{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-31T07:33:15.361Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"compensation","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":5,"coverage":{"cases":5,"countries":1,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":4,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":5,"lawsuits":3,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":5,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-qatar-court-orders-news-channel-to-compensate-woman-whose-photos-it-turned-into-ai-virtual-presenter","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"انتهت محكمة الاستثمار والتجارة إلى إلزام قناة إخبارية بأداء تعويض لسيدة استغلت القناة صورها الشخصية دون إذنها في إنتاج شخصية افتراضية ظهرت بوصفها مذيعة رقمية تحت اسم حركي، بثتها القناة على منصاتها الإعلامية وحساباتها على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي. ... تعود وقائع الدعوى إلى قيام القناة الإخبارية بمعالجة صور سيدة ومقاطعها المرئية بتقنيات الذكاء الاصطناعي، واستخلاص شخصية افتراضية منها قدّمتها كمذيعة، ثم استمرارها في استعمال تلك الصور والمقاطع ونشرها والترويج لها على منصاتها دون إذنٍ أو موافقةٍ من صاحبتها","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Al-Sharq reports that a news channel processed a woman's photos and video clips with AI to create a virtual character it presented as a digital news presenter under an assumed name, without her permission.","causal_attribution":"Newspaper account of the court case; the AI processing is the courts' and parties' description, not disputed by the channel."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"وكانت القناة الإخبارية قد أطلقت هذه الشخصية الافتراضية بوصفها مذيعة تقدّم برنامجاً إخبارياً بتقنيات الذكاء الاصطناعي، وأعدّت لها سلسلة من البرامج والمواد الترويجية على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي، كما نظّمت مؤتمراً إعلامياً ضخماً للترويج لها ... فاستجابت القناة وأزالت المادة المتضمنة المذيعة الافتراضية عن جميع منصاتها، إلا أن الضرر المادي والأدبي الذي لحق بالسيدة جرّاء التعدي حداها إلى إقامة دعواها للمطالبة بالتعويض.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The channel launched the character as a news-programme presenter with programmes, promotional material and a large press conference, and removed the material from all its platforms after the woman's lawyer sent a legal warning.","causal_attribution":"Newspaper account."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"كما أثارت المدعية أنّ ما بثّته تلك الشخصية من أخبارٍ في برامجها لا يتوافق مع قناعاتها الشخصية، ولا مع الآراء السائدة في بلدها الأم، بما نُسب إليها على غير الحقيقة وضاعف من الضرر الواقع عليها.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The woman argued that news delivered by the character did not match her personal convictions or the prevailing views in her home country, attributing positions to her falsely.","causal_attribution":"The plaintiff's argument as reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"وقدمت القناة دفاعاً أنّ العمل عمل فني مبتكر مستقل ويختلف اختلافاً تاماً عن الصور الأصلية. ... وقد ندبت المحكمة خبيراً مختصاً في الملكية الفكرية، وانتهى في تقريره إلى أن المادة التي تقدّمها المذيعة الافتراضية لا تحمل إساءةً للشخصية الحقيقية للمدعية، وأن العمل الفني الناتج عن معالجة صورها بالذكاء الاصطناعي عمل قائم بذاته ومستقل تماماً عنها.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The channel argued that the AI output was an independent original work, and a court-appointed intellectual-property expert concluded that the material carried no offence to the woman and that the AI-generated work was independent of her.","causal_attribution":"Defence argument and expert conclusion as reported; the court did not follow the expert."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"واستخلصت المحكمة من أوراق الدعوى أن القناة استغلت صور المدعية ومحاكاتها بالذكاء الاصطناعي ونشرها دون إذنها، وهو ما يشكل اعتداءً على حقها في صورتها وخصوصيتها وحقوقها الشخصية","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The court found that the channel exploited the woman's images and an AI simulation of her and published them without permission, violating her rights to her image, privacy and personal rights.","causal_attribution":"Court finding as reported by the newspaper; the judgment was not read."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"وقامت محكمة الاستئناف بتعديل مبلغ التعويض المحكوم به أول درجة من 700 ألف ريال قطري إلى 100 ألف ريال قطري شاملاً جابراً للأضرار المادية والأدبية ... وتقدمت القناة بطعن على الحكم إلا أن محكمة التمييز قضت بعدم قبول الطعن، وألزمت القناة الطاعنة بالمصروفات مع مصادرة الكفالة، فأصبح الحكم نهائياً وباتاً.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The appeal court reduced the award from 700,000 to 100,000 Qatari riyals for material and moral harm, and the Court of Cassation declined the channel's appeal, making the judgment final.","causal_attribution":"Outcome as reported; the judgments were not read."}],"effects":[{"label":"woman's images turned into an AI virtual news presenter without permission","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"courts found violation of image and privacy rights and awarded compensation","claim_id":"c6","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://al-sharq.com/article/25/06/2026/%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B6-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AE-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%83%D9%85%D8%B0%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ar","translation_note":"Read in Arabic by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-31 (HTTP 200, published 25 Jun 2026). Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator. The article quotes and appears to draw on the plaintiff's law firm; the judgments themselves were not read.","independence_group":"al-sharq-qatar-virtual-presenter-ruling"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["The identity of the news channel and the woman.","When the virtual presenter was broadcast and when each ruling was given.","Which AI tool was used and how the channel obtained her images.","The text of the judgments."],"geography":{"basis":"The rulings were given by the Investment and Trade Court, an appeal court and the Court of Cassation applying Law No. 7 of 2002 on copyright and related rights, with the award in Qatari riyals, as reported by the Doha newspaper al-Sharq. Where the channel broadcast from and where the woman lives are not stated; the article refers only to her home country.","court_countries":["QA"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published because a national newspaper reports final court rulings finding that a news channel used a woman's images and an AI simulation of her as a virtual presenter without permission, and awarding her compensation; the account is attributed to al-Sharq.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-31"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Al-Sharq reports that the channel processed the woman's photos and video clips with artificial-intelligence techniques to derive the virtual presenter it broadcast, which the channel itself defended as an AI-generated work, and that the court found the channel had exploited her images and an AI simulation of her without permission. The AI-generated likeness shown as a presenter is the depiction the courts compensated. The tool is not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Qatari courts order news channel to compensate woman whose photos it processed with AI into a virtual news presenter, newspaper reports","summary":"Al-Sharq reported on 25 June 2026, in an article quoting the woman's lawyers, that the Investment and Trade Court, in what the paper called the first case of its kind, ordered a news channel to compensate a woman whose personal photos and video clips it had processed with artificial intelligence, without her permission, to create a virtual character presented as a digital news presenter under an assumed name. The channel had launched the presenter with programmes, promotional material and a press conference, and removed the material after the woman's lawyer sent a legal warning. She also argued that news delivered by the character conflicted with her own convictions, which attributed views to her falsely. A court-appointed intellectual-property expert found the AI output to be an independent work, but the court held that the channel had exploited her images and simulated her with AI, violating her rights to her image and privacy. The appeal court reduced the award from 700,000 to 100,000 Qatari riyals, and the Court of Cassation declined the channel's further appeal, making the judgment final. The woman and the channel are not named, and the dates of the broadcasts and rulings are not given.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-06-25","aiSystem":"AI processing of a woman's photos and video clips by a news channel to create a virtual news presenter shown on its platforms (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Al-Sharq reports that the courts found a news channel had used the woman's images and an AI simulation of her without permission, violating her image and privacy rights, and awarded her 100,000 Qatari riyals for material and moral harm on appeal.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One counted: the woman whose images were used and who won compensation (al-Sharq).","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_settled","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://al-sharq.com/article/25/06/2026/%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B6-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AE-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%83%D9%85%D8%B0%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9","primarySourceLabel":"Al-Sharq (Doha), 25 Jun 2026: news channel ordered to compensate woman over cloning her image as a virtual presenter","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-31T03:12:43.752272+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T03:12:43.752272+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["virtual-presenter","image-rights","privacy","court-ruling","compensation","broadcaster"]},{"id":"2026-changsha-court-jails-man-who-used-ai-face-videos-made-from-victims-photos-to-pass-payment-face-checks-and-drain-accounts","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"近日，湖南省长沙市雨花区人民法院审理了一起“不法者利用AI技术生成的人脸伪造视频盗刷银行卡”案件。; 他通过第三方非法网站购买了一项“能将静态人脸照片转化为可通过某银行支付平台人脸识别验证的AI动态视频”的技术。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"近日，湖南省长沙市雨花区人民法院审理了一起“不法者利用AI技术生成的人脸伪造视频盗刷银行卡”案件。; 他通过第三方非法网站购买了一项“能将静态人脸照片转化为可通过某银行支付平台人脸识别验证的AI动态视频”的技术。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Yuhua District People's Court in Changsha, Hunan, tried a case of bank-card theft using AI-generated face-forgery videos; the defendant, a university student close to graduation, had bought from an illegal website a technique that turned still face photos into AI moving videos able to pass a bank payment platform's face-recognition check.","causal_attribution":"One origin: CCTV's report of the court case, relayed by two outlets."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"诈骗团伙通常冒充短视频平台客服或者游戏主播，以关闭自动扣费、赠送游戏装备为诱饵，诱导受害人下载控制软件，从而获取其个人信息。; 通过该网站转换成AI动态人脸视频。; 利用转换的AI动态人脸视频及验证码信息，重置被害人的支付密码。; 之后会有上线将获取到的被害人姓名、身份证号码、手机号码、照片、支付平台验证码等个人信息发送给被告人; 由“洗钱车队”通过扫码的方式将被害人在第三方支付平台所绑定的银行账户资金予以转移","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"诈骗团伙通常冒充短视频平台客服或者游戏主播，以关闭自动扣费、赠送游戏装备为诱饵，诱导受害人下载控制软件，从而获取其个人信息。; 利用转换的AI动态人脸视频及验证码信息，重置被害人的支付密码。; 之后会有上线将获取到的被害人姓名、身份证号码、手机号码、照片、支付平台验证码等个人信息发送给被告人; 由“洗钱车队”通过扫码的方式将被害人在第三方支付平台所绑定的银行账户资金予以转移","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"CCTV reports that fraud groups in this chain usually induce victims to install remote-control software to obtain their personal information; according to the court's deputy criminal-division head, upstream contacts sent the defendant the victims' details and photos, and he converted the photos into AI face videos through a third-party website and used them with verification codes to reset the victims' payment passwords, after which a laundering crew moved money from their linked bank accounts.","causal_attribution":"CCTV's narration (fraud groups' usual method) and the judge's account of the case as relayed by CCTV; one origin. The AI step is the court's description of the evidence."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"就这样，在不到四个月的时间内，三名被害人的银行账户先后被盗刷共计5万余元。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"就这样，在不到四个月的时间内，三名被害人的银行账户先后被盗刷共计5万余元。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In under four months the bank accounts of three victims were drained of more than 50,000 yuan in total.","causal_attribution":"CCTV's account of the court's findings; one origin."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"具有自首情节，认罪悔罪表现及对被害人的经济赔偿等情况; 有期徒刑一年十个月，并处罚金3000元。目前，该案件判决已生效。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"具有自首情节，认罪悔罪表现及对被害人的经济赔偿等情况; 有期徒刑一年十个月，并处罚金3000元。目前，该案件判决已生效。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Taking into account the defendant's surrender, admission of guilt and compensation to the victims, the court sentenced him to one year and ten months in prison and a 3,000 yuan fine; the judgment has taken effect.","causal_attribution":"CCTV's account of the judgment; the judgment text itself was not read. One origin."}],"effects":[{"label":"payment accounts taken over with AI face videos made from their photos and linked bank accounts drained of more than 50,000 yuan","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://m.gmw.cn/2026-08/16/content_1304549091.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-10-30; translated by the research agent (an AI). Guangming Online page dated 2026-08-16 19:34, metadata 'from:央视网' (CCTV), HTTP 200.","independence_group":"cctv-changsha-yuhua-court-aug-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1786880055129313.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-10-30; translated by the research agent (an AI). The Beijing News relay opening '据央视新闻消息' (per CCTV News), 16 August 2026, HTTP 200; same CCTV origin as s1.","independence_group":"cctv-changsha-yuhua-court-aug-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Dates of the account takeovers and of the judgment (the report says only that the court 'recently' tried the case and that the thefts spanned under four months)","Which payment platform and which AI website were used","How the loss was split among the three victims and how much compensation was paid","Whether the upstream fraud groups and the laundering crew were prosecuted"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the defendant operated the scheme and was tried by the Yuhua District People's Court in Changsha, Hunan (s1, s2); the account takeovers on a Chinese bank payment platform are part of the case the court tried. Affected people: the sources do not say where the three victims live, so the list is empty. Court: Changsha, China.","court_countries":["CN"],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported court case: CCTV quotes the deputy head of the Yuhua District court's criminal division describing how AI face videos made from three victims' photos passed a payment platform's face check, letting their payment passwords be reset and more than 50,000 yuan be taken, and reports the effective sentence. All claims rest on one CCTV report relayed by two outlets; the judgment itself was not read.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The court's deputy criminal-division head, as quoted by CCTV, says the defendant uploaded the victims' photos to a third-party website that converted them into AI-generated moving face videos ('转换成AI动态人脸视频'), and that he used these videos with verification codes to reset the victims' payment passwords, after which money was moved out of their linked bank accounts (c1-c3). The AI-generated videos impersonated each victim toward the payment platform's face check (depicted_or_impersonated), and passing that check is what let the passwords be reset and the money be taken. The tool is not named and the judgment text was not read.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Changsha court jails man who used AI face videos made from three victims' photos to pass a payment platform's face check and take more than 50,000 yuan","summary":"According to a CCTV report of August 2026 quoting the deputy head of the criminal division of the Yuhua District People's Court in Changsha, Hunan, a university student close to graduation bought access to a technique that turned still face photos into AI-generated moving face videos able to pass one bank payment platform's face-recognition check. Upstream members of fraud groups, which CCTV says usually lure people into installing remote-control software, sent him the victims' personal details and photos; he converted the photos into AI face videos through a third-party website and, with the verification codes, reset the victims' payment passwords so that a money-laundering crew could move money out of their linked bank accounts. In under four months the accounts of three victims lost more than 50,000 yuan in total. The court, taking into account his surrender, admission and compensation of the victims, sentenced him to one year and ten months in prison and a 3,000 yuan fine; the judgment has taken effect. The dates of the thefts and of the judgment are not reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-16","aiSystem":"Third-party website service that converted still face photos into AI-generated moving face videos accepted by a payment platform's face-recognition check, as described by the court (tool not named)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the court as reported by CCTV, AI face videos made from three victims' photos passed a payment platform's face check, their payment passwords were reset and more than 50,000 yuan in total was taken from their linked bank accounts within four months; the court notes the defendant compensated the victims.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The court, as reported by CCTV, says the bank accounts of three victims ('三名被害人') were drained. Victims of the upstream fraud groups in other cases are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://m.gmw.cn/2026-08/16/content_1304549091.htm","primarySourceLabel":"Guangming Online (relaying CCTV), 16 August 2026: Face photos processed by AI can pass face verification","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-30T03:04:28.52984+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-30T03:04:28.52984+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-face-video","face-recognition-bypass","account-takeover","bank-card-theft","criminal-conviction","china"]},{"id":"2023-british-voice-actor-says-ai-clone-of-his-voice-made-from-old-ibm-recording-was-sold-to-websites-and-cost-him-jobs","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Greg Marston, a British voice actor, recently came across “Connor” online — an AI-generated clone of his voice, trained on a recording Marston had made in 2003. It was his voice uttering things he had never said.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Julia Angwin's New York Times column reports that Greg Marston, a British voice actor, came across 'Connor', an AI-generated clone of his voice trained on a recording he made for IBM, saying things he had never said.","causal_attribution":"The columnist's account based on her interview with the actor; the year of the recording differs between sources (2003 in the column, 2005 in Cryptopolitan)."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Back then, he had recorded a session for IBM and later signed a release form allowing the recording to be used in many ways.; IBM was able to sell Marston’s decades-old sample to websites that are using it to build a synthetic voice that could say anything.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the column, he had signed a release allowing the IBM recording to be used in many ways, and IBM was able to sell the sample to websites using it to build a synthetic voice that could say anything.","causal_attribution":"The column's account; no contract or IBM licence document was inspected."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"One day, he discovered his voice being used without his knowledge or consent, on a platform called Revoicer.; This website uses AI to convert text into speech in numerous languages and styles","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Cryptopolitan reports that he found his voice being used without his knowledge or consent on Revoicer, a website that uses AI to convert text into speech.","causal_attribution":"Cryptopolitan's account, which does not cite its own interview; it is treated as the same witness's account."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"He estimates that his AI clone has already lost him jobs and will cut into his future earnings significantly. He is working with a lawyer to seek compensation. “I never agreed or consented to having my voice cloned, to see/hear it released to the public, thus competing against myself,” he told me.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The column says he estimated that the AI clone had already lost him jobs and would cut into his future earnings, and that he was working with a lawyer to seek compensation; he said he never agreed or consented to having his voice cloned and released to the public to compete against him.","causal_attribution":"The actor's own estimate and statement to the columnist; no lost booking or amount is specified."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Marston recently discovered his voice emanating from the Wimbledon website during the tennis tournament. (IBM said it is aware of Marston’s concern and is discussing it with him directly.)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The column says he heard his voice on the Wimbledon website during the tennis tournament, and that IBM said it was aware of his concern and was discussing it with him directly.","causal_attribution":"The column's account and IBM's statement as relayed in it."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI clone of his voice sold to websites and used without his consent (his account)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"lost jobs and expected lower earnings that he attributes to the clone","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1143379/opinion/international/the-internet-is-about-to-get-much-worse","kind":"opinion_column","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English column by Julia Angwin for The New York Times, republished by the Oman Observer on 25 September 2023; read in full on 2026-10-24 by the research agent (an AI); no translation required. The columnist quotes the actor directly ('he told me') and relays IBM's statement.","independence_group":"marston-account-2023"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/epic-disruption-ai-rob-actors-of-their-voice/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English article of 1 July 2023 read in full on 2026-10-24 by the research agent (an AI); no translation required. It does not cite its source; it carries the same witness's account and shares his independence group.","independence_group":"marston-account-2023"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","privacy"],"unknowns":["When he found the clone; the earliest dated report is 1 July 2023.","The year and purpose of the original IBM recording (2003 in the column; 2005, for a satnav system, in Cryptopolitan).","Which websites sold or used the clone beyond Revoicer and the Wimbledon website, and how many jobs he lost.","The result of his compensation claim and of his discussions with IBM."],"geography":{"basis":"The clone was sold to websites whose locations are not given, so no event country is recorded. Both sources describe him as a British voice actor, recorded as the affected person's country.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as an ongoing adverse experience: a named British voice actor says an AI clone of his voice, built from an old IBM recording and sold to websites, was used without his consent and cost him jobs. The AI system's generated speech in his voice is the reported cause; the account is his, IBM's response is included, and the outcome is unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-24"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The column describes an AI-generated clone of the actor's voice, trained on his IBM recording, that says things he never said and was sold to websites building a synthetic voice that could say anything; Cryptopolitan names Revoicer, an AI text-to-speech site. He connects the clone's use to lost jobs. The clone's origin rests on his account and the outlets' reporting; IBM said only that it was discussing his concern, and Revoicer has not been heard.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"British voice actor says an AI clone of his voice, built from an old IBM recording and sold to websites, has cost him jobs","summary":"Greg Marston, a British voice actor, said in accounts published in 2023 that an AI-generated clone of his voice, built from a recording he had made for IBM years earlier, was being sold to websites that were using it to build a synthetic voice that could say anything. Julia Angwin's New York Times column (republished by the Oman Observer on 25 September 2023) says he found the clone, called Connor, online and heard his voice on the Wimbledon website during the tennis tournament; Cryptopolitan (1 July 2023) says he found it on Revoicer, an AI text-to-speech site. He had signed a release allowing the recording to be used in many ways, but said he never agreed to having his voice cloned to compete against him. He estimated that the clone had already lost him jobs and was working with a lawyer to seek compensation. IBM said it was aware of his concern and was discussing it with him. The outcome is not reported in the inspected sources.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2023-07-01","aiSystem":"Synthetic AI voice, called Connor in the NYT column, built from a recording the actor made for IBM and sold to websites, including (per Cryptopolitan) the Revoicer text-to-speech site, to build a synthetic voice that could say anything","aiProduct":"Revoicer text-to-speech (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A voice actor says an AI clone of his voice, built from an old IBM recording and sold to websites, was used without his consent and has already lost him jobs; he was seeking compensation (his account in two 2023 reports).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the voice actor whose voice the clone reproduces, by his account. He did not use the AI system.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1143379/opinion/international/the-internet-is-about-to-get-much-worse","primarySourceLabel":"Oman Observer (republishing The New York Times), 25 September 2023: The internet is about to get much worse","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-24T03:12:26.514631+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T03:20:10.706663+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["synthetic-voice","voice-cloning","voice-actors","depicted-or-impersonated","consent"]},{"id":"2026-guangzhou-court-treble-damages-clothing-shop-ai-generated-product-photos-misled-online-buyer","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"通过某购物平台向某服装公司经营的店铺购买两件女士上衣，共支付411元。 ... 商家答复“我们店铺的图片都是实物拍摄”，并提供了模特身高、体重及尺码信息。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court's typical-case release of 12 March 2026, as reported, a buyer paid 411 yuan on a shopping platform for two women's tops from a shop run by a clothing company; before buying, the buyer asked whether the model photos and clothes were real shots, and the seller replied that all the shop's pictures were real photographs and gave the model's height, weight and size.","causal_attribution":"The court's account of the facts, relayed by one outlet."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"实物与宣传图片存在显著差异，两件服装在花纹、版型、造型等方面与图片有明显不同。经审查，案涉商品图片均系“AI”生成，商品的详情页面均仅有“AI”图片，没有实物图片或照片，也未有案涉图片系“AI”生成的说明、提示或标识。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"案涉服装在花纹、版型等方面与AI宣传图的差异“已远超‘合理美化’‘适度修图’和‘细微差异’的边界”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the court's account, the garments received differed markedly from the product pictures in pattern, cut and style; on review the pictures were all AI-generated, the product pages carried only AI images with no real photographs, and nothing said or indicated that the images were AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"The court found the images were AI-generated and differed significantly from the goods."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"认为商家构成欺诈，故诉请退货退款并要求三倍赔偿。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The buyer considered the seller's conduct fraud and sued for return of the goods, a refund and treble damages.","causal_attribution":"The buyer's claim as described in the court's release."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"经营者对利用人工智能技术生成的介绍、宣传等内容，负有审查义务。 ... 某服装公司利用“AI”技术生成与实物差异显著的图片，并在消费者询问时虚假陈述，存在明显的欺诈故意，应承担三倍赔偿责任。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"法院确立了一条裁判规则：经营者对利用AI技术生成的宣传内容负有审查义务，应确保其客观、准确反映实际状况；若AI生成图片与实物存在显著差异且未如实告知，导致消费者陷入错误认识而购买，构成消费欺诈。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The court held that a business has a duty to review content it generates with AI, that undisclosed AI-generated information differing significantly from the goods which leads a consumer to buy constitutes consumer fraud, and that the clothing company, which used AI to generate pictures differing significantly from the goods and made a false statement when asked, had a clear intent to defraud and must pay treble compensation.","causal_attribution":"The court's holding, relayed from its release."}],"effects":[{"label":"a buyer paid for two tops that differed markedly from the shop's AI-generated product pictures, which the seller had called real photographs, court finds","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.yzwb.net/news/sh/202603/t20260313_331265.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-10-24; quoted passages were translated into English by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator. Yangtse Evening Post (Ziniu News) report of 13 March 2026 relaying the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court's 12 March 2026 release of ten consumer-protection typical cases; read in full (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"guangzhou-intermediate-court-consumer-cases-release-2026-03-12"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.chinanews.com.cn/m/cj/2026/10-22/10719197.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-10-24; quoted passages were translated into English by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator. China News Service investigation of 22 October 2026 into AI-generated clothing models on shopping platforms, which summarises the same court typical case; read in full (HTTP 200). It draws on the same court release as s1, so the two share one independence group.","independence_group":"guangzhou-intermediate-court-consumer-cases-release-2026-03-12"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","justice"],"unknowns":["When the purchase and the judgment took place; the release gives neither, and the record dates the case by the release of 12 March 2026.","Which court decided the case at first instance, whether it went on appeal, and the case number.","The amount of the compensation awarded and whether the refund for return was granted as claimed.","Which shopping platform and shop were involved and which image tool generated the pictures.","How the court established that the pictures were AI-generated."],"geography":{"basis":"The case was released by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in China. The relayed release does not say where the buyer or the shop was or which court heard the case at first instance, so no event or affected-person country is recorded.","court_countries":["CN"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-10-11 operator-published-content ruling: a court found that a shop's product pictures were all AI-generated and differed markedly from the goods, that a described buyer relied on them (and on the seller's claim that they were real photographs) when buying two tops, and that this was consumer fraud warranting treble compensation. The account rests on the court's typical-case release as relayed by two outlets.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-24"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The court found, on review, that all the shop's product pictures were AI-generated, that they differed markedly from the garments in pattern, cut and style, and that the product pages showed no real photographs and no AI label. The buyer relied on those pictures, and on the seller's false answer that they were real photographs, when paying 411 yuan; the court held that the AI-generated pictures together with the false statement deceived the buyer into the purchase. The release as relayed does not say which image tool was used or how the court established that the pictures were AI-generated.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Chinese court orders clothing shop to pay treble damages after its AI-generated product photos, claimed as real, misled an online buyer","summary":"In a consumer-protection typical case released on 12 March 2026, the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court described a buyer who paid 411 yuan on a shopping platform for two women's tops after asking whether the model photos were real and being told that all the shop's pictures were real photographs. The garments that arrived differed markedly from the pictures in pattern, cut and style, and on review the pictures were all AI-generated, with no real photographs and no AI label on the product pages. The buyer sued for a refund and treble damages. The court held that businesses must review content they generate with AI, that undisclosed AI images differing significantly from the goods which lead a consumer to buy amount to consumer fraud, and that the clothing company must pay treble compensation. The release as relayed does not give the dates, the court of first instance or the amount.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-03-12","aiSystem":"An unidentified image-generation tool used by an online clothing shop to produce all its product pictures, including model photos (per the court's typical-case release as reported)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to a Chinese court's typical-case release, a buyer paid 411 yuan for two tops relying on a shop's product pictures, which the shop called real photographs; the court found the pictures were AI-generated and differed markedly from the goods, held this was consumer fraud and ordered treble compensation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The court's release, as relayed, describes one buyer who paid 411 yuan for two tops; no other buyers are described.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_filed","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.yzwb.net/news/sh/202603/t20260313_331265.html","primarySourceLabel":"Yangtse Evening Post (Ziniu News), 13 Mar 2026: online clothes bought from AI-generated pictures; shop ordered to pay treble damages for fraud","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-24T03:07:42.681363+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T03:14:10.733674+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-images","online-shopping","consumer-fraud","court-ruling","product-listing","china"]},{"id":"2025-beijing-internet-court-finds-wechat-group-member-used-ai-to-turn-anothers-profile-photo-into-exposed-deformed-images","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'被告未经原告同意，使用AI软件将原告微信头像肖像照生成衣着暴露的动漫风格图片，并发送至该摄影交流微信群内'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'被告拿群内原告微信头像照片，利用AI生成衣着暴露、形体畸形的动漫图片'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Without consent, the defendant used AI software to turn the claimant's WeChat profile portrait photo into revealingly dressed cartoon-style images and posted them in a photography WeChat group both belonged to.","causal_attribution":"Court account; the AI generation is also the defendant's own description in the defence."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'原告多次制止，被告仍继续使用AI软件，将原告的微信头像AI生成衣着暴露、身体畸形的动漫风格图片，并私信原告'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'人物腿部为木头状，甚至存在三只手臂的图片'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"After the claimant objected several times, the defendant kept using the AI software to make images with exposed bodies and deformed limbs, including wooden legs and three arms, and sent them to the claimant privately.","causal_attribution":"Court account."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'被诉侵权图片不具有指向性或可识别性'; '图片为AI自动生成，被告生成图片时并未下达任何指令故意丑化人物形象'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The defendant argued that the images were not identifiable as the claimant and were generated automatically by AI without any instruction to uglify.","causal_attribution":"Defendant's submission as summarised by the court."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'被告的群发行为构成对原告肖像权、名誉权的侵害，被告的私信行为构成一般人格权侵害'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'在脸型、蹲姿、手势、造型等方面均具有高度的对应关系'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'图片发至微信群，群成员可以识别原型，丑化内容降低原告社会评价，侵害肖像权、名誉权'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The court found that group members could identify the claimant from the images, that posting them in the group infringed the claimant's portrait and reputation rights, and that the private messages infringed the claimant's general personality rights.","causal_attribution":"The Beijing Internet Court's own published write-up of its findings (s2, credited to the court); the judgment itself was not inspected."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'被判赔礼道歉并赔偿原告精神损失'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'判令被告向原告赔礼道歉，赔偿原告精神损失。'; '目前，该案判决已生效。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The court ordered the defendant to apologise and to compensate the claimant for mental harm.","causal_attribution":"The Beijing Internet Court's own published write-up (s2), which also says the judgment has taken effect; the amount is not reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"court found AI-made exposed and deformed images of a group member, posted in the group and sent privately, infringed portrait, reputation and personality rights","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s68a84353e4b02424b0bf309f.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in the original Chinese on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Beijing Daily report of the Beijing Internet Court's notice of the case; the judgment was not inspected.","independence_group":"beijing-internet-court-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.ciplawyer.cn/articles/157422.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in the original Chinese on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Legal-industry site carrying the court's fuller write-up of the reasoning; same court account.","independence_group":"beijing-internet-court-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s6ad969cce4b0e42f8f01e464.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in the original Chinese on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Feature on the Beijing Internet Court quoting its vice-president; it restates the case.","independence_group":"beijing-internet-court-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["When the images were made and posted, and when the judgment was given.","Which AI software was used.","The amount of compensation for mental harm and the case number.","How many members the group had."],"geography":{"basis":"The case was decided by the Beijing Internet Court in China. 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The defendant argued the images were not identifiable and were generated automatically by AI. The court found that group members could identify the claimant, that posting the images in the group infringed the claimant's portrait and reputation rights, and that the private messages infringed the claimant's general personality rights. It ordered an apology and compensation for mental harm.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-08-22","aiSystem":"AI image software, not named in the court's account, that the defendant used to turn the claimant's profile portrait photo into cartoon-style images with exposed bodies and deformed limbs","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Beijing Internet Court's account, AI-made images of a WeChat group member with an exposed body and deformed limbs were posted in the group and sent privately against the claimant's objections; the court found that they lowered the claimant's social standing, caused humiliation and infringed the claimant's portrait, reputation and personality rights.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"established","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the claimant whose profile photo was used (Beijing Internet Court account). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_filed","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s68a84353e4b02424b0bf309f.html","primarySourceLabel":"Beijing Daily, 22 August 2025: using AI to mock and uglify another person's portrait held to infringe personality rights","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T03:08:08.716343+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T03:08:08.716343+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-image","portrait-rights","reputation","wechat","court-ruling","beijing","china","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}