{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-14T10:48:18.832Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"germany","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2025","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":1,"coreRelations":2,"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":"2025-allgau-mountain-rescue-says-two-hikers-following-chatgpt-route-up-schmalhorn-were-flown-out-by-helicopter","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Mit ChatGPT planten zwei Wanderer ihre Route aufs Schmalhorn bei Oberstdorf.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Zwei Wanderer ließen sich ihre Route auf das Schmalhorn (1953 m) in den Allgäuer Alpen von der Künstlichen Intelligenz ChatGPT planen.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Zwei Bergsteiger vertrauten beim Aufstieg auf das Schmalhorn (1953 Meter) in den Allgäuer Alpen auf eine Tourenbeschreibung, die ihnen ChatGPT erstellt hatte.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Two hikers planned their route up the Schmalhorn near Oberstdorf with ChatGPT.","causal_attribution":"The rescue service's account as reported by the Allgaeuer Zeitung and relays; the hikers were not interviewed."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Statt des üblichen Starts in Einödsbach wählte ChatGPT eine Route mit Beginn in der Spielmannsau östlich des Berges. \"Da gibt es eigentlich keinen Weg. Nur einen alten Jägersteig, der über mehrere Gräben führt\", gab David Lacher von der Bergwacht Oberstdorf der Allgäuer Zeitung Auskunft.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Anstelle des üblichen Zustiegs von Einödsbach empfahl ChatGPT eine Route aus der Spielmannsau im Osten des Berges.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'starten Wanderer normalerweise von Einödsbach, westlich vom Schmalhorn, über den ausgewiesenen Wanderweg. Doch vergangene Woche hatten zwei Wanderer andere Pläne.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The ChatGPT route started from the Spielmannsau instead of the usual ascent from Einoedsbach; the rescue service said there is no real path there, only an old hunters' track across several gullies.","causal_attribution":"The rescue service's assessment of the route, as quoted."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'In dem unwegsamen Gelände verlor das Duo vollständig die Orientierung und setzte etwa 100 Meter unterhalb des Gipfels den Notruf ab.'; 'Den Rettern gelang es, die beiden unverletzten Personen per Hubschrauber sicher zurück ins Tal zu bringen.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'In dem unwegsamen Gelände verlor das Duo vollständig die Orientierung und setzte etwa 100 Meter unterhalb des Gipfels den Notruf ab.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Einer der beiden war durch die Situation so stark belastet, dass er zwischenzeitlich eine Panikattacke erlitt. Mit Unterstützung eines Hubschraubers konnten beide sicher ins Tal gebracht werden.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The two lost their orientation in the trackless terrain and made an emergency call about 100 metres below the summit; one had had a panic attack from the stress, and both, uninjured, were flown to the valley by helicopter.","causal_attribution":"Rescue account as reported; the Bergwacht operation report itself was not read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Die Bergwacht Oberstdorf bezeichnete den Einsatz als gefährlichen Präzedenzfall und rät dringend vom Einsatz Künstlicher Intelligenz zur Tourenplanung ab'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Bergwacht Oberstdorf advised against using AI to plan mountain routes.","causal_attribution":"Statement of the rescue service as reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"two hikers lost off-trail, one with a panic attack, and flown out by helicopter after following a chatbot-planned route","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de/immenstadt/wanderung-allgaeu-planung-chat-gpt-route-bergwacht-einsatz-oberstdorf-schmalhorn-04-09-110685008","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Allgaeuer Zeitung report of 4 September 2025 based on the Bergwacht Oberstdorf; only the free opening was readable (paywall), HTTP 200.","independence_group":"allgaeuer-zeitung-bergwacht-oberstdorf-sep-2025"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.alpin.de/home/news/62839/artikel_tourenplanung_mit_chatgpt__wanderer_in_die_irre_gefuehrt.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. ALPIN.de report of 3 September 2025 quoting the Bergwacht Oberstdorf from the Allgaeuer Zeitung; the live page returned HTTP 403, so a Web Archive capture of the same URL was read in full.","independence_group":"allgaeuer-zeitung-bergwacht-oberstdorf-sep-2025"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.schwaebische.de/panorama/wanderer-folgen-routenempfehlung-kurz-vor-dem-gipfel-wird-es-ploetzlich-gefaehrlich-3894231","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Schwaebische report of 4 September 2025 quoting the Bergwacht Oberstdorf from the Allgaeuer Zeitung; HTML read in full, HTTP 200.","independence_group":"allgaeuer-zeitung-bergwacht-oberstdorf-sep-2025"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.rosenheim24.de/bayern/allgaeu-mit-chatgpt-verirrt-bergwacht-rueckt-aus-93924211.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Rosenheim24 report of 9 September 2025 relaying ALPIN.de and the Allgaeuer Zeitung; HTML read in full, HTTP 200.","independence_group":"allgaeuer-zeitung-bergwacht-oberstdorf-sep-2025"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The exact date of the hike (the Allgaeuer Zeitung of 4 September 2025 says the previous week).","The hikers' prompts and ChatGPT's replies.","The hikers' own account; only the rescue service is quoted."],"geography":{"basis":"The reports place the event on the Schmalhorn in the Allgaeu Alps south of Oberstdorf, Bavaria, with the Bergwacht Oberstdorf responding. The hikers' residence is not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["DE"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a chatbot-advice case: the Bergwacht Oberstdorf told the Allgaeuer Zeitung that two hikers followed a ChatGPT-planned route up the Schmalhorn from a side with no regular path, lost their way and had to be flown out by helicopter, one after a panic attack.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Bergwacht Oberstdorf, which carried out the rescue, told the Allgaeuer Zeitung that the hikers' route had been planned by ChatGPT and that it started from the Spielmannsau, where there is no regular ascent; the hikers lost their orientation on that terrain. The chatbot's route is therefore what led them off the marked path. The prompts and replies were not published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Allgaeu: mountain rescue says two hikers who let ChatGPT plan a route up the Schmalhorn got lost off-trail and were flown out by helicopter","summary":"In late August 2025 two hikers climbing the Schmalhorn (1,953 m) in the Allgaeu Alps south of Oberstdorf, Germany, followed a route that ChatGPT had planned for them, according to the Bergwacht Oberstdorf mountain rescue service speaking to the Allgaeuer Zeitung. Instead of the usual marked ascent from Einoedsbach, the route started from the Spielmannsau, where, the rescue service said, there is no regular path, only an old hunters' track across several gullies. The two lost their orientation in that terrain and called for help about 100 metres below the summit. Rescuers climbed up to them; one had had a panic attack from the stress. Both were uninjured and were flown down to the valley by helicopter. The rescue service warned against using AI to plan mountain routes.","incidentDate":"2025-08-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-09-03","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, which according to the Bergwacht Oberstdorf, as reported by the Allgaeuer Zeitung, the two hikers used to plan their route up the Schmalhorn","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Bergwacht Oberstdorf, the two hikers lost their orientation in trackless terrain and needed a mountain-rescue callout and helicopter evacuation; one had a panic attack. Neither was injured.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":2,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two hikers (\"zwei Wanderer\", Allgaeuer Zeitung), whose route ChatGPT had planned; both are counted as users of the chatbot output. Who typed the request is not stated.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"DE","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de/immenstadt/wanderung-allgaeu-planung-chat-gpt-route-bergwacht-einsatz-oberstdorf-schmalhorn-04-09-110685008","primarySourceLabel":"Allgaeuer Zeitung, 4 September 2025: hikers in the Allgaeu rely on ChatGPT and the mountain rescue has to turn out","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:09:13.602898+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:09:13.602898+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","trip-planning","hiking","mountain-rescue","allgaeu","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2025-hannover-region-pupil-told-tipster-he-made-ai-nude-images-of-classmates-police-confirm-case","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Am 20. Februar 2025 habe er auf Telegram eine Gruppe geöffnet'; 'Daraufhin habe sich ein Nutzer privat bei ihm gemeldet'; 'der Nutzer habe plötzlich davon gesprochen, dass er mit Künstlicher Intelligenz Nacktbilder von Mitschülerinnen erstellt habe.'; 'Der Nutzer habe ihm dann ungefragt Bilder geschickt.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The tipster says that on 20 February 2025 a Telegram user wrote to him privately, said he had created nude images of female classmates with artificial intelligence, and sent him images without being asked.","causal_attribution":"The boy's statement is relayed only by the tipster; one origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Die Originalaufnahmen kamen von Snapchat, Instagram, teilweise waren die Schülerinnen aber auch aus der Ferne im Klassenraum fotografiert worden'; 'Mithilfe von Künstlicher Intelligenz habe der Nutzer auf Grundlage dieser Bilder Nacktfotos von den Mädchen erstellt und sie auch in sexuellen Stellungen gezeigt.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The tipster says the images were made with AI from the girls' Snapchat and Instagram photos and from photos taken of them in the classroom, and showed them nude and in sexual positions.","causal_attribution":"Tipster's description of the images he received; the tool is not named."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'eines der Mädchen, von dem die Nacktbilder erstellt worden waren. Auf Tiktok fand er eine weitere Betroffene.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The tipster says he identified one of the depicted girls through a student council post and found a second affected girl on TikTok.","causal_attribution":"Tipster's account; the count of two is his."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'dass sich ein Hinweisgeber telefonisch bei ihr gemeldet und den beschriebenen Vorgang geschildert habe.'; '„Der ist heute nicht mehr bei uns auf der Schule.“'; 'Informiert habe sie die Schülerinnen nicht, davon habe die Polizei abgeraten.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The headteacher confirms that a tipster phoned her and described the events, says the pupil no longer attends the school, and says she did not inform the girls because the police advised against it.","causal_attribution":"Headteacher's statement to FAZ."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Die Polizei der Stadt Hannover, in deren Umgebung die betroffene Schule liegt, bestätigt den Sachverhalt auf Nachfrage. Bei der ermittelten Person handele es sich um ein strafunmündiges Kind.'; 'Trotzdem bekam der Telegram-Nutzer Besuch von der Polizei: Es seien eine Gefährderansprache „sowie eine Sensibilisierung im Umgang mit digitalen Medien und den möglichen Folgen durchgeführt worden“, teilt ein Polizeisprecher mit.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Hannover police confirm the facts, say the person identified is a child below the age of criminal responsibility, and say officers held a warning talk with him together with a session on digital media and its possible consequences.","causal_attribution":"Police statement as reported by FAZ; FAZ paraphrases the confirmation and does not quote the police on the AI element."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-generated nude and sexualised images of female classmates made from their photographs and sent on Telegram","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/kriminalitaet/wie-paul-buyse-einen-13-jaehrigen-enttarnte-der-ki-pornos-verbreitete-201316731.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"de","translation_note":"Read in German by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-18 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. FAZ report by Sebastian Eder, 15 October 2026, read in full (including the JSON-LD article body) through an Internet Archive capture of the article URL because faz.net returned a consent redirect (HTTP 302) to the fetcher.","independence_group":"faz-15-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and when the images were first made.","How many girls were depicted and whether the images reached anyone beyond the tipster.","How the police verified that the images were AI-generated.","Whether the school took further measures beyond the pupil leaving it, and why he left."],"geography":{"basis":"FAZ says the school lies in the area of the city of Hannover, Germany, and the Hannover police handled the case; the girls are pupils at that school.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["DE"],"affected_person_countries":["DE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the boy told the tipster he had made nude images of female classmates with artificial intelligence, the tipster describes the images he received, and the Hannover police confirm the facts and held a warning talk with the child. The sexual depiction of the girls is the harm. Every claim is reported from one FAZ article; the school, the girls and the child are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-18"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The boy himself told the tipster he had created nude images of female classmates with artificial intelligence, and the tipster describes the images he was then sent: nude photos and sexual positions generated from the girls' Snapchat, Instagram and classroom photos. The generated images depicting the girls are the reported harm. The Hannover police confirm the facts as described to FAZ and identified the child; FAZ does not say how the police established that the images were AI-generated, and the tool is not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Hannover region: a pupil told a tipster he made AI nude images of female classmates and sent them on Telegram; police confirm the case, FAZ reports","summary":"The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on 15 October 2026 that a tipster who monitors abuse of women streamers had traced a schoolboy at a school near Hannover, Germany, who distributed AI-generated nude images of female classmates. According to the tipster, on 20 February 2025 a Telegram user wrote to him privately, said he had made nude images of classmates with artificial intelligence and sent him images unasked. The tipster says the images were made from the girls' Snapchat and Instagram photos and from photos taken of them in the classroom, and showed them nude and in sexual positions. He identified two of the depicted girls online, worked out the boy's school and class, and phoned the headteacher, who confirmed his call to the newspaper. The Hannover police confirmed the facts, said the person identified is a child below the age of criminal responsibility, and said officers held a warning talk with him and explained the possible consequences of his use of digital media. The headteacher says the pupil no longer attends the school and that, on police advice, the girls were not told. The school is not named.","incidentDate":"2025-02-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-15","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI tool that, according to the tipster's account of the boy's own statement and of the images he was sent, generated nude and sexualised images of real schoolgirls from their photographs; no tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the tipster, AI-generated nude and sexualised images of female classmates made from their photographs were sent to him on Telegram; the police confirm the facts and held a warning talk with the child who made them.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Two girls the tipster identified as depicted (one through a student council post, one on TikTok); FAZ describes nude images of classmates in the plural without a total, so further girls are unquantified.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"DE","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/kriminalitaet/wie-paul-buyse-einen-13-jaehrigen-enttarnte-der-ki-pornos-verbreitete-201316731.html","primarySourceLabel":"Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 15 October 2026: how a tipster unmasked a schoolboy spreading AI porn","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-18T03:08:29.934173+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T03:08:29.934173+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai_generated_image","non_consensual_intimate_imagery","school","telegram","minors","germany"]}]}