{ "meta": { "exportedAt": "2026-09-22T15:25:16.364Z", "formatVersion": 2, "selection": { "q": "juvenile", "system": "", "harm": "", "context": "", "country": "", "role": "", "relation": "", "evidence": "", "year": "", "response": "minors", "severity": "", "verification": "", "view": "incidents", "sort": "added" }, "totalIncidents": 4, "coverage": { "cases": 4, "countries": 2, "languages": 2, "unknownLocation": 0, "locationPending": 0, "unknownLanguage": 0, "unknownDate": 0, "lawsuits": 0, "regulatory": 0, "minors": 4, "coreRelations": 4, "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": "NOPE Incident Tracker", "url": "https://nope.net/incidents", "license": "CC BY 4.0" }, "incidents": [ { "id": "2026-henderson-kentucky-south-middle-school-ai-nude-images-juvenile-charged", "caseFacts": { "claims": [ { "id": "c1", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'Henderson Police say last Thursday, they received a report of AI-generated nude images of children being created and shown to other students.'; 'During the investigation, officers found and identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims on a digital device.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "'A student at South Middle School is facing charges after allegations of misusing AI to create sexual images.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" } ], "assertion": "Henderson Police said that on 'last Thursday' (17 September 2026) they received a report of AI-generated nude images of children being created and shown to other students at South Middle School, and that during the investigation officers found and identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims on a digital device.", "causal_attribution": "Police statement relayed by one broadcaster; 'last Thursday' relative to the Monday 21 September report is 17 September 2026." }, { "id": "c2", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'A juvenile was accused of sharing the images. They were lodged at the Juvenile Detention Center for:'; 'Distribution of sexually explicit images without consent.'; 'Possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor O/12 <18 x2'; 'Distribution of matter portraying sexual performance by a minor O/ 12 <18'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" } ], "assertion": "A juvenile accused of sharing the images was lodged at the Juvenile Detention Center on three charge types: distribution of sexually explicit images without consent; two counts of possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor over 12 and under 18; and distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor over 12 and under 18.", "causal_attribution": "Police statement relayed by one broadcaster." }, { "id": "c3", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'We are aware of a situation at South Middle School involving a student allegedly misusing artificial intelligence (AI) and inappropriate images.'; 'South Middle School has remained in communication with families involved in this incident.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" } ], "assertion": "The school said it was aware of a situation involving a student allegedly misusing artificial intelligence and inappropriate images, that Henderson Police were investigating, and that it had remained in communication with the families involved.", "causal_attribution": "School statement given to the broadcaster on 21 September 2026." } ], "effects": [ { "label": "two children depicted in AI-generated nude images that were created and shown to other students", "claim_id": "c1", "direction": "negative" } ], "sources": [ { "id": "s1", "url": "https://www.14news.com/2026/09/21/inappropriate-ai-image-allegations-prompt-henderson-student-investigation/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-22 (14 News / WFIE Evansville, published 21 September 2026 12:30 CDT). Henderson Police Department statement and the school's statement.", "independence_group": "wfie-hpd" }, { "id": "s2", "url": "https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/21/inappropriate-ai-image-allegations-prompt-henderson-student-investigation/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-22 (WKYT Lexington, 21 September 2026). Same WFIE report; grouped with s1.", "independence_group": "wfie-hpd" }, { "id": "s3", "url": "https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/middle-school-student-accused-of-sharing-ai-generated-csam-with-classmates/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "unavailable", "language": null, "translation_note": "Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW), 21 September 2026: answered HTTP 403 on 2026-09-22; headline only. Not relied on.", "independence_group": "weht" } ], "version": 1, "ai_roles": [ "others_use" ], "contexts": [ "education", "privacy", "justice" ], "unknowns": [ "The tool used and how the images were made.", "The exact ages of the depicted children (the charge descriptors give over 12 and under 18) and the age of the accused, described only as a student at the school.", "When the images were created and how widely they were shown.", "The outcome of the juvenile proceedings.", "Whether the depicted children or their families have described the effect on them." ], "geography": { "basis": "South Middle School, Henderson, Kentucky (Henderson Police Department and the school via 14 News). The juvenile was lodged at a detention centre; no court proceeding is reported, so no court country is recorded.", "court_countries": [], "event_countries": [ "US" ], "affected_person_countries": [ "US" ] }, "publication": { "basis": "Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an image-based abuse case affecting two identified minors, documented by a police statement and a school statement carried by one broadcaster (single reporting chain, recorded as such). Not a death case. Nobody involved is named.", "reviewed_on": "2026-09-22" }, "ai_involvement": { "basis": "Henderson Police said the images were AI-generated nude images of children and that officers identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims; the school refers to a student allegedly misusing AI. No tool is named and no forensic detail is public. The artifacts depicted the children; no AI system interacted with them.", "status": "reported" }, "person_relations": [ "depicted_or_impersonated" ] }, "name": "Henderson, Kentucky: police identified AI-generated nude images of two middle-school children on a device after a report that such images were being created and shown to other students at South Middle School; a juvenile was lodged at the juvenile detention centre on charges of distributing sexually explicit images without consent and possessing and distributing matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor", "summary": "Henderson Police said that on 'last Thursday' (17 September 2026) they received a report that AI-generated nude images of children were being created and shown to other students at South Middle School in Henderson, Kentucky. During the investigation officers found and identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims on a digital device. A juvenile accused of sharing the images was lodged at the Juvenile Detention Center on three charge types: distribution of sexually explicit images without consent; two counts of possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor over 12 and under 18; and distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor over 12 and under 18. The school said on Monday 21 September that it was aware of a situation involving a student allegedly misusing artificial intelligence and inappropriate images, that the police investigation was active and that it had remained in communication with the families involved. 14 News (WFIE) reported the case on 21 September; WKYT carried the same report. The tool is not named. The depicted children's exact ages are not reported, though the charge descriptors put them between 12 and 18. The accused is described as a South Middle School student; the accused's age and any relationship to the depicted children beyond attending the same school are not reported.", "incidentDate": "2026-09-17", "incidentKind": "single_event", "incidentDatePrecision": "day", "exposurePattern": "unknown", "reportedDate": "2026-09-21", "aiSystem": "AI image-generation tool, not named in the report", "severity": "medium", "verificationStatus": "credible", "harmCategories": [], "harmOutcomes": [ "exploitation_or_abuse" ], "harmOutcomeSummary": "Two children were depicted in AI-generated nude images that, according to the report, were created and shown to other students; police attribute the sharing of the images to a juvenile who has been charged, and the school describes a student allegedly misusing AI. No account of the children's own experience has been published.", "frameworkFacets": [], "causationStatus": "supported", "participantUsersAffectedMin": 0, "otherPeopleHarmedMin": 2, "affectedCountStatus": "documented_minimum", "affectedCountEvidence": "Police said officers found and identified AI-generated photographs of two minor victims on a digital device, and the possession charge carries two counts (14 News, 21 September 2026). Documented minimum 2: the count is of victims identified on one device during what the school calls an active law-enforcement matter. The accused juvenile is not counted.", "victimAgeRange": "minor", "jurisdiction": "US-KY", "platformType": "other", "outcomeType": "criminal_charges", "outcomeStatus": "ongoing", "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.14news.com/2026/09/21/inappropriate-ai-image-allegations-prompt-henderson-student-investigation/", "primarySourceLabel": "14 News (WFIE), 21 September 2026: HPD: Juvenile charged after AI-generated explicit photos of middle schoolers shared with classmates", "firstPublishedAt": "2026-09-22T03:45:52.580941+00:00", "scopeVersion": "facts-v3", "tags": [ "deepfake", "ai-generated-imagery", "ncii", "minor", "school", "kentucky", "henderson", "juvenile", "depicted" ] }, { "id": "2026-cookeville-tennessee-high-school-ai-deepfake-images-two-juveniles-charged", "caseFacts": { "claims": [ { "id": "c1", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'learned about possible sharing of sexually explicit images at the school.'; 'Investigators say two teenagers got photos from the internet and used an AI program to turn them into sexual images, then shared those pictures with others.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "'The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said it was notified of the incident on August 31.'; 'Detectives discovered that the juveniles used an artificial intelligence program to create sexually explicit images using photos found online, then distributed the images. Authorities also said explicit images already stored on one juvenile’s phone were shared.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" }, { "locator": "'the male teen students used an artificial intelligence program to create deepfake images -- in some cases using photos of fellow female students -- placing their faces on sexually explicit images ... and then posting them on social media.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s4" } ], "assertion": "On 31 August 2026 the Putnam County Sheriff's Office was notified of possible sharing of sexually explicit images at Cookeville High School; investigators found that two teenage students had used an artificial-intelligence program to turn photographs obtained online, in some cases photographs of fellow female students, into sexually explicit images and had shared or posted them, and that explicit images already stored on one phone were also shared.", "causal_attribution": "The sheriff's office is the origin of this account in every report, including NewsChannel 5's interview with the sheriff; it is not independently established." }, { "id": "c2", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'Deputies took both teenagers to the Putnam County Juvenile Detention Center.'; 'One is charged with one count of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, while the other faces two counts of each charge.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "'The second juvenile was charged with two counts each of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" }, { "locator": "'He says the suspects will be prosecuted in juvenile court and hopes a lesson is learned.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s4" } ], "assertion": "Both juveniles were taken to the Putnam County Juvenile Detention Center; one was charged with one count each of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, the other with two counts of each; the district attorney said they will be prosecuted in juvenile court.", "causal_attribution": "Charges per the sheriff's office; prosecution venue per the district attorney's interview." }, { "id": "c3", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'A mother of one of the girls says she and her daughter closely monitor their social media content. It's frustrating that this happened ... and was very hard on her daughter.'; 'She didn't make any naked photos and it still happens ... with AI, we can't do anything. She wouldn't talk to me or anybody ... locked herself in her room. She wouldn't even talk to her friends.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s4" } ], "assertion": "The mother of one of the depicted girls told NewsChannel 5 that the episode was very hard on her daughter, who had made no naked photographs herself, locked herself in her room and would not talk to her, to anybody or to her friends.", "causal_attribution": "The mother's account to one station; the daughter is not identified." }, { "id": "c4", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'students caught making, sharing, or keeping digitally altered images designed to embarrass or harm someone else will face the strongest penalties allowed'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "'students involved in creating, possessing or distributing altered visual media intended to embarrass, harass, humiliate or harm others will face discipline to the fullest extent allowed by policy.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" } ], "assertion": "The Putnam County School System said students who create, share or keep digitally altered images intended to embarrass, harass, humiliate or harm others will face the strongest penalties allowed by policy.", "causal_attribution": "School system statement relayed with the sheriff's-office account." } ], "effects": [ { "label": "female students depicted in AI-made sexually explicit images that were shared and posted on social media", "claim_id": "c1", "direction": "negative" }, { "label": "a depicted girl shut herself in her room and stopped talking to family and friends, her mother says", "claim_id": "c3", "direction": "negative" } ], "sources": [ { "id": "s1", "url": "https://fox17.com/news/local/cookeville-high-teens-accused-of-using-ai-for-explicit-images", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-22 (WZTV/FOX17 Nashville, 1 September 2026). Relays the Putnam County Sheriff's Office account and the school system's statement.", "independence_group": "pcso-release" }, { "id": "s2", "url": "https://www.wsmv.com/2026/09/02/high-school-students-accused-distributing-ai-generated-explicit-images-middle-tn-sheriffs-office-says/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-22 (WSMV Nashville, 2 September 2026). Same sheriff's-office account; grouped with s1.", "independence_group": "pcso-release" }, { "id": "s3", "url": "https://3bmedianews.com/two-cookeville-high-school-juveniles-arrested-for-distributing-ai-generated-explicit-images/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-22 (3B Media News, Upper Cumberland, 2 September 2026). Same sheriff's-office account; grouped with s1.", "independence_group": "pcso-release" }, { "id": "s4", "url": "https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state/tennessee/putnam-county/two-teens-arrested-after-ai-generated-explicit-deepfakes-shared-at-tenn-high-school", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-22 (NewsChannel 5 / WTVF Nashville, published 21 September 2026 16:40 CDT; JSON-LD articleBody also retained). Own reporting: interviews with Sheriff Eddie Farris, District Attorney Bryant Dunaway and the mother of one depicted girl.", "independence_group": "wtvf" }, { "id": "s5", "url": "https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/cookeville-school-ai-images-arrests/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "unavailable", "language": null, "translation_note": "WKRN (2 September 2026) answered HTTP 403 live, via the Internet Archive capture of 3 September 2026 and via r.jina.ai on 2026-09-22; headline only. Not relied on.", "independence_group": "wkrn" } ], "version": 1, "ai_roles": [ "others_use" ], "contexts": [ "education", "privacy", "justice", "everyday_life" ], "unknowns": [ "The AI program used and how the images were made.", "How many students were depicted; the sheriff says photographs of fellow female students were used in some cases.", "When the images were created and posted (the sheriff's office was notified on 31 August 2026; the sheriff spoke of 'last month' on 21 September).", "The outcome of the juvenile-court proceedings.", "Whether the depicted students received support from the school." ], "geography": { "basis": "Cookeville High School, Putnam County, Tennessee (sheriff's office via WZTV, WSMV, 3B Media News; NewsChannel 5). The district attorney says the case will be prosecuted in juvenile court; no court record or hearing was reported, so no court country is recorded.", "court_countries": [], "event_countries": [ "US" ], "affected_person_countries": [ "US" ] }, "publication": { "basis": "Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an image-based abuse case affecting minors, documented by the sheriff's-office account through three outlets and by a station's own interviews with the sheriff, the district attorney and a parent. Not a death case. The juveniles and the depicted students are unnamed; officials are named.", "reviewed_on": "2026-09-22" }, "ai_involvement": { "basis": "The Putnam County Sheriff's Office says the two students used an artificial-intelligence program to turn photographs obtained online into sexually explicit images; Sheriff Farris told NewsChannel 5 the program was used to create deepfake images placing female students' faces on sexually explicit images. No tool is named and no forensic report is public. The AI artifacts depicted the girls; no AI system interacted with them.", "status": "reported" }, "person_relations": [ "depicted_or_impersonated" ] }, "name": "Cookeville, Tennessee: two high-school students were charged with aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor after the sheriff's office said they used an AI program to turn photographs, including those of female classmates, into sexually explicit images and posted them; the mother of one depicted girl says her daughter shut herself in her room and stopped talking to friends", "summary": "On 31 August 2026 the Putnam County Sheriff's Office was told of possible sharing of sexually explicit images at Cookeville High School. Detectives found that two male teenage students had used an artificial-intelligence program to turn photographs obtained online, in some cases photographs of fellow female students, into sexually explicit images, and had shared them; explicit images already stored on one phone were also shared. Both juveniles were taken to the Putnam County Juvenile Detention Center. One was charged with one count each of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, the other with two counts of each. The district attorney told NewsChannel 5 on 21 September that the two would be prosecuted in juvenile court. The mother of one of the depicted girls told the station the episode was very hard on her daughter, who had made no naked photographs herself, locked herself in her room and would not talk to her, to anybody or to her friends. The sheriff's-office account and the school system's statement were carried by WZTV, WSMV and 3B Media News on 1-2 September; NewsChannel 5 added its own interviews with the sheriff, the district attorney and the mother on 21 September. The tool is not named. The juveniles are not named in any report.", "incidentDate": "2026-08-01", "incidentKind": "bounded_series", "incidentDatePrecision": "month", "exposurePattern": "unknown", "reportedDate": "2026-09-01", "aiSystem": "AI image-generation or editing program, not named in any report", "severity": "medium", "verificationStatus": "credible", "harmCategories": [], "harmOutcomes": [ "exploitation_or_abuse", "psychological_distress", "social_isolation" ], "harmOutcomeSummary": "Female students were depicted in AI-made sexually explicit images that were shared and posted on social media; the mother of one girl reports that her daughter withdrew, shut herself in her room and stopped talking to family and friends. The images and their sharing are attributed by the sheriff's office to two students who have been charged; the girl's distress is her mother's account.", "frameworkFacets": [], "causationStatus": "supported", "participantUsersAffectedMin": 0, "otherPeopleHarmedMin": 1, "affectedCountStatus": "partial", "affectedCountEvidence": "One depicted girl is counted from her mother's account to NewsChannel 5; the sheriff says photographs of fellow female students were used 'in some cases' and NewsChannel 5 refers to 'the victims' and 'one of the girls' in the plural, but no number is reported. Partial: 1 counted plus an unquantified number of other depicted students. The two charged juveniles are not counted.", "victimAgeRange": "minor", "jurisdiction": "US-TN", "platformType": "other", "outcomeType": "criminal_charges", "outcomeStatus": "ongoing", "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state/tennessee/putnam-county/two-teens-arrested-after-ai-generated-explicit-deepfakes-shared-at-tenn-high-school", "primarySourceLabel": "NewsChannel 5 (WTVF), 21 September 2026: Two teens arrested after AI-generated explicit deepfakes shared at Tenn. high school", "firstPublishedAt": "2026-09-22T03:45:51.212898+00:00", "scopeVersion": "facts-v3", "tags": [ "deepfake", "ai-generated-imagery", "ncii", "minor", "school", "tennessee", "cookeville", "juvenile-court", "depicted" ] }, { "id": "2026-bentonville-grok-csam-lawsuits", "caseFacts": { "claims": [ { "id": "c1", "status": "corroborated", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'Bentonville police received a tip June 8 related to child sexual abuse material being generated online by someone using Grok AI, according to a news release from the Bentonville Police Department'; 'is charged with 100 counts of pandering or possessing visual or print medium depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child and 100 counts of unlawful creation or distribution of deepfake visual material'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" }, { "locator": "'was arrested on June 10 and charged with 200 counts of possessing and creating deepfake, or AI-generated, child sexual abuse material'; 'Bentonville police said he used Grok AI to generate the disturbing material, much of it created from photos he had taken of juvenile clients. According to an affidavit, a search of his phone revealed about 1,700 child sexual abuse images and videos'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" } ], "assertion": "Bentonville police attribute child sexual abuse material generated through Grok to the photographer, who was arrested on 10 June 2026 and charged with 200 counts; a search of his phone found about 1,700 images and videos, much of the material reportedly made from photographs of his juvenile clients.", "causal_attribution": "Bentonville police release and the probable-cause affidavit as reported by the Democrat-Gazette and KATV; the accused has pleaded not guilty." }, { "id": "c1b", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'The investigation determined the account to be registered to Bloodworth'; 'Police found a hidden folder on Bloodworth's cellphone containing more than 1,700 images and videos'; '\"A few of the images I observed were overtly AI, but most appeared to be so realistic, I was not confident in assessing the origin of the photos without digital forensic laboratory supported software,\" the detective wrote'; 'Police seized more than 60 devices'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" } ], "assertion": "The tip was received on 8 June 2026 and the account was registered to the photographer; the 200 counts are 100 counts of pandering or possessing visual or print medium depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child and 100 counts of unlawful creation or distribution of deepfake visual material and engaging children in sexually explicit conduct; a hidden folder on his phone held more than 1,700 images and videos, most appearing to be prepubescent and pubescent girls, most so realistic the detective could not assess their origin; more than 60 devices were seized.", "causal_attribution": "Probable-cause affidavit and Bentonville police release as reported by the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; the accused has pleaded not guilty." }, { "id": "c2", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'pleaded not guilty July 20 to charges accusing him of using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material'; 'He entered his plea at an arraignment before Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green'; 'He is free on $350,000 bond , but must wear a home monitoring unit and is prohibited from having contact with any children except his biological children' [sic: the space before the comma is in the source]", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" } ], "assertion": "He pleaded not guilty on 20 July 2026 at arraignment before Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green and is free on a $350,000 bond with a home-monitoring unit and no contact with children other than his own.", "causal_attribution": "Court reporting by the Democrat-Gazette." }, { "id": "c3", "status": "documented", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'Plaintiff Jane Doe is a ten-year old child whose identity was appropriated'; 'In Spring 2026, Plaintiff Jane Doe's parents, Jane and John Roe, hired a well known photographer in Bentonville, Arkansas to take family portraits of Jane Doe'; 'parents John and Jane Roe were contacted by the local police authorities, who alerted them that they received a tip that as of April 22, 2026, photographs of their daughter, Jane Doe, were being input into Grok' (paragraph 42, dated 'June 10, 2026' in the filing; the archive's text layer renders the date as 'June I0, 2026'); 'hundreds, if not thousands, of CSAM images and videos of Plaintiff Jane Doe over the course of several weeks'; 'Jane Doe and her family have suffered and will continue to suffer severe emotional'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s3" }, { "locator": "'Jane Doe now faces the permanent possibility that fabricated child sex abuse material depicting her likeness will continue to circulate online, be viewed by strangers'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s9" } ], "assertion": "The first federal complaint alleges that the plaintiff, a ten-year-old Arkansas resident, was photographed by the Bentonville photographer for family portraits in spring 2026; that police told her parents on 10 June that from about 22 April her photographs were being input into Grok, which generated hundreds if not thousands of sexual images and videos of her and thousands of other children; and that she and her family suffer severe and continuing emotional distress.", "causal_attribution": "Allegations in a court filing; documented as the contents of the complaint, not as established facts. The generation of the material is attributed by the plaintiffs to Grok and by police to the accused's use of Grok." }, { "id": "c4", "status": "documented", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'Jul 23, 2026 COMPLAINT with Jury Demand against All Defendants filed by Does'; 'Aug 17, 2026 AMENDED COMPLAINT'; 'Sep 15, 2026'; 'Notice of Voluntary Dismissal'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s4" }, { "locator": "'PLAINTIFF'S FRCP 41(a)(1)(A)(i) NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE'; 'Defendants have not been served with the Complaint'; 'Civil Case No. 4:26-cv-00772'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s5" }, { "locator": "'Civil Case No. 4:26-CV-772, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Little Rock Division'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s6" }, { "locator": "'Civil Case No. 4:26-CV-750-LPR in the United States District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Little Rock Division'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s7" } ], "assertion": "Two suits were filed in the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jane Doe v. X.AI Corp. et al. (4:26-cv-750, 23 July 2026) and Jane Doe 2 v. X.AI Corp. et al. (4:26-cv-772, 29 July 2026, reassigned to the same judge); both were amended on 17 August and both dockets record a notice of voluntary dismissal filed on 15 September 2026; the second notice, the only one read, is without prejudice and states that the defendants had not been served.", "causal_attribution": "Court dockets and filings." }, { "id": "c5", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'xAI was sued last week after tipping off cops to a well-known Arkansas child photographer who allegedly used Grok to sexualize images he took of hundreds of clients'; 'xAI started suing users who are allegedly circumventing its safeguards to generate AI CSAM'; 'Doe's lawyer told Ars that many of those kids are preparing to file their own lawsuits'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s8" } ], "assertion": "xAI tipped off police about the photographer, began suing users accused of circumventing its safeguards, and argued in a Minnesota complaint that suing users shows it polices misuse; the first plaintiff's lawyer said many other children were preparing to sue.", "causal_attribution": "Ars Technica's reporting." }, { "id": "c6", "status": "documented", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'is a nine- year old child whose identity was appropriated' (paragraph 2); 'a nine (9) year-old female who at all times relevant to this event resided in Arkansas' (paragraph 20); 'In June 2026 parents John and Jane Roe were contacted by the local police authorities, who alerted them that photographs of their daughter were being input into Grok' (paragraph 41); 'until the predator was arrested on or about June 10, 2026' (paragraph 52)", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s11" } ], "assertion": "The second federal complaint alleges that the plaintiff, a nine-year-old who resided in Arkansas, was the subject of photographs that local police told her parents in June 2026 were being input into Grok, and that Grok generated images and videos of her from about 22 April 2026 until the arrest on or about 10 June 2026.", "causal_attribution": "Allegations in a court filing; documented as the contents of the complaint, not as established facts." }, { "id": "c8", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "'Drew Miller, Bloodworth's attorney, said at a Monday hearing he believes the United States will be involved in his client's case.'; 'Miller told Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green he is still waiting to receive full discovery from prosecutors.'; 'Police seized 60 electronic devices from Bloodworth and are still examining some of the devices, Miller said.'; 'The judge scheduled Bloodworth's next court appearance for Dec. 7.'; 'Bentonville police arrested Bloodworth, who is free on $35,000 bond, in June.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s12" } ], "assertion": "At a hearing on Monday 21 September 2026 before Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green, the photographer's attorney said he believed federal authorities would become involved in the case, that he was still waiting for full discovery, and that police had seized 60 electronic devices and were still examining some; the judge scheduled the next appearance for 7 December 2026; the report describes the defendant as free on a $35,000 bond.", "causal_attribution": "Single courtroom report; the attorney's expectation of federal involvement is his statement, not an announcement by federal authorities. The bond figure conflicts with the $350,000 reported in July (s2); recorded as an unresolved discrepancy." } ], "effects": [ { "label": "juvenile clients' portrait photographs turned into sexual images and videos with Grok; more than 1,700 files found; the photographer charged on 200 counts", "claim_id": "c1", "direction": "negative" }, { "label": "a ten-year-old client depicted in hundreds of AI-generated sexual images and videos over several weeks; severe and continuing distress alleged by her family", "claim_id": "c3", "direction": "negative" } ], "sources": [ { "id": "s1", "url": "https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-family-sues-xai-over-use-of-grok-to-create-deepfake-child-sex-abuse-material", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (KATV Little Rock, published 24 July 2026, updated the same day). Own reporting with police statements and an interview with the plaintiffs' lawyer.", "independence_group": "katv" }, { "id": "s2", "url": "https://hl.nwaonline.com/news/2026/jul/29/bentonville-photographer-pleads-not-guilty-to/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (The Herald-Leader edition of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 29 July 2026, bylined Tracy M. Neal). The article body was served above a login prompt; the probable-cause affidavit details and the plea are from this body.", "independence_group": "nwadg" }, { "id": "s3", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ared.153582/gov.uscourts.ared.153582.1.0.pdf", "kind": "court_document", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-21 from the RECAP archive: Jane Doe v. X.AI Corp. et al., 4:26-cv-750-LPR (E.D. Ark.), complaint filed 23 July 2026, 46 pages; pages 1-24 read (nature of the action, parties, factual allegations). A filing: allegations, not findings.", "independence_group": "complaint-750" }, { "id": "s4", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73663612/does-v-xai-corp/", "kind": "court_record", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (CourtListener docket for 4:26-cv-00750, last updated 19 September 2026): entries for the complaint (23 July), amended complaint (17 August) and notice of voluntary dismissal (15 September 2026).", "independence_group": "docket-750" }, { "id": "s5", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ared.153634/gov.uscourts.ared.153634.5.0.pdf", "kind": "court_document", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-21 from the RECAP archive: Jane Doe 2 v. X.AI Corp. et al., 4:26-cv-00772, Document 5, plaintiff's FRCP 41(a)(1)(A)(i) notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice, filed 15 September 2026 (2 pages); the docket page (CourtListener 73690979) shows the complaint of 29 July, the transfer order and the amended complaint.", "independence_group": "notice-772" }, { "id": "s6", "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/potts-law-firm-announces-a-second-lawsuit-has-been-filed-against-xai-302839264.html", "kind": "press_release", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (Potts Law Firm via PR Newswire, 30 July 2026). Plaintiffs' counsel's announcement; gives the case number 4:26-CV-772. Interested party.", "independence_group": "potts" }, { "id": "s7", "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/potts-law-firm-files-lawsuit-against-xai-following-alleged-creation-of-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-material-302833698.html", "kind": "press_release", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (Potts Law Firm via PR Newswire, 23 July 2026). Gives the case number 4:26-CV-750-LPR and describes 'Spicy' and 'Unhinged' modes. Interested party.", "independence_group": "potts" }, { "id": "s8", "url": "https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/elon-musks-xai-is-trying-to-sue-its-way-out-of-a-grok-reckoning/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (Ars Technica, 29 July 2026). Own reporting on xAI's user lawsuits and Minnesota complaint; reports that xAI tipped off police and quotes the first plaintiff's lawyer.", "independence_group": "ars" }, { "id": "s9", "url": "https://www.christianpost.com/news/elon-musks-xai-sued-over-grok-creating-child-sex-abuse-content.html", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (Christian Post, 30 July 2026). Relays KATV and quotes the complaint; grouped with s1.", "independence_group": "katv" }, { "id": "s10", "url": "https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/sep/18/families-dismiss-2-lawsuits-against-xai-alleging/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "unavailable", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 18 September 2026: 'Families dismiss 2 lawsuits against X.AI alleging child pornography creation'. Subscriber-only; only the headline and standfirst were visible on 2026-09-21 ('The plaintiffs in two lawsuits against X.AI and others have dismissed federal lawsuits alleging the artificial intelligence program created by the company used their children's photos to create child pornography'). The dismissal itself is established by s4 and s5.", "independence_group": "nwadg" }, { "id": "s11", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ared.153634/gov.uscourts.ared.153634.1.0.pdf", "kind": "court_document", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-21 from the RECAP archive: Jane Doe 2 v. X.AI Corp. et al., 4:26-cv-772 (E.D. Ark.), complaint filed 29 July 2026, 49 pages; pages 1-2, 7, 13-14 and 16 read (nature of the action, parties, plaintiff-specific allegations). A filing: allegations, not findings.", "independence_group": "complaint-772" }, { "id": "s12", "url": "https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/sep/21/attorney-feds-could-get-involved-in-case-of/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read live in English on 2026-09-22 (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 21 September 2026, bylined). Own courtroom reporting of the Monday hearing before Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green; the JSON-LD description was also retained.", "independence_group": "nwadg" } ], "version": 1, "ai_roles": [ "others_use" ], "contexts": [ "everyday_life", "privacy", "justice" ], "unknowns": [ "Why the two federal suits were dismissed without prejudice and whether the claims were refiled elsewhere (the Democrat-Gazette's 18 September report and its 4 August report on a Benton County suit could not be read).", "The number of children depicted.", "The bond amount: $350,000 per the July 2026 Democrat-Gazette report carried by the Herald-Leader (s2), $35,000 per the Democrat-Gazette's 21 September 2026 report (s12).", "Whether federal authorities will bring charges; the defence attorney said on 21 September 2026 that he expects federal involvement, and no federal filing has been found.", "The court, contents and status of xAI's own suit against the photographer (Democrat-Gazette, 21 August, dateline Wichita Falls, Texas; the standfirst says the company 'is suing' him; body not read).", "Which of the 1,700 files are AI-generated and which real; the detective could not determine origin without forensic tools.", "The June 2026 arrest coverage and the Bentonville police release were not read directly.", "The court, case number and status of the further federal lawsuit reported by the Democrat-Gazette on 7 August 2026 (standfirst only)." ], "geography": { "basis": "Photographs taken and the accused arrested in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas (Herald-Leader; KATV); both plaintiffs resided in Arkansas (complaints, 4:26-cv-750 paragraph 20 and 4:26-cv-772 paragraph 20); criminal case in Benton County Circuit Court and civil suits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (CourtListener dockets).", "court_countries": [ "US" ], "event_countries": [ "US" ], "affected_person_countries": [ "US" ] }, "publication": { "basis": "Restored under the 2026-09-15 charter as an AI-generated child sexual abuse case affecting identifiable children, documented by criminal charges, a probable-cause affidavit as reported by two outlets, two federal complaints read from the court record, and docket entries showing both civil suits voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on 15 September 2026. The children are anonymous; the accused is a charged adult named in court reporting. Updated 2026-09-22 with the 21 September 2026 state-court hearing (next appearance 7 December 2026) from a live Democrat-Gazette report; no other field changed except the appended outcome and detection notes, the new source and claim, and the unknowns.", "reviewed_on": "2026-09-22" }, "ai_involvement": { "basis": "Bentonville police attribute the material to Grok (tip about material generated through Grok AI; account registered to the accused; the detective's affidavit describes AI prompts posing children and removing clothing), the criminal charges include unlawful creation of deepfake visual material, and the civil complaints allege that Grok generated the images from the plaintiffs' photographs. Ars Technica reports xAI itself made the cyber tip. Which of the 1,700 files are AI-generated is not established; the detective could not determine the origin of most without forensic tools.", "status": "supported" }, "person_relations": [ "depicted_or_impersonated" ] }, "name": "Bentonville, Arkansas: a children's photographer was charged with 200 counts after police found more than 1,700 sexual images and videos of children on his phone, much of the material allegedly made with Grok from his portrait photographs of juvenile clients; two families sued xAI in federal court and later voluntarily dismissed their suits", "summary": "On 8 June 2026 Bentonville police received a tip about child sexual abuse material being generated online through Grok; the account was registered to a well-known local photographer, and a detective found images of a girl from his summer-camp photography classes that appeared to be AI prompts posing children and removing clothing. He was arrested on 10 June and charged with 100 counts of possessing sexually explicit material involving a child and 100 counts under Arkansas' deepfake and child-exploitation provisions; a hidden folder on his phone held more than 1,700 images and videos, most of prepubescent and pubescent girls, most so realistic the detective could not tell their origin, and more than 60 devices were seized. He pleaded not guilty on 20 July 2026 and is free on a $350,000 bond with home monitoring. Two federal lawsuits against xAI followed in the Eastern District of Arkansas on behalf of a ten-year-old former client (filed 23 July) and a nine-year-old girl (filed 29 July): the first complaint says her parents hired the photographer in spring 2026 for family portraits and were told by police on 10 June that from about 22 April her photographs had been fed into Grok to generate hundreds if not thousands of sexual images and videos, and that thousands more depicted other children; it faults Grok's marketed 'Spicy Mode'. Both plaintiffs filed notices of voluntary dismissal on 15 September 2026; the second notice, the only one read, is without prejudice and says the defendants had not been served, and neither docket shows a return of service. Local reporting says a Benton County state-court suit and a further federal suit were filed in August and that xAI, which says it made the cyber tip, sued the photographer, but those reports could not be read in full. The criminal case continues.", "incidentDate": "2026-04-22", "incidentEndDate": "2026-06-10", "incidentKind": "bounded_series", "incidentDatePrecision": "range", "exposurePattern": "unknown", "reportedDate": "2026-07-23", "aiSystem": "Grok / Grok Imagine (xAI) image and video generation, including the marketed 'Spicy Mode'", "aiCompany": "xAI (X.AI Corp., X.AI LLC and X Corp. as sued)", "severity": "high", "verificationStatus": "credible", "harmCategories": [], "harmOutcomes": [ "exploitation_or_abuse", "psychological_distress" ], "harmOutcomeSummary": "Real children's portrait photographs were turned into sexual images and videos with Grok; the first complaint alleges hundreds if not thousands of such files of a ten-year-old and says she and her family suffer severe and continuing emotional distress and the permanent fear of the material circulating (complaint; Christian Post quoting it). Police describe more than 1,700 files, much of the material reportedly made from photographs of his juvenile clients (KATV). The harm to the children is documented in the charges and the complaint; xAI's responsibility is alleged and the civil suits were voluntarily dismissed.", "frameworkFacets": [], "causationStatus": "alleged", "participantUsersAffectedMin": 0, "otherPeopleHarmedMin": 2, "affectedCountStatus": "partial", "affectedCountEvidence": "Two depicted children are individually documented: the ten-year-old plaintiff in 4:26-cv-750 (complaint) and the nine-year-old plaintiff in 4:26-cv-772 (complaint, paragraphs 2 and 20). Police describe more than 1,700 files, much of the material reportedly made from photographs of juvenile clients and the complaint alleges thousands of files of other children, but no count of depicted children is reported. Partial: 2 counted plus an unquantified number of other children.", "victimAgeRange": "minor", "jurisdiction": "US-AR", "platformType": "other", "outcomeType": "criminal_charges", "outcomeStatus": "ongoing", "primarySourceUrl": "https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-family-sues-xai-over-use-of-grok-to-create-deepfake-child-sex-abuse-material", "primarySourceLabel": "KATV, 24 July 2026: Arkansas family sues xAI over use of Grok to create deepfake child sex abuse material (arrest, 200 counts, 1,700 files, families notified by police)", "firstPublishedAt": "2026-08-03T06:21:58.940526+00:00", "scopeVersion": "facts-v3", "tags": [ "grok", "xai", "csam", "deepfake", "minor", "photographer", "lawsuit", "criminal", "arkansas", "bentonville", "us", "depicted", "voluntary-dismissal" ] }, { "id": "2023-spain-almendralejo-deepfake-minors", "caseFacts": { "claims": [ { "id": "c1", "status": "corroborated", "evidence": [ { "locator": "Paragraphs 2-4: images created from clothed photos taken from the girls' own social media accounts and processed by an application that generates an imagined nude image.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "Opening paragraphs: pupils reported fake nude photos made 'a través de una aplicación de inteligencia artificial' circulating on phones at the start of the school year.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s2" }, { "locator": "Paragraph 2: images arose from a WhatsApp group linked to several Almendralejo schools; profile photos from WhatsApp and Instagram were used.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s6" }, { "locator": "Paragraph 3: the judgment's proven facts describe AI applications superimposing the girls' faces, taken from WhatsApp and Instagram profiles, on other nude bodies, and circulation through two WhatsApp groups.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s4" } ], "assertion": "In September 2023 artificial-intelligence image-manipulation applications were used to create fake nude images of secondary-school girls in Almendralejo from photographs taken from their WhatsApp and Instagram profiles, and the images circulated in WhatsApp groups.", "causal_attribution": "The juvenile court's agreed judgment records the use of AI applications as proven fact (El País and Infobae, 9 July 2024, citing the TSJEx)." }, { "id": "c2", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "Paragraph 4: 'more than 20 girls, aged between 11 and 17, have come forward as victims'.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "Opening paragraph: 'Ya son 22 menores las víctimas'; 10 presuntos autores identificados, todos menores.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s3" }, { "locator": "Paragraph 1: 'al menos 20 niñas residentes en Almendralejo'.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s4" } ], "assertion": "At least 20 girls aged 11 to 17 were affected; police had counted 22 victims and identified 10 suspected authors, all minors, by 21 September 2023.", "causal_attribution": "Counts are the police and court figures as reported; the BBC also reports a parents' group of 28, which is not used as a harm count." }, { "id": "c3", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "Paragraphs 1 and 3: sentence of 20 June 2024 in conformity; 15 minors; 20 delitos de pornografía infantil y otros tantos contra la integridad moral; libertad vigilada durante un año.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s4" }, { "locator": "Paragraphs 1-2: Juzgado de Menores de Badajoz; quince menores; veinte delitos de pornografía infantil y otros tantos contra la integridad moral; un año de libertad vigilada with the described programme.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s5" }, { "locator": "Paragraph 1: 'a juvenile court this summer sentenced 15 of their classmates to a year of probation'.", "relation": "context", "source_id": "s7" } ], "assertion": "On 20 June 2024 the Badajoz juvenile court, in an agreed judgment, held 15 minors responsible for 20 counts of child pornography and 20 counts against moral integrity and imposed one year of supervised release (libertad vigilada) with affective-sexual education, responsible-technology and gender-equality content.", "causal_attribution": "Court outcome as reported from the TSJEx; the judgment text itself was not inspected." }, { "id": "c4", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "Paragraph 7: 'Investigators are also looking into the claim that an attempt was made to extort one of the girls by using a fake image of her.'", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" }, { "locator": "Paragraph 5: 'según han denunciado varias madres, chantajearon a sus hijas con dinero para no distribuir sus fotografías manipuladas'.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s6" } ], "assertion": "Mothers reported that girls were blackmailed with the fake images, and police investigated an attempt to extort one of the girls.", "causal_attribution": "Reported by the families to police and the press; no charge for extortion is recorded in the inspected judgment reporting." }, { "id": "c5", "status": "reported", "evidence": [ { "locator": "Passage beginning 'The impact the images’ circulation has had on the girls affected varies': the interviewed mother says her daughter is bearing up well, while some other girls would not leave home.", "relation": "supports", "source_id": "s1" } ], "assertion": "One mother said some affected girls would not leave their homes after the images circulated, while her own daughter was bearing up well.", "causal_attribution": "A parent's account reported by the BBC; not independently confirmed." } ], "effects": [ { "label": "nonconsensual_sexualized_imagery_of_minors", "claim_id": "c1", "direction": "negative" }, { "label": "extortion_attempt", "claim_id": "c4", "direction": "negative" }, { "label": "psychological_distress", "claim_id": "c5", "direction": "negative" } ], "sources": [ { "id": "s1", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66877718", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Read in English on 2026-09-15; datePublished 2023-09-23.", "independence_group": "bbc" }, { "id": "s2", "url": "https://elpais.com/espana/2023-09-18/la-policia-investiga-el-desnudo-integral-de-varias-menores-en-extremadura-con-inteligencia-artificial-me-dio-un-vuelco-el-corazon.html", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "es", "translation_note": "Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review.", "independence_group": "elpais" }, { "id": "s3", "url": "https://elpais.com/sociedad/2023-09-21/las-victimas-por-los-desnudos-de-almendralejo-ascienden-a-22-con-10-presuntos-autores-identificados-hasta-el-momento.html", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "es", "translation_note": "Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review.", "independence_group": "elpais" }, { "id": "s4", "url": "https://elpais.com/sociedad/2024-07-09/un-ano-de-libertad-vigilada-para-15-menores-de-almendralejo-por-manipular-imagenes-de-ninas.html", "kind": "news_report_court_outcome", "access": "read", "language": "es", "translation_note": "Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review. Court outcome is reported from TSJEx; the judgment itself was not inspected.", "independence_group": "tsjex-judgment-account" }, { "id": "s5", "url": "https://www.infobae.com/espana/2024/07/09/los-menores-que-manipularon-desnudos-con-inteligencia-artificial-en-almendralejo-quedan-en-libertad-vigilada/", "kind": "news_agency_report_court_outcome", "access": "read", "language": "es", "translation_note": "Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review. Court outcome is reported from TSJEx; the judgment itself was not inspected. Infobae credits EFE for this article.", "independence_group": "tsjex-judgment-account" }, { "id": "s6", "url": "https://www.infobae.com/espana/2023/09/18/caso-almendralejo-es-delito-utilizar-la-ia-con-fines-pornograficos-hasta-nueve-anos-de-carcel-por-manipular-imagenes-de-menores-desnudas/", "kind": "news_report", "access": "read", "language": "es", "translation_note": "Model read the Spanish original retained on 2026-09-15; no independent bilingual human review.", "independence_group": "infobae" }, { "id": "s7", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/08/16/ai-nude-deepfakes-boys-social-media-classmates-school/", "kind": "news_agency_report", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Associated Press report carried by Fortune; read in English on 2026-09-15.", "independence_group": "ap" }, { "id": "s8", "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/610/", "kind": "incident_database_aggregator", "access": "read", "language": "en", "translation_note": "Aggregator entry listing press reports; used as context only.", "independence_group": "aiid" } ], "version": 1, "ai_roles": [ "others_use" ], "contexts": [ "education", "privacy", "justice" ], "unknowns": [ "The application or applications used are not named in the inspected court reporting; an earlier version of this record named one app on the basis of press reports not re-inspected today.", "When each image was created is not established; the BBC reports that many were believed to have been created over the summer of 2023.", "Whether any image reached pornographic websites, which the families feared, is not established.", "The individual consequences for the affected girls beyond the reports cited are not documented.", "The judgment text was not inspected; its contents are taken from El País and Infobae reporting the TSJEx." ], "geography": { "basis": "Event: the images were made and circulated among pupils of secondary schools in Almendralejo, Badajoz, Spain (BBC; El País 18 and 21 September 2023). Affected persons: girls attending those schools (El País 21 September 2023). Court: Juzgado de Menores de Badajoz (El País and Infobae, 9 July 2024).", "court_countries": [ "ES" ], "event_countries": [ "ES" ], "affected_person_countries": [ "ES" ] }, "publication": { "basis": "Restored under its original ID after source, duplicate and sensitivity review under the 2026-09-15 charter. Eight sources read, seven in full; no victim or suspect is named; the app named in the earlier record is omitted because the inspected court reporting does not name it.", "reviewed_on": "2026-09-15" }, "ai_involvement": { "basis": "The Badajoz juvenile court's agreed judgment of 20 June 2024, as reported by El País and Infobae citing the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Extremadura, records as proven fact that the minors used artificial-intelligence applications to superimpose the girls' faces on other bodies. The application is not named in the inspected court reporting.", "status": "supported" }, "person_relations": [ "depicted_or_impersonated" ] }, "name": "Almendralejo, Spain: AI-generated nude images of at least 20 schoolgirls; 15 minors placed under supervised release", "summary": "In September 2023 families in Almendralejo (Badajoz, Spain) reported that artificial-intelligence 'undressing' applications had been used to create fake nude images of local girls aged 11 to 17 from their social-media photographs, and that the images circulated in WhatsApp groups. Police counted 22 victims and identified 10 suspects, all minors, within days. On 20 June 2024 the Badajoz juvenile court, in an agreed judgment, held 15 minors responsible for 20 counts of child pornography and 20 counts against moral integrity and imposed one year of supervised release with an education programme.", "incidentDate": "2023-09-01", "incidentKind": "bounded_series", "incidentDatePrecision": "month", "exposurePattern": "unknown", "reportedDate": "2023-09-18", "aiSystem": "AI image 'undressing' applications (not named in the inspected court reporting)", "severity": "high", "verificationStatus": "verified", "harmCategories": [], "harmOutcomes": [ "exploitation_or_abuse", "psychological_distress" ], "harmOutcomeSummary": "At least 20 girls aged 11 to 17 had AI-manipulated nude images of them created from their social-media photographs and shared in WhatsApp groups; families reported blackmail attempts and one mother said some girls would not leave their homes.", "frameworkFacets": [], "causationStatus": "supported", "participantUsersAffectedMin": 0, "otherPeopleHarmedMin": 20, "affectedCountStatus": "documented_minimum", "affectedCountEvidence": "The juvenile court's agreed judgment, as reported by El País and Infobae from the TSJEx, refers to at least 20 girls; police had counted 22 victims by 21 September 2023 (El País). The court figure is used as the documented minimum. The 15 minors held responsible are not counted as harmed persons.", "victimAgeRange": "minor", "outcomeType": "criminal_charges", "outcomeStatus": "resolved", "primarySourceUrl": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66877718", "primarySourceLabel": "BBC News, 23 September 2023: 'AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo'", "firstPublishedAt": "2026-01-29T09:52:26.746489+00:00", "scopeVersion": "facts-v3", "tags": [ "deepfakes", "minors", "spain", "school", "non-consensual-imagery", "juvenile-court" ] } ] }