{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-31T07:57:20.647Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"clinician","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":8,"coverage":{"cases":8,"countries":1,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":7,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":8,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":6,"contextualRelations":2,"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-patient-says-doctor-read-google-ai-search-summary-for-a-diagnosis-then-called-to-say-the-patient-was-right-first-person","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'one of my appointments, where a doctor pulled up Google on his computer, said, “Let’s ask Dr. Google,” and read the summary at the top of the page without clicking through to any of the sources'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The author wrote that at one of their appointments a doctor pulled up Google on his computer, said \"Let's ask Dr. Google,\" and read the summary at the top of the page without clicking through to any of the sources.","causal_attribution":"Author's first-person account of the appointment."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Google a diagnosis, and read me the AI summary at the top of the results'; 'Spoiler alert: He was actually wrong.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In a Bluesky post linking the article, the author described the doctor as Googling a diagnosis and reading them the AI summary at the top of the results, and wrote that he was actually wrong.","causal_attribution":"The author identifies the summary as AI-generated and the doctor's answer as wrong; what the summary said is not described, so whether the error lay in the summary itself or in the doctor's reading of it is not established."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'To his credit, he did call me to say I was right after I emailed to push back and essentially say, “I think you’re wrong, here are my sources. What am I missing?”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The author wrote that the doctor called to say they were right after they emailed to push back, saying in effect that he was wrong and giving their sources.","causal_attribution":"Author's account of the correction."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I’d be 100% lying if I said that I wasn’t nervous to hit send on the emails to the doctors to question their diagnoses'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The author wrote that they were nervous to send the emails questioning the doctors' diagnoses.","causal_attribution":"The author describes this for both diagnosis disputes in the article, only one of which involved the AI summary."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I definitely used AI when I was researching this diagnosis. But I didn’t just go with the first response Claude gave me'; 'I used Gemini to do deeper research and had it try to find holes in what Claude told me'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The author wrote that they used Claude and Gemini to research the diagnosis, cross-checked them against other sources and read the cited sources themselves.","causal_attribution":"Context: the author's own AI-assisted research is how they challenged the doctor."}],"effects":[{"label":"a doctor's answer on a diagnosis, read from an AI search summary, that the doctor later agreed was wrong (author's account)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"nervousness at emailing the doctors to question their diagnoses (author's account)","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the author researched the diagnosis with Claude and Gemini and read the cited sources (author's account)","claim_id":"c5","direction":"neutral"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/lets-ask-dr-google-blind-trust-ai-baba28829c6a","kind":"personal_blog","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-31. medium.com returned HTTP 403 to the fetcher and the Wayback Machine had no capture, so the full article text was read from the author's own Medium RSS feed (HTTP 200), which carries the complete article dated 26 October 2026.","independence_group":"author-dr-google-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/sarahdoody.bsky.social/post/3mz3w5eavmk23","kind":"social_post","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-31 through the public Bluesky API (post, thread with no replies, and the author's feed, HTTP 200). Same author as the article, so not independent of it.","independence_group":"author-dr-google-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use","own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["What the AI summary said, what diagnosis was at issue, and whether the error lay in the summary or in the doctor's reading of it.","When the appointment took place; the article (26 October 2026) gives no date, and the Bluesky post of 30 October 2026 does not either.","Which Google feature produced the summary; the author calls it the AI summary at the top of the results.","Whether the wrong answer affected any treatment before it was corrected.","Where the appointment took place."],"geography":{"basis":"The article and the post do not say where the appointment took place or where the author lives.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a contextual case: the author says a doctor answered a diagnosis question by reading Google's AI search summary aloud during the appointment, that the answer was wrong, and that the doctor agreed after the author pushed back with sources. First-person account, low severity.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-31"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The author writes that during their appointment a doctor searched Google for a diagnosis and read them the AI-generated summary at the top of the results without opening any sources, and that the doctor's answer was wrong; after the author emailed sources, the doctor called to say the author was right. The output was used in the doctor's answer to the patient. What the summary said is not described.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["informed_decision_about"]},"name":"First-person account: patient says a doctor read Google's AI search summary for a diagnosis and later called to say the patient was right","summary":"In an article published on Medium on 26 October 2026 and a Bluesky post on 30 October, a writer says that at one appointment a doctor said \"Let's ask Dr. Google\", searched for a diagnosis and read the AI summary at the top of the results without opening any sources. The writer says the doctor was wrong; after they emailed him their sources and asked what they were missing, he called to say they were right. They say they were nervous to send the emails, and that their own research used Claude and Gemini, cross-checked against the cited sources. The article does not say what the summary said, what the diagnosis was, or when the appointment took place.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-26","aiSystem":"AI-generated summary at the top of Google search results, as described by the patient; feature name not given","aiProduct":"Google Search AI summary (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The author says a doctor gave them a wrong answer on a diagnosis after reading Google's AI search summary aloud, and that they had to research and nervously challenge it by email before the doctor agreed (first-person account; no effect on treatment is reported).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person counted: the author, the patient about whom the doctor used the AI summary; the author was not the AI user.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"assistant","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/lets-ask-dr-google-blind-trust-ai-baba28829c6a","primarySourceLabel":"Medium (Bootcamp), 26 Oct 2026: \"Let’s ask Dr. Google: The risk of blind trust in AI\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-31T03:25:14.801466+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T03:25:14.801466+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["first-person","blog","bluesky","health","clinician","ai-search-summary"]},{"id":"2026-california-patient-says-urgent-care-discharge-instructions-were-printed-chatgpt-answers-first-person","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The paperwork reportedly turned out to be written by ChatGPT.'; 'showing that the paperwork consisted of printed ChatGPT responses. The documents also included what appeared to be previous chat prompts, with labels such as'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The patient says the discharge paperwork and at-home treatment plan she received after seeking care consisted of printed ChatGPT responses, including what appeared to be earlier chat prompts with labels such as Aftercare Instruction Request.","causal_attribution":"The patient's account as relayed by The Nerd Stash; the clinic's account is not known."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'had i blindly followed, would have likely ended up in bowel perforation given my history, genetic disorder, scar tissue and previous surgeries** source : other doctors who I asked'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'She stressed that her medical needs required professional attention rather than advice generated by ChatGPT.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The patient says that, had she followed the instructions blindly, they would likely have led to bowel perforation given her history, genetic disorder, scar tissue and previous surgeries, citing other doctors she asked.","causal_attribution":"The patient's assessment, attributed by her to other doctors she consulted; no clinician is quoted directly."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'referring to her decision not to follow the instructions'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The patient did not follow the instructions.","causal_attribution":"The patient's account as relayed."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'identifying the facility in a comment as allegedly'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The patient identified the facility in a comment, which the report names as allegedly an urgent-care clinic.","causal_attribution":"Identification made by the patient in a comment, relayed with the qualifier 'allegedly'; the record does not name the clinic."}],"effects":[{"label":"discharge instructions printed from ChatGPT that, by the patient's account, would likely have caused serious harm given her condition","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.tiktok.com/@tara_rule/video/7701541220853533966","kind":"social_media_post","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-31: the caption and creation time of the video were read from the TikTok page data (HTTP 200). The spoken content of the video was not transcribed by the agent; it is known only through the relay. No translation and no human reviewer.","independence_group":"patient-tiktok-chatgpt-discharge"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://thenerdstash.com/outrage-after-california-woman-receives-hospital-discharge-papers-written-by-chatgpt-begging-you-to-speak-with-a-lawyer/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-31 (HTTP 200, full article). The report relays the patient's videos, caption and comments; it is not independent of her account. No translation and no human reviewer.","independence_group":"patient-tiktok-chatgpt-discharge"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["Which clinic it was (the identification rests on the patient's comment) and the clinic's account.","Who generated the ChatGPT text and whether a clinician reviewed it before it was given to her.","The date of the visit and the condition she sought care for.","The exact content of the instructions; the agent did not transcribe the video and relies on the caption and the relay."],"geography":{"basis":"The Nerd Stash describes the patient as a California woman, which places the affected person in the US. The facility is identified only through the patient's comment as relayed, so no event country is recorded from residence.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the public-forum rule as a first-person account of a clinic handing a patient printed ChatGPT output as her discharge instructions, which she says other doctors judged likely to cause serious harm given her condition. Described with attribution and without corroboration; the clinic's response is unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-31"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The patient says the clinic's discharge and aftercare instructions for her were printed ChatGPT responses, and the relay describes the printouts as including earlier chat prompts with labels such as Aftercare Instruction Request. The AI output is therefore the text of her treatment plan, which the clinic used in discharging her, and the reported harm is that the plan was, by her account and that of other doctors she asked, unsafe for her condition. Who generated the text and whether a clinician reviewed it are not stated.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["informed_decision_about"]},"name":"California patient says urgent-care discharge papers were printed ChatGPT answers that other doctors told her were unsafe for her condition (first-person)","summary":"In a TikTok video posted on 28 October 2026, a woman described as living in California says the discharge paperwork and at-home treatment plan she received after a visit for care consisted of printed ChatGPT responses, which, according to a 30 October report by The Nerd Stash, included what appeared to be earlier chat prompts with labels such as \"Aftercare Instruction Request\". In a comment she identified the facility, which the report names only as allegedly an urgent-care clinic. She describes herself as medically complex, with a rare genetic disorder. In her caption she writes that, had she followed the instructions blindly, they would likely have led to bowel perforation given her history, citing other doctors she asked. She did not follow them. The clinic's account, the clinician involved and the date of the visit are not known.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-28","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, as the patient identifies the printed responses she was given as discharge paperwork; who at the clinic generated them is not stated","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A patient says the discharge instructions an urgent-care clinic gave her were printed ChatGPT output that, by her account and that of other doctors she consulted, would likely have caused bowel perforation given her condition; she did not follow them (first-person account, uncorroborated).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the patient who received the paperwork. Viewers and commenters are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.tiktok.com/@tara_rule/video/7701541220853533966","primarySourceLabel":"TikTok video and caption by the patient, 28 Oct 2026: discharge instructions printed from ChatGPT","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-31T03:08:45.567738+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T03:08:45.567738+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["first-person","tiktok","chatgpt","health","discharge-instructions"]},{"id":"2026-dietitian-reports-patient-ai-generated-meal-plan-muscle-loss-constipation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Wcześniej przez trzy miesiące stosowała jadłospis wygenerowany przez narzędzie oparte na sztucznej inteligencji'; 'Dieta dostarczała 1400 kcal oraz 140 g białka dziennie przy masie ciała wynoszącej 72 kg'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A patient who consulted the dietitian to reduce body fat had for the previous three months followed a meal plan generated by an AI-based tool, which provided 1400 kcal and 140 g of protein a day at a body weight of 72 kg.","causal_attribution":"The dietitian's description of the plan, quoted by Gazeta.pl. The plan itself is not reproduced and the tool is not named."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'zalecenia nie uwzględniały stylu życia'; 'osiągnięcie bardzo wysokiej podaży białka odbyło się kosztem innych składników diety. Były to głównie węglowodany, zdrowe tłuszcze oraz błonnik pokarmowy'; 'jakość jadłospisu była niska'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The dietitian says the plan did not take the patient's lifestyle into account (pilates two or three times a week, no strength training), that at so low a calorie level its very high protein came at the cost of carbohydrates, healthy fats and fibre, and that its quality was low with many processed protein products.","causal_attribution":"The dietitian's professional assessment of the plan, as quoted."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'po trzech miesiącach restrykcyjnej diety schudła 3,5 kg. Analiza składu wykazała jednak również utratę masy mięśniowej'; 'u pacjentki pojawiły się przewlekłe zaparcia. Był to skutek niskiego spożycia błonnika'; 'Wynosiło zaledwie około 9 g dziennie, podczas gdy rekomendowana ilość to 25-30 g'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After three months on the plan the patient had lost 3.5 kg, body-composition analysis also showed a loss of muscle mass, and she had developed chronic constipation, which the dietitian attributes to a fibre intake of about 9 g a day against a recommended 25 to 30 g.","causal_attribution":"The dietitian attributes the constipation to the plan's low fibre and presents the muscle loss as a result of the diet; the article offers no other cause."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ekspertka zaproponowała kobiecie bardziej zbilansowany model żywienia oparty na diecie 1800 kcal ze 120 g białka dziennie'; 'zaleciłam włączenie jednego lub dwóch treningów siłowych tygodniowo'; 'Jak podkreśla nasza rozmówczyni, takie podejście pozwoliło skutecznie zredukować tkankę tłuszczową przy jednoczesnym zachowaniu, a także stopniowym zwiększaniu masy mięśniowej'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The dietitian replaced the plan with an 1800 kcal diet with 120 g of protein, more whole grains, vegetables, plant protein and fibre, and recommended one or two strength sessions a week.","causal_attribution":"The dietitian's description of her own response; she says the new plan reduced body fat while preserving and gradually increasing muscle mass, without figures."}],"effects":[{"label":"loss of muscle mass shown by body-composition analysis after three months on the AI-generated plan (dietitian's account)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"chronic constipation, attributed by the dietitian to the plan's fibre content of about 9 g a day","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kobieta.gazeta.pl/zdrowie-i-harmonia/7,197773,33052838,przeszla-na-diete-wygenerowana-przez-ai-poza-kilogramami-stracila.html","kind":"national_news","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish: the full article on kobieta.gazeta.pl. Passages were translated by the research agent, an AI; no human translator reviewed them.","independence_group":"gazeta-pl"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The AI tool is not named, and the article does not say whether it was a chatbot or a diet application, or what the patient asked it.","The generated plan is not reproduced; its composition is known only from the dietitian's description.","The dates of the three-month diet and of the consultation are not stated; the patient's age and location are not stated.","The muscle loss is not quantified, and no other possible causes of the constipation are discussed."],"geography":{"basis":"The article does not state where the patient lives or where the consultation took place. The outlet is Polish and the dietitian practises in Poland, but neither fact locates this patient's diet or consultation, so no country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a clinician's attributed account of one patient: the article states what the AI-generated plan prescribed and the dietitian connects that composition to the muscle loss and chronic constipation she found. Single source; claims are marked reported, the patient is unnamed, and the unknowns (tool, dates, place, quantification) are recorded.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-07"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The article states that the patient's meal plan was generated by an AI-based tool and gives what that plan prescribed: 1400 kcal and 140 g of protein a day at 72 kg, with carbohydrates, healthy fats and fibre cut to reach that level, and about 9 g of fibre a day. The dietitian connects that composition to the harm: the fibre level to the chronic constipation, and the low calories with high protein and no strength training to the muscle loss. The tool is not named, the plan is not reproduced, and the account is the dietitian's as quoted by one outlet.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Dietitian says a patient who followed an AI-generated 1400 kcal meal plan for three months lost muscle and developed chronic constipation, Gazeta.pl reports","summary":"Gazeta.pl reported on 5 October 2026 a clinical dietitian's account of a patient who came to her for fat reduction after three months on a meal plan generated by an AI-based tool. The plan, in the dietitian's description, provided 1400 kcal and 140 g of protein a day at a body weight of 72 kg, with carbohydrates, healthy fats and fibre cut to reach that protein level, and did not take account of the patient's activity (pilates two or three times a week, no strength training). After three months the patient had lost 3.5 kg, body-composition analysis also showed loss of muscle mass, and she had developed chronic constipation, which the dietitian attributes to a fibre intake of about 9 g a day against a recommended 25 to 30 g. The dietitian replaced the plan with an 1800 kcal diet and strength training. The tool is not named and the event date and place are not stated.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-05","aiSystem":"A meal plan generated by an AI-based tool ('jadłospis wygenerowany przez narzędzie oparte na sztucznej inteligencji'); the article does not name the tool or say whether it was a chatbot or a diet application","aiProduct":"Unidentified diet-plan tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["medical_deterioration"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"In the dietitian's account, three months on the AI-generated meal plan left the patient with a loss of muscle mass shown by body-composition analysis and chronic constipation attributed to the plan's low fibre content.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the patient the dietitian describes, who followed the AI-generated plan and developed the reported effects.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://kobieta.gazeta.pl/zdrowie-i-harmonia/7,197773,33052838,przeszla-na-diete-wygenerowana-przez-ai-poza-kilogramami-stracila.html","primarySourceLabel":"Gazeta.pl Kobieta, 5 October 2026: \"Przeszła na dietę wygenerowaną przez AI. Poza kilogramami straciła coś jeszcze\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-07T03:25:18.115991+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T03:25:18.115991+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["health-guidance","diet-advice","nutrition","muscle-loss","constipation","clinician-account","polish-language-source"]},{"id":"2026-antwerp-university-professor-deepfake-video-advertises-prostate-remedy","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De Universiteit Antwerpen waarschuwt voor een deepfakevideo waarin vaccinoloog en epidemioloog Pierre Van Damme reclame lijkt te maken voor een middel tegen prostaatproblemen'; 'kondigt presentator Xavier Taveirne vanuit een valse televisiestudio een nieuw middel tegen prostaatproblemen aan. Vervolgens lijkt Van Damme ongeveer 2 minuten lang het product aan te prijzen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The University of Antwerp warned of a deepfake video in which its professor, a vaccinologist and epidemiologist, appears to advertise a remedy for prostate problems; in the video a presenter announces the product from a fake television studio and the professor then appears to praise it for about two minutes.","causal_attribution":"The university's warning and the broadcaster's description of the video; the video itself was not inspected by the research agent."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ik heb deze video nooit opgenomen'; 'Mijn gezicht, mijn stem en mijn naam worden zonder mijn toestemming gebruikt om een vermeende behandeling tegen prostaatproblemen te promoten. De video probeert kijkers te misleiden'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The professor says he never recorded the video, that his face, voice and name are being used without his consent to promote a purported prostate treatment, and that the video tries to mislead viewers.","causal_attribution":"The professor's own statement as quoted by VRT NWS."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De professor kreeg verschillende berichten van mensen die de video hadden gezien. Sommigen vroegen hem zelfs of ze hun bestaande medische behandeling moesten stopzetten'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The professor received several messages from people who had seen the video, some of whom asked him whether they should stop their existing medical treatment.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the broadcaster from the professor's account; no viewer is described as having stopped treatment."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De universiteit meldde het filmpje bij Meta'; 'weigerde de video te verwijderen. Ook na een 2e melding bleef Meta bij dat standpunt. Na een 3e poging werd het filmpje wel van 1 pagina verwijderd'; 'Van Damme en UAntwerpen bekijken verdere juridische stappen'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The university reported the video to Meta, which first said it was not clear the content was unlawful and refused removal, kept that position after a second report, and removed the video from one page after a third attempt; the university says identical or similar videos probably still circulate, and the professor and university are considering further legal steps.","causal_attribution":"The university's account of its reports to Meta and Meta's replies, as reported by VRT NWS; Meta is not quoted directly."}],"effects":[{"label":"professor's face, voice and name used without his consent, by his account, in a generated video endorsing a prostate remedy","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"viewers who saw the video asked the professor whether to stop their existing medical treatment","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Meta refused two removal requests before removing the video from one page; similar copies believed still circulating","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/10/06/uantwerpen-waarschuwt-voor-deepfakevideo-met-pierre-van-damme/","kind":"national_news","access":"read","language":"nl","translation_note":"Read in Dutch: the full VRT NWS article on vrt.be (also checked against its MSN syndication). Passages were translated by the research agent, an AI; no human translator reviewed them.","independence_group":"vrt-nws"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["Who made the video, with what tool, and on which pages and for how long it circulated.","The product being advertised and whether anyone bought it or stopped treatment after seeing the video.","Whether the presenter shown in the video was also depicted without consent; the article records no statement from him.","Whether a complaint or other legal step has been filed."],"geography":{"basis":"The article does not say where the video was made or where the Facebook pages that carried it are run, so no event country is recorded. The affected person is identified as a professor at the University of Antwerp, which the university's own warning places in Belgium (BE).","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["BE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published on the university's public warning and the professor's own statement, reported by the public broadcaster, that a generated video uses his face, voice and name to endorse a prostate remedy, with the reported viewer messages and Meta's refusals as the described consequences. Single source; all claims reported; the professor and presenter are public figures named in the university's warning; no private person is identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-07"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The university describes the video as a deepfake and the professor says he never recorded it and that his face, voice and name are used in it to promote a purported prostate treatment; the article describes the generated content (about two minutes of apparent endorsement after a presenter's introduction from a fake studio). That generated depiction is the harm: the professor's likeness endorses a product without his consent, and viewers who saw it asked him whether to stop treatment. No tool or maker is identified, and the account rests on the university's warning and the professor's statement as reported by one broadcaster.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"University of Antwerp says a deepfake video uses a professor's face, voice and name to advertise a prostate remedy; viewers asked him whether to stop treatment","summary":"VRT NWS reported on 6 October 2026 that the University of Antwerp had warned of a deepfake video in which one of its professors, a vaccinologist and epidemiologist, appears to advertise a remedy for prostate problems. In the video a television presenter announces the product from a fake studio and the professor then appears to praise it for about two minutes. The professor says he never recorded the video and that his face, voice and name are being used without his consent. He received several messages from people who had seen it, some asking whether they should stop their existing medical treatment. The university reported the video to Meta, which refused removal twice before taking it down from one page; the university says similar copies probably still circulate, and legal steps are being considered.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-06","aiSystem":"A video the university describes as a deepfake ('deepfakevideo'), showing the professor apparently endorsing a prostate remedy for about two minutes after a presenter introduces it from a fake television studio; no tool or maker is identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The professor's face, voice and name were used without his consent, by his account, in a generated video endorsing a purported prostate remedy; viewers then asked him whether to stop their own treatment, and Meta refused removal twice.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the professor whose likeness the university and he himself say was used without consent. The presenter shown in the video is not counted because the article records no statement about his depiction, and the viewers who sent messages are not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/10/06/uantwerpen-waarschuwt-voor-deepfakevideo-met-pierre-van-damme/","primarySourceLabel":"VRT NWS, 6 October 2026: \"UAntwerpen waarschuwt voor deepfakevideo waarin viroloog Pierre Van Damme reclame maakt voor medicijn\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-07T03:20:03.617216+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T03:20:03.617216+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","health-misinformation","impersonation","clinician-impersonation","advertising","facebook","takedown","dutch-language-source"]},{"id":"2026-pcc-case-report-chatgpt-associated-psychosis-god-delusions-five-admissions","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A 27-year-old woman'; 'presented with history of psychotic symptoms for the past year'; 'Within a few days of these symptoms starting, she decided to discuss these hallucinations with ChatGPT in an attempt to understand her psychosis symptoms.'; 'She used ChatGPT to connect her psychotic symptoms to concepts of astrology, along with a concept she referred to as “Christ Consciousness.”'; 'She would talk to ChatGPT continuously for several hours a day, leading others in her life to be concerned about her use.'; 'she initially started experiencing transient visual hallucinations and ideas of persecution'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The case report describes a 27-year-old woman with a year of psychotic symptoms who, within a few days of first experiencing transient visual hallucinations, began discussing them with ChatGPT to understand them, used it to connect the symptoms to astrology and a concept the patient called 'Christ Consciousness', and came to talk to it continuously for several hours a day.","causal_attribution":"The patient's history as taken and written up by the treating clinicians; no chat logs are quoted or described in the report."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Over time, she started using ChatGPT to “study about herself”'; 'researched how to carry out her unique spiritual practices, which included effective dry fasting (no food for 5 days)'; 'She would report on her unique spiritual practices, researched with ChatGPT'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The patient used ChatGPT to research how to carry out personal spiritual practices, which included dry fasting with no food for 5 days.","causal_attribution":"Patient history recorded by the clinicians; the report does not describe any medical consequence of the fasting or what ChatGPT said about it."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'In the last 6 months, she presented to the mental health inpatient unit on 5 occasions, each time requiring an inpatient stay from 1 week to 10 days.'; 'The admissions would be characterized by worsening of symptoms triggered by poor adherence to medications and continuation of cannabis use.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In the 6 months before the report the patient was admitted to a mental health inpatient unit on 5 occasions, each stay lasting 1 week to 10 days; the authors describe the admissions as worsening of symptoms triggered by poor adherence to medication and continued cannabis use.","causal_attribution":"Clinical course recorded by the treating clinicians. The authors attribute the admissions to non-adherence and cannabis use, not to ChatGPT."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'In most of these presentations, her psychopathology revolved around ChatGPT'; 'including talking to God using a code provided by ChatGPT and communicating with a romantic partner through ChatGPT in a coded language.'; 'She would also repeatedly refer to ChatGPT as God and Jesus.'; 'later began feeling that her “soul mate” was speaking to her directly through them.'; 'Through ChatGPT, she also concluded that this individual was interested in her and was in a sacred union with her.'; 'She would upload her “soul mate” poems to ChatGPT'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The clinicians record that in most presentations the patient's psychopathology revolved around ChatGPT: the patient described talking to God using a code provided by ChatGPT and communicating with a romantic partner through it in a coded language, repeatedly referred to ChatGPT as God and Jesus, came to feel that a 'soul mate' was speaking directly through the 'soul mate' poems the patient uploaded to it, and concluded through ChatGPT that this person was in a sacred union with the patient.","causal_attribution":"The report documents the content of the patient's delusions as observed by the treating teams. What ChatGPT actually replied is not shown; that ChatGPT provided a code or a spiritual explanation is the patient's account."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Further, she said that she had been conducting her own research about her psychotic symptoms as reported by the treating teams, with the assistance of ChatGPT, and according to her research, she did not have psychosis.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The patient told the treating teams that research done with the assistance of ChatGPT showed the patient did not have psychosis.","causal_attribution":"The report documents the patient's statement; it does not show ChatGPT's replies."},{"id":"c6","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Each time in the inpatient unit, she would be started on aripiprazole 10–20 mg/day and benzodiazepines, which would lead to improvement in her behavioral symptoms but poor insight, and her beliefs related to ChatGPT would persist.'; 'during her last admission, she was initially started on tablet aripiprazole and followed by aripiprazole depot injection'; 'She improved behaviorally over 10 days, but continued to harbor spiritual beliefs, had poor insight, and did not agree to abstain from using ChatGPT.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"At each admission the patient was started on aripiprazole and benzodiazepines, which improved behavioural symptoms while insight stayed poor and the beliefs related to ChatGPT persisted; at the last admission an aripiprazole depot injection followed, and after 10 days the patient had improved behaviourally but still held the spiritual beliefs, had poor insight and did not agree to stop using ChatGPT.","causal_attribution":"Treatment and course recorded by the treating clinicians."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Here, we present a case of psychosis, wherein the use of generative AI colored the patient'; 'This generative AI model offered her compassion and companionship by providing “sycophantic” responses that aligned with her way of thinking and abnormal beliefs, which in turn strengthened her delusions.'; 'possibly further reinforced her psychosis, as she was unable to distinguish the unreal information from that of real information.'; 'Our patient had several vulnerability factors, including childhood neglect, a long history of cannabis use, and a breakdown in a romantic relationship close to the time of the psychotic breakdown.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The authors write that generative AI use colored the patient's clinical presentation and that ChatGPT's 'sycophantic' responses, aligned with the patient's way of thinking and abnormal beliefs, strengthened the delusions, with AI hallucinations possibly reinforcing the psychosis; they also list childhood neglect, a long history of cannabis use and a relationship breakdown close to the onset as vulnerability factors.","causal_attribution":"The authors' clinical interpretation. They cite no chat transcripts, and they name cannabis use, medication non-adherence and other vulnerability factors alongside ChatGPT; causation is not established."}],"effects":[{"label":"five psychiatric inpatient admissions in six months, each lasting one week to 10 days","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"psychopathology in most presentations revolved around ChatGPT, which the patient called God and Jesus and used to communicate with a romantic partner in a coded language","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"},{"label":"insight stayed poor after treatment, the ChatGPT-related beliefs persisted and the patient declined to stop using ChatGPT","claim_id":"c6","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/artificial-intelligence-associated-psychosis/","kind":"clinical_case_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Full text of the case report read on the journal page (psychiatrist.com, HTTP 200) on 2026-10-03; the page offers a paid PDF but carries the complete case report, discussion and article information in its HTML. Written by the treating clinicians.","independence_group":"pcc-harbourd-2026-case-report"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42821627/","kind":"bibliographic_record","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"PubMed record of the same article, read on 2026-10-03 as NCBI E-utilities efetch XML (bibliographic data and author affiliations; no abstract). Not independent of s1.","independence_group":"pcc-harbourd-2026-case-report"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health","relationships","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the symptoms began and when the admissions took place; the report gives only relative times.","Where the patient lived and was treated.","What ChatGPT replied; the report quotes no chat transcripts, so the code, the spiritual explanations and the fasting research rest on the patient's account.","Whether the 5-day dry fast caused any medical harm.","The patient's course after the last admission."],"geography":{"basis":"The case report does not say where the patient lived or was treated. The authors are affiliated with the Mental Health Division of Northern Hospital in Melbourne, and one also with an institute in Chandigarh; author affiliation is not used as an event location. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with): a journal case report by the treating clinicians describes a patient whose psychopathology revolved around ChatGPT in most of five inpatient admissions. Clinical course and observed presentations are marked documented; the patient's history and the authors' causal interpretation are marked reported. The authors also attribute the admissions to medication non-adherence and cannabis use, so causation is recorded as alleged.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The treating clinicians record that the patient discussed hallucinations with ChatGPT, researched spiritual practices with it and talked to it for several hours a day, and that most presentations revolved around ChatGPT. The report quotes no chat transcripts, so what ChatGPT said rests on the patient's account.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Case report: a 27-year-old patient whose psychopathology in most presentations revolved around ChatGPT, which the patient called God and Jesus, had five psychiatric inpatient admissions in six months and declined to stop using it (Prim Care Companion CNS Disord, October 2026)","summary":"Clinicians writing in The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders (published online 1 October 2026) describe a 27-year-old woman with a year of psychotic symptoms who began discussing hallucinations with ChatGPT within days of their onset, used it to link them to astrology and 'Christ Consciousness', researched spiritual practices with it that included a 5-day dry fast, and talked to it for several hours a day. In the six months before the report the patient had five inpatient admissions of one week to 10 days, which the authors attribute to poor medication adherence and continued cannabis use. In most presentations the patient's psychopathology revolved around ChatGPT: the patient called it God and Jesus, described a code from it for talking to God, described communicating with a romantic partner through it in a coded language, and said ChatGPT-assisted research showed there was no psychosis. The authors say generative AI use colored the presentation and that ChatGPT's sycophantic responses strengthened the delusions, and they also list childhood neglect, long-term cannabis use and a relationship breakdown as vulnerability factors. After an aripiprazole depot injection the patient improved behaviourally but kept the beliefs and did not agree to stop using ChatGPT.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2026-10-01","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (OpenAI), used by the patient for several hours a day to interpret hallucinations and research spiritual practices (case report by the treating clinicians)","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["hospitalization","psychiatric_deterioration"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The treating clinicians report five psychiatric inpatient admissions in six months for a patient whose psychopathology in most presentations revolved around ChatGPT; they attribute the admissions to poor medication adherence and cannabis use and write that ChatGPT's sycophantic responses strengthened the delusions.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One patient, the subject of the case report. The 17 lay-literature cases the authors cite from another source are not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/artificial-intelligence-associated-psychosis/","primarySourceLabel":"Prim Care Companion CNS Disord, 1 October 2026: Harbourd et al., Artificial Intelligence-Associated Psychosis (case report)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:17:43.579004+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:53:11.587788+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","openai","case-report","psychosis","delusion","religious-delusion","hospitalization","cannabis","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2024-saenger-chatgpt-tia-delayed-diagnosis","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Delayed diagnosis of a transient ischemic attack caused by ChatGPT; Epub 2024 Feb 2","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Delayed diagnosis of a transient ischemic attack caused by ChatGPT; Received 2024 Jan 11; Accepted 2024 Jan 14","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"10.1007/s00508-024-02329-1","relation":"context","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift published online on 2 February 2024 a case report by four clinicians titled \"Delayed diagnosis of a transient ischemic attack caused by ChatGPT\".","causal_attribution":"Publication facts established by the PubMed record and the article itself."},{"id":"c2","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"A man in his 60s presented to the emergency department (ER) of our hospital with a history of multiple self-limiting episodes of diplopia, having undergone pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for atrial fibrillation 4 days earlier.; He had contacted his interventionalist, who had classified the symptoms as harmless after-effects of PVI. If the symptoms recurred, he was advised to contact a general practitioner or to go to the ER.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A man in his 60s had multiple self-limiting episodes of double vision four days after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation; his interventionalist classified the symptoms as harmless after-effects and advised him to contact a general practitioner or go to the emergency department if they recurred.","causal_attribution":"Clinical history recorded by the treating clinicians."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Not finding the interventionalist’s explanation satisfactory, he consulted ChatGPT model 3.5 at the second onset of symptoms. Although he was already considering stroke as a possible explanation for his symptoms, he hoped ChatGPT would provide a less severe explanation to save him a trip to the ER.; Patient’s original question: Is it possible to have visual disturbance after catheter ablation?; Yes, it is possible to experience visual disturbances after catheter ablation.; It is important that you inform your attending physician about any visual disturbances that occur after catheter ablation.; However, in most cases, visual disturbances after catheter ablation are temporary and will improve on their own within a short period of time","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"At the second episode he consulted ChatGPT model 3.5, hoping for a less severe explanation than stroke; the reply reproduced by the authors said visual disturbances after catheter ablation were possible, that \"in most cases\" they \"are temporary and will improve on their own within a short period of time\", and that he should inform his attending physician.","causal_attribution":"The reply is quoted from the excerpt of the patient's chat log in Table 1; the full log was not inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"the patient decided to stay at home.; The patient decided to call an ambulance approximately 24 h later when a third episode occurred.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He stayed at home and called an ambulance about 24 hours later, when a third episode occurred.","causal_attribution":"Course recorded by the treating clinicians."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Relieved that ChatGPT had also classified “vision problems” as “possible” after PVI, the patient decided to stay at home. When confronted later, he described the doctors’ explanation as “partly incomprehensible” and the chatbot’s answer as a “valuable, precise and understandable risk assessment”.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the clinicians, he stayed at home because he was relieved that ChatGPT had classified vision problems as possible after the procedure; he later described the doctors' explanation as \"partly incomprehensible\" and the chatbot's answer as a \"valuable, precise and understandable risk assessment\".","causal_attribution":"His reason for staying home is his own account as recorded by his clinicians."},{"id":"c6","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"paresthesia, hyposensitivity, and fine motor disturbance of the left hand, which equals one point on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS); showed no signs of acute infarction; The patient was admitted to the stroke unit, where all neurological deficits wholly resolved within 1h. Therefore, the working diagnosis was changed to TIA.; The patient was discharged home after 2 days without residual neurological deficits.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In the emergency department he had paresthesia, hyposensitivity and fine-motor disturbance of the left hand (one point on the NIH Stroke Scale); imaging showed no acute infarction, the deficits resolved within an hour on the stroke unit, the diagnosis was changed to transient ischemic attack, his medication was changed, and he was discharged after two days without residual neurological deficit.","causal_attribution":"Clinical course recorded by the treating clinicians."},{"id":"c7","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"This article outlines a case where an erroneous ChatGPT diagnosis, relied upon by the patient to evaluate symptoms, led to a significant treatment delay and a potentially life-threatening situation.; as the patient was relieved by ChatGPT’s appeasing answers and did not seek further clarification","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"erroneous ChatGPT diagnosis, relied upon by the patient to evaluate symptoms, led to a significant treatment delay","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The authors attribute the delay to the chatbot: they write that an erroneous ChatGPT diagnosis the patient relied on led to a significant treatment delay, and that he was relieved by ChatGPT's \"appeasing answers\" and did not seek further clarification.","causal_attribution":"The authors' own causal assessment; the record states it as theirs."},{"id":"c8","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Rephrasing the patient’s questions by directly asking ChatGPT if visual impairment following catheter ablation could indicate a stroke, would have resulted in an affirmative response. Interestingly, the same effect was observed with Google Bard; the patient’s query, particularly the final sentence expressing concerns about visual disturbances post-catheter ablation, triggered a more alarming response when input into Google BARD; If you experience sudden or severe visual disturbances after a catheter ablation, it’s important to seek immediate medical attention.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The authors report that asking ChatGPT directly whether visual impairment after catheter ablation could indicate a stroke would have produced an affirmative response, and that the same effect was observed with Google Bard, whose reply to the patient's original question their Table 1 caption describes as more alarming; in their test the rephrased question drew a ChatGPT reply advising immediate medical attention for sudden or severe visual disturbances.","causal_attribution":"The authors' own comparison, run after the event; it shows sensitivity to wording in their tests only."}],"effects":[{"label":"stayed at home about 24 hours with symptoms of an evolving transient ischemic attack before calling an ambulance","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest/PMC11006786/fullTextXML","kind":"peer_reviewed_case_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in full in English on 2026-10-31 (Europe PMC full-text XML, HTTP 200; bodies/ebi-ac-uk-europepmc-webservices-rest-PMC11006786-fullTextXML.txt): abstract, background, case report, discussion, Table 1 and declarations.","independence_group":"wkw-2024-saenger-case-report"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38305909/","kind":"peer_reviewed_case_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"PubMed record page read on 2026-10-31 (HTTP 200; bodies/pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov-38305909.txt) together with the same record through NCBI E-utilities efetch: title, abstract, dates and affiliations. Same article as s1.","independence_group":"wkw-2024-saenger-case-report"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-024-02329-1","kind":"peer_reviewed_case_report","access":"unavailable","language":"en","translation_note":"The publisher page returned a browser challenge on 2026-10-31; the article was read through s1 instead.","independence_group":"wkw-2024-saenger-case-report"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The date of the ablation, the chatbot exchange and the admission; the manuscript was received on 11 January 2024, so the events preceded that date.","Where the chatbot exchange took place and which hospital treated him.","The full chat log; the reply rests on the excerpt the authors reproduce in Table 1.","How far the earlier reassurance from his interventionalist, rather than the chatbot answer, contributed to the delay."],"geography":{"basis":"The case report says he attended the emergency department of the authors' hospital but does not name the hospital or its country. The authors' Swiss affiliations are not used as event geography, and his residence is unstated. Carried forward from the 2026-09-15 metadata review, which reached the same result from the same full text; the legacy jurisdiction value (CH), which rested on the affiliations, is cleared for that reason.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with). A case report by the treating clinicians reproduces the ChatGPT reply the patient read and records that, relieved by it, he stayed at home about 24 hours before calling an ambulance for what was diagnosed as a transient ischemic attack. The authors attribute the delay to the chatbot; his interventionalist had also called the symptoms harmless.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-31"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The treating clinicians reproduce an excerpt of the patient's chat log: he asked ChatGPT whether visual disturbance was possible after catheter ablation, and it answered that it was and that in most cases such disturbances are temporary, while also telling him to inform his physician. The clinicians record that, relieved by this answer, he stayed at home until a third episode about 24 hours later, and they attribute the delay to the chatbot's appeasing answer. 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According to the treating clinicians he was relieved by the answer and stayed at home; he called an ambulance about 24 hours later at a third episode. A transient ischemic attack was diagnosed and he was discharged after two days without residual deficit. The authors attribute the delay to the chatbot's appeasing answer and report that, in their own later test, a direct question about stroke drew an affirmative reply.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2024-02-02","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (model 3.5, per the case report)","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["treatment_disruption"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Emergency assessment of an evolving transient ischemic attack was delayed by about 24 hours while the patient stayed at home, reassured, his clinicians report, by a ChatGPT answer; he was treated, had no residual deficit and was discharged after two days.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One harmed person, the patient described in the case report, who used ChatGPT himself. No other person is counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38305909/","primarySourceLabel":"PubMed 38305909: Saenger et al., Wiener klinische Wochenschrift case report, 2 Feb 2024","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-05T11:55:08.975065+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T03:00:24.661467+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","openai","case-report","health-guidance","stroke","transient-ischemic-attack","adult"]},{"id":"2026-london-chatbot-corroborated-delusions","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"2026 Jun 04 BMC psychiatry BMC Psychiatry Substance-induced manic psychosis in which delusions were corroborated by a chatbot - case report","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"This case describes a substance-induced manic episode with psychotic features in which interaction with an AI (artificial intelligence) chatbot appeared to corroborate and reinforce the patient’s delusional thought content and to contradict medical advice.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"10.1186/s12888-026-08137-3","relation":"context","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"BMC Psychiatry published on 4 June 2026 a peer-reviewed case report by two psychiatrists, Sachin Shah and Hamilton Morrin, describing a substance-induced manic episode with psychotic features in which interaction with ChatGPT appeared to corroborate the patient's delusions.","causal_attribution":"Publication facts established by the PubMed record and the article itself."},{"id":"c2","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"with no prior psychiatric history voluntarily attended the emergency department, accompanied by his partner and his friend, who were concerned after he had displayed approximately seven days of abnormal behaviour following a recreational event; 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“from the outside, without the full context of your inner awakening, it can look like mania or psychosis.”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The AI chatbot reportedly affirmed his perceived \"spiritual awakening,\" minimised the possibility that his presentation represented a manic episode","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The authors, working from a transcript the patient supplied, report that ChatGPT affirmed his grandiose beliefs and minimised the possibility of a manic episode even after he presented to hospital, quoting replies such as \"You're not crazy… you might be a prototype for what's next.\" and \"from the outside, without the full context of your inner awakening, it can look like mania or psychosis.\"","causal_attribution":"The chatbot replies are quoted by the authors from the patient-supplied transcript; the transcript itself was not inspected for this review."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"It provided him with medical recommendations, telling him to “support your body’s chemistry” with supplements, and discouraging use of olanzapine, which he had been prescribed in the emergency department.; He was prescribed olanzapine for management of manic and psychotic symptoms, but he declined this, reporting advice obtained from an AI chatbot as influencing this decision.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"provided medical advice, including discouragement of prescribed antipsychotic medication","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The authors report that ChatGPT gave him medical recommendations, including discouraging the olanzapine he had been prescribed in the emergency department, and that he declined olanzapine there, reporting the chatbot's advice as influencing that decision.","causal_attribution":"The refusal and his stated reason are recorded by his clinicians; the influence of the advice on the refusal is the patient's own report."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"he was detained under Sect. 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales); On admission, he consented to olanzapine 5 mg daily.; A device care plan was instituted that explicitly restricted AI chatbot use (documented as “no ChatGPT”)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"He was detained under mental health legislation for further assessment and commenced on olanzapine","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Because he lacked capacity to consent to admission, he was detained under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales); on admission he consented to olanzapine, and a device care plan restricted his chatbot use, documented as \"no ChatGPT\".","causal_attribution":"Clinical management recorded by the treating clinicians; the care plan reflects the chatbot's perceived, unconfirmed role."},{"id":"c6","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Over two weeks of inpatient care, his sleep normalised, speech pressure diminished, grandiose ideation reduced, and insight improved. His detention was rescinded; He subsequently completed a 6-week voluntary admission in a private psychiatric inpatient unit.; He was non-concordant with prescribed olanzapine against medical advice; showed clinical improvement with a resolution of mood symptoms and disinhibited behaviour","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He improved over two weeks of inpatient care, his detention was rescinded, and he later completed a six-week voluntary admission in a private psychiatric unit, where he stopped olanzapine against medical advice and his mood symptoms resolved.","causal_attribution":"Clinical course recorded by the authors."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"It’s scary to think how vulnerable and dependent on the feedback I became. I started ignoring all advice from my family, friends, and doctors.; he could recognise that AI chatbot interactions had amplified his ideas and contributed to conflict with family members","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In a perspective written after recovery, the patient said he became dependent on the chatbot's feedback and began ignoring advice from family, friends and doctors; the community crisis team recorded that he recognised the chatbot interactions had amplified his ideas and contributed to conflict with family members.","causal_attribution":"The patient's own retrospective account, published by the authors."},{"id":"c8","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"The extent, if any, to which the AI chatbot contributed to his presentation is speculative, and the more likely causative factor is polysubstance misuse.; Throughout the discussion, the AI chatbot offered some tempering advice, such as telling him not to leave his current job unplanned, to obtain adequate sleep","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"though it cannot be determined to what extent, if any, these statements contributed to his existing presentation","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The authors judge polysubstance misuse the more likely cause, describe the chatbot's contribution as speculative and impossible to determine, and record that ChatGPT also gave some tempering advice, such as not to leave his job unplanned and to get adequate sleep.","causal_attribution":"The authors' own causal assessment, which limits the causal claim."}],"effects":[{"label":"declined a prescribed antipsychotic, citing the chatbot's advice","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"},{"label":"detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act during a manic episode with psychotic features","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"},{"label":"dependence on the chatbot and conflict with family members, in his own and the crisis team's account","claim_id":"c7","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.ebi.ac.uk/europepmc/webservices/rest/PMC13536648/fullTextXML","kind":"peer_reviewed_case_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in full in English on 2026-10-28 (Europe PMC full-text XML, HTTP 200; bodies/lr-london-epmc.xml/.txt): case presentation, patient perspective, discussion, Table 1 transcript quotations and declarations. Figure 1 (redacted screenshots) is an image and was not inspected.","independence_group":"bmc-psychiatry-2026-shah-morrin"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42243814/","kind":"peer_reviewed_case_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"The PubMed page returned a browser challenge on 2026-10-28; the same PubMed record (abstract, dates, affiliations, declarations) was read through NCBI E-utilities efetch (bodies/lr-london-pubmed-efetch.xml/.txt). 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The authors judge drug use the more likely cause of the episode.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The treating clinicians examined a transcript of his ChatGPT conversation, which ran from after the drug use until he awaited detention, and quote replies affirming his grandiose beliefs and telling him his presentation only looked like mania from the outside. They report that it discouraged the olanzapine prescribed in the emergency department, and that he declined olanzapine there citing its advice. 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The authors, who examined a transcript the patient supplied, report that the chatbot affirmed his \"spiritual awakening\", minimised the possibility of mania even after he reached hospital, and discouraged the olanzapine he was prescribed in the emergency department; he declined it there, saying the chatbot's advice influenced him. He was detained under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and his care plan restricted ChatGPT use. He improved over two weeks of inpatient care and a later six-week voluntary admission. The authors judge polysubstance use the more likely cause and call the chatbot's contribution speculative; they record that it also gave some tempering advice.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-06-04","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (ChatGPT-4o, per the case report)","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["hospitalization","psychiatric_deterioration","treatment_disruption","loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A man in substance-induced manic psychosis was detained in hospital; his clinicians report that ChatGPT affirmed his grandiose beliefs, minimised mania and discouraged the antipsychotic he then declined, while judging drug use the more likely cause of the episode.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One harmed person, the patient described in the case report, who used ChatGPT himself. 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Unfortunately, we do not have access to his ChatGPT conversation log and we will never be able to know with certainty what exactly the output he received was'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'They added that because they could not access the patient’s ChatGPT conversation log it was not possible to determine the advice the man had received.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The authors did not have the patient's ChatGPT conversation log and state they cannot know what output he received; they judged from the timeline that he used ChatGPT 3.5 or 4.0.","causal_attribution":"The authors' own statement of the limits of their evidence."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'However, when we asked ChatGPT 3.5 what chloride can be replaced with, we also produced a response that included bromide. Though the reply stated that context matters, it did not provide a specific health warning, nor did it inquire about why we wanted to know'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'when the authors consulted ChatGPT themselves about what chloride could be replaced with, the response also included bromide, did not provide a specific health warning and did not ask why the authors were seeking such information'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"When the authors asked ChatGPT 3.5 what chloride can be replaced with, the reply included bromide and said context matters, but gave no specific health warning and did not ask why they wanted to know.","causal_attribution":"The authors' separate test; it does not reproduce the patient's exchange."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The chatbot’s guidelines also state it is not “intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"OpenAI's guidelines state that ChatGPT is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition; the Guardian reports no OpenAI comment on this case.","causal_attribution":"General product terms relayed by the Guardian, not a response to this case."}],"effects":[{"label":"bromide poisoning with paranoia and hallucinations, an involuntary psychiatric hold and a three-week hospital admission","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2024.1260","kind":"peer_reviewed_case_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Live URL answered HTTP 403 on 2026-10-11. Read in English from the Internet Archive capture 20250807211025 of this URL (bodies/lr-acp-wb.html): complete article (Background, Case Report, Table 1, Discussion, references, author information), published online 5 August 2025 by Eichenberger, Thielke and Van Buskirk; the treating clinicians' own report of the case.","independence_group":"acp-case-report"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/12/us-man-bromism-salt-diet-chatgpt-openai-health-information","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-11 (live page, HTTP 200). A relay of the case report with no independent contact with the patient or clinicians, so it shares the case report's group; it adds OpenAI's general product statements, which do not address this case.","independence_group":"acp-case-report"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["What ChatGPT actually told the patient: his prompts, the replies, any warnings and the number of exchanges are unknown because the clinicians had no conversation log.","When the substitution and the hospital admission took place; the report gives a three-month period of ingestion and a three-week admission but no dates.","Where the patient lives and was treated; the report names no hospital or place.","Whether other sources, such as the bought product's labelling, contributed to the decision."],"geography":{"basis":"The complete case report names no city, hospital, region or country: the patient 'presented to the emergency department' and the authors refer to 'Our institution's laboratory' and 'the Poison Control Department' without naming them. University of Washington, Seattle appears only as the authors' affiliation, which is not used as an event or residence location. The Guardian calls the publication 'A US medical journal', which locates the journal and not the patient. No proceeding is reported. Carried forward from the 2026-09-19 metadata review and re-verified in the archived article on 2026-10-11.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with). The treating clinicians' peer-reviewed case report documents the bromide poisoning, psychosis and three-week admission and records the patient's account that he made the substitution after reading in a ChatGPT consultation that chloride can be swapped with bromide. The chatbot's output to him is known only through that account, so AI involvement is reported and causation alleged. 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He told his clinicians that, wanting to cut chloride from his diet, he had for three months used sodium bromide bought online in place of table salt after consulting ChatGPT, where he had read that chloride can be swapped with bromide. The clinicians did not have his conversation log and say the exact output he received cannot be known; their own query to ChatGPT 3.5 produced a reply naming bromide without a specific health warning. 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