{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-05T07:26:02.200Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"kodiak","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-kodiak-alaska-hunter-cited-snipe-out-of-season-after-google-ai-overview-season-date","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Incorrect information provided by a Google AI overview caused a Kodiak woman to hunt snipe illegally on Sept. 5'; 'according to Google, snipe season began on September 1st'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'according to Google, snipe season began on September 1st'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to a wildlife trooper's affidavit attached to the citation, as quoted by Alaska Beacon, the hunter searched Google for snipe season on her phone and Google said the season began on 1 September; the outlet describes the answer as a Google AI overview.","causal_attribution":"The outlet, citing the citation and affidavit, attributes the illegal hunt to the incorrect Google answer."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'she hunted three snipe but became suspicious after learning that duck season didn’t open until Oct. 8'; 'she learned that snipes are not legal to take under the general season until October 8th'; 'called troopers to self-report the violation'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She hunted three snipe on 5 September 2026, then learned that snipe could not legally be taken under the general season until 8 October and reported herself to troopers.","causal_attribution":"Affidavit as quoted by the outlet."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He said he performed a Google search identical to'; 'and received identical incorrect information'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The outlet reports that the trooper said he ran a Google search identical to hers and received identical incorrect information.","causal_attribution":"Trooper's statement as paraphrased by the outlet, which does not quote it; the search result was not reproduced in the article."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'pleaded no contest to the citation on Friday and was fined $150'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'pleaded no contest to the citation on Friday and was fined $150'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"She pleaded no contest to the citation and was fined $150.","causal_attribution":"Court outcome as reported by the outlet; the court record was not retrieved."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I feel terrible, and I have a lot of shame with it'; 'It’s incredibly embarrassing'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She told the outlet that she felt terrible, ashamed and embarrassed.","causal_attribution":"Her statement to the outlet."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'This is the first time that I think we have seen AI cited'; 'acted completely correctly once she learned about the AI-caused mistake'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A spokesman for the Alaska Department of Public Safety told the outlet it was the first time he thought the agency had seen AI cited, and that she acted correctly once she learned of the mistake.","causal_attribution":"Spokesman's statement to the outlet."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Google did not respond to an email seeking comment on the incorrect information provided by its software'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Google did not respond to the outlet's emailed request for comment on the incorrect information.","causal_attribution":"Not applicable."}],"effects":[{"label":"cited for hunting snipe out of season and fined $150 after relying on a Google answer with the wrong opening date (citation as reported by Alaska Beacon)","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"},{"label":"shame and embarrassment (her statement to the outlet)","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/28/misleading-google-ai-instructions-cause-kodiak-woman-to-be-cited-for-illegal-snipe-hunt/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-05 in full, in the Internet Archive capture of 30 September 2026; the live page returned HTTP 403 to the fetcher.","independence_group":"alaska-beacon-kodiak-snipe"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.juneauindependent.com/post/kodiak-woman-cited-for-illegal-snipe-hunt-due-to-misleading-google-ai-instructions","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-05. Republication of the Alaska Beacon article under its byline; not independent of s1.","independence_group":"alaska-beacon-kodiak-snipe"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","justice"],"unknowns":["The exact text of the Google answer and whether it was the AI Overview panel or another search feature; the result was not preserved in the reporting.","The contents of the citation and affidavit beyond the passages Alaska Beacon quotes; the court record was not retrieved.","Whether Google has corrected the answer."],"geography":{"basis":"Alaska Beacon describes her as a Kodiak woman, cited by an Alaska Wildlife Trooper, with the citation filed at the Kodiak district court in Alaska.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete account reported by a named outlet from a court citation and interviews: a person relied on an AI-generated search answer, broke a hunting regulation, reported herself and was fined. The hunter is not named here. The reporting rests on one outlet's reading of the citation and its interviews.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Alaska Beacon attributes the wrong date to a Google AI overview, citing the citation and the trooper's affidavit; the affidavit as quoted says what Google told her, and the outlet reports the trooper said an identical Google search returned identical incorrect information. The search result was not preserved in the reporting and Google did not comment.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Kodiak, Alaska: a hunter reported to have relied on a Google AI answer that snipe season opened on 1 September hunted three snipe before the 8 October opening, reported the violation to wildlife troopers and was fined $150","summary":"Alaska Beacon reported on 28 September 2026 that a Kodiak woman hunted snipe illegally on 5 September after a Google search for snipe season told her the season began on 1 September, according to a wildlife trooper's affidavit attached to a citation filed at the Kodiak district court. The outlet describes the answer as a Google AI overview. She hunted three snipe, grew suspicious on learning that duck season did not open until 8 October, checked the regulations and called troopers to report herself. The outlet reports the trooper said he ran an identical Google search and received identical incorrect information. She pleaded no contest and was fined $150, and told the outlet she felt shame and embarrassment. A Department of Public Safety spokesman said it was the first time he thought the agency had seen AI cited, and that she had acted correctly once she learned of the mistake. Google did not respond to the outlet's request for comment.","incidentDate":"2026-09-05","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"Google Search AI-generated summary (described by Alaska Beacon as a Google AI overview) answering a phone search for snipe season with an opening date of 1 September","aiProduct":"Google AI Overviews (reported)","aiCompany":"Google","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm","financial_loss","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Alaska Beacon's account of the citation, the hunter was cited for taking snipe out of season after relying on a Google answer that gave the wrong opening date, pleaded no contest and was fined $150; she told the outlet she felt shame and embarrassment.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the hunter who ran the search, was cited and was fined (Alaska Beacon). 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