{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-28T07:09:31.114Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"counterfeit","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-russian-buyer-says-gemini-judged-marketplace-gamepad-genuine-from-photos-but-delivered-one-was-counterfeit-first-person","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'поэтому я решил закинуть фото из отзывов и карточки товара в нейросеть Gemini. Попросил ее проанализировать изображения, сравнить их с оригинальными фото от Microsoft и вынести вердикт.'; 'Но Gemini была полностью уверена, что геймпад оригинальный, и это только укрепило мои предположения.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The buyer says they uploaded photos from the listing and its reviews to Gemini, asked it to compare them with Microsoft's original photos and give a verdict, and that Gemini was completely certain the controller was original, which strengthened their own assumption.","causal_attribution":"The buyer's own account of Gemini's answer and its effect on the decision; the exchange itself is not reproduced."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Несмотря на все проверки, мне достался контрафактный товар, к  тому же бракованный.'; 'При  первом же подключении геймпада к консоли я понял, что играть на нем невозможно: левый стик жутко дрейфовал'; 'Но его программатор отказался работать с оранжевым геймпадом — значит, он сделан не Microsoft.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The buyer says the delivered controller was counterfeit and faulty: its left stick drifted from the first connection, and a repairer's programmer would not work with it, showing it was not made by Microsoft.","causal_attribution":"The buyer's account; the service-centre report was not seen."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Через полчаса мне пришел отказ: продавец не согласовал возврат.'; 'Деньги за геймпад вернулись на карту почти сразу. Но 500 ₽ за диагностику Ozon мне не компенсировал'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The buyer says the seller first refused the return and demanded a service-centre report; after paying 500 roubles for a diagnosis saying it was not an original Microsoft product, the buyer received a refund, but the 500 roubles were not reimbursed.","causal_attribution":"The buyer's account of the return process."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Конечно, есть шанс, что на фото действительно был оригинальный геймпад, а подделку прислали исключительно мне.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The buyer acknowledges there is a chance the photos did show an original controller and that the counterfeit was sent only to them.","causal_attribution":"The buyer's own qualification of Gemini's role."}],"effects":[{"label":"counterfeit, faulty controller bought after Gemini's verdict reinforced the purchase; refund only after a paid report, fee not reimbursed (buyer's report)","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://t-j.ru/xbox-opi/","kind":"first_person_account","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Read in Russian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. First-person article by the buyer in T—Zh, 29 April 2026 (article:published_time); read in full, HTTP 200.","independence_group":"tj-gamepad-author-apr-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","finance"],"unknowns":["The date of the purchase, which listed price was paid (the listing offered 8,000 roubles new or 6,000 roubles with a cosmetic defect on the box) and the seller.","Whether the listing photos showed a genuine controller, and so whether Gemini's verdict was wrong about what it was shown.","The exact wording of Gemini's answer."],"geography":{"basis":"The buyer writes that Xbox controllers reach Russia through parallel import because Microsoft left the Russian market, bought on Ozon and returned the item at a pick-up point after travelling by metro; the purchase took place in Russia. No city is given.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["RU"],"affected_person_countries":["RU"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the charter's first-person rule as a consumer case: the buyer describes asking Gemini for a verdict on listing photos, Gemini's certainty that the controller was original, and buying a counterfeit, faulty controller whose refund required a paid report. The account is the buyer's alone and includes the buyer's own caveat about the photos.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The buyer says they asked Gemini to compare the listing and review photos with Microsoft's originals and give a verdict, and that Gemini was completely certain the controller was original, which strengthened the buyer's assumption before buying; the controller delivered was counterfeit and faulty, leading to a refused return and an unreimbursed 500-rouble report. The account is first-person and uncorroborated, and the buyer acknowledges the listing photos may have shown a genuine unit, so whether Gemini's verdict was wrong about what it was shown is not established.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Buyer says Gemini judged a marketplace gamepad genuine from listing photos, but the delivered one was counterfeit (first-person)","summary":"In a first-person article published by the Russian personal-finance magazine T—Zh on 29 April 2026, a buyer says they wanted a limited-edition Xbox controller from a long-established seller on the Ozon marketplace and, unsure about judging colours, uploaded photos from the listing and reviews to Gemini, asking it to compare them with Microsoft's original photos and give a verdict. The buyer says Gemini was completely certain the controller was original, which strengthened their own assumption, and they bought it. The delivered controller's left stick drifted from the first use; a repairer's programmer would not connect to it, showing it was not made by Microsoft. The seller first refused a return without a service-centre report; the buyer paid 500 roubles for one, then received a refund, but the marketplace did not reimburse the 500 roubles. The buyer acknowledges the listing photos may have shown a genuine unit and that the counterfeit may have been sent only to them.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-04-29","aiSystem":"Gemini, to which the buyer uploaded listing and review photos of the controller and asked for a verdict on whether it was original, as named in the buyer's article","aiProduct":"Gemini (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The buyer says Gemini's verdict that a listed controller was original reinforced the purchase; the delivered controller was counterfeit and faulty, the return was first refused, and a 500-rouble diagnostic fee was not reimbursed (first-person; uncorroborated).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the buyer who wrote the account. No other harmed person is described.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"RU","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://t-j.ru/xbox-opi/","primarySourceLabel":"T—Zh, 29 April 2026: I bought a collectible gamepad on Ozon on a neural network's advice and it turned out to be fake","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-28T03:16:44.088467+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:16:44.088467+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["first-person","chatbot","online-marketplace","counterfeit","consumer","russia"]}]}