{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-20T06:15:56.853Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"domestic_violence","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","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-goias-brazil-police-say-man-used-ai-to-fake-photo-of-himself-holding-pistol-and-sent-it-to-threaten-ex-partner","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"O caso começou a ser investigado depois que a mulher procurou a polícia e relatou ter recebido, por aplicativo de mensagens, uma foto de visualização única do ex-companheiro aparentemente armado dentro de um veículo.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"“Assim que recebeu a foto manipulada, a vítima procurou imediatamente a corporação para formalizar a denúncia, o que nos permitiu iniciar as diligências sem demora”, informou a Polícia Civil.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A woman went to the police after receiving from her ex-partner, through a messaging app, a view-once photo in which he appeared armed inside a vehicle.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by both outlets; one police origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"A imagem gerada via IA mostrava o suspeito no interior de um veículo, segurando uma pistola de cor preta.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to Metrópoles, the image showed the man inside a vehicle holding a black pistol.","causal_attribution":"Content of the image as Metrópoles reports it."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"A mesma imagem também teria sido enviada ao pai dela.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"GYN Notícias reports that the same image was also said to have been sent to the woman's father.","causal_attribution":"GYN Notícias uses a conditional form; no consequence for the father is reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Um homem foi preso em flagrante na sexta-feira (16.10), suspeito de ameaçar a ex-companheira com uma imagem em que aparecia segurando uma arma. ... Durante a abordagem, ele negou possuir arma de fogo e autorizou buscas no imóvel e no veículo. Nenhuma arma ou outro material ilícito foi encontrado.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"De acordo com a corporação, nenhum objeto ilícito ou armamento real foi encontrado nos locais inspecionados.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The man was arrested in flagrante on Friday 16 October 2026; he denied owning a firearm and no weapon was found in searches of his home and car.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the arrest and searches relayed by both outlets."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"De acordo com a Polícia Civil, o homem admitiu ter enviado a imagem e afirmou que utilizou inteligência artificial para simular que estava armado.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Ele admitiu ter recorrido a softwares de Inteligência Artificial para forjar a montagem da pistola, com o intuito explícito de simular que estava armado e intimidar a ex-companheira.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the police, the man admitted sending the image and said he had used artificial intelligence to simulate that he was armed, in order to intimidate his ex-partner.","causal_attribution":"The AI generation rests on the suspect's admission as relayed by the investigating police; no tool or technical examination is described."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"O investigado foi autuado em flagrante por crimes contra a mulher no âmbito da Lei Maria da Penha (violência doméstica e familiar). Ele foi encaminhado ao sistema prisional, onde permanece à disposição do Poder Judiciário.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"He was booked for violence against a woman under the Maria da Penha law and sent to the prison system.","causal_attribution":"Procedural outcome as reported; no court decision."}],"effects":[{"label":"woman sent an AI-made photo of her ex-partner holding a pistol to intimidate her","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.gynnoticias.com.br/policia/homem-e-preso-suspeito-de-usar-ia-para-simular-arma-e-ameacar-ex/5136","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-20 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. GYN Notícias report of 19 October 2026 relaying the Polícia Civil de Goiás account; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"pcgo-account-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.metropoles.com/distrito-federal/na-mira/homem-usa-ia-para-simular-fotografia-armado-e-ameacar-ex-companheira","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-20 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Metrópoles report of 19 October 2026 relaying the same Polícia Civil de Goiás account, with a quoted police statement; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"pcgo-account-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["When the image was sent; the sources date only the arrest (16 October 2026).","Which AI tool was used, and whether the police examined the image beyond the suspect's admission.","Whether the father received the image and whether any court has ruled on the case."],"geography":{"basis":"Metrópoles places the threat against the woman and her father in a municipality of Goiás, Brazil, and both outlets place the arrest in Rio Verde, Goiás, by the Polícia Civil de Goiás. No court proceeding beyond the booking is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): according to the Polícia Civil de Goiás, a man admitted using AI to fake a photo of himself holding a pistol and sent it to his ex-partner to intimidate her; she reported it and he was arrested. The AI attribution rests on the suspect's admission relayed by the investigating police. No names or towns that identify the woman appear in the public record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-20"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"According to the Polícia Civil de Goiás, as reported by GYN Notícias and Metrópoles, the man admitted that he used artificial-intelligence software to make the photo showing him holding a pistol, so that he would appear armed and intimidate his ex-partner, and no weapon was found. The generated image falsely depicted him armed and was sent to her as the instrument of the intimidation. The attribution rests on the suspect's admission; no tool or technical examination is described.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Goiás, Brazil: police say a man used AI to fake a photo of himself holding a pistol and sent it to his ex-partner to intimidate her","summary":"The Polícia Civil de Goiás arrested a man in Rio Verde on Friday 16 October 2026 after his ex-partner reported receiving, through a messaging app, a view-once photo in which he appeared to hold a pistol inside a vehicle. According to the police, as reported by GYN Notícias and Metrópoles, no weapon was found in searches of his home and car, and he admitted sending the image and said he had used artificial-intelligence tools to make it look as if he were armed, in order to intimidate her. He was booked in flagrante for domestic violence against a woman under the Maria da Penha law and taken into custody.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-19","aiSystem":"Artificial-intelligence software that, by the suspect's admission to the Polícia Civil de Goiás, he used to make a photo showing himself holding a pistol (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Polícia Civil de Goiás, a woman received from her ex-partner an AI-made photo that showed him holding a pistol, which he admitted making to simulate that he was armed and intimidate her; she reported it to the police at once and he was arrested.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One woman, the ex-partner who received the image and reported it to the police (GYN Notícias and Metrópoles relaying the Polícia Civil de Goiás). Metrópoles says the aim was to threaten her and her father, and GYN Notícias says the image was reportedly also sent to the father; no consequence is reported for him, so he is not counted and the count is a minimum.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.gynnoticias.com.br/policia/homem-e-preso-suspeito-de-usar-ia-para-simular-arma-e-ameacar-ex/5136","primarySourceLabel":"GYN Notícias, 19 October 2026: Homem é preso suspeito de usar IA para simular arma e ameaçar ex","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-20T03:05:53.633098+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T03:05:53.633098+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai_generated_image","intimidation","domestic_violence","arrest","brazil"]}]}