{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T07:58:46.584Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"hyderabad","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":2,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"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-hyderabad-diabetic-man-zero-salt-diet-chatgpt-low-sodium","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"a 62-year-old diabetic man from the city suffered sudden weight loss and dangerously low sodium levels after following a diet plan suggested by ChatGPT","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The AI tool had advised him to completely reduce salt intake, which proved harmful given his pre-existing condition.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A 62-year-old man with diabetes in Hyderabad reportedly suffered sudden weight loss and dangerously low sodium levels after following a diet plan suggested by ChatGPT that advised him to reduce salt intake completely.","causal_attribution":"The article states the causal link in the reporter's voice with no clinician or patient attribution for this case (the article adds that the advice 'proved harmful given his pre-existing condition'), and the chat was not shown. The rewrite says \"cutting salt completely\"."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported sudden weight loss and dangerously low sodium","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/doctors-warn-against-relying-on-ai-tools-for-medical-advice/articleshow/125207245.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"toi-hyderabad-20251110"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://completeaitraining.com/news/chatgpt-isnt-your-doctor-hyderabad-doctors-warn-after/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"toi-hyderabad-20251110"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The event date is not given. TOI says the incidents were 'recently reported'; a 2025 start is inferred from the 10 November 2025 article date and is not stated by the source.","The ChatGPT conversation was not shown, so the exact advice (the article says \"completely reduce salt intake\") is second-hand.","Other causes of the low sodium (diabetes medication, diet, illness) are not addressed in the article."],"geography":{"basis":"The Times of India report is datelined Hyderabad and describes the man as \"from the city\". The hospital where the low sodium was diagnosed is not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"The Times of India report states the ChatGPT-suggested diet and the resulting low sodium in one passage without naming the source of the account. The account is unverified. The event date is not stated by the source (the Times of India says only that the incidents were recently reported), so the case is published undated.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Times of India report states the ChatGPT-suggested diet and the resulting low sodium in one passage without naming the source of the account. The account is unverified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Man with diabetes reportedly develops dangerously low sodium after ChatGPT zero-salt diet advice","summary":"The Times of India reported on 10 November 2025 that a 62-year-old man with diabetes from Hyderabad had sudden weight loss and dangerously low sodium levels after following a diet plan suggested by ChatGPT, which advised him to cut salt intake completely. The article gives no hospital, date or treatment detail, and a government nephrologist is quoted commenting on both cases in general terms. The chat was not shown.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-11-10","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["medical_deterioration"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The man reportedly developed sudden weight loss and dangerously low sodium levels after following the ChatGPT diet plan.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One man is reported harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"chatbot","primarySourceUrl":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/doctors-warn-against-relying-on-ai-tools-for-medical-advice/articleshow/125207245.cms","primarySourceLabel":"Times of India, \"Doctors warn against relying on AI tools for medical advice\", 10 Nov 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:49.855564+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:05.833082+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-hyderabad-transplant-recipient-stops-medication-chatgpt-graft-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"lost her transplanted kidney after discontinuing her prescribed antibiotics based on ChatGPT's suggestion","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"reportedly stopped all her medication after ChatGPT told her that since her creatinine levels were normal, she no longer needed the drugs","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A 30-year-old kidney transplant recipient in Hyderabad reportedly stopped all her medication after ChatGPT told her that normal creatinine levels meant she no longer needed the drugs, and lost the transplanted kidney.","causal_attribution":"A senior nephrologist at the transplant hospital is quoted saying she 'reportedly' stopped all her medication after ChatGPT told her that normal creatinine meant she no longer needed the drugs. The chat was not seen. The article states the loss of the graft after stopping in the reporter's voice."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Within weeks, her condition deteriorated, and her creatinine levels spiked again. She eventually required surgery and had to be put back on dialysis before being discharged recently.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Within weeks of stopping, her creatinine levels rose again, she required surgery and was put back on dialysis before a recent discharge.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the article without a named clinician attribution for this sentence. The surgery type is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported loss of transplanted kidney and return to dialysis","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/doctors-warn-against-relying-on-ai-tools-for-medical-advice/articleshow/125207245.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"toi-hyderabad-20251110"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://completeaitraining.com/news/chatgpt-isnt-your-doctor-hyderabad-doctors-warn-after/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"toi-hyderabad-20251110"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The event date is not given. TOI says the incidents were 'recently reported'; a 2025 start is inferred from the 10 November 2025 article date and is not stated by the source.","The patient's own account and the ChatGPT conversation were not seen. The advice is relayed by a senior nephrologist at the transplant hospital.","The specific drugs stopped (the article says antibiotics) and the type of surgery are not stated.","Whether clinicians warned the patient beforehand is not reported."],"geography":{"basis":"The Times of India report is datelined Hyderabad and places the transplant at a hospital in Hyderabad. The patient's residence is not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"The Times of India report quotes a senior nephrologist at the transplant hospital relaying the ChatGPT advice and states the graft loss in the reporter's voice. The account is an unverified report relayed by a quoted nephrologist and the reporter and the chat was not seen. The event date is not stated by the source (the Times of India says only that the incidents were recently reported), so the case is published undated.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Times of India report quotes a senior nephrologist at the transplant hospital relaying the ChatGPT advice and states the graft loss in the reporter's voice. The account is an unverified report relayed by a quoted nephrologist and the reporter and the chat was not seen.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Kidney transplant recipient reportedly loses graft after stopping medication on ChatGPT advice","summary":"The Times of India reported on 10 November 2025 that a 30-year-old woman in Hyderabad who had received a kidney transplant lost the transplanted kidney after she stopped her prescribed medication. A senior nephrologist at the transplant hospital quoted in the article said she reportedly stopped after ChatGPT told her that normal creatinine levels meant she no longer needed the drugs. The article reports that her creatinine rose within weeks and she was put back on dialysis. The chat was not shown.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-11-10","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["medical_deterioration","treatment_disruption","hospitalization"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The patient reportedly lost the transplanted kidney and returned to dialysis after stopping her medication on reported ChatGPT advice, as reported by the Times of India, which quotes a hospital nephrologist for the ChatGPT advice.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One transplant recipient is reported harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"chatbot","primarySourceUrl":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/doctors-warn-against-relying-on-ai-tools-for-medical-advice/articleshow/125207245.cms","primarySourceLabel":"Times of India, \"Doctors warn against relying on AI tools for medical advice\", 10 Nov 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:46.561701+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:06.050969+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]}]}