{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-02T08:06:16.950Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"jp","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"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":"2026-delhi-police-dcp-ai-altered-video-falsely-showing-resignation-over-student-protests-fir","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'A 44 second long video is doing the rounds on social media, where Delhi Police deputy commissioner Sumit Jha is seen declaring that he is resigning from his position in solidarity with the protesting students.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A digitally altered video is circulating on social media with the false claim that it shows Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police Sumit Jha resigning from the Indian Police force, alleging he was pressured to lie about student protesters'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A video circulating on social media in late July 2026 showed Delhi Police DCP Sumit Jha appearing to announce his immediate resignation because the government had pressured him to implicate protesting students on false charges.","causal_attribution":"Two fact-checkers viewed the video independently."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'This suggests that the viral clip was created using this original video, with the audio later manipulated.'; 'The result indicated a 67% possibility of the video being AI generated.'; 'The viral video claiming Delhi Police DCP Sumit Jha resigned over student protests is completely fake and AI generated.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A reverse image search traced it back to the original video posted by the official Delhi Police X handle, on July 23.'; 'The clip shows a mismatch between the audio and Jha's lip movements, and running it through an AI detection tool confirmed it as synthetic.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The video was later confirmed to be deepfake, with the Press Information Bureau (PIB) issuing a statement that it was AI-generated.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The video was made with AI from genuine Delhi Police footage of 23 July; Delhi Police called it completely fake and AI generated, and two fact-checkers found an audio-to-lip mismatch or manipulated audio and reported AI-detection results flagging it.","causal_attribution":"Independent analyses by Alt News and BOOM plus official statements by Delhi Police and the PIB; detection-tool scores are probabilistic."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'We have registered a case against unknown persons under sections 353 of statements amounting to public mischief of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and 66 D for cheating by impersonation of the Information Technology Act,'; 'On July 31,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Police have registered an FIR against unknown persons under Section 353 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (statements causing public mischief) and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Maharashtra Cyber Police registered a case against unknown persons under BNS section 353 and IT Act section 66D after a complainant saw the video in a Congress leader's post on 31 July.","causal_attribution":"One police account relayed by two outlets; the FIR itself was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"a named police officer falsely depicted announcing his resignation and accusing the government, in a video that Delhi Police and fact-checkers say was AI-generated","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.altnews.in/delhi-dcp-resigned-to-support-students-protest-no-viral-video-is-a-deepfake/","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. Alt News fact check, HTTP 200; its own keyframe and detection-tool analysis, plus a quoted Delhi Police X post of 26 July.","independence_group":"altnews-fact-check"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/video-of-delhi-dcp-quitting-over-framing-cjp-protesters-is-a-deepfake-31946","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. BOOM fact check of 27 July 2026, HTTP 200; its own lip-sync and detection-tool analysis.","independence_group":"boom-fact-check"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/fir-filed-over-ai-doctored-video-of-delhi-cop-101785613160911.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. Hindustan Times Mumbai, 2 August 2026, HTTP 200; quotes a Maharashtra Cyber Police officer and the FIR, and reports the PIB statement.","independence_group":"ht-mumbai-fir-report"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://thefederal.com/category/states/west/maharashtra/delhi-dcp-resignation-video-deepfake-police-fir-registered-maharashtra-252310","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. The Federal, 2 August 2026, HTTP 200; FIR details overlap the Hindustan Times account and part is credited to ANI, so it is not used as independent support for the FIR.","independence_group":"federal-fir-report"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["public_services","justice"],"unknowns":["Who made the video and with which tool.","Whether the depicted officer made any statement about the video or its effect on him.","Whether anyone has been identified or charged under the FIR."],"geography":{"basis":"The depicted officer serves with Delhi Police, the source footage was posted by Delhi Police, and the FIR was registered by Maharashtra Cyber Police; all in India. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core depiction case: Delhi Police, the Press Information Bureau and two independent fact-checkers say a viral video falsely showing a named Delhi Police DCP resigning and accusing the government was AI-generated, and Maharashtra Cyber Police registered an FIR. The officer is named as a senior public official depicted in his official role; the complainant, the uploader and the sharing politician are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Delhi Police called the video \"completely fake and AI generated\" in a fact check quoted by Alt News and The Federal; Alt News traced it to genuine Delhi Police footage of 23 July and concluded the audio was manipulated, with a detection tool estimating a 67% AI likelihood; BOOM found an audio-to-lip mismatch and reported that AI-detection tools flagged it as synthetic; the Hindustan Times reports a Press Information Bureau statement that it was AI-generated. The AI output is a manipulated video in which a voice resembling the officer's speaks a fabricated resignation statement over his genuine footage (depicted_or_impersonated), which is the false depiction that circulated and led to the FIR.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Delhi Police and fact-checkers say a viral video of a Delhi Police DCP resigning over student protests was AI-generated; FIR filed in Maharashtra","summary":"In late July 2026 a 44-to-47-second video circulated on social media in which Delhi Police Deputy Commissioner Sumit Jha appeared to announce that he was resigning \"immediately\" because the government had pressured him to implicate students protesting with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on false charges. The fact-checkers Alt News and BOOM traced the frames to a genuine Delhi Police video of 23 July in which the officer warned about Pakistan-based social media handles spreading misinformation. BOOM found a mismatch between the audio and his lip movements and said Deepfake O Meter tools flagged the clip as AI-generated. Alt News reported a 67% likelihood of AI generation from Detectvideo.AI. Delhi Police posted a fact check calling the video \"completely fake and AI generated\", and the Hindustan Times reports that the Press Information Bureau also said it was AI-generated. After a member of the BJP social media team saw the video in a post by a Congress leader on 31 July, Maharashtra Cyber Police registered an FIR against unknown persons for public mischief and cheating by personation. The officer is named because he is a senior public official depicted in his official role and the fact checks name him; no statement from him is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-07-23","incidentEndDate":"2026-07-31","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-07-27","aiSystem":"An AI-altered video built from Delhi Police footage of 23 July 2026, with manipulated audio in a voice resembling the officer's, which The Federal calls \"the AI-generated voice\"; Delhi Police called it \"completely fake and AI generated\", the Press Information Bureau said it was AI-generated, and BOOM and Alt News ran it through AI-detection tools. No tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Delhi Police, the Press Information Bureau and two fact-checkers, an AI-altered video falsely showed a named Delhi Police DCP resigning and accusing the government of pressuring him to frame protesting students; it was shared widely and Maharashtra Cyber Police registered an FIR for public mischief and cheating by personation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the depicted officer. He did not use the tool, so he is counted as another person harmed. Viewers, likes and the complainant are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.altnews.in/delhi-dcp-resigned-to-support-students-protest-no-viral-video-is-a-deepfake/","primarySourceLabel":"Alt News fact check, 29 July 2026: Delhi DCP resignation video is a deepfake","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:16:16.977265+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:16:16.977265+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","ai-generated-video","police","protest","delhi","india","reputational-harm","depicted-or-impersonated","fact-check"]},{"id":"2026-investigator-says-gemini-called-fake-tron-energy-rental-site-safe","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'About 80 people fell victim to Tronify dot rent last month. According to a victim report, Gemini even confirmed that it was a safe website!'; 'steal $69,651 - IN ONE MONTH!'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A crypto investigator who posts on X as JP says tronify.rent took $69,651 from about 80 people in September.'; 'The Crypto Times has not independently verified the loss total or the victim count.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A crypto investigator posting as JP (@rugpullfinder) said on 4 October 2026 that about 80 people lost $69,651 to tronify.rent in September and that, according to a victim report, Gemini had confirmed it was a safe website.","causal_attribution":"The investigator's account of a victim report; unverified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The screenshot JP shared shows a google.com page with the “AI Mode” tab selected.'; 'In the screenshot, the user asks whether it is safe to connect a wallet “to them” and which domain is correct. The AI answer states: “The official, correct web domain is tronify.rent.”'; 'The answer supports this by saying Trust Wallet natively integrated Tronify.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A screenshot in the post shows Google Search's AI Mode answering a user who asked whether it was safe to connect a wallet and which domain was correct, stating that the official, correct web domain is tronify.rent and citing Trust Wallet's integration of Tronify.","causal_attribution":"The Crypto Times' description of the investigator's screenshot."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'AI Mode is a conversational search feature that Google has said runs on a custom version of its Gemini models. JP’s post attributes the answer to Gemini.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"AI Mode is a conversational search feature that Google has said runs on a custom version of its Gemini models; the investigator's post attributes the answer to Gemini.","causal_attribution":"The Crypto Times."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Trust Wallet announced in October 2025 that it was integrating Tronify, an energy provider'; 'The announcement does not name tronify.rent.'; 'An earlier Trust Wallet blog post, from December 2024, links to Tronify’s energy rental market at tronify.io.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Trust Wallet's October 2025 announcement of its Tronify integration does not name tronify.rent, and a December 2024 Trust Wallet post links to Tronify's market at tronify.io.","causal_attribution":"The Crypto Times' own check of Trust Wallet's posts."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The lock-screen screenshot JP published shows Trust Wallet notifications dated Monday, September 28. The newest notification reads “Approved unlimited USDT.”'; 'A third notification, marked “now,” shows 1,419.699184 USDT sent to an address'; 'also on JP’s list.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A second screenshot in the post shows Trust Wallet notifications dated Monday, 28 September: an unlimited USDT approval to an address on the investigator's list and 1,419.699184 USDT sent to another address on the list.","causal_attribution":"The Crypto Times' description of the investigator's screenshot; whose wallet it is is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"funds lost by a victim who, the investigator says, reported that Gemini confirmed the site was safe (investigator's account)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://x.com/rugpullfinder/status/2106810536155402543","kind":"social_media_post","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English through X's public syndication endpoint (HTTP 200); the two attached images were downloaded and viewed by the research agent.","independence_group":"jp-rugpullfinder"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/10/05/google-ai-searchs-official-tronify-rent-label-raises-questions-after-69651-losses/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English in full (HTTP 200). Its account of the screenshots and losses derives from s1; its checks of Trust Wallet's announcements are its own.","independence_group":"jp-rugpullfinder"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["finance"],"unknowns":["The victim's identity, location and own account, and whether both screenshots come from that victim.","The amount this victim lost in total and whether any funds were recovered.","Whether the AI Mode answer was reproducible and whether Google has responded.","Whether the loss total and the count of about 80 victims are accurate."],"geography":{"basis":"No source states where the victim or the operators were; the site's claim to be a Florida company is the site's own statement and is not used.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete, attributed account: an investigator relays a victim report that Google's Gemini called a fake crypto site safe, and an outlet that inspected his screenshots describes the AI answer naming the site as the official domain and wallet notifications of the approval and transfer. The victim is unidentified and the claims are unverified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-06"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Crypto Times describes the screenshot the investigator posted: Google's AI Mode, asked whether it was safe to connect a wallet and which domain was correct, answered that the official, correct web domain was tronify.rent, citing a Trust Wallet integration that Trust Wallet's own posts tie to a different domain. The investigator says a victim reported that Gemini confirmed the site was safe, and posted wallet notifications showing an unlimited USDT approval and a transfer to addresses he links to the site. No inspected source says the AI Mode screenshot or the wallet notifications come from the victim whose report the investigator relays.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Investigator says Gemini told a victim a fake TRON energy-rental site was safe; a screenshot he posted shows Google AI Mode calling it the official domain","summary":"On 4 October 2026 a crypto investigator who posts on X as JP (@rugpullfinder) said a fake TRON energy-rental site, tronify.rent, took $69,651 from about 80 people in September and that, according to a victim report, Google's Gemini had confirmed it was a safe website. His post carries two screenshots. The Crypto Times, which inspected them, reports that the first shows Google Search's AI Mode answering a user who asked whether it was safe to connect a wallet and which domain was correct: 'The official, correct web domain is tronify.rent', supported by a statement that Trust Wallet had natively integrated Tronify. In the same answer, under a heading on avoiding scams, it tells users never to approve unlimited token allowances. The Crypto Times reports that Trust Wallet's October 2025 announcement of the integration does not name tronify.rent and that a December 2024 Trust Wallet post links to Tronify's market at tronify.io. The second screenshot shows Trust Wallet notifications dated Monday, 28 September: an unlimited USDT approval to an address on the investigator's list, then 1,419.699184 USDT sent to another listed address. The Crypto Times has not verified the loss total or the victim count. No inspected source publishes the victim's own account or says the screenshots come from that victim.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-04","aiSystem":"Google Search AI Mode, a conversational search feature Google has said runs on a custom version of its Gemini models; the investigator's post attributes the answer to Gemini","aiProduct":"Google AI Mode","aiCompany":"Google","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A crypto investigator says a victim reported that Google's Gemini confirmed a fake TRON energy-rental site was safe; screenshots he posted, which no source attributes to that victim, show an AI Mode answer naming the site as the official domain and wallet notifications of an unlimited USDT approval and a 1,419.70 USDT transfer to addresses he links to the site (investigator's post, as inspected by The Crypto Times).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the victim whose report, per the investigator, said Gemini confirmed the site was safe. The investigator's figure of about 80 victims is unverified and is not tied to the AI answer, so the other victims are not counted in this case.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/10/05/google-ai-searchs-official-tronify-rent-label-raises-questions-after-69651-losses/","primarySourceLabel":"The Crypto Times, 5 October 2026: Google AI Search's 'Official' Tronify.rent Label Raises Questions After $69,651 Losses","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-06T03:13:31.387463+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T03:13:31.387463+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-search","crypto-scam","phishing","wallet-drainer","financial-loss","google"]}]}