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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":"2023-harper-v-sirius-xm-alleged-ai-hiring-screening","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'On August 4, 2025, he filed the instant federal lawsuit alleging race discrimination'; 'specifically through its alleged use of AI-powered recruiting tools integrated into the ATS that Defendant uses to screen applications'; 'brings a class'; 'alleging employment discrimination in violation of Title VII and'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 4 August 2025 Arshon Harper filed a proposed class action against Sirius XM Radio in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, alleging race discrimination under Title VII and Section 1981 through the company's alleged use of AI-powered recruiting tools to screen applications.","causal_attribution":"Established by the court's order, which recites the filing."},{"id":"c2","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'he applied for'; 'approximately 150 positions with Sirius XM'; 'all but one of his applications were rejected before the interview stage'; 'he received a 30-minute interview for a role in IT Desktop Support, but was rejected post-interview'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Harper applied to 150 job openings at Sirius XM and was rejected for each, receiving only one interview.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The complaint, as recited in the court's order, alleges that from November 2023 to November 2024 Harper applied for approximately 150 positions at Sirius XM for which he was qualified, that all but one application was rejected before the interview stage, and that after one 30-minute interview he was also rejected.","causal_attribution":"The order documents the content of the complaint; the rejections themselves are allegations that the court accepted as true only for the purpose of the motion."},{"id":"c3","status":"disputed","evidence":[{"locator":"'utilizes algorithmic decisionmaking tools provided by third-party vendor iCIMS in its hiring process'; 'such as candidate-matching and shortlisting features'; 'Plaintiff alleges upon information and belief that the iCIMS AI/ML tools used by Sirius XM evaluate applicants using data points that act as proxies for race'; 'such as educational institutions, employment history, and zip codes'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'does not, nor has it ever, used iCIMS or any other AI/Machine Learning tool in the hiring process'","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Even assuming that Defendant uses AI/ML in the hiring process'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Sirius XM used AI and machine-learning features of the iCIMS applicant tracking system, such as candidate matching and shortlisting, to screen and reject job applicants, and those tools evaluate applicants using data points that act as proxies for race, such as educational institutions, employment history and zip codes. The complaint alleges this, partly upon information and belief, as recited in the court's order; Sirius XM says it has never used iCIMS or any AI tool in hiring, and the court did not decide the question.","causal_attribution":"The plaintiff's allegation as recited by the court, contested by the company's stated position; unresolved."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'does not, nor has it ever, used iCIMS or any other AI/Machine Learning tool in the hiring process'; 'Defendant maintains that it previously communicated to Plaintiff that it does not use AI'; 'The Court therefore excludes the EEOC Statement'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The order records Sirius XM's position, quoted from its EEOC position statement, that it 'does not, nor has it ever, used iCIMS or any other AI/Machine Learning tool in the hiring process', and the company's contention that it told the plaintiff it does not use AI during the EEOC process and later through his counsel. The court excluded the position statement from its consideration of the motion.","causal_attribution":"The order records the company's position and contention; the court excluded the position statement and did not decide whether the company used AI."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Even assuming that Defendant uses AI/ML in the hiring process, Plaintiff has not pleaded factual allegations sufficient to explain how'; 'DIMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE'; 'Dated: September 30, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'failed to establish a viable claim of employment discrimination, regardless of whether the company actually uses the artificial intelligence tools that he alleged'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 30 September 2026 Judge Terrence G. Berg granted Sirius XM judgment on the pleadings and dismissed the complaint without prejudice, holding that even assuming the company used AI in hiring, Harper had not pleaded facts explaining how it could have been used to discriminate against him by race.","causal_attribution":"The order itself."}],"effects":[{"label":"rejection of all but one of about 150 job applications, which the applicant attributes to AI screening (complaint allegation; the employer denies using AI)","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mied.387495/gov.uscourts.mied.387495.19.0.pdf","kind":"court_order","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-02: Order Granting Defendant's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, ECF No. 19, Harper v. Sirius XM Radio, LLC, No. 2:25-cv-12403 (E.D. Mich. 30 September 2026), 20 pages, free RECAP copy.","independence_group":"mied-harper-docket"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/sirius-xm-wins-dismissal-of-ai-related-racial-hiring-bias-claims","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-02 up to the paywall (headline and first three paragraphs of the Bloomberg Law report by Chris Marr, 1 October 2026).","independence_group":"bloomberg-law"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["work"],"unknowns":["Whether Sirius XM used any AI or machine-learning screening tool on these applications.","Why the applications were rejected.","Whether the plaintiff will amend, refile or appeal."],"geography":{"basis":"The order describes the plaintiff as from Detroit, Michigan, and the case was decided in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. It does not say where the applications were processed, so no event country is recorded.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a contextual case of an applicant who attributes repeated job rejections to an employer's alleged AI screening, with the employer's denial and the dismissal on the pleadings recorded from the court order. The plaintiff sues in his own name; the AI connection is disputed and unestablished.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The applicant alleges, on information and belief, that iCIMS AI screening features made or shaped the rejections, which would be a decision about him. Sirius XM says it has never used iCIMS or any AI tool in hiring, and the court did not decide the question. Because the AI system's role in any decision about him is not established, the relation is recorded as unknown.","status":"disputed"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Harper v. Sirius XM: an applicant says AI screening tools rejected nearly all of about 150 job applications on the basis of race; the company denies using AI in hiring and a federal court dismissed the complaint without prejudice","summary":"Arshon Harper, a job applicant from Detroit, sued Sirius XM Radio in August 2025, alleging that AI screening tools in the iCIMS applicant tracking system rejected him because of his race. According to the complaint, as recited by the court, he applied for about 150 positions between November 2023 and November 2024 and all but one application was rejected before the interview stage. Sirius XM's EEOC position statement says it has never used iCIMS or any AI tool in hiring, and the company says it told the plaintiff's counsel the same; the court excluded that statement from its ruling. On 30 September 2026 a federal judge in Michigan dismissed the complaint without prejudice. The judge held that, even assuming AI was used, the complaint did not explain how it could have discriminated against him. The rejections and the AI connection are allegations, and the AI connection is disputed.","incidentDate":"2023-11-01","incidentEndDate":"2024-11-30","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-01","aiSystem":"AI and machine-learning features of the iCIMS applicant tracking system (candidate matching and shortlisting), alleged by the plaintiff on information and belief; Sirius XM denies using them","aiProduct":"iCIMS AI screening tools (reported)","aiCompany":"iCIMS","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The applicant says all but one of about 150 applications to Sirius XM were rejected before interview and attributes this to race discrimination by AI screening tools; the employer denies using AI and the court found the complaint did not plausibly link any tool to discrimination (allegation, disputed).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"disputed","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the plaintiff, who reports the rejections. No other class members are identified (the order notes none). He was an applicant to an employer that allegedly used the tool, so he is counted among people affected through institutional use. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-MI","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_dismissed","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mied.387495/gov.uscourts.mied.387495.19.0.pdf","primarySourceLabel":"Order granting judgment on the pleadings, Harper v. Sirius XM Radio (E.D. Mich.), 30 September 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:21:01.983585+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:21:01.983585+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["lawsuit","hiring","employment","applicant-screening","icims","race-discrimination","dismissed","institutional-use"]},{"id":"2025-orrington-teacher-reported-ai-impersonation-harassment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 91: paragraph about AI videos and photos.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 91: paragraph about AI videos and photos.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The superintendent said fabricated videos and photos of a teaching staff member were created using AI and circulated online.","causal_attribution":"WABI reproduces one superintendent letter. School statements remain reported and are not independent corroboration of the underlying creation method."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 92: paragraph about malicious targeting and online circulation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 95: paragraph about malicious targeting and online circulation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The district described the teacher as a victim of digital impersonation and harassment, and said the content was false.","causal_attribution":"WABI reproduces one superintendent letter. School statements remain reported and are not independent corroboration of the underlying creation method."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 93: paragraph about reporting and takedown.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The letter said the online account hosting the video had been reported and the video taken down.","causal_attribution":"WABI reproduces one superintendent letter. School statements remain reported and are not independent corroboration of the underlying creation method."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported digital impersonation and harassment of a teacher","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wabi.tv/2025/04/22/aos-47-teacher-target-deepfake-video-orrington-superintendent-says/","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1156"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","work","privacy"],"unknowns":["The first event date, creator and AI tool are unknown.","The teacher's personal account and any separate employment, medical or financial effects are not reported."],"geography":{"basis":"The school district is expressly identified as the Orrington-area Maine district, and the target is a member of its teaching staff.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"A reproduced school letter describes a specific AI impersonation attack on one teacher. The target and school are anonymized in public prose, and the record avoids unsupported imagery descriptions or clinical effects. The event is undated.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The reproduced superintendent letter directly attributes fabricated videos and photos of the teacher to AI technology. No imagery or investigation record was inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Maine school district reports teacher targeted by fabricated AI videos and photos","summary":"A Maine school superintendent told families that a teacher had been targeted by a malicious digital attack using AI-created videos and photos. The letter, reproduced by WABI, said the content falsely portrayed the teacher and had circulated online, with a small number of students possibly accessing or sharing it. The district said the hosting account had been reported and the video taken down, and offered support to the teacher. The first creation date and specific content are unknown.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-04-22","aiSystem":"Unspecified AI-generated impersonation videos and photos","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The superintendent described one teacher as the target of malicious digital impersonation and online harassment. The source does not report a separate medical, employment or financial consequence.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The superintendent's letter identifies one teaching staff member as the target. Students who may have viewed the material are not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wabi.tv/2025/04/22/aos-47-teacher-target-deepfake-video-orrington-superintendent-says/","primarySourceLabel":"WABI, 22 April 2025, reproduced school superintendent letter","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:10:30.089149+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:04.769803+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2026-livingston-parish-louisiana-arrest-in-extortion-case-involving-reported-ai-nude-photos-and-videos","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"one person was being threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless they paid money","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims were also sent to numerous family members and friends","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"AI generated photos and videos were created of one of the victims and were sent out to numerous family members and friends","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"assigned to assist in an investigation into threats made by phone and online","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said an investigation into threats made by phone and online involved one alleged victim being threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid, and AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims being sent to numerous family members and friends.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office statement as relayed by three outlets. No victim account, court record or image was inspected. The sheriff's office attributes the creation and sending of this material to the accused."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"more threats were sent to the victims, now threatening to get one of the victim’s employments terminated","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"eventually including a threat to get one victim fired","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office said that later threats to the victims included a threat to get one victim's employment terminated.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office statement as relayed by two outlets. The sources do not say whether the threat was carried out."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"search results and subpoenas from platforms used to send the threats pointed back to","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"search returns and subpoenas from certain suspect platforms used to make these harassing messages and threats started coming back","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"made all the fictitious accounts, AI-generated nude photos/videos, rape threats, and extortion attempts","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"created the fake accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats, and the demands for money that she and another person had reported as victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office said that subpoenas and search returns from the platforms used to send the messages led back to the woman first believed to be a victim, and that, after an interview with the woman, the sheriff's office learned the woman was the person who made all of the fictitious accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats and the extortion attempts.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office account of its investigation and of an interview, relayed by three outlets. The accused's own account of the interview is not reported, no court finding is reported and the sheriff's office said future charges may be pending. The accusation is an allegation."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on one count each of unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos, online impersonation and injuring public record, along with five counts of extortion and one count of domestic stalking","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"has since been released on a $150,000 bond","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Online impersonation (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Injuring public record (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Extortion (5 counts)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Domestic Stalking (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on the following charges","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:73.134, unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:73.10, online impersonation","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:132, injuring public records","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Five counts, LRS 14:66, extortion","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:40.2, domestic stalking","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The accused was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on charges that the three outlets list as one count each of unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos, online impersonation, injuring public record and domestic stalking, and five counts of extortion, and was released on a $150,000 bond.","causal_attribution":"The charges are reported by three outlets from one sheriff's office statement, so they are one chain. No booking record or charging document was inspected. The charges are allegations and the sheriff's office said future charges may be pending."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"allegations that overseas suspects were involved due to past relationships and acquaintances in Greece","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Investigators brought in Homeland Security at one point over allegations that suspects overseas were involved, based on past relationships and acquaintances in Greece","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office said Homeland Security assisted the investigation because of allegations that overseas suspects were involved, based on past relationships and acquaintances in Greece.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office statement. The sources do not say any overseas suspect was identified, and the later finding attributes the material to the accused."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"created the fake accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats, and the demands for money that she and another person had reported as victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"that she and another person had reported as victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Livingston Parish News wrote that detectives say the accused created the fake accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats and the demands for money that the accused and another person had reported as victims.","causal_attribution":"A single sentence in one outlet's rewrite of the sheriff's office statement. The clause saying the accused and another person had reported as victims can attach to the whole list or only to the demands for money, and the record does not choose between the two readings. WBRZ and WAFB do not repeat it, and no source says which reporter received the threats or was depicted."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Anyone else who believes they were victimized in this case","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"The investigation is ongoing","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"This is an ongoing investigation","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office described the investigation as ongoing and asked anyone else who believes they were victimized in the case to contact it.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office request as relayed by the outlets. It does not report any further victim."}],"effects":[{"label":"One alleged victim reportedly threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims reportedly sent to numerous family members and friends","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Later reported threat to get one victim's employment terminated","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wbrz.com/news/marrero-woman-arrested-for-ai-nude-photos-extortion-after-deputies-initially-thought-she-was-victim/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"livingston-parish-sheriff-statement-2026-07-24"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.wafb.com/2026/07/24/woman-arrested-extortion-harassment-case-involving-ai-generated-photos/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"livingston-parish-sheriff-statement-2026-07-24"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/stories/woman-believed-to-be-one-of-the-victims-of-extortion-ai-nude-images-was-actually-behind-them,225313","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"livingston-parish-sheriff-statement-2026-07-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The start date of the threats, the fictitious accounts and the sending of the material is not stated in any of the three outlets. Only the 24 July 2026 announcement is dated, so the event start is unknown and the case is published undated.","The Livingston Parish News says the case began when detectives with the Livingston Parish Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force were assigned to assist in the investigation. No source states the age of any victim, so it is not known whether any victim is a minor.","The victims are not identified or described. The sources do not say which of the people who reported as victims received the threats or was depicted, or whether the one other person who reported as a victim was harmed independently of the accused. The Livingston Parish News sentence that names the second reporter can be read as covering the whole list of material or only the demands for money.","The number of family members and friends who received the material is not stated (the sources say numerous), and whether any payment was made is not reported.","No AI tool is identified and no outlet reports examining the material. The description of the material as AI-generated is the sheriff's office statement.","The account of the interview is the sheriff's office's. The accused's own account is not reported, no court finding is reported, the sheriff's office said future charges may be pending, and the charges are allegations.","No overseas suspect is reported identified after the allegations about acquaintances in Greece.","The three outlets rest on one sheriff's office statement and none reports independent verification."],"geography":{"basis":"The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office investigated the threats and the WAFB dateline reads LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. The sources do not state where the victims live or where the material was sent from. Greece appears only in allegations about unidentified overseas suspects and is not recorded as an event country. A judge set the bond but no court proceeding is described, so no court country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Three outlets rest on one Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office statement of 24 July 2026 (one independence group) and all claims are reported. The accused is a private person who has not been convicted and is not named or located by town. The victims are not named or described. No imagery is described beyond its kind. The reporting is thin on the victims' own experience and the case is recorded as the sheriff's office account. The sources do not state when the threats began, so the case is published undated and is outside the 2026 event-year lane.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The sheriff's office described the photos and videos as AI-generated, and the accused was booked for unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos. No outlet identifies an AI tool or reports that the material was examined. The description is one sheriff's office statement relayed by three outlets. The images were not seen by the reviewer.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Livingston Parish, Louisiana: sheriff's office says a woman first treated as a victim made the AI-generated nude photos and videos, rape threats and extortion attempts in an online threats case","summary":"On 24 July 2026 WBRZ, WAFB and the Livingston Parish News relayed a Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office (Louisiana) statement about an investigation into threats made by phone and online. The sheriff's office said one alleged victim was threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid, AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims were sent to numerous family members and friends, and later threats included getting one victim fired. Homeland Security assisted after allegations that overseas suspects were involved through past relationships and acquaintances in Greece. The sheriff's office said subpoenas and search returns from platforms led back to a woman who had first been treated as a victim, and that after an interview with the woman the sheriff's office learned the woman made all of the fictitious accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats and the extortion attempts. The accused was booked on charges that include unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos, online impersonation and five counts of extortion, and was released on bond. The Livingston Parish News says the accused and one other person had reported as victims some or all of what the sheriff's office attributes to the accused. The charges are allegations and no conviction is reported. The AI tool is not identified, the victims are not described and the start date of the threats is not stated.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-24","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI photo and video generation tools (sheriff's office description)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The sheriff's office said one alleged victim was threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid, AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims were sent to numerous family members and friends, and a later threat concerned getting one victim's employment terminated. The sheriff's office attributes all of this to the accused. No victim account is reported and the sources do not describe any effect on a victim.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The Livingston Parish News says the accused and one other person had reported as victims some or all of what the sheriff's office attributes to the accused. The accused is not counted as harmed. The one other person is counted as a person reported as a victim, so the count is a lower bound of 1. The sources use the plural 'victims' without a number and do not say which reporter received the threats or was depicted. Family members and friends who received the material are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wbrz.com/news/marrero-woman-arrested-for-ai-nude-photos-extortion-after-deputies-initially-thought-she-was-victim/","primarySourceLabel":"WBRZ, relay of the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office statement, 24 July 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:09:37.153049+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:44:23.541663+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-us-neh-humanities-grant-mass-termination-chatgpt-dei-screening","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"The Mass Termination is DECLARED unlawful,","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"was unlawful because it was undertaken in violation of the First Amendment","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"the resulting terminations were ultra vires","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"the termination, in early April 2025, of more than 1,400 grants,","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"is PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from enforcing, implementing, or giving any effect to the Mass Termination.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 7 May 2026 the court declared the April 2025 mass termination of NEH grants (more than 1,400 grants, over $100 million) unlawful, unconstitutional and ultra vires, and permanently enjoined its enforcement.","causal_attribution":"The declaration rests on the First Amendment, equal protection and lack of statutory authority. It does not rest on a finding that ChatGPT was inaccurate."},{"id":"c2","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Does the following relate at all to DEI? Respond factually in less than 120 characters. Begin with ‘Yes.’ or ‘No.’ followed by a brief explanation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"did not provide ChatGPT with a definition of “DEI”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"it enlisted the help of ChatGPT.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"two employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) used ChatGPT to determine whether previously approved National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants should be canceled","relation":"context","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"A DOGE staff member used ChatGPT with a standardized prompt asking whether each grant description related at all to DEI, without defining DEI for the model.","causal_attribution":"The opinion recites deposition testimony and the spreadsheet. The prompt text is a quotation of the court record."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"thereby combining DOGE’s AI-generated classifications with NEH staff recommendations.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"did not know ChatGPT had been used","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The ChatGPT outputs were combined with NEH staff ratings into the lists used to select grants for termination, and the NEH acting chair testified to not knowing ChatGPT had been used.","causal_attribution":"The court ties the ChatGPT-generated rationales to the lists presented to the NEH chair. The acting chair's account is deposition testimony as recited by the court."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"were terminated on that basis and that basis alone.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Of the 1,163 grant proposals DOGE analyzed via ChatGPT for DEI-related content, 1,057 were flagged, and just 42 were kept","relation":"context","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The opinion states that 1,057 grants were identified as DEI-related through the DOGE review process and terminated on that basis alone.","causal_attribution":"The opinion attributes the identification to a process that combined keyword searches and ChatGPT rationales. The opinion says ChatGPT rationales were generated in a second-stage review of grants NEH staff had labelled \"N/A\" and were merged with NEH ratings. It does not apportion the 1,057 between NEH ratings and ChatGPT. Fortune attributes all 1,057 flags to ChatGPT from a spreadsheet exhibit."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Yes. This description highlights how the plastics industry influenced municipal government officials to favor plastics","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Nevertheless, ChatGPT classified the project as “DEI,”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The utter lack of reasoning behind so many of its “rationales”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The court describes ChatGPT classifying projects as DEI on the basis of short descriptions, including a project on the plastics industry and municipal building codes, with rationales the court found lacking.","causal_attribution":"The court characterises the outputs. Whether each terminated grant was flagged by ChatGPT is not stated for the individual plaintiffs."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The individual plaintiffs are scholars and writers who received NEH grants for specific research and writing projects and whose awards were terminated before the completion of their funded work.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"allege concrete professional, financial, and scholarly harms","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"That funding was terminated effective April 2, 2025, resulting in the loss of the fellowship itself.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"individual grantees whose awards were terminated suffered a concrete economic injury sufficient to confer Article III standing.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Seven individual grantees whose NEH awards were terminated before completion allege professional, financial and scholarly harm, including lost funding, and in one case loss of a fellowship that depended on NEH funding.","causal_attribution":"The harms are the plaintiffs' allegations as summarised by the court, and the standing holding is recited from the court's earlier preliminary injunction opinion. The link between ChatGPT and the termination of these seven specific awards is not stated in the inspected passages."},{"id":"c7","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"DOGE officials lacked statutory authority to identify, select, or direct the termination of NEH grants","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The court declared that DOGE officials lacked statutory authority to identify, select or direct the termination of NEH grants.","causal_attribution":"A legal declaration in the judgment."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Yes. Improving HVAC systems enhances preservation conditions for collections, aligning with the goal of providing greater access to diverse audiences. #DEI,","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"We were able to recoup about 70% of the original award through the grant termination clause,","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A North Carolina history museum's $349,000 HVAC grant was flagged by ChatGPT as DEI and terminated after the project had begun, and the museum director says it recouped about 70% of the award through the termination clause.","causal_attribution":"Organisation-level example from one outlet and one interview. 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The incident dates are the bounded series between those points.","The number of individual people (as opposed to organizations) whose awards were terminated is not stated.","The opinion separates grants marked \"DEI\" from grants terminated without a DEI mark (its Biden-Era Subclass). It does not say which group any of the seven individual plaintiffs' grants belonged to.","Whether funding has been restored is unknown. The judgment states it does not require immediate payment.","Appeal status of the May 2026 judgment is unknown.","The New York Times article listed in the AIID entry returned HTTP 403 and was not read. The opinion is 143 pages and was read through its factual sections, the standing recital and the judgment, not every legal section."],"geography":{"basis":"The opinion describes terminations by the US federal agency NEH and by DOGE staff of grants to scholars, writers and institutions, and describes the individual plaintiffs as holding positions at US universities. 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Seven individual grantees who sued report lost or interrupted funding for their research and writing projects. The opinion does not state whether ChatGPT reviewed those seven grants.","incidentDate":"2025-03-12","incidentEndDate":"2025-04-03","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-03-08","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (OpenAI), used through a standardized DEI yes/no prompt","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The court opinion describes seven individual grantee plaintiffs whose NEH awards were terminated before completion, and reports their allegations of lost funding, interrupted research and leave from employment taken in reliance on the awards. 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Organizations, members of plaintiff associations and the wider class are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"assistant","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2026-05/NEH.sj_.pdf","primarySourceLabel":"S.D.N.Y. opinion and order granting summary judgment, 7 May 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T13:28:29.039734+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:19.404135+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2025"]},{"id":"2026-montefiore-nurses-replaced-ai-layoffs","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraphs 1-2 and 13: 39 years; 'one of 12 nurses who were laid off Sunday'; 'on 28 May, when all 12 nurses in her department received 45-day notices'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Paragraphs 1-7: NYSNA alleges Montefiore plans to lay off nurses; one of 12 nurses slated to be laid off after 39 years; council member asks Montefiore to stop the 45-day displacement clock.","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the Guardian’s 13 July 2026 report, twelve utilization-review nurses at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx, one with 39 years’ service, received 45-day layoff notices on 28 May and were laid off on 12 July.","causal_attribution":"The Guardian reports the completed layoffs from the union and nurse account. Its “Sunday” reference in the Monday 13 July article resolves to 12 July 2026; Norwood News on 2 July reports plans only. Montefiore did not specifically comment on the layoffs."},{"id":"c2","status":"disputed","evidence":[{"locator":"Opening layoff account attributes replacement by AI-powered software to NYSNA; the utilization-review passages describe nurses reading patient charts and justifying care to insurers.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The passage about nurses at the town hall raising concerns about the company selected for the proposed work names Datavant and attributes the information to union officials. The utilization-review section describes chart review and insurer approvals.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"TechSpot relays the Guardian and union account, including Datavant. It is not independent confirmation of the asserted reason for the layoffs.","relation":"context","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Final employer-response paragraphs: Montefiore calls the union’s claims inaccurate and misleading and describes a nonclinical paperwork program; it does not specifically address the layoffs.","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Final employer-response passage quotes Montefiore spokesperson Joe Solmonese calling NYSNA’s claims inaccurate and misleading and saying the hospital invests in technology to improve care and outcomes. It does not explain the particular program or address the layoffs specifically.","relation":"contradicts","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The New York State Nurses Association says the nurses were replaced by AI-powered software, reported as supplied by Datavant, that reviews patient records to justify care to insurers.","causal_attribution":"Union attribution disputed by the employer."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraphs 8-12: contracts after the strike included AI safeguards; union executive says the layoffs violate the contract; workflow changed without explanation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Paragraph 4: council member calls on Montefiore to abide by the nurses' contract.","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The union says the layoffs violate the contract won after the January 2026 strike, which included safeguards against AI; the nurses say their workflow changed without explanation when they returned in February.","causal_attribution":"Union and nurses' account; no arbitration or legal finding reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"loss_of_employment","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/13/nurses-new-york-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15; datePublished 2026-07-13.","independence_group":"guardian"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.norwoodnews.org/nysna-allege-montefiore-plans-to-replace-some-nurses-with-ai-systems/","kind":"local_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-09-15; published 2026-07-02, before the layoffs took effect.","independence_group":"norwood"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.techspot.com/news/113092-new-york-hospital-replaces-12-nurses-ai-prompting.html","kind":"tech_news_relaying_guardian","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-15; relays the Guardian and union statements. 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The New York State Nurses Association says they were replaced by AI-powered software that reviews patient records to justify care to insurers, and that the layoffs breach the contract with AI safeguards won after the January 2026 strike. 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No patient harm is documented.","victimAgeRange":"adult","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/13/nurses-new-york-ai","primarySourceLabel":"The Guardian, 13 July 2026: 'The New York nurses replaced by AI: It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care'","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-15T03:23:47.418469+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:45.890086+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["work","layoffs","hospital","utilization-review","nurses","institutional-use"]}]}