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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-hillsborough-county-florida-sheriff-says-teen-used-ai-altered-image-to-frame-ex-boyfriend-for-school-shooting-threat","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'on Oct. 14, after administrators received an email containing a screenshot of an Instagram post threatening a shooting at the school' ... 'According to HCSO, the post appeared to come from a male student at the school.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'That post, deputies said, appeared to have come from a male student who attended the high school.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 14 October 2026 deputies responded to a high school in Riverview, Florida, after administrators received an email containing a screenshot of an Instagram post threatening a shooting at the school; the post appeared to come from a male student at the school.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account relayed by the outlets."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Deputies said detectives were able to interview that male student, and they determined that the Instagram post didn't come from him.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Detectives interviewed the student and determined that the post did not come from him.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Detectives interviewed the male student and determined that the post did not come from him.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Very quickly our detectives realized that that post was AI-altered and linked back to' ... 'was actually connected to the person who appeared in that post as their ex-girlfriend' ... 'said Amanda Granit, Chief Communications Officer for HCSO'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office's chief communications officer said detectives very quickly realised the post was AI-altered and linked it to the ex-girlfriend of the person who appeared in the post, a teenage former student.","causal_attribution":"Attributed to the investigating sheriff's office; technical basis undisclosed."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Investigators say the girl later admitted to sending the email, knowing the image had been altered using AI.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'knowing that the image had been altered using artificial intelligence.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the sheriff's office, the teenager admitted sending the email knowing that the image had been altered using AI.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the suspect's admission."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The girl was arrested and charged with written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism, unlawful use of a two-way communications device and disrupting a school campus or function.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"She was arrested and charged with written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism, unlawful use of a two-way communications device and disrupting a school campus or function.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account of the charges; not adjudicated."}],"effects":[{"label":"made to appear as the author of a school shooting threat in an AI-altered post","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"interviewed by detectives before being cleared","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-teen-ai-school-shooting-threat-ex-boyfriend-riverview/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-17 (HTTP 200). CBS News Miami report attributed to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, published 16 October 2026.","independence_group":"hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/riverview-teen-uses-ai-to-frame-ex-boyfriend-for-school-shooting-threat-hcso/ar-AA2enAiI","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-17 through the MSN syndication copy (HTTP 200); the WFLA page itself returned HTTP 403. WFLA report quoting the sheriff's office's chief communications officer, 16 October 2026.","independence_group":"hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/teen-used-ai-altered-image-to-frame-her-ex-boyfriend-for-a-school-shooting-threat-hcso/ar-AA2elnGL","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-17 through the MSN syndication copy (HTTP 200). WTSP 10 Tampa Bay report attributed to the sheriff's office, published 15 October 2026 (local evening; 16 October 01:06 UTC).","independence_group":"hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and what was altered in the image.","How detectives established that the post was AI-altered.","Whether the male student faced any school action or reported distress beyond the detectives' interview.","The outcome of the charges."],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the email was sent to administrators of a high school in Riverview, Florida, and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office investigated (all three sources). The male student attends that school. No court proceeding is reported yet, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating sheriff's office says a threatening Instagram post that made a male student appear to be its author was AI-altered, and that the teenager who emailed it admitted knowing the image was AI-altered; detectives interviewed the student before clearing him. The technical basis for the AI finding is undisclosed. Neither teenager is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-17"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, which investigated the threat, says its detectives very quickly realised the Instagram post was AI-altered and that the teenager who sent it admitted she knew the image had been altered using AI. The altered post made the male student appear to be its author (depicted_or_impersonated), and detectives interviewed him before determining that the post did not come from him. The sheriff's office does not disclose the technical basis for its finding or name the tool.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Hillsborough County, Florida: sheriff's office says a teenager used an AI-altered image to frame her ex-boyfriend for a school shooting threat","summary":"According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, as reported by CBS News Miami, WFLA and WTSP, deputies responded to a high school in Riverview, Florida, on 14 October 2026 after administrators received an email containing a screenshot of an Instagram post threatening a shooting at the school. The post appeared to come from a male student. Detectives interviewed him and determined that the post did not come from him. The sheriff's office's communications chief said detectives very quickly realised the post was AI-altered and linked it to his ex-girlfriend, a teenage former student. Police say she admitted sending the email knowing that the image had been altered using AI. She was arrested and charged with making a written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism, unlawful use of a two-way communications device and disrupting a school campus or function. The tool used and how detectives established the alteration are not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-10-14","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-15","aiSystem":"An image altered using AI, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the sheriff's office, a screenshot of an Instagram post that detectives say was AI-altered made a male student appear to be threatening a shooting at his school; detectives interviewed him before determining that the post did not come from him.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the male student whom the altered post made appear to be its author, and whom detectives interviewed. School staff and pupils are not counted because no source reports a consequence for them; the charged teenager is not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"US-FL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-teen-ai-school-shooting-threat-ex-boyfriend-riverview/","primarySourceLabel":"CBS News Miami, 16 October 2026: Florida teen used AI-altered photo to frame ex-boyfriend in school shooting threat, deputies say","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-17T02:59:19.787006+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T02:59:19.787006+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-altered-image","school-threat","false-implication","instagram-screenshot","sheriffs-office","criminal-charges","florida","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}