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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-derbyshire-police-detective-removed-from-duties-over-alleged-ai-created-evidential-material","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A criminal investigation has been launched into an allegation of perverting the course of justice after the alleged use of AI systems by an officer to create evidential material in a number of cases.'; 'The officer involved has been removed from frontline duties, pending the outcome of the investigation. No arrests have been made.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A criminal investigation has been launched into an allegation of perverting the course of justice after the alleged use of AI systems by an officer to create evidential material in a number of cases.'; 'The officer involved has been removed from frontline duties, pending the outcome of the investigation. No arrests have been made.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Derbyshire Police launched a criminal investigation into an allegation of perverting the course of justice after the alleged use of AI systems by an officer to create evidential material in a number of cases, and removed the officer from frontline duties; no arrests had been made.","causal_attribution":"The force's own statement, relayed by two outlets; one origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'We are engaging with defence teams and the courts in appropriate cases.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'We are working with Derbyshire police as it conducts enquiries into the alleged use of artificial intelligence by an officer.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Crown Prosecution Service said it was working with Derbyshire Police and engaging with defence teams and the courts in appropriate cases.","causal_attribution":"CPS statements given to each outlet."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'the detective is alleged to have used an AI chatbot to prepare documents including victim impact statements and case summaries for prosecutors'; 'It is claimed he prompted the software to maximise the impact of statements and to produce material likely to support charging decisions.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'People familiar with the case reportedly said that the officer instructed a chatbot to prepare documents intended to maximize the chance of conviction and a severe sentence.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to sources familiar with the matter, the detective allegedly used an AI chatbot to prepare documents including victim impact statements and case summaries for prosecutors, prompting it to maximise the impact of statements and to support charging decisions.","causal_attribution":"Unnamed sources' allegations as reported; not confirmed by the force."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A number of rape convictions are being reviewed after a police detective was suspended'; 'has not disclosed how many convictions are under review'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A number of rape convictions were reported to be under review after the detective was suspended; the CPS had not disclosed how many convictions were under review.","causal_attribution":"One legal outlet's report; the CPS did not give a number."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'It could lead to a mistrial'; 'a detective constable in Derbyshire Police was under criminal investigation for allegedly using AI to'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"In October 2026 the IOPC director-general said AI mistakes could lead to a mistrial, after the disclosure that a Derbyshire detective constable was under criminal investigation for allegedly using AI to create evidential material and had been suspended from frontline duties.","causal_attribution":"The watchdog head's interview remarks as relayed; context for the consequence."}],"effects":[{"label":"officer removed from frontline duties and placed under criminal investigation over alleged AI-created evidence","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/12/police-officer-under-criminal-investigation-over-alleged-use-of-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-14 (HTTP 200). Relays the force's statement to the Financial Times and adds a CPS statement given to The Guardian.","independence_group":"derbyshire-police-and-cps-statements"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8wppwdxl6o","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-14 (HTTP 200). Carries the same force statement and a CPS statement given to the BBC, so it shares an origin with s1.","independence_group":"derbyshire-police-and-cps-statements"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/england-police-officer-suspended-over-allegations-of-using-ai-to-bias-evidence-in-rape-cases","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-14 (HTTP 200). Attributes the chatbot and document details and the conviction review to unnamed sources familiar with the matter.","independence_group":"sources-familiar-with-the-matter"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.ibtimes.sg/ais-false-facts-raise-alarm-across-policing-data-protection-uk-guernsey-95045","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-14 (HTTP 200). Relays the IOPC director-general's interview with the Financial Times and people familiar with the case.","independence_group":"ft-iopc-interview"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["unknown"],"contexts":["work","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI system was used, and when","How many cases are affected, which documents reached prosecutors or courts, and whether any charging decision or conviction relied on AI-generated material","The outcome of the criminal investigation and of the case reviews","Whether the officer disputes the allegation"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the investigation and removal from duties by Derbyshire Police, an English force, concerning cases it handled (s1, s2). Affected person: a serving Derbyshire Police officer (s1, s2). No court proceeding about the officer is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["GB"],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported consequential-response case: Derbyshire Police said they opened a criminal investigation and removed an officer from frontline duties after the alleged use of AI systems to create evidential material in a number of cases, and the CPS said it was engaging with defence teams and courts. Details of the chatbot use and the review of rape convictions come from unnamed sources and are attributed as such. The officer is not named and the allegations are untested.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-14"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The harm is the force's response to alleged AI use: Derbyshire Police say they opened a criminal investigation and removed the officer from frontline duties after the alleged use of AI systems by the officer to create evidential material in a number of cases. Unnamed sources say an AI chatbot prepared victim impact statements and case summaries for prosecutors. The AI system is not identified, and no source establishes which outputs reached a decision about a particular person, so the relation is recorded as unknown under the consequential-response exemption.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Derbyshire Police remove a detective from frontline duties and open a criminal investigation over alleged use of AI to create evidential material","summary":"Derbyshire Police said in June 2026 that it had launched a criminal investigation into an allegation of perverting the course of justice after the alleged use of AI systems by an officer to create evidential material in a number of cases, and that the officer had been removed from frontline duties; no arrests had been made. The Crown Prosecution Service said it was engaging with defence teams and the courts in appropriate cases. Scottish Legal News, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported that the detective allegedly used an AI chatbot to prepare documents including victim impact statements and case summaries for prosecutors. It also reported that a number of rape convictions were being reviewed. In October 2026 the head of the Independent Office for Police Conduct referred to the case when warning that AI mistakes could lead to a mistrial. The officer is not named, the AI system is not identified, and the allegations have not been tested.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-06-12","aiSystem":"AI systems allegedly used by a police officer to create evidential material; sources describe an AI chatbot used to prepare victim impact statements and case summaries (system not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm","legal_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Derbyshire Police removed an officer from frontline duties and opened a criminal investigation over the alleged use of AI to create evidential material; prosecutors are engaging with defence teams and courts about affected cases.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the officer removed from frontline duties and under criminal investigation (claim c1). He is counted among other people because his use of AI is alleged, not established. Defendants and complainants in potentially impacted cases are not counted, because no source reports a decided outcome for any of them.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/12/police-officer-under-criminal-investigation-over-alleged-use-of-ai","primarySourceLabel":"The Guardian, 12 June 2026: Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated 'evidential material'","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-14T03:13:55.387027+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T03:13:55.387027+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["consequential-response","police","evidence","criminal-investigation","derbyshire","england"]},{"id":"2026-keraniganj-italy-based-expatriate-ai-female-soldier-persona-romance-fraud-pbi-arrest","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যম ফেসবুকে ‘লেডি সোলজার/নারী যোদ্ধা’ নামের একটি পেজের মাধ্যমে এআই প্রযুক্তি দিয়ে তৈরি সেনাপোশাক পরা নারী সদস্যের আকর্ষণীয় ছবি ও ভিডিও পোস্ট করা হতো।'; 'ভুক্তভোগী ইতালি প্রবাসী তরুণ'; 'বাড়ি কেরানীগঞ্জে'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'কৃত্রিম বুদ্ধিমত্তা (এআই) ব্যবহার করে বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনীর নারী সদস্যের পোশাক পরা ছবি ও ভিডিও তৈরি করে সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যমে ব্যবহার করে এক ইতালি প্রবাসীর সঙ্গে প্রেমের সম্পর্ক গড়ে তোলার অভিযোগ উঠেছে।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A Facebook page called 'Lady Soldier' posted AI-made photos and videos of a woman in Bangladesh Army uniform, through which a man built a romantic relationship with a young man from Keraniganj living in Italy.","causal_attribution":"PBI Dhaka District account as relayed; how the material was established as AI-made is not reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'নারীর মতো কণ্ঠে কথা বলতে পারেন'; 'পরে ইমোতে নারী কণ্ঠে কথা বলার মাধ্যমে সম্পর্ক বজায় রাখতেন তিনি'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'পুরুষ হলেও নিখুঁতভাবে নারীদের মতো মেহি কণ্ঠে কথা বলতে পারদর্শী'; 'মেসেঞ্জার ও ইমোতে (Imo) ভয়েস কলে'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The accused spoke to the young man in a woman's voice himself on Messenger and Imo calls.","causal_attribution":"PBI investigation findings as relayed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'প্রেমের সুবাদে ইতালিতে থাকা'; 'তাঁর দেশে থাকা মায়ের কাছ থেকে বিভিন্ন সময়ে বিকাশ ও নগদের মাধ্যমে “মায়ের চিকিৎসার” কথা বলে মোট ৭ লাখ টাকা হাতিয়ে নেওয়া হয়'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'তার মায়ের কাছ থেকে বিকাশ ও নগদের মাধ্যমে প্রায় ৭ লাখ টাকা নেওয়া হয়'; 'আসামি নিজের মায়ের অসুস্থতার কথা বলেও বিভিন্ন সময়ে টাকা নেন বলে তদন্তে জানা গেছে'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"About Tk 7 lakh was taken at different times through bKash and Nagad from the young man in Italy and his mother in Bangladesh, partly by citing the accused's own mother's illness.","causal_attribution":"PBI account of the complaint and the traced transactions; no court finding."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'এ ঘটনায় প্রথমে আদালতে সিআর মামলা করেন ভুক্তভোগীর মা।'; 'এর ভিত্তিতে ১০ সেপ্টেম্বর কেরানীগঞ্জ মডেল থানায় মামলা করা হয়। ১৩ সেপ্টেম্বর মামলাটি স্বউদ্যোগে তদন্তের জন্য নেয় পিবিআই ঢাকা জেলা।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The young man's mother first filed a complaint case in court; a case was filed at Keraniganj Model police station on 10 September 2026 and taken over by PBI Dhaka District on 13 September.","causal_attribution":"PBI account."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'এ ঘটনায় গত ২০ সেপ্টেম্বর ঢাকার দারুস সালাম এলাকা থেকে'; 'রিমান্ড শেষে ২৩ সেপ্টেম্বর তিনি আদালতে ফৌজদারি কার্যবিধির ১৬৪ ধারায় স্বীকারোক্তিমূলক জবানবন্দি দিয়েছেন বলে জানিয়েছে পিবিআই'; 'আদালত এক দিনের রিমান্ড মঞ্জুর করেন'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'এ সময় তাঁর কাছ থেকে প্রতারণায় ব্যবহৃত একাধিক সিম ও ৩টি স্মার্টফোন জব্দ করা হয়।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"PBI arrested the accused in the Darus Salam area of Dhaka on 20 September 2026, seized three phones, and says he gave a confessional statement under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on 23 September after one day's remand.","causal_attribution":"PBI account at the 27 September briefing."}],"effects":[{"label":"drawn into a romance by a Facebook page posting AI-made photos and videos of a female soldier and defrauded of about Tk 7 lakh with his mother","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.deshebideshe.com/455942/by-posing-as-a-female-soldier-using-ai/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"bn","translation_note":"Read live in Bangla on 2026-10-02 (DesheBideshe, Dhaka, 27 September 2026); relays the PBI Dhaka District press briefing. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"pbi-dhaka-district-briefing"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.gulfbangla.com/Bangladesh/3491/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"bn","translation_note":"Read live in Bangla on 2026-10-02 (Gulf Bangla, 28 September 2026, desk report); relays the same PBI briefing with fuller case chronology. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"pbi-dhaka-district-briefing"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","finance"],"unknowns":["Which tool made the photos and videos, and how PBI established that they were AI-made.","When the relationship began and when the payments were made.","Whether other people were targeted through the same page, and whether others were involved, which PBI says it is checking."],"geography":{"basis":"PBI says money was taken from the young man in Italy and from his mother in Bangladesh, whose home is in Keraniganj; the accused was arrested in Dhaka and the case is before Bangladeshi police and courts (DesheBideshe; Gulf Bangla). The young man was living in Italy when the money was taken from him and his mother was in Bangladesh, so the event spans both countries; no source states where the accused was when he ran the page.","court_countries":["BD"],"event_countries":["BD","IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT","BD"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a reported adverse experience: a young man and his mother lost money to a romance built through a Facebook page that police say posted AI-made photos and videos of a female soldier. The account is PBI Dhaka District's, relayed by Bangla outlets. The victim, his mother and the accused are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"DesheBideshe attributes to PBI Dhaka District the statement that the Facebook page posted photos and videos of a woman in army uniform made with AI technology. Gulf Bangla states the AI use in its lead as an allegation, and its paraphrase of the superintendent's briefing mentions the uniform photos and videos without AI. Neither report names the tool or says how this was established. PBI says the accused spoke in a woman's voice himself. The AI-made material depicted the female-soldier persona the accused presented, no source says whether any real woman's likeness was used, and the victim's conversations were with the accused, so none of the listed relations between an AI system and him is established. The relation is recorded as unknown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Keraniganj, Bangladesh: a 22-year-old expatriate in Italy and his mother lost about Tk 7 lakh to a man who ran a Facebook page with AI-made photos and videos of a woman in army uniform and talked to him in a woman's voice; PBI arrested the man in September 2026","summary":"The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Dhaka District said at a press briefing on 27 September 2026 that a man had run a Facebook page called 'Lady Soldier' that posted AI-made photos and videos of a woman in Bangladesh Army uniform. Through the page he built a romantic relationship with a 22-year-old man from Keraniganj who lives in Italy, speaking to him in a woman's voice on Messenger and Imo calls. According to PBI, about Tk 7 lakh was taken in instalments through bKash and Nagad from the young man in Italy and from his mother in Bangladesh, partly by citing the accused's own mother's illness. His mother first filed a complaint case in court, and a case was then filed at Keraniganj Model police station on 10 September. PBI arrested a 35-year-old man in Dhaka on 20 September and seized three phones. PBI says he gave a confessional statement in court on 23 September.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-27","aiSystem":"AI-made photos and videos of a woman in Bangladesh Army uniform posted on a Facebook page called 'Lady Soldier', per PBI Dhaka District; the tool is not named. The voice on calls was the accused's own, per PBI","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A young expatriate and his mother lost about Tk 7 lakh to a man who drew him into a romance through a Facebook page posting AI-made photos and videos of a female soldier (PBI Dhaka District, via Gulf Bangla and DesheBideshe).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: the young man in Italy and his mother, from whom PBI says the money was taken (Gulf Bangla; DesheBideshe). Exact 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BD","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.deshebideshe.com/455942/by-posing-as-a-female-soldier-using-ai/","primarySourceLabel":"DesheBideshe, 27 September 2026: এআই দিয়ে ‘নারী সেনা’ সেজে ইতালি প্রবাসীর সঙ্গে প্রেম (PBI arrest report)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:44.407305+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:44.407305+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-images","ai-generated-video","fake-persona","romance-scam","facebook","mobile-money","bangladesh","keraniganj","pbi"]},{"id":"2026-korneuburg-ai-generated-images-other-men-partner-kicked-door-knives","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Auf WhatsApp veröffentlichte sie ein Bild mit zwei Männern – KI-generiert! Der Deutsche (46), mit dem sie eine On-Off-Beziehung führte, bekam das mehr als in den falschen Hals.'; '„Sie wollte mich eifersüchtig machen. Sie hat gewusst, dass das funktioniert“, erzählt er, dass seine On-Off-Freundin, nur um ihn wütend zu machen, KI-generierte Bilder mit gleich zwei anderen Männern auf WhatsApp veröffentlicht hatte.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The woman posted on WhatsApp AI-generated images showing two men; the man, with whom she had an on-off relationship, said she did it to make him jealous.","causal_attribution":"Court report; the motive is the defendant's account."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Denn mit gleich drei Messern sei der Deutsche zur Wohnung der Frau. Dort habe er angeläutet, angeklopft und versucht sie anzurufen – keine Reaktion.'; 'Denn dann versuchte der 46-Jährige die Eingangstüre einzutreten – mit voller Wucht.'; 'Mit den Messern – laut Strafantrag ein Stanleymesser, ein Taschenmesser und ein Küchenmesser – habe er sich gegen die zwei männlichen Besucher verteidigen wollen.'; 'Letztlich öffnete ihm die Frau dann selbst die Türe. Zu Gewalt oder Drohungen kam es nicht. Auch von den KI-Affären fehlte natürlich jede Spur.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The man went to the woman's flat carrying three knives, rang, knocked and tried to call her, then tried to kick in the entrance door; he said the knives were to defend himself against the two male visitors. She eventually opened the door; there was no violence or threat and no men were there.","causal_attribution":"Court report quoting the charge and the defendant; he links his conduct to the images."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'„Sie haben so fest zu getreten, dass Sie sich die Zehen gebrochen haben“, stellt der Richter fest. „Korrekt“, sagt der gelernte Tischler mit gesenktem Kopf.'; 'Und was danach folgte, qualifiziert die Staatsanwaltschaft als versuchten Hausfriedensbruch.'; 'Weil er verspricht weiterhin eine Alkoholtherapie zu machen, gibt es eine Diversion. Er hat sechs Monate Zeit eine Geldbuße in Höhe von 400 Euro zu bezahlen, dann wird das Verfahren endgültig eingestellt.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'„Ich war ziemlich aufgebracht und betrunken“, spricht der Deutsche sein Alkoholproblem an.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He broke his toes kicking the door; prosecutors treated the incident as attempted trespass, and the Korneuburg court granted diversion with a EUR 400 fine payable within six months, on his promise to continue alcohol therapy.","causal_attribution":"Court report. He was drunk and acknowledged an alcohol problem, which the report presents alongside the images."}],"effects":[{"label":"her on-off partner, who took the AI-generated men to be real, came to the woman's flat carrying three knives and tried to kick in her door","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the man broke his toes kicking the door and was prosecuted for attempted trespass, receiving diversion with a EUR 400 fine","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.krone.at/4286140","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Full German body read by curl on 2026-09-29 (court report by Sophie Pratschner, published 7 September 2026 17:00). Researcher's English rendering; no human translation.","independence_group":"krone"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use","others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["The year of the 12 May incident (the report gives only the day and month).","Which AI tool produced the images and whether the woman appears in them.","The woman's own account and any effect on her beyond the attempted entry."],"geography":{"basis":"The report calls the woman a Lower Austrian ('Niederösterreicherin') and the hearing took place at the Landesgericht Korneuburg in Lower Austria; the flat is hers. The man is described as German; where he lives is not stated, so AT is recorded for affected persons on the basis of the woman only.","court_countries":["AT"],"event_countries":["AT"],"affected_person_countries":["AT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete court-reported case in which AI-generated images of non-existent men, shared to provoke jealousy, preceded an armed attempt to enter a woman's flat, the man's injury and his prosecution. It rests on a single Kronen Zeitung court report; neither person is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Kronen Zeitung court report describes the images the woman posted as AI-generated ('KI-generiert'); the tool is not named and the images were not inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Lower Austria: after a woman posted AI-generated images showing two men on WhatsApp, her on-off partner, who told the court she wanted to make him jealous, drove to her flat carrying three knives and kicked her door so hard that he broke his toes; the Korneuburg regional court granted diversion with a EUR 400 fine","summary":"The Kronen Zeitung reported on 7 September 2026 a hearing at the Landesgericht Korneuburg. A woman from Lower Austria had posted on WhatsApp AI-generated images showing two men, and the 46-year-old German man with whom she had an on-off relationship took it badly. On 12 May, according to the report, he went to her flat carrying three knives (a utility knife, a pocket knife and a kitchen knife), rang, knocked and tried to call her, then tried to kick in the front door with such force that he broke his toes. He told the court she had wanted to make him jealous, that he was drunk, and that he had brought the knives to defend himself against the two male visitors. The woman eventually opened the door herself; there was no violence or threat, and there were no men. Prosecutors treated it as attempted trespass. Because he promised to continue alcohol therapy, the court granted diversion: the case will be dropped if he pays a EUR 400 fine within six months.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-07","aiSystem":"Unidentified image-generation tool used to make pictures of two men; the images were shared on WhatsApp","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["physical_injury","legal_harm","relationship_disruption"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to a Kronen Zeitung court report, a man who took AI-generated images of two men, posted by his on-off partner, as real went to her flat carrying three knives and kicked her door, breaking his toes; he was prosecuted for attempted trespass and received diversion with a EUR 400 fine, and the relationship ended.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The woman who posted the AI-generated images (1 participant user): the report says the man tried to kick in the entrance door of her flat while carrying three knives, which prosecutors charged as attempted trespass; the report states there was no violence or threat and gives no account from her, so no further harm to her is recorded. The man (1 other person): he believed the pictured men were real, broke his toes kicking the door and was prosecuted. Documented minimum 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"AT","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.krone.at/4286140","primarySourceLabel":"Kronen Zeitung, 7 September 2026: Gegen Tür getreten - Eifersüchtig auf KI-Männer: Deutscher vor Gericht","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:00:35.61122+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:43.220303+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-image","whatsapp","jealousy","attempted-trespass","diversion","austria","lower-austria","court-report","german-language"]}]}