{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-06T09:25:18.027Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"consent","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":12,"coverage":{"cases":12,"countries":5,"languages":5,"unknownLocation":3,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":1,"regulatory":4,"minors":3,"coreRelations":12,"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-asuncion-una-students-anonymous-site-intimate-and-ai-altered-images","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Esta página difunde imágenes íntimas de alumnas, profesoras y funcionarias de la institución sin autorización'; 'El contenido publicado incluye fotografías reales y material adulterado mediante el uso de inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Algunas de las publicaciones incluso habrían sido alteradas mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial para generar montajes'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción reported an anonymous website that shares intimate images of students, teachers and staff without authorisation, including real photographs and material altered with AI.","causal_attribution":"The students' account as relayed by two outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic finding is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Añadió que dichos mensajes fueron compartidos y en algunos casos imágenes generadas por IA de contenido sexual'; 'estas alumnas estaban siendo expuestas a través de Telegram y otras plataformas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Minister of Women said that in some cases AI-generated images of sexual content were shared and that the students were being exposed through Telegram and other platforms.","causal_attribution":"The minister's statement as reported by La Nación; the basis of the ministry's finding is messages it says it saw."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'una plataforma utilizada para la distribución no consentida de fotografías íntimas y contenido adulterado con inteligencia artificial'; 'se exponen nombres completos, imágenes y números telefónicos de estudiantes'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"La Tribuna, reporting the findings of the police cybercrime department, describes the portal as used for the non-consensual distribution of intimate photographs and AI-altered content; according to a memorandum signed by the head of the department, a Paraguay section exposes full names, images and phone numbers of students.","causal_attribution":"The description of the portal and the AI wording are La Tribuna's narration of the department's findings; the Paraguay section is attributed to the memorandum, which was not read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Al menos una veintena de alumnas de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA) denunció la difusión no autorizada de imágenes íntimas y fotografías manipuladas mediante inteligencia artificial'; 'la publicación de este material comenzó el viernes y que la circulación se incrementó durante el fin de semana'; 'posteriormente aparecieron contenidos relacionados en grupos de Telegram y WhatsApp'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"At least about twenty students complained, one said the posting began on a Friday and grew over the weekend, and related content later appeared in Telegram and WhatsApp groups.","causal_attribution":"Students' accounts as reported by El Nacional; the count is of complainants and is not a count of people depicted in AI-altered images."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la universidad remitió los antecedentes al Ministerio Público, al Departamento de Cibercrimen de la Policía Nacional y al Ministerio de la Mujer'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ya se ha iniciado una investigación; a través del Ministerio Público tenemos un fiscal de la causa y hay personas que se acercaron a denunciar'; 'una orden judicial para bloquear el acceso al portal en todo el territorio paraguayo'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The university referred the case to the Public Ministry, the police cybercrime department and the Ministry of Women; the cybercrime chief said an investigation had begun with a prosecutor assigned, and police suggested a court order to block the portal in Paraguay.","causal_attribution":"Institutional steps as reported; no outcome of the investigation is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"intimate images of university students, teachers and staff, some altered with AI, were shared without consent on an anonymous website","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the site exposed students' full names, images and phone numbers, according to a police cybercrime report","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://elnacional.com.py/nacionales/denuncian-difusion-imagenes-intimas-adulteradas-alumnas-una-n112442","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (El Nacional, published 22 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays affected students and university statements; same chain as the Hoy report. The page declares ISO-8859-1 and the saved copy was converted to UTF-8 before reading. It names one student representative, who is not named here.","independence_group":"una-students-and-university-statements-2026-09"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.hoy.com.py/nacionales/2026/09/21/escandalo-en-fada-una-denuncian-red-de-difusion-de-imagenes-intimas-y-adulteradas","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Hoy, published 21 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays affected students and the faculty and rectorate statements; same chain as the El Nacional report. The saved page also carries unrelated election items, which are not used.","independence_group":"una-students-and-university-statements-2026-09"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/2026/09/22/investigan-difusion-de-imagenes-intimas-alteradas-con-ia-de-universitarias/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (La Nación, published 22 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Carries the Minister of Women speaking on a radio and television programme and a brief remark by the cybercrime chief. The minister bases her remarks on messages from UNA students and contact with student-centre representatives; same chain as the Hoy and El Nacional reports.","independence_group":"una-students-and-university-statements-2026-09"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.latribuna.com.py/sucesos/policiales/2026/09/24/acoso-digital-en-la-una-policia-rastrea-a-administradores-de-sitio/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (La Tribuna, published 24 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Reports a police cybercrime memorandum and remarks by the head of that department; the memorandum itself was not read.","independence_group":"paraguay-police-cybercrime-report-2026-09-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["How many people were depicted in AI-altered or AI-generated images and which tools were used.","Who ran the site and who uploaded the material.","Whether the site has been blocked or the content removed, and the result of the request to Cloudflare.","The calendar date on which the posting began; one student places it on the Friday before the reports of 21 and 22 September 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The complaints come from students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción in Paraguay, and Paraguayan police and prosecutors are investigating (Hoy; La Tribuna). Police say the site uses domains outside the country (La Nación). The reports do not state where the people depicted live. No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["PY"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: university students report that intimate images and AI-altered sexual images of them were shared without consent, and police and prosecutors are investigating. Two chains were read: the students' accounts with university statements and the Minister of Women's remarks based on the students' messages, and a police cybercrime memorandum as reported by La Tribuna; all claims are kept at reported, and no one depicted is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Students say some of the images were altered with AI tools to make montages (El Nacional; Hoy); the Minister of Women says AI-generated images of sexual content were shared in some cases (La Nación); La Tribuna, reporting the police cybercrime department's findings, describes AI-altered content on the portal. The images depict the students (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic finding on individual images is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Asunción, Paraguay: students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción report an anonymous website sharing intimate images of students, teachers and staff without consent, some altered or generated with AI; police cybercrime investigators and a prosecutor open an investigation, reported 21 to 24 September 2026","summary":"According to Hoy (21 September 2026) and El Nacional (22 September), students of the architecture faculty of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción reported an anonymous website that shared intimate images of students, teachers and staff without authorisation, including real photographs and material altered with AI. El Nacional reports that at least about twenty students complained, that some posts used photographs taken from social media, and that related content later appeared in Telegram and WhatsApp groups. The Minister of Women said her ministry had seen messages in which UNA students raised concern about content of them held without consent, and that in some cases AI-generated images of sexual content were shared (La Nación, 22 September). La Tribuna, reporting the findings of the police cybercrime department, describes the portal as used for the non-consensual distribution of intimate photographs and AI-altered content; according to a memorandum signed by the head of the department, a Paraguay section exposes full names, images and phone numbers of students (24 September). The university referred the case to prosecutors and police, and police suggested that prosecutors seek a court order to block the site in Paraguay. No person responsible has been publicly identified.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-21","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tools reported to have been used to alter or generate sexual images of students from photographs, some taken from social media (students' accounts, the Minister of Women and a police cybercrime report)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Students report that intimate images and AI-altered sexual images of them were shared without consent on an anonymous website and in Telegram and WhatsApp groups (Hoy; El Nacional); a police cybercrime report says the site also exposed students' full names and phone numbers (La Tribuna).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"El Nacional reports that at least about twenty students complained about the sharing of intimate images and AI-manipulated photographs, and the Minister of Women says AI-generated sexual images were shared in some cases. No report gives the number of people whose images were altered or generated with AI. Unquantified; numeric fields are zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"PY","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://elnacional.com.py/nacionales/denuncian-difusion-imagenes-intimas-adulteradas-alumnas-una-n112442","primarySourceLabel":"El Nacional (Paraguay), 22 September 2026: Students report sharing of intimate and altered images of UNA students","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:41.227034+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:41.227034+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","non-consensual-intimate-images","university","anonymous-website","telegram","paraguay","asuncion","investigation","depicted-or-impersonated","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2026-singer-yildiz-tilbe-unauthorised-ai-videos-photos-public-objections","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'İnsanların videolara ve fotoğraflara yapay zekâ kullanarak benim görsellerimi eklemelerinden çok usandım. Yapay zekânızdan bıktım. Artık bana bu tarz videolar göndermeyin'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'İnsanların videolara ve fotoğraflara yapay zeka kullanarak benim görsellerimi eklemelerinden çok usandım. Yapay zekanızdan bıktım. Artık bana bu tarz videolar göndermeyin.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In a social media post reported on 3 October 2026, Tilbe said the singer was very tired of people adding the singer's images to videos and photos using AI, was fed up, and asked not to be sent such videos any more.","causal_attribution":"Tilbe's own words as quoted by both outlets; the post was not read directly."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Kendisinden izinsiz hazırlanan video ve fotoğrafların gün içinde sık sık gönderilmesinden rahatsız olan Tilbe, takipçilerine seslendi.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Takipçileri tarafından hazırlanan montajlı videolar ve gerçeği yansıtmayan fotoğrafların sık sık mesaj kutusuna gönderilmesi, sanatçının sabrını taşırdı.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"T24 reports that the videos and photos were prepared without the singer's permission and were sent to Tilbe frequently during the day; Sözcü says edited videos and photos that do not reflect reality, prepared by the singer's followers, were often sent to the singer's message inbox.","causal_attribution":"The outlets' description of the post and its background; no video was inspected."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Yapay zekayı korkunç buluyorum. İnternette bazı sitelerde hiç tanımadığım insanlarla beni konuşturduklarını görüyorum. Sanatta faydalı olabilir ama kötü kullanılırsa çok tehlikeli olabilir.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Son dönemde dijital platformlarda yapay zeka kullanılarak sahte videolarının yapıldığını söyleyen Tilbe, bu durumdan dert yandı.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"In remarks reported on 10 May 2026, Tilbe said AI was frightening and that some internet sites showed Tilbe talking with people the singer did not know at all.","causal_attribution":"Tilbe's own words from one interview, relayed by both outlets."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Yüzünün kullanıldığı yapay zeka videolarının kendisine rahatsızlık verdiğini ifade eden ünlü isim'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Yeni Asır reported on 24 June 2026 that Tilbe said the AI videos using the singer's face bothered the singer.","causal_attribution":"Indirect speech in a short magazine report."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-made videos and photos use the singer's image without permission and are sent to the singer repeatedly","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://t24.com.tr/magazin/yildiz-tilbeden-tepki-biktim-usandim,1351321","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"tr","translation_note":"Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. T24, 3 October 2026; quotes the social media post, which was not read directly.","independence_group":"tilbe-own-statements-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.sozcu.com.tr/yildiz-tilbe-yi-cileden-cikaran-goruntuler-biktim-artik-p365686","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"tr","translation_note":"Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Sözcü, 3 October 2026; quotes the same post.","independence_group":"tilbe-own-statements-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://t24.com.tr/magazin/yildiz-tilbenin-yapay-zeka-isyani-hic-tanimadigim-insanlarla-beni-konusturmuslar,1320667","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"tr","translation_note":"Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. T24, 10 May 2026; carries the same quotation as Posta, which credits the newspaper Günaydın.","independence_group":"tilbe-own-statements-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.posta.com.tr/galeri/yildiz-tilbenin-basi-yapay-zekayla-dertte-tehlikeli-buluyorum-cocuklar-da-etkileniyor-2990877","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"tr","translation_note":"Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Posta, 10 May 2026; credits the newspaper Günaydın for the same remarks.","independence_group":"tilbe-own-statements-2026"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.yeniasir.com.tr/sarmasik/2026/06/24/yildiz-tilbenin-yapay-zeka-videolarina-tepkisi-suruyor","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"tr","translation_note":"Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Yeni Asır, 24 June 2026; a short report of remarks to magazine reporters.","independence_group":"tilbe-own-statements-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","work"],"unknowns":["Who makes the videos and photos, beyond Sözcü's description of them as prepared by the singer's followers, and with which tools.","What particular videos show, beyond Tilbe's description of being made to talk with people the singer does not know.","On which platforms and sites the material appears.","When the first such video appeared.","Whether Tilbe has taken or plans any legal step."],"geography":{"basis":"The bodies describe social media and unnamed websites and do not state where the videos were made or shown or where Tilbe lives. No country is inferred from the language or the outlets.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case at low severity: a named public figure describes, on three occasions in 2026, AI-made videos and photos that use the singer's image without permission and says the singer is weary of them and fed up. Every claim rests on Tilbe's own statements as relayed by Turkish outlets and stays reported. No fraud, sexual content or legal step is reported, and the public text says so.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Tilbe says people add the singer's images to videos and photos using AI (T24; Sözcü) and that sites show Tilbe talking with strangers (T24, May 2026). The AI attribution is the singer's own; no video was inspected and no tool is named. The material depicts Tilbe (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Singer Yıldız Tilbe objects publicly in May, June and October 2026 to AI-made videos and photos that use the singer's image without permission, including material that, in Tilbe's words, makes the singer talk with people the singer does not know","summary":"Turkish outlets reported on 3 October 2026 that the singer Yıldız Tilbe wrote on social media: \"I am very tired of people adding my images to videos and photos using artificial intelligence. I am fed up with your AI. Stop sending me videos like this.\" T24 says the videos and photos were prepared without the singer's permission and were sent to Tilbe frequently during the day. In May 2026 Tilbe had said, in remarks reported by T24 and Posta, that AI was frightening and that some websites showed Tilbe talking with people the singer did not know at all. Yeni Asır reported in June 2026 that Tilbe told reporters the AI videos using the singer's face bothered the singer. No legal step or platform action is reported and no maker is named; Sözcü says followers prepared the material.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-05-10","aiSystem":"Videos and photos into which other people insert the singer's image using AI, and material on some websites that, in Tilbe's words, makes the singer talk with people the singer does not know at all; the tools are not identified and no maker is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Tilbe says the singer is very weary of people adding the singer's images to videos and photos using AI, is fed up and wants no more such videos sent (post quoted by T24 and Sözcü), finds AI frightening (interview relayed by T24 and Posta) and is bothered by AI videos that use the singer's face (Yeni Asır).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Yıldız Tilbe, who describes the videos and photos made with the singer's image (T24; Sözcü; Posta; Yeni Asır). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://t24.com.tr/magazin/yildiz-tilbeden-tepki-biktim-usandim,1351321","primarySourceLabel":"T24, 3 October 2026: Yıldız Tilbe'den tepki: Bıktım, usandım","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:13:52.179258+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:13:52.179258+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","likeness-without-consent","singer","turkish-language","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-influencer-juliano-floss-ai-generated-fake-intimate-video-says-will-sue-creators","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O vídeo manipulado utiliza recursos de inteligência artificial para simular uma situação íntima entre os dois artistas, sem que o registro corresponda a um acontecimento real.'; 'O conteúdo começou a circular nas redes sociais nesta quinta-feira (1), e o artista se manifestou publicamente sobre o caso, classificando a situação como crime.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Na cena, gerada por IA (inteligência artificial), ele aparece em momentos de amor intenso com o modelo'; 'Ambos participaram juntos da 26ª edição do Big Brother Brasil, da TV Globo.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ele teve sua imagem usada para a criação de um vídeo gerado por inteligência artificial. O vídeo, com teor pornográfico, foi criado sem a autorização do ex-BBB.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A fake video simulating an intimate scene between Floss and another former participant of the 26th Big Brother Brasil, which the outlets describe as made with artificial intelligence and which does not correspond to a real event, began circulating on social networks on Thursday 1 October 2026.","causal_attribution":"The AI generation is the outlets' description; the video was not inspected and no tool or creator is identified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Em uma publicação no X (antigo Twitter), Juliano afirmou que está identificando os perfis que compartilharam o material e que pretende tomar medidas legais contra os envolvidos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Anotando nome por nome, não me dá trabalho nenhum achar e processar alguem que ta cometendo um crime contra mim'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Em uma publicação, Juliano deixou claro que considera a montagem um crime e avisou que vai atrás de quem produziu ou divulgou o material.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"On 1 October 2026 Floss wrote on X that he was noting names one by one and would find and sue whoever was committing a crime against him, and called the video a crime.","causal_attribution":"His own public statement, relayed by the outlets."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'No Brasil, a criação e a exposição na internet de um vídeo íntimo falso gerado por Inteligência Artificial (técnica conhecida como deepfake pornográfico) é crime e pode resultar em prisão, além de pesadas indenizações financeiras'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to Metrópoles, Floss also shared a message stating that creating and posting an AI-generated fake intimate video is a crime in Brazil.","causal_attribution":"A message he shared, as reported by Metrópoles."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'e sua equipe não se pronunciaram publicamente sobre o caso.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to SBT, the other depicted participant and their team had not commented publicly on the case at the time of its report.","causal_attribution":"Reported by SBT."}],"effects":[{"label":"depicted without consent in a fake intimate video described as AI-generated","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://tv.sbt.com.br/programas/jornalismo/fofocalizando/noticia/289028-juliano-floss-e-vitima-de-video-intimo-falso-com-jonas-sulzbach","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-02 (SBT Fofocalizando, 1 October 2026); quotes and embeds his X posts. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"floss-x-posts"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.metropoles.com/colunas/fabia-oliveira/juliano-floss-reage-apos-ser-vitima-de-video-intimo-falso-processar","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-02 (Metrópoles, Fábia Oliveira column, 1 October 2026); quotes the same X posts. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"floss-x-posts"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://revistamarieclaire.globo.com/celebridades/noticia/2026/10/juliano-floss-sobre-video-criado-com-ia-e-crime.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-02 (Marie Claire, Globo, 1 October 2026); quotes the same post from his profile. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"floss-x-posts"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://hugogloss.uol.com.br/famosos/juliano-floss-se-revolta-apos-ser-vitima-de-deepfake-sexual-com-jonas-e-anuncia-medida-isso-e-crime/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-02 (Hugo Gloss, 1 October 2026); embeds the same X posts. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"floss-x-posts"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy"],"unknowns":["Who made and first shared the video, and which tool was used.","On which platforms it circulated and whether it was removed.","Whether a police complaint or lawsuit was filed.","The other depicted participant's response."],"geography":{"basis":"The bodies say only that the video circulated on social networks and discuss Brazilian law in general terms; none states where the video was made or shown or where the two people live. No country is inferred from the outlets, the language or the television programme.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): a fake intimate video that outlets describe as AI-generated depicted two former reality-show participants, and Floss said publicly that he would identify and sue those responsible. Floss is a public figure speaking about his own case and is named; the other participant, who had not commented, is not named here. One underlying account (his X posts and the circulating video) relayed by four outlets; all claims stay reported. No sexual detail beyond the nature of the video is recorded.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"SBT says the video uses artificial intelligence to simulate an intimate scene; Metrópoles says the scene was generated by AI; Marie Claire says it was a video generated by artificial intelligence. Floss's quoted posts call it a crime and, per Metrópoles, he shared a message about AI-generated fake intimate videos. The video was not inspected and no tool is named. It depicts the two participants (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Influencer Juliano Floss says on X on 1 October 2026 that he will identify and sue those behind a fake intimate video, described by Brazilian outlets as AI-generated, showing him with another former Big Brother Brasil participant","summary":"A fake video simulating an intimate scene between dancer and influencer Juliano Floss and another participant of the 26th Big Brother Brasil began circulating on social networks on Thursday 1 October 2026. Metrópoles, SBT, Marie Claire (Globo) and Hugo Gloss describe it as generated with artificial intelligence. Floss wrote on X that he was noting the people involved 'name by name' and would find and sue whoever was committing a crime against him. SBT reported that the other participant and their team had not commented publicly. No complaint, filing or takedown is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-10-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-01","aiSystem":"A fake intimate video of two former Big Brother Brasil 26 participants, described by Metrópoles, SBT, Marie Claire and Hugo Gloss as generated or manipulated with artificial intelligence; the tool and the creators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Floss and another former Big Brother Brasil 26 participant were depicted in a fake intimate video that outlets describe as AI-generated and that circulated on social networks. Marie Claire says Floss's image was used without his authorisation, and Metrópoles describes both men as victims. Floss called it a crime against him and said he would sue (his X posts, relayed by SBT, Metrópoles, Marie Claire and Hugo Gloss).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: Floss and another former Big Brother Brasil 26 participant, both depicted in the video (SBT; Metrópoles; Marie Claire). Metrópoles' gallery caption says both were victims ('foram vítimas de um vídeo pornográfico falso criado com inteligência artificial'). Viewers and sharers are not counted. Exact 2.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://tv.sbt.com.br/programas/jornalismo/fofocalizando/noticia/289028-juliano-floss-e-vitima-de-video-intimo-falso-com-jonas-sulzbach","primarySourceLabel":"SBT (Fofocalizando), 1 October 2026: Juliano Floss é vítima de vídeo íntimo falso","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:16.080717+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:16.080717+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","non-consensual-intimate-imagery","reality-tv","portuguese-language"]},{"id":"2026-edmonton-junior-high-two-14-year-olds-charged-ai-sexualised-images-of-classmates","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit charged two 14-year-old boys on June 1, 2026.'; 'ALERT alleges that the two boys took photos of the girls without their consent, and also took photos from their social media accounts, in order to sexualize the images using AI software. They were charged with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials as well as voyeurism.'; 'Several students were victimized and ICE’s investigation remains ongoing.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Investigators allege the teens took photos of girls at their school without consent, in addition to obtaining photos of female classmates from their social media accounts, and then used AI software to sexualize the images.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'On June 1, the two boys were charged with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials as well as voyeurism.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"ALERT's ICE unit charged two 14-year-old boys on 1 June 2026 with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials and voyeurism, alleging they took photos of girls at their Edmonton junior high school without consent and from the girls' social media accounts and sexualised the images using AI software; several students were identified as victims.","causal_attribution":"Police allegation in a news release and news conference; untested in court."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A teacher at the school first brought this to police attention in late March 2026 after complaints from students.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The investigation determined that sexualized images were shared between the two teens but word about the existence of the images eventually spread through the school, she said.'; 'Investigators declined to say which application was used to manipulate the photographs.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Currently, the evidence suggests they shared the images with each other, but not more broadly.'; 'As the forensic analysis of the boys’ devices has not been completed, ALERT also could not say which AI software was used or how many images were created.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Police began investigating after a teacher at the school reported the images in late March.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"A teacher reported the matter to police in late March 2026 after students complained; police say the evidence so far indicates the images were shared between the two boys rather than more broadly, that word of their existence spread through the school, and that the AI application used and the number of images had not been determined because forensic analysis was incomplete.","causal_attribution":"Police statements at the news conference as reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The case has left the girls with intense feelings of shame and embarrassment, she said.'; '“These are very convincing images, and that’s why the impact on victims is so significant'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Several girls – potentially more than 10 – were targeted, according to police.'; '“We have kids now that are too scared to post on social media because they’re paranoid that this could happen again,” Bosch said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Church said forensic review of the evidence is ongoing but the number of victims could be in the “double digits.”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The lead investigator said the case left the girls with intense feelings of shame and embarrassment, that the images are very convincing, and that some students are now too scared to post on social media; police said the number of victims could be more than ten or in the double digits pending forensic review.","causal_attribution":"Police characterisation of the victims' reactions; no statement from the victims or families is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of several female classmates, taken at school without consent and from social media, were sexualised with AI software (police allegation)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"police say the girls were left with intense shame and embarrassment and some are too scared to post online","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://alert-ab.ca/students-charged-after-using-ai-to-sexual-classmates/","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30. ALERT news release dated 17 June 2026 (datePublished 2026-06-17T14:20 UTC).","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ai-student-charges-9.7238575","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30. CBC News Edmonton, Wallis Snowdon, 17 June 2026; covers the release and the ALERT news conference.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://globalnews.ca/news/11909790/edmonton-students-artificial-intelligence-sexual-exploitation-classmates/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30. Global News, 17 June 2026; covers the release and news conference; carries the 1 June charge date.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/2-teen-boys-accused-of-using-ai-to-make-sexual-photos-of-classmates/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30. CTV News Edmonton, 17 June 2026; article body taken from the page's JSON-LD articleBody.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/alberta/boys-charged-after-exploitative-images-of-girls-at-edmonton-school-created-using-ai/article_1d72d9fc-cb13-5df0-a7e2-50dbb43eca5c.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (first attempt returned HTTP 429, second 200). The Canadian Press wire story, 17 June 2026, from the news conference; the page notes a correction to how ALERT was described.","independence_group":"alert-ice-release-and-news-conference-2026-06-17"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which AI application was used and how many images were created.","The confirmed number of girls depicted (police estimate potentially more than ten pending forensic review).","When the images were made; a teacher reported them to police in late March 2026.","Whether any image was shared beyond the two accused (police say the current evidence indicates not).","The court outcome for the two accused."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is an Edmonton junior high school and the charges were laid by ALERT's ICE unit, with the Edmonton Police Service involved in the investigation (ALERT release); the victims are its students. The charges were laid in Canada; no court or court appearance is reported.","court_countries":["CA"],"event_countries":["CA"],"affected_person_countries":["CA"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated) consistent with existing school AI-imagery rows (Jaú, Jeju, Colchester): police charged two 14-year-old students with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials and voyeurism after allegedly sexualising classmates' photos with AI software, and described the harm to the girls. One police chain (release plus news conference) read across five outlets; the accused, the victims and the school are not named by police or here. Event dated to March 2026 (month), when a teacher reported the images to police after complaints from students; creation dates are not stated.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ALERT alleges the two boys sexualised photos of classmates using AI software; investigators said at the news conference that they had not determined which application was used and that forensic analysis of the devices was incomplete (CBC, CTV). The allegation is untested in court.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Edmonton: two 14-year-old junior high students charged with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials and voyeurism after police allege they used AI software to sexualise photos of female classmates taken at school without consent and from social media","summary":"The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) Internet Child Exploitation unit announced on 17 June 2026 that two 14-year-old boys at an Edmonton junior high school had been charged on 1 June with making and possessing child sexual exploitation materials and voyeurism. Police allege the boys took photos of girls at their school without consent and from the girls' social media accounts and used AI software to sexualise them; several students were identified as victims and police said the number could be more than ten pending forensic review. A teacher reported the matter to police in late March 2026 after students complained. Police said the evidence so far indicates the images were shared between the two boys rather than more widely, but that word of their existence spread through the school. The lead investigator said the girls were left with intense shame and embarrassment and that some are now too scared to post on social media. The software has not been identified; the school and the accused are not named to protect the victims. CBC, Global News, CTV News and The Canadian Press covered the release and news conference.","incidentDate":"2026-03-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-06-17","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI software that police allege the two students used to sexualise photos of female classmates; investigators said they had not determined which application was used (ALERT news release and news conference, 17 June 2026)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Photos of several female junior high students, taken at school without consent and from social media, were sexualised with AI software according to police, who charged two 14-year-old classmates; the lead investigator said the girls were left with intense shame and embarrassment and some are now too scared to post online (ALERT release; CBC, Global News, CTV, 17 June 2026).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"Police say several students were victimised and that the number could be more than ten or in the double digits pending forensic review; no confirmed count is published. Unquantified, numeric placeholders 0.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"CA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://alert-ab.ca/students-charged-after-using-ai-to-sexual-classmates/","primarySourceLabel":"ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams) news release, 17 June 2026: Students charged after using AI to sexual classmates","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:11:30.099634+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:11:30.099634+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-csam","deepfakes","school","minors","minor-perpetrators","voyeurism","edmonton","alberta","canada","criminal-charges","depicted-or-impersonated","historical-2026"]},{"id":"2026-uk-grok-sexualised-images-two-women-police-cases-closed-no-suspect-identified","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Grok obliged, moulding her profile photo onto a nude body wrapped in see-through plastic'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Grok, the platform’s AI chatbot, obliged by moulding her profile photo onto a nude body in see-through plastic'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'were created using the chatbot and shared without her consent'; 'after speaking out, she saw AI-generated images of herself had been created without her consent'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Explicit or sexualised images of the presenter were generated with Grok at anonymous X users' request and posted on X without her consent around New Year 2026, after she had publicly criticised Grok.","causal_attribution":"The presenter's account to TBIJ/The Observer and, separately, to BBC Wales in January 2026; TBIJ inspected the requesting account."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'After reporting her case to South Wales Police on 2 January'; 'wasn’t invited to give a statement until March'; 'Her case was closed after the police requests to X went unanswered'; 'Despite the efforts of investigators, no suspect could be identified'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the investigation was closed in May'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The presenter reported the image to South Wales Police on 2 January 2026; she was not asked for a statement until March, police requests to X went unanswered, and the case was closed (in May, per The Observer) with the force saying no suspect could be identified.","causal_attribution":"TBIJ's account from messages it saw and the presenter; South Wales Police's statement confirms an investigation and no identified suspect but does not address the X requests."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'about 300 images and videos of her posted during the Grok scandal'; 'the last of which was dealt with by the Metropolitan Police'; 'She reported several anonymous posts to the police'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'after exploring all viable lines of enquiry, no suspect could be identified'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The broadcaster estimates about 300 Grok-made images and videos of her were posted during the wave, including by the account that targeted the presenter; she reported several, one involving Jeffrey Epstein to the Metropolitan Police, which said no suspect could be identified.","causal_attribution":"The broadcaster's estimate and the Met's statement, both via the TBIJ/Observer investigation."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'is now in pre-action legal correspondence with xAI, part of SpaceXAI, alleging misuse of her private information'; 'It has not been possible, in the time available, to look into any communications with South Wales Police'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'is now in pre-action legal correspondence with SpacexAI'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The presenter is in pre-action legal correspondence with xAI (SpaceXAI) alleging misuse of private information and breaches of data-protection law and the Equality Act; the company said it had not been possible in the time available to look into its communications with South Wales Police.","causal_attribution":"Reported from the correspondence described by TBIJ and the presenter's lawyer; no claim has been filed."}],"effects":[{"label":"a sexualised image of her generated by Grok from her profile photo at an anonymous user's request and posted on X","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"about 300 Grok-made images and videos of her posted to humiliate her","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"police investigations closed with no suspect identified after X did not answer information requests","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-09-29/grok-deepfakes-police-justice","kind":"investigative_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-30 (TBIJ, 29 September 2026, by Lydia Morrish); the original investigation, with police and company statements.","independence_group":"tbij-observer-investigation"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-women-taking-on-the-tech-giants-over-deepfakes-and-digital-abuse","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-30 (The Observer, 29 September 2026, same reporter, published in partnership with TBIJ); adds the May closure date.","independence_group":"tbij-observer-investigation"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98p4214577o","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-30 (BBC Wales, 13 January 2026, updated 14 January); interview with the presenter during the wave.","independence_group":"bbc-wales-january-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who requested the images and where they were located.","Whether X answered any later police request.","Whether the presenter files a claim and its outcome.","Dates of the individual images and videos of the broadcaster; The Observer places them 'during the Grok scandal over Christmas', so the series may have begun in late December 2025, before the presenter's dated 2 January 2026 report."],"geography":{"basis":"The presenter reported to South Wales Police and is described by TBIJ in her bedroom in Wales; the broadcaster reported to the Metropolitan Police (TBIJ). The images were generated on X at the request of anonymous accounts whose locations are not established (TBIJ says some accounts in the cases it examined were clearly UK-based), so no event country is recorded. No court proceeding yet.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (Grok-generated sexualised images of two adult public figures, requested by anonymous users, with police investigations closed without a suspect). Both women spoke on the record to TBIJ and The Observer; the presenter also to BBC Wales in January 2026. The images are not reproduced or described beyond the sources' wording.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"TBIJ inspected the X account and posts that requested the images and describes Grok's automatic public reply; The presenter described the image to TBIJ and, in January 2026, to BBC Wales; South Wales Police and the Metropolitan Police confirm investigations into the reports. Grok's role in generating and posting the images is not disputed by any party quoted; xAI did not respond to TBIJ.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"UK: Grok-made sexualised images of a Welsh presenter and campaigner against deepfake abuse and of a commentator and broadcaster, requested by anonymous X accounts around New Year 2026; South Wales Police and the Metropolitan Police closed their investigations without identifying a suspect after X did not answer information requests; the presenter is in pre-action correspondence with xAI","summary":"The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Observer reported on 29 September 2026 that police investigations into sexualised images generated by X's chatbot Grok had failed to identify anyone. A Welsh presenter and campaigner against deepfake abuse, who had criticised Grok publicly on New Year's Eve 2025, saw an anonymous X user ask '@grok' to put her in a bikini made of cling film; Grok generated the image from her profile photo and posted it. She reported it to South Wales Police on 2 January 2026, was not asked for a statement until March, and was told officers had not heard back from X; the case was closed (in May, per The Observer) with the force saying no suspect could be identified. The same account also targeted a commentator and broadcaster, who estimates about 300 Grok images and videos of her were posted during the wave, including one alongside Jeffrey Epstein reported to the Metropolitan Police, which likewise said no suspect could be identified. The presenter is now in pre-action legal correspondence with xAI (part of SpaceXAI) alleging misuse of private information and breaches of data-protection law and the Equality Act; the company told her lawyers it had not been possible in the time available to look into its communications with South Wales Police. BBC Wales had reported in January 2026 that explicit images of the presenter were created with the chatbot and shared without her consent.","incidentDate":"2026-01-02","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-01-13","aiSystem":"Grok (xAI) image generation on X, responding to public '@grok' requests by editing the targeted women's photographs and posting the results","aiProduct":"Grok","aiCompany":"xAI (SpaceXAI)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two women, a presenter and campaigner and a broadcaster, had sexualised images of themselves generated by Grok at anonymous users' request and posted on X; the presenter calls the experience terrifying and her lawyers say the company's failure to help the police aggravated her distress; the broadcaster says the images were designed to humiliate her; both police investigations closed without a suspect after X did not answer requests (TBIJ; The Observer; BBC Wales).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two depicted people, a presenter and campaigner and a commentator and broadcaster (TBIJ; The Observer). The MP also interviewed by TBIJ is counted in her own case (2026-asato-v-xai-grok). Exact 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-09-29/grok-deepfakes-police-justice","primarySourceLabel":"The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 29 September 2026: Failed by the police, Grok deepfake victims are seeking justice themselves","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:49.631225+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:49.631225+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["grok","xai","x-twitter","deepfakes","non-consensual-intimate-images","ai-generated-images","police","south-wales-police","metropolitan-police","ofcom","uk","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-lower-saxony-cdu-group-employee-reported-ai-sexualized-video-of-colleague-in-staff-chat-group","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Am Nachmittag des 17. Januar 2026","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"In einer gemeinsamen privaten Whatsapp-Chatgruppe postete ein ... ein KI-generiertes Kurzvideo, in dem eine weitere ... Mitarbeiterin der Fraktion in eindeutig sexualisierter Weise dargestellt wurde","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Das Video sei bereits am 17. Januar in der Chatgruppe eingestellt worden.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"die Verbreitung eines möglichen KI-Deepfakes mit sexualisiertem Inhalt im Rahmen einer privaten WhatsApp-Gruppe mit Bezug zur Mitarbeiterschaft der Fraktion","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 17 January 2026 an employee of the CDU parliamentary group in the Lower Saxony state parliament posted a short AI-generated video that showed a colleague in a sexualized manner in a private WhatsApp group connected to the group's staff.","causal_attribution":"Welt gives the date and content in its own voice, and dpa quotes a Hannover public prosecutor spokesperson for the same date. The parliamentary group calls it a possible deepfake in its own release. Welt, dpa and the group may share one underlying account, so the claim stays reported. The video was not seen by the reviewer."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Die Staatsanwaltschaft Hannover hat das Kurzvideo inzwischen gesichtet.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Bei dem Video handele es sich „offensichtlich um eine KI-Montage“.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Dafür sei mutmaßlich ein echtes Bild der Frau in das Video montiert worden. Es gebe entsprechende Software, die das ermögliche.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Bei dem Video handele es sich „offensichtlich um eine KI-Montage“.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Hannover public prosecutor's office had viewed the video, and a spokesperson said it was obviously an AI montage in which a real picture of the colleague had presumably been montaged into the video, and that software which allows this exists.","causal_attribution":"The statement is a spokesperson's description after the office viewed the video and is not a forensic finding. Welt and Tagesspiegel relay the same dpa inquiry. No tool is named."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Einer von ihnen soll demnach die übrigen Beteiligten noch im Januar aufgefordert haben, das Video zu löschen und Stillschweigen zu bewahren.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"seien erst am 27. März informiert worden","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"CDU-Kreise bestätigten der dpa die Angaben aus dem Bericht von „Welt“ und „Business Insider“.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to reports by Welt and Business Insider that CDU circles confirmed to dpa, an employee asked the other chat members in January to delete the video and keep silent, and the parliamentary group's leaders were informed on 27 March.","causal_attribution":"The account rests on Welt and Business Insider reporting with confirmation from unnamed CDU circles. The group's spokesperson declined to comment. Whether the depicted colleague learned of the video earlier is not stated in these sources."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Dem Bericht zufolge wurde der Mitarbeiter, der zum Stillschweigen aufgerufen hatte, am Dienstag suspendiert. Der Ersteller des Videos sei fristlos entlassen worden.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"wurde der Mitarbeiter, der das Video offenbar erstellt hat, noch am selben Tag freigestellt und inzwischen fristlos gekündigt","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Der Ersteller des Videos wurde Ende März entlassen, ein weiterer Mitarbeiter der Fraktion suspendiert.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The employee who created the video was dismissed without notice at the end of March 2026, and the employee who had called for silence was suspended.","causal_attribution":"Welt and Tagesspiegel report the dismissal and suspension from the same Welt and Business Insider account, and dpa repeated them on 9 July. The group did not comment on the employment measures in the sources read."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Die CDU-Fraktion hat daraufhin am Dienstag die Staatsanwaltschaft in Hannover über die Vorkommnisse informiert und dieser sämtliche Unterlagen zur Verfügung gestellt.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"den Vorgang und eine Prüfung des Sachverhalts","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Ermittlungen gegen den mutmaßlichen Ersteller des Videos, ein Mitarbeiter der CDU-Fraktion, würden bislang nicht geführt","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"wohl aber den Verdacht auf eine Verletzung des Kunsturhebergesetzes","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Bislang sei keine Strafanzeige gestellt worden","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The parliamentary group informed the Hannover public prosecutor's office. As reported on 1 April 2026, the office said it was examining the matter, was not investigating the alleged creator and had received no criminal complaint, and named a suspected violation of the Kunsturhebergesetz if a photo had been altered.","causal_attribution":"The parliamentary group's release is its own account of its conduct. The prosecutor's statements are relayed by dpa. They describe the state of the matter on 1 April 2026 and do not describe the later outcome."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Er soll das Video in die Chatgruppe eingestellt haben, um damit aufzuzeigen, welche Gefahren durch KI-Manipulationen drohen","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Danach sei das Video in dem Chat gelöscht worden.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the prosecutor's spokesperson, who was relaying the parliamentary group's letter to the office, the alleged creator posted the video in the chat to show the dangers of AI manipulation, and the video was later deleted from the chat.","causal_attribution":"This is the alleged creator's stated purpose as passed on through the group's letter and the spokesperson. No source tests it, and the court decision described in c7 rests on the making and sharing of the video without the colleague's consent."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Das Amtsgericht Wennigsen verhängte nach Angaben der Staatsanwaltschaft Hannover eine Geldstrafe von 30 Tagessätzen gegen einen früheren Mitarbeiter der Fraktion, der das Video mit Hilfe eines Bildes seiner Kollegin ohne deren Einwilligung erstellt und in einer Chatgruppe geteilt hatte.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"Geahndet wurde ein Verstoß gegen das Kunsturhebergesetz","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"Einspruch habe der frühere CDU-Mitarbeiter nicht eingelegt, die Entscheidung sei damit rechtskräftig und das Verfahren abgeschlossen.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"Der Mann hatte das Bild einer Kollegin genutzt, um ohne ihr Wissen ein sexualisiertes KI-Video zu erstellen und es in einer Chatgruppe zu verbreiten.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"On 9 July 2026 dpa reported, citing the Hannover public prosecutor's office, that the Wennigsen local court had fined a former employee of the parliamentary group 30 daily rates for a violation of the Kunsturhebergesetz, and that the decision is final because no objection was filed. The report describes the former employee as having made the video with a picture of the colleague without consent and shared it in a chat group.","causal_attribution":"The outcome reaches the record only through a prosecutor statement relayed by dpa, and news.de and t-online carry the same text. The court decision was not read. The report does not say the court examined the AI method, and the daily-rate amount was not disclosed."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Nach Angaben der Staatsanwaltschaft Hannover besteht der Verdacht auf eine Verletzung des Kunsturheberrechts.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Da dies ein sogenanntes Antragsdelikt sei, dürfe erst ermitteln werden, nachdem das Opfer Strafantrag gestellt hat.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Der Antrag der betroffenen Frau ist laut Staatsanwaltschaft inzwischen beim zuständigen Dezernenten eingegangen.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Die Mitarbeiterin hat inzwischen Strafanzeige gestellt. Sie will sich zu dem Fall nicht öffentlich äußern.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"As reported by NDR on 10 April 2026, the Hannover public prosecutor's office said the suspected offence under the Kunsturhebergesetz could be investigated only after the victim applied for prosecution, and that the depicted employee's application had since reached the responsible prosecutor. NDR also reports that the employee had filed a criminal complaint and did not want to comment publicly.","causal_attribution":"The prosecutor's statement and the complaint as reported by one outlet; the application itself was not seen."},{"id":"c9","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Dem NDR Niedersachsen ist der Inhalt des Videos bekannt. Es zeigt kein harmloses Tänzchen, wie behauptet, sondern eindeutig eine sexualisierende Darstellung einer Mitarbeiterin.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Zu sehen ist eine knapp bekleidete Frau mit dem durch Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) ins Bild montierten Gesicht einer Kollegin'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'Später kam heraus, dass die WhatsApp-Gruppe, der neun Mitarbeiter der Fraktion angehörten, den Namen \"MitGLIEDER\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"NDR states that it knows the content of the video and that it shows a sexualising depiction, with a colleague's face inserted into the footage by AI. NDR also reports that nine employees of the parliamentary group belonged to the chat group.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's own description of the video; the reviewer did not see it."}],"effects":[{"label":"Colleague depicted in a sexualized AI-generated video posted in a private staff chat group","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article69cfa14da4886afd5c999482/gerne-haetten-wir-noch-eindeutiger-stellung-bezogen-so-erklaert-die-cdu-niedersachsen-intern-die-deepfake-affaere.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"German original read by the reviewer without a human bilingual review. Locators are the German text. Welt article of 3 April 2026. Its paragraphs on the prosecutor come from a dpa inquiry (byline ends with dpa).","independence_group":"welt-business-insider-dpa-april-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/sexualisiertes-ki-video-erstellt-cdu-niedersachsen-entlasst-mitarbeiter--und-suspendiert-einen-weiteren-fur-vertuschungsaufruf-15424605.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"German original read by the reviewer without a human bilingual review. Locators are the German text. dpa text of 1 April 2026 in Tagesspiegel. It cites Welt and Business Insider for the chat and dismissal facts and a Hannover public prosecutor spokesperson for the rest.","independence_group":"welt-business-insider-dpa-april-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://cdultnds.de/2026/04/01/nach-vorwurf-wegen-deepfake-video-mit-sexualisiertem-inhalt-niedersaechsische-cdu-fraktion-schaltet-staatsanwaltschaft-ein/","kind":"organisation_statement","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"German original read by the reviewer without a human bilingual review. Locators are the German text. Press release of the parliamentary group dated 1 April 2026, read through an Internet Archive capture of 18 June 2026 because the live page returned a bot wall.","independence_group":"cdu-group-press-release-2026-04-01"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.news.de/politik/859807552/deepfake-affaere-in-niedersachsens-cdu-gericht-verhaengt-strafe-landtag-news-der-dpa-aktuell-zu-landtag-partei-und-cdu/1/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"German original read by the reviewer without a human bilingual review. Locators are the German text. dpa text of 9 July 2026 on news.de. The report says NDR reported first, and the NDR article was not retrieved.","independence_group":"dpa-court-fine-july-2026"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://hannover.t-online.de/region/hannover/id_101336034/deepfake-affaere-cdu-niedersachsen-gericht-verhaengt-strafe.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"German original read by the reviewer without a human bilingual review. Locators are the German text. t-online copy of the same dpa report of 9 July 2026.","independence_group":"dpa-court-fine-july-2026"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/hannover_weser-leinegebiet/das-deepfake-und-die-cdu-was-bisher-ueber-die-affaere-bekannt-ist,cdu-482.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"German. Read in full from the publisher page on 2026-10-06 (NDR Niedersachsen explainer by Philipp Schaper, page stamped 10 April 2026; resurfaced in a 4 October 2026 news feed). Translation by the research agent (an AI); no human translator. The explainer rests on NDR's own information and statements to NDR. None of the other sources' saved texts cites this explainer; the 9 July 2026 dpa texts (s4, s5) cite a later NDR report on the court fine, which was not retrieved.","independence_group":"ndr-niedersachsen-april-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","privacy"],"unknowns":["The depicted employee filed a criminal complaint and did not want to comment publicly (NDR). The employee's own experience and the date the employee learned of the video are not stated in the sources read.","The AI tool or service used to make the video is not named, and the reviewer did not see the video.","The creation date of the video is not stated. The posting date of 17 January 2026 is reported, and no source dates the creation to an earlier year.","NDR reports that nine employees belonged to the chat group. Chat members and recipients are not counted as harmed.","The prosecutor's statement reported on 1 April 2026 said there was no investigation of the alleged creator and no indication of an insult offence; NDR reported on 10 April 2026 that the victim's application for prosecution had reached the prosecutor. The later fine under the Kunsturhebergesetz is reported second-hand, and the court decision and the daily-rate amount were not seen.","The alleged creator's stated purpose (to show the dangers of AI manipulation) is an account passed on through the group's letter and a spokesperson. It is not tested by any source.","The Welt and Business Insider original reports of the chat facts were reached only through the Welt article of 3 April and the dpa text. The Business Insider report was not read.","The former managing director and the parliamentary manager give conflicting accounts to NDR of what the leadership was told in January; this review does not resolve them.","The NDR report that the 9 July 2026 dpa texts (news.de, t-online) cite as first reporting the court fine was not retrieved; the 10 April 2026 NDR explainer read for this review predates the fine."],"geography":{"basis":"Welt places the affair in the party group at the state parliament in Hannover, and the Hannover public prosecutor's office and the Wennigsen local court handled the matter. Lower Saxony is a German federal state. The colleague works in that parliamentary group. The country is taken from the place of the event and not from the language or the outlet.","court_countries":["DE"],"event_countries":["DE"],"affected_person_countries":["DE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Welt (3 April 2026), a dpa text in Tagesspiegel (1 April 2026), the parliamentary group's press release (1 April 2026), an NDR explainer (10 April 2026) and dpa court-outcome reports (9 July 2026) describe one event. All claims are reported; NDR's own description of the video and its report of the victim's criminal complaint are single-outlet facts. The depicted employee and the former employee are not named and no imagery detail is given. The event date is the reported posting date.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-06"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Hannover public prosecutor's office had viewed the video, and a spokesperson called it obviously an AI montage in which a real picture of the colleague had presumably been montaged into the video, and said software that allows this exists (Tagesspiegel, dpa). Welt calls it an AI-generated short video. No tool is named and the reviewer did not see the video.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Lower Saxony CDU parliamentary group employee reportedly posted an AI-generated sexualized video of a colleague in a private staff chat group","summary":"Welt, dpa (in Tagesspiegel, news.de and t-online) and a press release of the CDU parliamentary group in the Lower Saxony state parliament report the following. On 17 January 2026 an employee of the parliamentary group posted a short AI-generated video showing a colleague in a sexualized manner in a private WhatsApp group connected to the group's staff. The Hannover public prosecutor's office had viewed the video, and a spokesperson said it was obviously an AI montage. After the group's leaders were informed (on 27 March according to press reports), the employee who created the video was dismissed without notice and a second employee, who had reportedly asked chat members in January to delete the video and keep silent, was suspended. The group informed the prosecutor's office, which said, as reported on 1 April 2026, that it had received no criminal complaint. On 9 July 2026 dpa reported, citing the prosecutor's office, that the Wennigsen local court had fined the former employee, who had made the video with the colleague's picture without consent and shared it in a chat group, 30 daily rates for a violation of the Kunsturhebergesetz, and that the decision is final. NDR reported on 10 April 2026 that the depicted employee had filed a criminal complaint, that the prosecutor's office had received the employee's application for prosecution, and that the employee did not want to comment publicly. The colleague and the former employee are not named.","incidentDate":"2026-01-17","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-01","aiSystem":"Unspecified AI video tool (not named in the sources)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A colleague was depicted in a sexualized AI-generated video that was posted in a private WhatsApp group connected to the parliamentary group's staff. The Hannover public prosecutor's office said, as reported by dpa, that the former employee made the video with the colleague's picture without consent, and a local court fined the former employee for a violation of the Kunsturhebergesetz. The depicted employee filed a criminal complaint (NDR); no statement by the employee about the effect appears in the sources read.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted colleague (Welt: one further employee of the group. The prosecutor's statements, as relayed by dpa, refer to one colleague). The chat members and recipients are not counted as harmed, and no other depicted person is reported.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article69cfa14da4886afd5c999482/gerne-haetten-wir-noch-eindeutiger-stellung-bezogen-so-erklaert-die-cdu-niedersachsen-intern-die-deepfake-affaere.html","primarySourceLabel":"Welt, 3 April 2026 (German): CDU Niedersachsen explains the deepfake affair internally","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:09:33.783712+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T03:12:53.148829+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2026"]},{"id":"2026-omaha-i3bank-armed-robbery-chatgpt-planning-tellers-threatened","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"On Feb. 10, [the defendant] entered the i3Bank in Omaha and pointed a gun at tellers, threatening to kill them, to give him cash and not include any dye packs. He stole about $9,175 before fleeing.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"He robbed the bank in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 10th with a semi-automatic pistol of the exact type he had previously asked ChatGPT about. With the gun drawn, he forced the handover of slightly more than 9000 US dollars.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 10 February 2026 a 23-year-old man entered the i3Bank in Omaha, pointed a gun at tellers, threatened to kill them unless they handed over cash without dye packs, and left with about $9,175.","causal_attribution":"The robbery and threats are attributed to the defendant, who was sentenced for them according to the prosecutor's statement relayed by WOWT and heise; no causal role is attributed to ChatGPT."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"He consented to a search of his phone. Officers examined the contents and determined [the defendant] used ChatGPT to plan the robbery, including advice on law enforcement response times, how to strip and repair a Llama Mini-Max .45 handgun, and for advice on obtaining ammunition as a felon. Additionally, his Google maps history showed he had most recently searched for directions to i3 Bank.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'robbed a bank without a mask after using the AI chatbot ChatGPT for planning'; 'The 23-year-old had asked ChatGPT, among other things, how long it takes for the police to respond to a bank robbery, how to disassemble and reassemble a specific type of pistol, and how to obtain ammunition for it if he has a prior conviction.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"After he consented to a search of his phone, officers determined that he had used ChatGPT to plan the robbery, including asking about law enforcement response times, how to strip and repair a Llama Mini-Max .45 handgun, and how to obtain ammunition as a felon; his Google Maps history showed a recent search for directions to the bank.","causal_attribution":"Characterisation by investigators and the prosecutor's office; neither source quotes the prompts or ChatGPT's replies."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"was charged with bank robbery and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. He was sentenced Aug. 13 to 10 years and a month in prison.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"After release, [the defendant] will begin a five-year term of supervised release.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He was sentenced on 13 August 2026 to 10 years and one month in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on charges of bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.","causal_attribution":"Court outcome for the defendant's own conduct; not attributed to the AI system."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"He was not masked and wore conspicuous clothing, all of which was recorded by the surveillance camera.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"However, the use of AI seems rather secondary here.","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"was seen on surveillance video clearly showing his face and driving a truck with","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He robbed the bank unmasked and was recorded by surveillance cameras showing his face and his truck; heise judged the use of AI 'rather secondary'.","causal_attribution":"heise's own assessment that the AI use was secondary to the robbery; recorded as context."}],"effects":[{"label":"bank tellers were threatened with death at gunpoint and about $9,175 was taken","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wowt.com/2026/08/19/man-who-used-chatgpt-plan-omaha-bank-robbery-sentenced/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Full body read by curl on 2026-09-29; quotes the U.S. Attorney's Office account of the phone search.","independence_group":"usao-ne-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.heise.de/en/news/Ten-years-in-prison-for-bank-robbery-perpetrator-asked-ChatGPT-for-tips-11421315.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"heise English edition, read by curl on 2026-09-29; the page says it was translated with technical assistance and editorially reviewed, and it cites a statement from the prosecutor's office, so it shares WOWT's independence group.","independence_group":"usao-ne-statement"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","justice","finance"],"unknowns":["What ChatGPT answered to each query, and whether it refused, warned or supplied the information.","The exact number of tellers threatened.","Whether any teller reported lasting effects.","The text of the U.S. Attorney's Office release and of the plea agreement (not readable from this box)."],"geography":{"basis":"WOWT: the i3Bank 'in Omaha'; heise: 'the bank in Omaha, Nebraska'. The tellers worked at that branch. Sentenced in federal court (D. Neb.).","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter and planning-query precedent as an armed robbery in which the prosecutor's office says ChatGPT was used for planning before the harm occurred. Both inspected accounts relay the same official statement; the absence of quoted model replies limits claims about model behaviour and is recorded. Tellers and the defendant are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The U.S. Attorney's Office statement, as relayed by WOWT and heise, says officers found on the defendant's phone that he used ChatGPT to plan the robbery, asking about police response times, stripping and repairing a Llama Mini-Max .45 handgun, and obtaining ammunition as a felon. The AI system communicated with the user whose robbery threatened the tellers; the tellers did not use it. No source quotes the prompts or replies, so nothing is recorded about what ChatGPT answered or whether it refused or warned; heise considers the AI use secondary.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Omaha, Nebraska: a man who, according to prosecutors, used ChatGPT to plan, including questions on police response times, repairing a handgun and getting ammunition as a felon, robbed an i3Bank at gunpoint and threatened to kill the tellers; sentenced to 121 months","summary":"On 10 February 2026 a 23-year-old man walked into the i3Bank in Omaha, pointed a gun at the tellers, threatened to kill them unless they handed over cash without dye packs, and left with about $9,175. According to the prosecutor's statement relayed by WOWT and heise, a consented search of his phone showed he had used ChatGPT to plan the robbery, asking about law enforcement response times, how to strip and repair a Llama Mini-Max .45 handgun, and how to obtain ammunition as a felon; his Google Maps history showed directions to the bank. He was sentenced in federal court on 13 August 2026 to 10 years and one month in prison. No source quotes what ChatGPT answered.","incidentDate":"2026-02-10","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-19","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (OpenAI); model and replies not reported","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","harm_to_others"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Bank tellers were threatened with death at gunpoint and about $9,175 was taken in a robbery the prosecutor's office says was planned with ChatGPT queries (per the U.S. Attorney's Office statement relayed by WOWT and heise); no injuries are reported and the record makes no causal claim about the model.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"unclear","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"WOWT: he 'pointed a gun at tellers, threatening to kill them' (plural, so at least two tellers). The exact number of tellers is not given in the inspected bodies. The defendant, the AI user, is not counted as harmed (consistent with the Zurich-Oerlikon precedent); the bank's monetary loss is not a person count. Documented minimum 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-NE","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wowt.com/2026/08/19/man-who-used-chatgpt-plan-omaha-bank-robbery-sentenced/","primarySourceLabel":"WOWT, 19 August 2026: Man who used ChatGPT to plan Omaha bank robbery sentenced","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:10:21.955529+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:47.70665+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","bank-robbery","firearm","planning-queries","omaha","nebraska","federal-sentence","others-use"]},{"id":"2026-henderson-kentucky-south-middle-school-ai-nude-images-juvenile-charged","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Henderson Police say last Thursday, they received a report of AI-generated nude images of children being created and shown to other students.'; 'During the investigation, officers found and identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims on a digital device.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A student at South Middle School is facing charges after allegations of misusing AI to create sexual images.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Henderson Police said that on 'last Thursday' (17 September 2026) they received a report of AI-generated nude images of children being created and shown to other students at South Middle School, and that during the investigation officers found and identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims on a digital device.","causal_attribution":"Police statement relayed by one broadcaster; 'last Thursday' relative to the Monday 21 September report is 17 September 2026."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A juvenile was accused of sharing the images. They were lodged at the Juvenile Detention Center for:'; 'Distribution of sexually explicit images without consent.'; 'Possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor O/12 <18 x2'; 'Distribution of matter portraying sexual performance by a minor O/ 12 <18'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A juvenile accused of sharing the images was lodged at the Juvenile Detention Center on three charge types: distribution of sexually explicit images without consent; two counts of possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor over 12 and under 18; and distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor over 12 and under 18.","causal_attribution":"Police statement relayed by one broadcaster."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'We are aware of a situation at South Middle School involving a student allegedly misusing artificial intelligence (AI) and inappropriate images.'; 'South Middle School has remained in communication with families involved in this incident.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The school said it was aware of a situation involving a student allegedly misusing artificial intelligence and inappropriate images, that Henderson Police were investigating, and that it had remained in communication with the families involved.","causal_attribution":"School statement given to the broadcaster on 21 September 2026."}],"effects":[{"label":"two children depicted in AI-generated nude images that were created and shown to other students","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.14news.com/2026/09/21/inappropriate-ai-image-allegations-prompt-henderson-student-investigation/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-22 (14 News / WFIE Evansville, published 21 September 2026 12:30 CDT). Henderson Police Department statement and the school's statement.","independence_group":"wfie-hpd"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/21/inappropriate-ai-image-allegations-prompt-henderson-student-investigation/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-22 (WKYT Lexington, 21 September 2026). Same WFIE report; grouped with s1.","independence_group":"wfie-hpd"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/middle-school-student-accused-of-sharing-ai-generated-csam-with-classmates/","kind":"news_report","access":"unavailable","language":null,"translation_note":"Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW), 21 September 2026: answered HTTP 403 on 2026-09-22; headline only. Not relied on.","independence_group":"weht"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["The tool used and how the images were made.","The exact ages of the depicted children (the charge descriptors give over 12 and under 18) and the age of the accused, described only as a student at the school.","When the images were created and how widely they were shown.","The outcome of the juvenile proceedings.","Whether the depicted children or their families have described the effect on them."],"geography":{"basis":"South Middle School, Henderson, Kentucky (Henderson Police Department and the school via 14 News). The juvenile was lodged at a detention centre; no court proceeding is reported, so no court country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an image-based abuse case affecting two identified minors, documented by a police statement and a school statement carried by one broadcaster (single reporting chain, recorded as such). Not a death case. Nobody involved is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Henderson Police said the images were AI-generated nude images of children and that officers identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims; the school refers to a student allegedly misusing AI. No tool is named and no forensic detail is public. The artifacts depicted the children; no AI system interacted with them.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Henderson, Kentucky: police identified AI-generated nude images of two middle-school children on a device after a report that such images were being created and shown to other students at South Middle School; a juvenile was lodged at the juvenile detention centre on charges of distributing sexually explicit images without consent and possessing and distributing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor","summary":"Henderson Police said that on 'last Thursday' (17 September 2026) they received a report that AI-generated nude images of children were being created and shown to other students at South Middle School in Henderson, Kentucky. During the investigation officers found and identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims on a digital device. A juvenile accused of sharing the images was lodged at the Juvenile Detention Center on three charge types: distribution of sexually explicit images without consent; two counts of possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor over 12 and under 18; and distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor over 12 and under 18. The school said on Monday 21 September that it was aware of a situation involving a student allegedly misusing artificial intelligence and inappropriate images, that the police investigation was active and that it had remained in communication with the families involved. 14 News (WFIE) reported the case on 21 September; WKYT carried the same report. The tool is not named. The depicted children's exact ages are not reported, though the charge descriptors put them between 12 and 18. The accused is described as a South Middle School student; the accused's age and any relationship to the depicted children beyond attending the same school are not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-09-17","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-21","aiSystem":"AI image-generation tool, not named in the report","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two children were depicted in AI-generated nude images that, according to the report, were created and shown to other students; police attribute the sharing of the images to a juvenile who has been charged, and the school describes a student allegedly misusing AI. No account of the children's own experience has been published.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Police said officers found and identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims on a digital device, and the possession charge carries two counts (14 News, 21 September 2026). Documented minimum 2: the count is of victims identified on one device during what the school calls an active law-enforcement matter. The accused juvenile is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-KY","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.14news.com/2026/09/21/inappropriate-ai-image-allegations-prompt-henderson-student-investigation/","primarySourceLabel":"14 News (WFIE), 21 September 2026: HPD: Juvenile charged after AI-generated explicit photos of middle schoolers shared with classmates","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-22T03:45:52.580941+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:39.538001+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-imagery","ncii","minor","school","kentucky","henderson","juvenile","depicted"]},{"id":"2026-florida-alleged-ai-sexual-images-arrest","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"Three counts of creation of an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person, in violation of Florida Statute 836.13(2)\"; \"The current charges stem from incidents occurring between June and August 2026 and relate to one female victim\"; \"on a $1 million bond\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"[identifying detail withheld] was arrested Sept. 2 and charged with three counts of creating an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person and three counts of promoting an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person, as well as sexual cyber harassment and stalking, according to [identifying detail withheld] Police\"; \"he confirmed she is an adult\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"\"Police Chief David Currey said Thursday that the current eight charges against [identifying detail withheld] [identifying detail withheld] involve one adult female victim\"; \"[identifying detail withheld] is being held at the [identifying detail withheld] Jail on $1 million bond\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"\"[identifying detail withheld] was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 2, by [identifying detail withheld] police after investigators obtained a search warrant\"; \"He faces eight charges stemming from incidents between June and August 2026\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Florida police arrested a man in September 2026 on eight charges concerning alleged creation and promotion of altered sexual depictions, cyberharassment and stalking of one woman. He was held on a $1 million bond.","causal_attribution":"Police department account (release and news conference) relayed by four outlets; the charge list is the police's, and the custody record is reported from the jail website by TCPalm. Charges, not convictions."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"used AI to create sexually explicit altered images depicting victims without their consent and then distributed or promoted those images\"; \"Photographs obtained from social media and other online sources were used to create some of the altered images\"; \"detectives said they identified several additional females believed to have been victimized through similar conduct\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"Currey said investigators have identified several other women who may have been subjected to similar conduct, some of whom may not know their images were obtained, manipulated or shared\"; \"the investigation uncovered complaints and law enforcement contacts involving unwanted communications and similar behavior dating back several years\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"\"Police said they have identified other possible victims who have not been named publicly and may not know images of them exist\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"\"took photos from social media and other online sources to create some of the altered images\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Police say the accused used artificial intelligence to create sexually explicit altered images of women from photographs taken from social media and other online sources and distributed or promoted them; detectives identified several additional women believed to have been victimised in the same way, some possibly unaware, and believe the conduct may span several years.","causal_attribution":"Police attribution of AI use; the tools are not named and the case has not been tried."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"The investigation began after a woman who knew [identifying detail withheld] contacted police detectives about an ongoing issue with him, according to court documents\"; \"she began to receive random text messages from numbers she\"; \"The photos of the woman in the texts are of her actual face being cropped from public photos on the internet, including her business profile, according to court documents. Her face was placed on random bodies of nude women\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"TCPalm reports court documents describing a woman’s complaint of sexual messages and images combining her face from public photographs with other bodies, with harassment dating back to 2018.","causal_attribution":"Single outlet's reading of the arrest-related court documents; the victim's account as recorded by police."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"He was ordered to stay away from the woman, according to [identifying detail withheld] court documents\"; \"May not access the internet\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"\"[identifying detail withheld] is employed as a Lyft driver and Uber Eats driver, police said\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Court documents reportedly imposed no contact with the woman and restrictions on travel and internet use.","causal_attribution":"Court documents via TCPalm; police statement via CBS12."}],"effects":[{"label":"a woman was depicted in AI-altered sexual images made from her public photographs and distributed; several more women identified as likely victims","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wflx.com/2026/09/03/vero-beach-man-arrested-using-ai-create-share-fake-sexual-images-women/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (WFLX, Aja Dorsainvil, 3 Sep 2026; converted from an on-air report). Relays the [identifying detail withheld] Police Department's release: charges, statute counts, the June-August 2026 window, one victim, additional victims, bond.","independence_group":"vbpd"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://cbs12.com/news/crime/vero-beach-police-more-victims-more-charges-expected-in-ai-deepfake-generated-sexual-images-of-women-case-peter-solomon-ruma-deepfake-cyberstalking","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (CBS12/WPEC, 3 Sep 2026). Reports Police Chief David Currey's news conference: one adult victim, two phones seized, other women identified, complaints dating back years, employment as a rideshare driver. Same police account as s1.","independence_group":"vbpd"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/indian-river-county/2026/09/03/vero-beach-man-accused-of-using-ai-to-create-altered-sexual-images/91590462007/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (TCPalm/Treasure Coast Newspapers, Laurie K. Blandford, 3 Sep 2026). Combines the police release and news conference with [identifying detail withheld] court documents (the victim's account, bail conditions) and the jail website; the court-document material is the only chain independent of the police statements.","independence_group":"tcpalm-court-documents"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.sebastiandaily.com/crime/vero-beach-man-held-on-1-million-bond-in-explicit-ai-image-case-95358/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 (Sebastian Daily, Tina Hodges, 3 Sep 2026). Police release plus court records on prior criminal history.","independence_group":"vbpd"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://cbs12.com/news/local/vero-beach-man-arrested-in-ai-generated-sexual-image-investigation","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-19 via the MSN content API copy (CBS12/WPEC, 2 Sep 2026, the first report). Police release.","independence_group":"vbpd"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["The number of additional women identified by police is not stated ('several').","The AI tools or services used are not named.","Whether the altered images were posted publicly, sent to the victim or sent to others is not specified beyond 'distributed or promoted'.","No plea, trial date or further charges are reported as of 2026-09-19."],"geography":{"basis":"[identifying detail withheld], [identifying detail withheld], Florida per the police department and the county court documents reported by TCPalm; the victim reported to [identifying detail withheld] police and the charges are filed in [identifying detail withheld]; her residence is not stated; charges filed in [identifying detail withheld].","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a harmful-artifact case: an identified but anonymous adult woman was depicted in AI-altered sexual images made from her public photographs and distributed, with several more women identified by police; a criminal arrest with statute counts. Five reports read (four relaying the police department, one adding court documents). Victim unnamed; the accused is not named here; claims stay 'reported' pending court outcomes.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police say the accused used artificial intelligence to create sexually explicit altered images from real photographs and charged him under Florida's altered-sexual-depiction statute; no conviction yet and the tools are not named. The AI artifacts depicted the affected women; the unwanted messages described in court documents came from a person.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Florida police charge a man over alleged AI sexual-image abuse and stalking","summary":"Florida police arrested a man over alleged creation and distribution of AI sexual images of a woman without consent, alongside stalking allegations. Police identified additional potential victims. The allegations remained charges at review.","incidentDate":"2026-06-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-08-31","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-02","aiSystem":"AI image-alteration tools (not named by police); described as artificial intelligence used to create sexually explicit altered images from real photographs","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"An adult woman was depicted in AI-altered sexually explicit images made from her public photographs, which police say were distributed or promoted, alongside years of unwanted sexual messages; police identified several further women as likely depicted in the same way. The accused was arrested on eight counts and held on a US$1 million bond.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"The charged counts relate to one adult woman (WFLX, CBS12, TCPalm). Police say they identified 'several' other women believed to have been victimised through similar conduct, without a number. One counted plus unquantified others: partial.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wflx.com/2026/09/03/vero-beach-man-arrested-using-ai-create-share-fake-sexual-images-women/","primarySourceLabel":"WFLX — report on the case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:19:42.878848+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:56.09434+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-altered-imagery","ncii","fla-stat-836-13","cyberharassment","stalking","united-states","florida","criminal-charges","depicted"]},{"id":"2026-manhattan-da-deepfake-ncii-site-seizure","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'seizure of 12 domain names of illegal websites'; 'turn pre-existing photos and videos of approximately 1,200 real people into what appear to be hyper-realistic images and videos of those individuals engaging in sexual conduct'; 'overwhelmingly women and primarily public-facing individuals'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the seizure of 12 domains'; 'Around 1,200 people—overwhelmingly women—were depicted in nonconsensual sexual images and videos on the websites'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Manhattan DA seized 12 domains used to disseminate, publish and sell non-consensual AI-generated sexual deepfakes of approximately 1,200 real people, overwhelmingly women, including actors, politicians, athletes, musicians, activists and influencers.","causal_attribution":"Directly established by the DA's press release; corroborated by WIRED's independent reporting."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'many videos appeared to be reposts of content that had originally be[en] shared on the MrDeepFakes website'; 'On at least two of the seized websites, elected officials were given profiles'; '56 European politicians... 16 US politicians and two based in the UK'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Many videos reposted content from the defunct MrDeepFakes platform, and dozens of politicians appeared on the sites (56 European, 16 US and two UK-based figures per the American Sunlight Project), some with profiles containing their names and positions.","causal_attribution":"Reported by WIRED, citing researchers Benjamin Shultz (American Sunlight Project) and Leonie Oehmig (Institute for Strategic Dialogue); not part of the DA's release."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'seized these websites pursuant to a court order'; 'Our investigations into these websites and similar operations are ongoing'; sites not named.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'a seizure warrant issued by a New York State Supreme Court'; 'has not publicly named the websites'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The seizure was carried out under a New York State Supreme Court warrant; the DA did not name the sites and said investigations into who ran them and uploaded content are ongoing.","causal_attribution":"DA release and WIRED."}],"effects":[{"label":"about 1,200 real people depicted in non-consensual AI-generated sexual imagery published and sold on 12 seized websites","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://manhattanda.org/manhattan-d-a-s-office-seizes-domains-of-12-illegal-websites-selling-ai-generated-deep-fakes/","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-17 (DA press release, 14 Sep 2026). ~1,200 real people, 12 domains, overwhelmingly women, court-ordered seizure, ongoing investigation, victim hotline.","independence_group":"manhattanda"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-seizes-a-dozen-celebrity-deepfake-websites/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-17 (datePublished 2026-09-14). Independent reporting: observed takedown notices pre-announcement, New York State Supreme Court warrant, MrDeepFakes reposts, ISD and American Sunlight Project researchers, 56 EU / 16 US / 2 UK politicians.","independence_group":"wired"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["No individual victim is named and the ~1,200 figure is the DA's approximation; how it counts depicted people versus content creators is not fully specified.","The site operators and uploaders are not identified and no arrests are reported.","How long the sites operated is unclear (WIRED cites one claiming to have been online since 2018); the anchoring event date is the 14 September 2026 seizure."],"geography":{"basis":"Event and court: the seizure was executed by the Manhattan DA under a New York State Supreme Court warrant (DA release, WIRED). Affected people span many countries (US, UK and dozens of European figures per the American Sunlight Project) and are not enumerated, so affected-person countries are left empty.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a bounded series of non-consensual AI-generated sexual imagery affecting about 1,200 real, identifiable-category people, anchored to the Manhattan DA's 14 September 2026 seizure. The DA's release and WIRED's independent reporting (with named researchers) are read; the count is the DA's approximate figure and the counting method for anonymous-actor artifact waves is flagged for the operator.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-17"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Manhattan DA's office states AI image- and video-creation tools were used to turn real people's photos into sexual deepfakes; WIRED and cited researchers describe the AI-generated non-consensual imagery on the seized sites. The specific tools are not identified.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"New York: the Manhattan District Attorney seized 12 websites selling AI-generated sexual deepfakes of about 1,200 real people","summary":"On 14 September 2026 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the seizure of 12 domain names used to disseminate, publish and sell non-consensual AI-generated sexual 'deepfake' videos. His office said individuals under investigation had used AI image- and video-creation tools to turn photos and videos of approximately 1,200 real people, overwhelmingly women, into hyper-realistic sexual imagery without consent. The victims included actors, politicians, athletes, musicians, activists and social-media influencers. WIRED and outside researchers reported that many videos reposted content from the defunct MrDeepFakes platform and that dozens of politicians appeared on the sites; investigations into who ran them are ongoing.","incidentDate":"2026-09-14","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-14","aiSystem":"AI image- and video-generation tools (not identified), used to create non-consensual sexual deepfakes","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Approximately 1,200 real people, overwhelmingly women, had their faces and bodies turned into non-consensual AI-generated sexual imagery published and sold on 12 websites; the Manhattan DA described an immense toll on victims' emotional and mental wellbeing and careers, and seized the domains.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1200,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The Manhattan DA's office states approximately 1,200 real people were depicted in non-consensual sexual imagery on the 12 seized sites; WIRED independently reports the same approximate figure, and the American Sunlight Project counted dozens of politicians among them (56 European, 16 US, 2 UK). The 1,200 figure is the prosecuting authority's approximate count of depicted real people; recorded as a documented minimum.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://manhattanda.org/manhattan-d-a-s-office-seizes-domains-of-12-illegal-websites-selling-ai-generated-deep-fakes/","primarySourceLabel":"Manhattan District Attorney's Office press release, 14 September 2026: D.A. seizes domains of 12 illegal websites selling AI-generated deepfakes (~1,200 real people)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-17T03:27:44.31761+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:45.263793+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ncii","non-consensual-imagery","manhattan-da","new-york","celebrities","united-states","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-brazil-influencer-ai-sexualized-minors","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Influenciador digital usou ferramentas de IA para inserir fotos de jovens evangélicas da [identifying detail withheld] ([identifying detail withheld]) em vídeos com conotação sexual dentro das igrejas da entidade.'; 'O material foi publicado nas redes sociais do influencer, onde ele soma quase 50 mil seguidores.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Um influenciador digital é investigado pela Polícia Civil de São Paulo sob suspeita de usar inteligência artificial para manipular imagens de jovens evangélicas, sem consentimento, criando vídeos com conteúdos sexualizados. As manipulações eram divulgadas em perfis nas redes sociais.'; 'O caso foi inicialmente divulgado pelo g1 e confirmado pela Folha.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Pego a foto, as irmãs postando de costas, e jogo na IA. A IA faz dançar'; 'Disse que retirou as imagens de perfis públicos em redes sociais e que não sabia que algumas das pessoas retratadas eram adolescentes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'publicadas em perfis dele no Instagram, no TikTok e no YouTube'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Reporting alleges that a social-media creator used AI to sexualise photographs of women and girls without consent and published the videos on several platforms. He publicly acknowledged animating photographs with AI.","causal_attribution":"Reported by g1 from the police and the victims, confirmed by Folha, and admitted by the influencer in his own recordings and police statement."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ele pegou a minha foto sem autorização e fez uma montagem com inteligência artificial, com as mulheres sensualizando na frente e [comigo] junto a elas'; 'Eu sou muito envergonhada, então não queria ter sido exposta. Eu tomo cuidado e também fico com medo disso afetar meu convívio social'; 'Eu não tirei mais nenhuma [fotografia]. Eu não tirei mais de mim.'; 'O caso veio à tona em fevereiro, quando a jovem e os pais procuraram a 8ª Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher (DDM), em São Mateus, Zona Leste da capital paulista.'; 'A família entrou com ação na Justiça pedindo indenização por dano moral.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'após uma adolescente de 16 anos, vítima do influenciador em uma das publicações, denunciar o caso à 8ª Delegacia da Defesa da Mulher (DDM) de São Paulo'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"A teenage girl told g1 that her photograph had been used without permission in an AI montage, causing fear and distress. Her family reported the matter to police and sought civil damages.","causal_attribution":"The girl's and her family's account to g1; Metrópoles confirms the 16-year-old's complaint to the 8ª DDM. g1's 15 May report describes the first complainant as also 17, a discrepancy recorded in unknowns."},{"id":"c3","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'A Polícia Civil de São Paulo investiga o caso.'; 'O inquérito, que começou na 8ª DDM da capital, foi encaminhado'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A ocorrência foi registrada na 8ª DDM (Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher) da capital e posteriormente encaminhada à Delegacia de Polícia de [identifying detail withheld]s, responsável pela área onde teriam ocorrido os fatos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'O Metrópoles apurou que a investigação é feita por meio de um inquérito policial que foi direcionado às autoridades de [identifying detail withheld], no interior de São Paulo, por determinação judicial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"São Paulo police opened an investigation and the inquiry was transferred by judicial order.","causal_attribution":"The investigation and the transfer to [identifying detail withheld] are reported by g1 and confirmed by Folha and Metrópoles; Folha frames the transfer by where the facts occurred, g1 by where the suspect lives."},{"id":"c3b","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'conforme o artigo 241-C do Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA), cuja pena varia de 1 a 3 anos de reclusão, além de multa. A polícia também apura se ele cometeu difamação em relação a outras jovens expostas.'; 'à 2ª Vara da Comarca de [identifying detail withheld], no interior do estado, onde o investigado mora. O pedido foi feito pelo Ministério Público (MP).'; 'A gente está investigando esse caso de deepfake. Houve uma simulação dessas imagens dessas meninas, algumas delas adolescentes'; 'pede que outras jovens expostas pelo influencer também procurem à delegacia'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"g1 reports investigation under article 241-C of the child-protection statute and possible defamation offences. A police investigator asked further affected people to come forward.","causal_attribution":"g1's reporting of the police and court steps; single chain for these details."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O boletim de ocorrência mais recente foi registrado em 30 de abril, pela mãe da adolescente, na 4ª Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher (DDM) Norte, após a divulgação da reportagem do g1 sobre o caso.'; 'A divulgação na internet afetou a garota psicologicamente.'; 'outras jovens evangélicas da [identifying detail withheld] tiveram suas imagens expostas sem autorização, mas o número total de vítimas ainda está sendo apurado.'; 'também é investigado por difamação, já que há vítimas adultas que aparecem nos vídeos manipulados com deep fake'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 30 April 2026 the mother of a second adolescent, aged 17, registered a police report at the 4ª DDM Norte; g1 reported that the online exposure had affected the girl psychologically, that the influencer was also investigated for defamation of adult women in the videos, and that the total number of victims was still being established.","causal_attribution":"g1's report of the second complaint; the psychological effect is g1's statement without an attributed speaker."},{"id":"c5","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'A defesa enfatiza que as publicações realizadas em suas redes sociais tinham o intuito estrito de sátira e crítica de costumes, inseridas em um contexto de humor. Em nenhum momento houve a intenção de promover exploração sexual, pornografia ou qualquer ato que atentasse contra a dignidade sexual das pessoas mencionadas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'alegou que as publicações foram feitas em um “contexto de humor”, sem a intenção de atentar contra a dignidade sexual das vítimas.'; 'realizou uma retratação pública, pedindo desculpas às jovens, às famílias e à comunidade da [identifying detail withheld] ([identifying detail withheld]) por qualquer constrangimento ou sofrimento causado'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Through his lawyer the creator described the material as satire, denied intent to exploit anyone sexually and said he had apologised to those affected.","causal_attribution":"The defence note was sent to both g1 and Metrópoles."},{"id":"c5b","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Pego a foto, as irmãs postando de costas, e jogo na IA. A IA faz dançar'; 'Eu peço perdão a todos que se sentiram ofendidos. Eu prometo ser mais cauteloso'; 'declarou apoiar a adoção de medidas legais cabíveis pelas autoridades'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'negou ter vinculado a imagem da adolescente a fotografias de mulheres com pouca vestimenta ou a qualquer conteúdo sexualizado ou pornográfico'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"g1 reports his acknowledgement of AI animation and an apology, alongside his denial that the adolescent’s image was linked to sexualised content and his statement that he had believed her to be an adult.","causal_attribution":"g1's reporting of his recordings, statement and video; the [identifying detail withheld] note as given to g1."}],"effects":[{"label":"a 16-year-old depicted in an AI-made sexualised video: embarrassment, fear for her social life, stopped taking photographs of herself","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a 17-year-old reported to be psychologically affected by the video made from her photograph","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"},{"label":"young women and adolescent girls of a church inserted without consent into sexualised videos posted to tens of thousands of followers","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/04/22/pegou-foto-sem-autorizacao-diz-evangelica-de-16-anos-vitima-de-influencer-que-usou-ia-para-sexualizar-sua-imagem-em-igreja.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 (g1 São Paulo, 22 April 2026, updated 23 April). Own reporting: the 16-year-old and her parents, another congregant, the delegada, the family's lawyer, experts. Translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"g1"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/04/24/influencer-investigado-por-videos-sexualizados-de-evangelicas-com-ia-diz-que-usou-humor-para-criticar-roupas-usadas-por-jovens-em-igreja.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 (g1 São Paulo, 24 April 2026). The suspect's defence note, police statement, own recordings and apology video; [identifying detail withheld] and platform responses. Grouped with s1.","independence_group":"g1"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/05/15/nova-vitima-de-17-anos-registra-bo-contra-influenciador-que-usa-ia-para-sexualizar-jovens-evangelicas.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 (g1 São Paulo, 15 May 2026). Second police report of 30 April 2026. Grouped with s1.","independence_group":"g1"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2026/04/influenciador-e-investigado-sob-suspeita-de-criar-videos-sexualizados-de-jovens-evangelicas-em-sp.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 at the .shtml path (Folha de S.Paulo, 22 April 2026); the .ghtml path cited by the historical record answers 404 and its Internet Archive capture is a subscription shell. Folha states the case was first reported by g1 and confirmed by Folha.","independence_group":"folha"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.metropoles.com/sao-paulo/influencer-acusado-de-sexualizar-adolescentes-usando-ia-alega-humor","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-09-22 (Metrópoles, 24 April 2026). Defence note, Metrópoles's own checking of the inquiry's transfer, [identifying detail withheld] note to Metrópoles.","independence_group":"metropoles"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","privacy","justice","religion"],"unknowns":["The age of the first complainant: 16 per g1 on 22 April 2026, 'também de 17 anos' per g1 on 15 May 2026.","How many people were depicted; the police were still establishing the number in May 2026.","When the videos were first posted; the photographs date from 2025 and the first complaint from February 2026.","Whether the suspect has been indicted or charged, and the status of the civil damages action; no development after 15 May 2026 was found.","Which AI tools were used beyond the TikTok tools he named to police.","When the apology video was posted: g1's 22 April report dates it to 5 April 2026 and says it does not mention the deepfakes; g1's 24 April report describes it as posted after his police statement.","Which police station took the first complaint: 8ª DDM (g1 22 April, Metrópoles) or 5ª DDM Leste (g1 15 May)."],"geography":{"basis":"Photographs taken in [identifying detail withheld] churches in São Paulo; complaints at the 8ª DDM (São Mateus, São Paulo) and 4ª DDM Norte; suspect in [identifying detail withheld], São Paulo state (g1, Folha, Metrópoles). Court: the inquiry was transferred by the 1ª Vara de Crimes Praticados contra Crianças e Adolescentes of São Paulo to the 2ª Vara of [identifying detail withheld], and the first girl's family filed a civil damages action (g1).","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as an image-based abuse case involving minors, documented by g1's interviews with the victims, their families and the delegada, confirmed by Folha and Metrópoles, and admitted in substance by the influencer, who disputes criminal intent. Not a death case. The girls and their families are unnamed; the adult suspect is described but not named in this record.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The influencer admitted in his own recordings and in his police statement that he takes the congregants' photographs and puts them into an AI that makes them dance; the delegada describes the case as deepfake; g1, Folha and Metrópoles all report AI manipulation. The tool is not named. The artifacts depicted the girls and women; no AI system interacted with them.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Brazilian investigation alleges AI sexual-image abuse involving children","summary":"Brazilian reporting describes an investigation into allegations that a social-media creator used AI to make sexual material involving children. The record preserves the accusations and reported investigation rather than asserting a conviction.","incidentDate":"2026-02-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-04-30","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-22","aiSystem":"AI image-animation and face-insertion ('deepfake') tools; the influencer told police he used TikTok tools to animate and manipulate the images, and said in a recording that he 'throws' the photographs into an AI that makes them dance","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Adolescent congregants and adult women were depicted without consent in AI-made sexualised videos posted to tens of thousands of followers; a 16-year-old described embarrassment, fear for her social life and giving up photographs of herself, and a 17-year-old was reported to be psychologically affected. The creation and posting are admitted by the influencer, who disputes any sexual or criminal intent.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Two identified minors who filed police reports (a 16-year-old, g1 22 April; a 17-year-old, g1 15 May). Other congregants, adult and adolescent, are described as depicted ('uma quantidade enorme de vítimas' per the father; 'o número total de vítimas ainda está sendo apurado' per g1) but not counted. Partial: 2 counted plus an unquantified number.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2026/04/22/pegou-foto-sem-autorizacao-diz-evangelica-de-16-anos-vitima-de-influencer-que-usou-ia-para-sexualizar-sua-imagem-em-igreja.ghtml","primarySourceLabel":"g1 São Paulo — report on the case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-06-14T11:18:13.776891+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:33.391208+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-imagery","ncii","minor","brazil","sao-paulo","church","influencer","eca","depicted"]},{"id":"2026-st-clair-v-xai-grok","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'On or about January 4, 2026, Ms. St. Clair discovered a public post on X by xAI's AI chatbot Grok, published via its @Grok account on X, that had artificially altered a photo of her'; 'After a follow up exchange, Grok stated, \"I confirm that your images will not be used or altered without explicit consent in any future generations or responses.\"'; 'X users dug up photos of Ms. St. Clair fully clothed at 14 years old and requested Grok undress her and put her in a bikini. Grok obliged.'; 'was stripped and put in a string bikini covered with swastikas.'; 'In response, she received an email that there was no violation found.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The lawsuit alleges that even though Grok confirmed her \"images will not be used or altered without explicit consent in any future generations or responses,\" xAI continued to allow users to create more explicit AI-generated images of her and instead retaliated by demonetizing her X account.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"},{"locator":"'In one instance, X users allegedly dug up photos of St. Clair fully clothed at 14 years old and requested Grok undress her, the suit alleged. The chatbot obliged, according to the suit.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s9"}],"assertion":"St. Clair's complaint alleges that on or about 4 January 2026 she found that Grok, prompted by another X user, had altered a photo of her into a sexualized image and published it through the @Grok account on X; that after she told @Grok she did not consent, Grok replied that her images would not be used or altered without explicit consent; and that Grok then produced and published many more sexualized images of her at other users' requests, including one made from a photo of her at 14 and one covered in swastikas, while X's reporting channel told her no violation was found.","causal_attribution":"Plaintiff's allegations in her complaint, relayed by the news reports; xAI has not answered the merits and no court has made findings on them."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'\"I have suffered and continue to suffer serious pain and mental distress as a result of xAI's role in creating and distributing these digitally altered images of me,\" St Clair said in a document attached to the lawsuit.'; '\"I am humiliated and feel like this nightmare will never stop so long as Grok continues to generate these images of me,\" she said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s10"},{"locator":"'I felt so disgusted and violated.'; 'It's still happening. People are still able to produce these images on the stand-alone Grok app and website,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s11"},{"locator":"'removed Ms. St. Clair's Premium subscription, her verification checkmark, and demonetized her account'; 'Plaintiff has suffered, and continues to suffer, serious personal injuries, including but not limited to emotional distress, psychological trauma, loss of privacy, reputational harm, and fear of continued dissemination.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"St. Clair says she suffered and continues to suffer pain and mental distress and humiliation from the images, told Fortune she felt disgusted and violated and that the images were still being produced in late January 2026, and alleges that X removed her Premium subscription, verification checkmark and monetization after she complained.","causal_attribution":"St. Clair's own statements (lawsuit declaration via Al Jazeera, interview with Fortune, complaint); one account."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'On January 15, 2026, Plaintiff commenced an action in Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.'; 'That same day, Defendant X.AI Holdings Corp. removed the State Court Action to this Court'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Case 7:26-cv-00005-O Document 1 Filed 01/15/26'; 'The xAI Entities bring this action to secure a declaration that Defendant's actions in commencing the New York suit constitute a violation of the forum-selection clause, injunctive relief to stop Defendant from infringing Plaintiffs' rights under the Terms of Service, and'; 'monetary damages, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred in defending the New York'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'On Thursday, xAI sued St. Clair in federal court in Texas, saying she violated xAI's terms of service and claiming damages of over $75,000.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"St. Clair sued xAI in New York Supreme Court on 15 January 2026 and xAI removed the case to the Southern District of New York the same day; also on 15 January 2026 X.AI LLC and X.AI Holdings Corp. sued her in the Northern District of Texas, alleging that suing in New York breached the forum-selection clause of the xAI terms of service and seeking a declaration, an injunction and damages including attorneys' fees.","causal_attribution":"Court records (filing and removal dates recited in the SDNY opinion; the Texas complaint itself)."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'For the reasons discussed above, Defendants motion to transfer is hereby GRANTED.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'PETITION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS filed in USCA 2nd Circuit.'; 'to the extent that Petitioner seeks an administrative stay pending review by a three-Judge panel, the motion is GRANTED.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'A Writ of Mandamus is currently pending before the Second Circuit.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'SCHEDULING ORDER: This case is set for trial on March 1, 2027.'; 'AMENDED COMPLAINT against Ashley St Clair filed by X.AI LLC, X.AI Holdings LLC, X Corp..'; 'REPLY filed by Ashley St Clair re: 48 MOTION to Dismiss'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'hereby stipulate to stay discovery through the resolution of any motion to dismiss.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"On 23 June 2026 the Southern District of New York granted xAI's motion to transfer St. Clair's case to the Northern District of Texas under the forum-selection clause in X's terms of service; St. Clair petitioned the Second Circuit for a writ of mandamus, and on 8 July 2026 the Second Circuit granted an administrative stay pending review by a three-judge panel, which her 24 August 2026 filing describes as still pending; in the Texas action (amended in May 2026 to add X Corp.) trial is set for 1 March 2027, her motion to dismiss was fully briefed on 24 August 2026, and the parties stipulated to stay discovery until any motion to dismiss is resolved.","causal_attribution":"Court records read on 2026-09-27; the newest entries found are dated 24 August 2026 (Texas) and 12 August 2026 (New York)."}],"effects":[{"label":"sexualized Grok-generated images of the plaintiff, including one made from a photo of her at 14, published on X after she objected (alleged)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"reported distress and humiliation, and loss of X Premium status and monetization after complaining (her account)","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"sued by xAI in Texas over where she brought her claims (court records)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.656279/gov.uscourts.nysd.656279.36.0.pdf","kind":"court_filing","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"First Amended Complaint, St. Clair v. X.AI Holdings Corp., No. 1:26-cv-00386 (S.D.N.Y.), ECF 36, filed 3 February 2026; RECAP PDF read in full on 2026-09-27. Plaintiff's allegations, not findings.","independence_group":"st-clair-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.656279/gov.uscourts.nysd.656279.96.0.pdf","kind":"court_opinion","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Opinion & Order of Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr., ECF 96, 23 June 2026, granting the defendants' motion to transfer to the Northern District of Texas on the forum-selection clause in X's terms of service; RECAP PDF read on 2026-09-27. It recites the filing and removal dates and decides venue only.","independence_group":"sdny-court-record"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72148688/st-clair-v-xai-holdings-corp/","kind":"court_docket","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"CourtListener docket page read newest-first on 2026-09-27 (page last updated 1 Sept 2026; last known filing ECF 107, 12 Aug 2026). Carries the Second Circuit order of 8 July 2026 (USCA 26-1777) and the later extension order.","independence_group":"sdny-court-record"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.656279/gov.uscourts.nysd.656279.106.0.pdf","kind":"court_filing","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Stipulation staying discovery, ECF 106, filed 7 August 2026, signed by counsel for both sides and referring to both the New York and the Texas actions; RECAP PDF read on 2026-09-27.","independence_group":"sdny-court-record"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.413941/gov.uscourts.txnd.413941.1.0.pdf","kind":"court_filing","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Complaint, X.AI LLC v. St. Clair, No. 7:26-cv-00005-O (N.D. Tex., Wichita Falls Division), ECF 1, filed 15 January 2026; RECAP PDF read on 2026-09-27. xAI's allegations.","independence_group":"xai-filings"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72147630/xai-llc-v-st-clair/","kind":"court_docket","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"CourtListener docket page for the Texas action read newest-first on 2026-09-27; newest entry is ECF 55 (24 August 2026). Scheduling order, amended complaint adding X Corp., motion to dismiss and mediation deadline.","independence_group":"ndtx-court-record"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.413941/gov.uscourts.txnd.413941.55.0.pdf","kind":"court_filing","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"St. Clair's reply in support of her motion to dismiss the Texas action, ECF 55, filed 24 August 2026; RECAP PDF read on 2026-09-27. States that the mandamus petition and the Second Circuit stay were still pending on that date.","independence_group":"st-clair-account"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ashley-st-clair-sues-xai-grok-sexual-images-rcna254302","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"NBC News, 15 January 2026, read live on 2026-09-27 (the historical primary source). Reports the complaint and the Texas suit.","independence_group":"st-clair-account"},{"id":"s9","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/15/business/elon-musk-son-mom-sues-grok-images","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"CNN Business, 15 January 2026, read live on 2026-09-27. Reports the complaint, the Texas suit and St. Clair's CNN interview.","independence_group":"st-clair-account"},{"id":"s10","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/17/mother-of-elon-musks-child-sues-his-ai-company-over-grok-deepfake-images","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Al Jazeera, 17 January 2026, read live on 2026-09-27. Quotes the statement attached to the lawsuit and counsel.","independence_group":"st-clair-account"},{"id":"s11","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/01/28/ashley-st-clair-elon-musk-grok-x-deepfakes-lawsuit-xai/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Fortune, 28 January 2026, read live on 2026-09-27. St. Clair's own interview account to Fortune; not independent of her complaint.","independence_group":"st-clair-account"},{"id":"s12","url":"https://globalnews.ca/news/11616630/ashley-st-clair-sues-xai-grok-fake-sexual-images/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Global News (Canada), 16 January 2026, read live on 2026-09-27. Relays the complaint (legal documents obtained by NBC News and viewed by Global News).","independence_group":"st-clair-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When images of St. Clair were first generated; Al Jazeera reports her saying they began appearing in 2025, while the amended complaint dates her discovery of the first @Grok image to on or about 4 January 2026.","How many images were made of her and how widely they were viewed; the complaint says the images it lists are only those she was able to locate.","The Second Circuit's decision on the mandamus petition (USCA 26-1777) and the Texas court's ruling on her motion to dismiss; neither had been found as of 27 September 2026.","xAI's response on the merits; its filings found so far address forum and contract only."],"geography":{"basis":"The amended complaint alleges that St. Clair resided in New York County at all relevant times and that a substantial part of the events occurred and her damages were suffered there; xAI's Texas complaint also describes her as a resident of New York. The images were published on X, which is reachable worldwide. The courts are in New York and Texas and the appeal is in the Second Circuit.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as a depiction case brought by a public figure suing in her own name. The complaint, the New York and Texas dockets and orders, and five news reports were read. Her account of the images and their effects is recorded as allegation. The procedural history is taken from the court records. Her child is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complaint alleges that the images were generated and published by xAI's Grok through the @Grok account on X at other users' requests, and that @Grok replied to St. Clair's objection with an assurance about her images (FAC paras. 68-75). xAI's own Texas complaint states that X.AI LLC operates Grok. No court has made findings about the images.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated","communicated_with"]},"name":"St. Clair v. xAI: a writer says Grok made and published sexualized images of her on X, including from a photo of her at 14, after it told her it would not; xAI sued her in Texas and her New York case was ordered transferred there, an order the Second Circuit has stayed pending her mandamus petition","summary":"Ashley St. Clair, a writer and political commentator with about 1 million followers on X, sued xAI in New York on 15 January 2026. She alleges that from on or about 4 January 2026 Grok, prompted by other X users, altered photos of her into sexualized images and published them on X, including one made from a photo of her at 14. She says @Grok told her that her images would not be used or altered without explicit consent, but many more images followed. She also says X's reporting channel found no violation and that X removed her Premium subscription, verification checkmark and monetization. She says she has suffered serious pain, mental distress and humiliation. The same day, xAI sued her in federal court in Texas, arguing that its terms of service required her to sue there. On 23 June 2026 the New York federal court ordered her case transferred to Texas. On 8 July the Second Circuit stayed that order administratively while it considers her mandamus petition, which was still pending on 24 August. The Texas case is set for trial on 1 March 2027.","incidentDate":"2026-01-04","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-01-15","aiSystem":"Grok (xAI's generative AI chatbot with image editing, used through the @Grok account on X)","aiProduct":"Grok","aiCompany":"xAI (X.AI Holdings Corp., X.AI Corp. and X.AI LLC; the amended complaint says SpaceX acquired X.AI Holdings Corp. on 2 February 2026)","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","reputational_harm","legal_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"St. Clair alleges that Grok generated and published sexualized images of her, including one made from a photo of her at 14, and says she suffered pain, mental distress and humiliation (First Amended Complaint; her statement via Al Jazeera; her interview with Fortune). The complaint also alleges reputational harm and loss of privacy. xAI's Texas suit against her seeks damages including attorneys' fees (court records). None of these allegations has been adjudicated.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the plaintiff, is described as harmed in this case. Other people depicted by Grok in the same period are not counted here.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"lawsuit_ongoing","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ashley-st-clair-sues-xai-grok-sexual-images-rcna254302","primarySourceLabel":"NBC News, 15 January 2026: Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, sues xAI over Grok sexual images","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-29T09:21:27.594424+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:54.448524+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["grok","xai","x","deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","lawsuit","forum-selection","public-figure","depicted-or-impersonated","communicated-with","restored"]}]}