{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-02T07:17:42.682Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"false-positive","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":2,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":2,"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-ao3-fan-fiction-writer-deleted-works-after-longtime-reader-cited-pangram-100-percent-ai-first-person","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I the other month got accused of ai, which I have never used and said that Pangram said it was 100% ai.'; 'It was one of my regulars who had been reading and commenting for years.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The writer says a reader accused them of using AI and said that Pangram had rated their work 100% AI, and that the accuser was a regular reader who had read and commented for years.","causal_attribution":"Writer's account of the accusation; the accuser's message and the Pangram report were not published."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'So I tried Pangram myself and if did indeed say that. But I hadn’t used ai.'; 'I tried something I just wrote on the spot. 100% Ai. Texts from high school (2010’s). 100% AI.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The writer says they have never used AI, and that when they ran Pangram themselves on something written on the spot and on texts from high school in the 2010s, it returned 100% AI each time.","causal_attribution":"Writer's own test, reported without screenshots; the writer's statement that the texts are their own is not independently established."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'So I deleted all my works. And my account. Because rather I know my truth than lots of people accuse me of using ai.'; 'Yeah, I feel sad about it'; 'And I know I can never put them back because then they’re probably really going to be called AI.'; 'Yeah, I just kinda feel tired and done with the site'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The writer says they deleted all their works and their AO3 account rather than face further accusations, feel sad about it, and believe they can never repost the works.","causal_attribution":"Writer's own statement of the action taken and its effect; the writer links the deletion to the accusation."}],"effects":[{"label":"accused by a longtime reader of AI use on the strength of a Pangram '100% AI' result, which the writer disputes (poster's account)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"deleted all their fan fiction and their AO3 account and reports feeling sad and done with the site (poster's account)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/1x35cjd/deleted_ao3_account/","kind":"forum_post","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-12: full self-text and the thread's 17 comments retrieved through the arctic_shift archive API by post ID (HTTP 200), after the post surfaced in the reddit.com new.rss feed; no translation and no human reviewer. The poster handle is not recorded.","independence_group":"reddit-ao3-writer-pangram"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the accusation and the deletion happened: the post of 11 October 2026 says only that the accusation came 'the other month'.","What Pangram's reports showed, which text was tested and whether the accusing reader shared the report.","The fandom, the accuser and whether the accusation spread beyond the reader's comment.","Whether the writer kept copies of the deleted works."],"geography":{"basis":"The post names no place or country, and the platform (AO3) and the subreddit are not used to infer one. Unknown after review.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the public-forum rule as a concrete first-person account of a writer accused of AI use on the strength of a reported AI-text-detector result, described with attribution and without corroboration. No handle, fandom or place is recorded.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-12"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The writer reports that the accusing reader cited a Pangram result rating the writer's work 100% AI, and that Pangram also returned 100% AI on text the writer had just written and on 2010s school texts. The relation recorded is the detector's reported claim about the authorship of the writer's work, which the reader relied on to accuse the writer; the writer says the accusation led to the deletion of all the works and the account. The detector reports were not published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"First-person post: fan-fiction writer says a longtime reader accused them of AI use citing a Pangram '100% AI' result, and they deleted their works and account","summary":"In a post to r/TrueOffMyChest on 11 October 2026, a writer who had posted fan fiction on Archive of Our Own (AO3) since 2023 says a reader accused them of using AI and said that Pangram, an AI-text detector, had rated their work 100% AI. The writer says they have never used AI. They say they then ran Pangram themselves on something written on the spot and on texts from their high-school years in the 2010s, and each came back 100% AI. They say they deleted all their works and their AO3 account rather than face further accusations, and that they feel sad and can never repost the works. In a reply the writer says the accuser was a regular reader who had commented for years. The account is uncorroborated: the accusation, the Pangram results and the deleted works were not published.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-11","aiSystem":"Pangram, an AI-text detector, which by the writer's account a reader used to rate the writer's fan fiction 100% AI, and which returned 100% AI when the writer tested it on newly written and 2010s school texts","aiProduct":"Pangram AI-text detector (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A fan-fiction writer reports being accused of AI use by a longtime reader on the strength of a Pangram '100% AI' result, which the writer disputes, and says they deleted all their works and their AO3 account and feel sad and done with the site (first-person account, uncorroborated).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the writer, reports the accusation and its effects. The writer was not the detector's user in the accusation (a reader ran it), so the writer is counted among other people harmed. The accusing reader is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/1x35cjd/deleted_ao3_account/","primarySourceLabel":"Reddit r/TrueOffMyChest, 11 Oct 2026: Deleted ao3 account","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-12T03:25:17.85806+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:25:17.85806+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["first-person","reddit","pangram","ai-text-detector","false-positive-alleged","fan-fiction","creative-work"]},{"id":"2026-florida-atlantic-university-students-zero-grades-after-ai-detection-flags","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'a sophomore studying computer science at FAU, submitted a paper last year and received a zero after his professor flagged it for AI use after applying it to Turnitin'; 'he received a better grade'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A computer science sophomore submitted a paper and received a zero after the professor flagged it for AI use after applying it to Turnitin; after the student emailed the professor, the student received a better grade.","causal_attribution":"The newspaper's account, resting on the student's interview. The professor's account and the Turnitin report are not given."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I ran it through an AI detector [Turnitin] myself to see why it got flagged, and the AI said my writing was overly human-sounding'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"That student says they ran the paper through an AI detector themselves and it said the writing was overly human-sounding.","causal_attribution":"Student's own statement. The bracketed tool name is the newspaper's insertion."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was accused of using AI on an essay and received a zero for the assignment, with little to no communication or resolution from her professor'; 'her professor waived the penalty and gave her a 50'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A senior sociology major was accused of using AI on an essay and received a zero with little to no communication from the professor; after the student emailed to say no AI was used, the professor waived the penalty and gave a 50.","causal_attribution":"The newspaper's account, resting on the student's interview. The professor's account is not given."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'explains her frustration with receiving a bad grade due to a false AI detection'; 'I ended up getting a horrible grade on something that I'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The newspaper describes the second student's grade as due to a false AI detection; the student says they got a horrible grade for something they did not do. The tool is not named.","causal_attribution":"The newspaper's characterisation and the student's statement. Whether a detector was used in this case and which one is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"zero grade on a paper after the professor flagged it for AI use after applying Turnitin; later improved (student account as reported)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"zero grade on an essay after an accusation of AI use the student denies; later changed to 50 (student account as reported)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.upressonline.com/2026/09/flawed-ai-detection-is-breaking-trust-within-particular-fau-classrooms/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English in full. Student newspaper report based on interviews with the two students and two faculty members.","independence_group":"fau-university-press"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["education"],"unknowns":["When each assignment was submitted: the article says 'last year' for the first student, which may mean calendar 2025 or the previous academic year, and gives no date for the second.","Which detection tool, if any, was used in the second student's case.","What the Turnitin report showed and what the professors say happened.","The first student's final grade."],"geography":{"basis":"The accounts concern coursework at Florida Atlantic University, whose Boca Raton campus the article pictures; the university is in Florida, United States. The students' countries of residence are not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as two concrete, individually described accounts of students given zero grades after AI-detection flags, reported by their university's student newspaper and attributed to the students. The accounts are uncorroborated, and the students are not named in this record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The student newspaper reports that the first student's professor flagged the paper for AI use after applying it to Turnitin, and describes the second student's grade as due to a false AI detection without naming the tool. The relation recorded is the detector's reported claim about the authorship of each student's work. No detector report was published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Two Florida Atlantic University students told the student newspaper they received zero grades after their work was flagged as AI-written, one after a professor applied Turnitin; both grades were raised after the students emailed their professors","summary":"The University Press, Florida Atlantic University's student newspaper, reported on 29 September 2026 the accounts of two students who say they were penalised over AI-detection flags. A computer science sophomore submitted a paper 'last year' and received a zero after the professor flagged it for AI use after applying it to Turnitin; after the student emailed the professor, the grade was improved. The student says that when they ran the paper through a detector, it said the writing was overly human-sounding. A senior sociology major was accused of using AI on an essay and received a zero with little communication from the professor; after the student emailed to say no AI was used, the professor waived the penalty and gave a 50. The newspaper describes the second student's grade as due to a false AI detection and does not name the tool in that case. No professor's or university account of either case is reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-29","aiSystem":"Turnitin's AI-writing detection, which the student newspaper says the first student's professor applied to the paper; the tool behind the second student's accusation is not named, and the newspaper describes it as 'a false AI detection'","aiProduct":"Turnitin AI-text detector (reported)","aiCompany":"Turnitin","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["educational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two students say they received zero grades after their work was flagged as AI-written, in one case after the professor applied Turnitin. Both say the grades were raised after they emailed their professors, the second only to 50 (students' accounts as reported by the student newspaper).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two students whose own accounts the article reports, each given a zero after an AI flag. They did not use the detector, so they are counted among people harmed through institutional use. The article's arithmetic about how many papers could be flagged is a projection and is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-FL","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.upressonline.com/2026/09/flawed-ai-detection-is-breaking-trust-within-particular-fau-classrooms/","primarySourceLabel":"University Press (Florida Atlantic University), 29 September 2026: \"Flawed AI detection is breaking trust within particular FAU classrooms\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:19:48.28574+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:19:48.28574+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["made-claim-about","ai-text-detector","turnitin","academic-integrity","education","false-positive-alleged","student-newspaper","florida"]}]}