{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-27T07:07:35.453Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"food-allergy","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":0,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":1,"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-japanese-q-and-a-poster-says-chatgpt-suggested-walnut-sweets-for-nut-allergy-and-called-chilled-gift-safe-unrefrigerated-first-person","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ナッツアレルギーでも食べれるお菓子を探してと言ったら、ガッツリくるみが含まれてるお菓子を提案されたり'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The author says that when they asked ChatGPT for sweets someone with a nut allergy could eat, it suggested sweets that plainly contained walnuts.","causal_attribution":"The author's account; the conversation was not shown."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'常温で長時間持ち歩ける手土産を聞いて「絶対常温で大丈夫！」と言われたので店舗に買いに行ったら要冷蔵だったり'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The author says that when they asked for a gift that keeps for a long time at room temperature, ChatGPT said it was definitely fine at room temperature, and at the shop the item needed refrigeration.","causal_attribution":"The author connects the chatbot answer to the wasted shop trip."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'これで何度も失敗して時間とお金を無駄にしました。アレルギーなんか最悪死ぬ一歩手前でした。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The author says these repeated failures wasted their time and money, and writes that with the allergy it was in the worst case one step from death.","causal_attribution":"The author attributes the losses to the chatbot answers; whether anyone ate the suggested sweets is not stated."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'2026/5/26 14:27'; 'どれだけ直せ、根拠のないことは言わないようにと命令しても、絶対に適当を言ってきます。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The question was posted on 26 May 2026 and the author says instructions to stop answering without a basis did not change the behaviour.","causal_attribution":"The post date is shown on the page; the statement about instructions is the author's."}],"effects":[{"label":"time and money wasted on chatbot food and gift answers, with an allergy near-miss described by the author","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q11328400926","kind":"first_person_account","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese on 2026-10-27 through the r.jina.ai text relay (direct fetches return HTTP 403); translated by the research agent (an AI), with no human translation. The relay text includes the question, ten answers and the author's replies.","independence_group":"chiebukuro-q11328400926-author"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","health"],"unknowns":["When the exchanges with ChatGPT took place; the post is dated 26 May 2026.","Whether the walnut-containing sweets were bought or eaten, who has the allergy, and whether any reaction occurred.","How much money was lost.","The ChatGPT model or plan used.","Where the author lives."],"geography":{"basis":"The post is in Japanese on a Japanese site but names no place; no country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the charter's first-person rule: the author of a dated Q&A post describes ChatGPT recommending walnut-containing sweets for a nut allergy and calling a refrigerated gift safe at room temperature, and says the answers wasted time and money. The account is attributed to the author.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The author describes ChatGPT's own answers: it suggested walnut-containing sweets in reply to a request for nut-allergy-safe sweets, and said a gift was definitely fine at room temperature when the item needed refrigeration. The author connects those answers to a wasted shop trip and to wasted time and money. The account is the author's; no conversation record is shown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Japanese Q&A poster says ChatGPT suggested walnut sweets for a nut allergy and called a chilled gift safe unrefrigerated, wasting time and money (first-person)","summary":"In a question posted on the Japanese Q&A site Yahoo! Chiebukuro on 26 May 2026, the author says that when they asked ChatGPT for sweets that someone with a nut allergy could eat, it suggested sweets that plainly contained walnuts, and that when they asked for a gift that could be carried for a long time at room temperature, it said the item was \"definitely fine at room temperature\", but at the shop it turned out to need refrigeration. The author says these repeated failures wasted their time and money and writes that, with the allergy, it was in the worst case one step from death; the post does not say whether anyone ate the suggested sweets or had a reaction. The author asks how to stop the chatbot from answering without a basis. The account is the author's; no conversation record is shown.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-05-26","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (OpenAI), as named by the question's author; model and plan not stated","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The author says ChatGPT's wrong answers about a walnut-containing snack for a nut allergy and a gift needing refrigeration repeatedly wasted their time and money, and describes the allergy suggestion as a near-miss (first-person Q&A post; uncorroborated).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the author of the question, who says the answers repeatedly cost them time and money. Exact 1. The post does not say who has the nut allergy, so no second person is counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"unknown","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q11328400926","primarySourceLabel":"Yahoo! Chiebukuro, question q11328400926, 26 May 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:19:00.523192+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:19:00.523192+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["first-person","q-and-a-site","chatbot-advice","food-allergy","japanese-language-source"]}]}