{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-27T06:24:26.081Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"household-advice","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","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":"2025-saudi-influencer-says-daughter-hospitalised-after-cleaning-mould-as-chatgpt-advised","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'وأوضحت أن التطبيق نصحها باستخدام الخل لتطهير المكان ثم تجفيفه بمجفف الشعر، دون أن يشير إلى خطورة التعامل مع العفن الأسود مباشرة أو ضرورة ارتداء معدات وقائية.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'وأضافت أن التطبيق نصحها باستخدام الخل لتطهير المكان ثم تجفيفه بمجفف الشعر، دون أن يشير إلى مخاطر التعامل المباشر مع العفن أو ضرورة ارتداء أدوات وقاية مثل القفازات والكمامات.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The influencer says she asked ChatGPT how to remove black mould from a wall at home and that it advised disinfecting with vinegar and drying with a hair dryer, without mentioning the risks of handling the mould directly or the need for protective equipment.","causal_attribution":"The chatbot's advice rests on the influencer's own account; both outlets relay the same posts."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'قمنا بتنظيف العفن دون ارتداء القفازات أو الكمامات، ولم نكتفِ بذلك بل استخدمنا مجفف الشعر لتجفيف المكان، مما أدى إلى انتشار الجزيئات في الهواء واستنشاقها'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'مما أدى إلى انتشار الجزيئات الدقيقة في الهواء واستنشاقها من قِبلهن'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"She says she and her daughter cleaned the mould without gloves or masks and dried the area with a hair dryer, which spread particles in the air that they inhaled.","causal_attribution":"The link between the hair dryer and the inhaled particles is the influencer's own explanation."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'إذ ارتفعت حرارة ابنتها بعد يومين، وتم نقلها إلى المستشفى حيث شُخِّصت إصابتها بالتهاب بكتيري سببه التلوث في الجو، ثم ظهرت عليها هي الأخرى الأعراض ذاتها بعد فترة قصيرة.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ونُقلت إلى المستشفى حيث شُخِّصت بإصابة بكتيرية ناجمة عن التلوث في الجو'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"By her account, two days later her daughter had a fever, was taken to hospital and was diagnosed with a bacterial infection caused by polluted air, and she then developed the same symptoms.","causal_attribution":"The diagnosis is reported second-hand from the influencer; no doctor or record is quoted, and the connection to the ChatGPT advice is her inference."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'وبالفعل أظهر الفحص الفني وجود تشققات في عزل سطح المنزل تسببت في تسرب المياه إلى الجدران، مما أدى إلى ارتفاع الرطوبة وانتشار العفن.'; 'وأن الهواء ملوث بثلاثة أضعاف الحد الأعلى المسموح به'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'الفحص الفني أظهر وجود تشققات في عزل السطح تسببت في تسرب المياه إلى الجدران'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"She says a technical inspection found cracks in the roof insulation that let water into the walls, raising the humidity and spreading the mould, and that airborne contamination measured three times the permitted limit.","causal_attribution":"This records a building defect as a contributing cause of the polluted air, alongside the cleaning method."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'استعنت بالنكبة (شات جي بي تي) فوقعت الأزمة، لا تثقون فيه أبداً'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'لا تثقوا فيه في مثل هذه الأمور'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"She warned her followers against relying on ChatGPT for such matters.","causal_attribution":"Her own conclusion."}],"effects":[{"label":"daughter hospitalised with a bacterial infection attributed to polluted air (influencer's account)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"influencer developed the same symptoms (her account)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://24.ae/article/922871/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ar","translation_note":"Read in Arabic and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27; no human reviewer inspected the text. 24.ae (Abu Dhabi) report of 8 October 2025 relaying the influencer's own social-media posts, with her quoted words.","independence_group":"influencer-social-media-account-2025-10"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.layalina.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%81%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%B2%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%84-%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A6%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D9%8A-785665.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ar","translation_note":"Read in Arabic and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-27; no human reviewer inspected the text. Layalina report of 9 October 2025 retelling the same social-media account; it adds no independent reporting, so it shares the group of s1.","independence_group":"influencer-social-media-account-2025-10"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use","others_use"],"contexts":["health","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["What she asked ChatGPT and its full reply; the exchange is not published.","When the cleaning and the hospitalisation took place; the earliest dated report is of 8 October 2025.","The daughter's age, how long she stayed in hospital and how both recovered.","Whether a clinician linked the infection to the cleaning itself rather than to the building's damp; no medical source is quoted.","Where the home is."],"geography":{"basis":"The outlets describe the influencer as Saudi but do not say where her home is; nationality does not locate the event, so the countries are left unknown. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as an attributed first-person account: the influencer describes ChatGPT's mould-cleaning advice, following it without protection and her daughter's hospitalisation two days later. The account's own mention of the building's damp is recorded as a contributing cause, and the AI's role rests on her account.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"By the influencer's own account relayed by 24.ae and Layalina, ChatGPT answered her question on removing black mould by advising vinegar and drying with a hair dryer, without warning about direct handling or protective equipment. She says she and her daughter followed that method without gloves or masks and that the hair dryer spread particles they inhaled, after which her daughter was hospitalised and she fell ill. The chatbot's output is described only by her; the exchange is not published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Saudi influencer says her daughter was hospitalised after they cleaned black mould with vinegar and a hair dryer as ChatGPT advised, without masks or gloves","summary":"A Saudi social-media influencer said on her accounts, as relayed by 24.ae on 8 October 2025 and Layalina on 9 October 2025, that she asked ChatGPT how to remove black mould from a wall at home and that it advised disinfecting with vinegar and drying with a hair dryer, without mentioning the risk of handling the mould directly or the need for protective equipment. She and her daughter cleaned it without gloves or masks and dried it with a hair dryer, which she says spread particles that they inhaled. By her account, two days later her daughter had a fever and was taken to hospital, where a bacterial infection caused by polluted air was diagnosed; she later developed the same symptoms. An inspection then found cracks in the roof insulation letting water into the walls. She warned her followers not to trust ChatGPT on such matters. The account is hers; the outlets report no medical or other confirmation.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-10-08","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, as named by the influencer in her social-media account relayed by 24.ae and Layalina","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["hospitalization","medical_deterioration"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"By the influencer's account relayed by two outlets, her daughter was hospitalised with a bacterial infection attributed to polluted air two days after they cleaned black mould as ChatGPT had advised, and she developed the same symptoms; the outlets report no medical confirmation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people by the influencer's account: her daughter, hospitalised with a bacterial infection, and the influencer herself, who developed the same symptoms. The influencer is the ChatGPT user (participant 1); the daughter did not use it (other 1).","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://24.ae/article/922871/","primarySourceLabel":"24.ae, 8 Oct 2025: black mould affects Saudi influencer's family after ChatGPT advice","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T03:09:17.358544+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T03:09:17.358544+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","household-advice","mould","hospitalisation","first-person-account"]}]}