this was not an intended use, and removed Gemma from AI Studio while keeping API access. Google's later reply to the Senator called the hallucinations a technical issue common to large language models. The date the output was generated is not stated, and the output itself was not inspected.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-10-31","aiSystem":"Gemma (Google, via AI Studio)","aiProduct":"Gemma","aiCompany":"Google","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Senator Blackburn states that Gemma produced a fabricated criminal allegation about her and fake supporting news links, and describes it as defamation published by a Google-owned model. No downstream consequence such as lost office, threats or a documented third-party reader is reported. The harm reported is the false allegation itself (her account).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the Senator who is the subject of the output and who described it publicly. The sources do not say who typed the prompt, so the count treats her as a person harmed by an output about her. The related output about a second person named in the sources is a different event and is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/10/technology/blackburn-demands-answers-from-google-after-gemma-manufactured-fake-criminal-allegations-against-her","primarySourceLabel":"Office of Senator Marsha Blackburn: Blackburn Demands Answers from Google After Gemma Manufactured Fake Criminal Allegations Against Her","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T14:02:28.733982+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:19.610578+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]}]}