{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-07T09:06:59.577Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"false-death-announcement","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"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-poland-youtube-false-death-videos-ai-generated-hospital-images-of-tv-presenter-and-first-lady","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Materiał opatrzono szokującą grafiką wygenerowaną przy użyciu sztucznej inteligencji.'; 'W serwisie YouTube pojawiło się fałszywe nagranie, którego tytuł sugerował, że Omenaa Mensah nie żyje.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Na zdjęciu jego żona została przedstawiona w szpitalnym łóżku, obok pojawiła się czarna wstążka'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'opatrzona grafiką przedstawiającą Mensah na szpitalnym łóżku'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A video appeared on YouTube whose title suggested that Omenaa Mensah was dead, with a thumbnail showing her in a hospital bed under a 'sad news' caption; Plejada describes the graphic as generated with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"The existence and content of the thumbnail are the outlets' descriptions of material Brzoska posted; the AI-generation statement is Plejada's own and is not repeated by Fakt Ludzie or gazeta."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Wygenerowane przez sztuczną inteligencję zdjęcie opatrzono opisem, który sugeruje, że Pierwszej Damie stało się coś strasznego.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Miniatura znów przedstawiała kobietę leżącą w szpitalnym łóżku.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"A similar YouTube video used an altered photo of First Lady Marta Nawrocka in a hospital bed, which Fakt describes as AI-generated, with a caption suggesting something terrible had happened to her.","causal_attribution":"Fakt's own description of the thumbnail shown in Brzoska's X post; gazeta describes the same thumbnail without the AI attribution."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'W sobotę 3 października Brzoska poinformował, że ponownie “uśmiercono” jego żonę, tym razem na YouTube.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Moja Omenka czuje się dobrze'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'pierwszą damę — pana żonę — też już próbują uśmiercać. Potraktowałbym to bardzo osobiście'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Rafał Brzoska posted on 3 October 2026 that his wife had again been 'killed off', this time on YouTube, and that she was well; on 4 October he wrote to President Nawrocki that the First Lady was also being 'killed off'.","causal_attribution":"Brzoska's posts as quoted by the outlets."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Właściwie wyspecjalizował się w uśmiercaniu na YouTube — łącznie kilkadziesiąt znanych osób, publikowane od tygodni, bez konsekwencji'; '20 GB materiału dla Prokuratury Krajowej i Waldemara Żurka'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Sprawa została zgłoszona do NASK. Wszystkie filmy zabezpieczono.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"Brzoska said one channel had specialised in such false-death videos about dozens of well-known people for weeks without consequence, that the matter was reported to NASK and the channel blocked, and that over 20 GB of material was secured for the National Prosecutor's Office with a request for an investigation.","causal_attribution":"Brzoska's statements as relayed; no NASK, YouTube or prosecutor statement is reported."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O mnie też jest filmik, że umarłam. Dokładnie to samo.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Actress Joanna Opozda commented that a similar video claimed she had died.","causal_attribution":"Opozda's comment under Brzoska's post, as quoted by Plejada and Fakt; no thumbnail or AI generation is described for her video and she is not counted."}],"effects":[{"label":"falsely announced dead on YouTube with an AI-generated hospital-bed thumbnail","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://plejada.pl/newsy/siec-obiegla-informacja-o-smierci-omeny-mensah-internauci-to-jest-przerazajace/c6zctbv","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-07 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Plejada (Onet) relays Brzoska's Instagram post and adds its own description of the thumbnail; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"brzoska-instagram-x-posts-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://ludzie.fakt.pl/falszywe-informacje-o-smierci-omeny-mensah-rafal-brzoska-reaguje/83d4pks","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-07 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Fakt Ludzie relays the same Instagram post and the Opozda comment; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"brzoska-instagram-x-posts-oct-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.fakt.pl/polityka/rafal-brzoska-ostrzega-karola-nawrockiego-chodzi-material-ai-o-marci-nawrockiej/nmcsw0d","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-07 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Fakt Polityka relays Brzoska's X posts about the Nawrocka video and adds its own description of the thumbnail; read on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"brzoska-instagram-x-posts-oct-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,151003,33059079,brzoska-pokazuje-kolejny-scam-pierwsza-dame-tez-juz-probuja.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-07 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. next.gazeta.pl relays Brzoska's posts and describes both thumbnails; read on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"brzoska-instagram-x-posts-oct-2026"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://biznes.wprost.pl/najbogatsi/12461142/rafal-brzoska-zwrocil-sie-do-karola-nawrockiego-usmiercono-biznesmena-jego-zone-i-pierwsza-dame.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-07 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Biznes Wprost relays Brzoska's posts including the NASK report and prosecutor request; read on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200).","independence_group":"brzoska-instagram-x-posts-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","public_services"],"unknowns":["Who operated the YouTube channel and what tool produced the thumbnails.","What the videos contained beyond the thumbnails and titles.","Whether NASK, YouTube or the National Prosecutor's Office acted on the report.","Whether Mensah or Nawrocka have commented; neither is quoted.","Whether any viewer was deceived or suffered loss."],"geography":{"basis":"The videos targeted Polish public figures and were reported to NASK and the Polish National Prosecutor's Office (Fakt, Wprost); the depicted women are a Polish television presenter and the First Lady of Poland. Where the channel operator was located is not stated. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["PL"],"affected_person_countries":["PL"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated) at low severity: Polish outlets describe YouTube thumbnails falsely announcing the deaths of two living public figures with hospital-bed images that Plejada and Fakt describe as AI-generated, and the husband of one reports the channel to NASK and the prosecutor. Both depicted women are public figures and are named; the AI attribution is the outlets' and no tool is identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-07"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Plejada states that the Mensah video was accompanied by a graphic generated with artificial intelligence showing her in a hospital bed, and Fakt states that the Nawrocka thumbnail was an AI-generated photo of the First Lady in a hospital bed with a caption suggesting something terrible had happened. The generated images are the false depictions that constitute the reported harm. The attribution is the outlets' own description; Brzoska's posts refer to scams and deepfakes generally, no tool is named and the research agent did not inspect the thumbnails.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Polish outlets report YouTube videos falsely announcing the deaths of a TV presenter and the First Lady with AI-generated hospital-bed images; reported to NASK","summary":"Polish outlets reported on 4 October 2026 that a YouTube channel published videos whose titles and thumbnails falsely announced the deaths of television presenter Omenaa Mensah and of First Lady Marta Nawrocka, each shown in a hospital bed. Plejada describes the Mensah thumbnail as a graphic generated with artificial intelligence; Fakt describes the Nawrocka thumbnail as an AI-generated photo with a caption suggesting something terrible had happened to her. Mensah's husband, InPost founder Rafał Brzoska, posted on 3 and 4 October that his wife was alive, that one channel had been 'killing off' dozens of well-known people for weeks, that the matter was reported to NASK and the channel blocked, and that the videos were secured for the National Prosecutor's Office with a request for an investigation. He also wrote to President Nawrocki about the First Lady video. Neither depicted woman has commented publicly in the inspected sources; no deceived viewer or financial loss is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-10-03","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-04","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI image generation used for YouTube thumbnails depicting Omenaa Mensah and Marta Nawrocka in hospital beds under false death announcements, as described by Plejada (Onet) and Fakt; the videos themselves are not described","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two living public figures were falsely announced dead on YouTube with thumbnails showing them in hospital beds, which Plejada and Fakt describe as AI-generated images; the reported harm is the false depiction itself, which Mensah's husband publicised and reported to NASK and the prosecutor (his posts, relayed by Polish outlets). No viewer loss is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people counted: Omenaa Mensah and Marta Nawrocka, each the subject of a described false-death thumbnail (Plejada, Fakt, gazeta). Brzoska says the same channel targeted dozens of well-known people and Fakt names four, but no thumbnail or AI generation is described for them, so they are additional unquantified people. Brzoska's own distress, YouTube viewers and commenters are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"PL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://plejada.pl/newsy/siec-obiegla-informacja-o-smierci-omeny-mensah-internauci-to-jest-przerazajace/c6zctbv","primarySourceLabel":"Plejada (Onet), 4 October 2026: false report of Omenaa Mensah's death spread online; Rafał Brzoska reacts","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-07T03:30:02.344214+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T03:30:02.344214+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","false-death-announcement","youtube","thumbnail","image-generation","public-figure","poland","nask","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}