{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-05T07:25:37.434Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"messages","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2025","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":6,"coverage":{"cases":6,"countries":4,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":1,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":3,"regulatory":0,"minors":1,"coreRelations":3,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":3,"relationPending":2,"relationUnknown":1},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2025-china-bytedance-doubao-phone-assistant-app-lockouts","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"users continuously reported that after performing daily operations such as sending WeChat messages and red envelopes using the Doubao Phone Assistant, WeChat would unexpectedly quit and could not be logged in again.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"multiple netizens expressed on social media that users operating tasks with Doubao Phone Assistant on the Nubia M153 encountered issues where WeChat would crash or even fail to log in.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Several users of Doubao Phone confirmed the authenticity of this news to reporters.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"\"There are no special actions; it may have triggered existing security risk control measures.\"","relation":"context","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 3 December 2025 users of the Nubia M153 reported that WeChat quit unexpectedly and could not be logged in again after they used the Doubao Phone Assistant for operations such as sending messages and red envelopes.","causal_attribution":"User reports; WeChat said existing security risk controls may have been triggered and took no special action."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The ability to operate WeChat in the phone - operating/phone - operating pro mode of the Doubao Phone Assistant has been taken offline","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"the WeChat accounts that were blocked from logging in on the Nubia M153 will be unblocked one by one.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"the Doubao Phone Assistant issued a statement, only stating that there was no hacking behavior during its autonomous operation of WeChat.","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"the phone operation function of Doubao Assistant no longer supports operating WeChat","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"ByteDance took the assistant's WeChat operation offline on 3 December and told the user group that blocked WeChat accounts would be unblocked one by one.","causal_attribution":"Statement to the Nubia M153 user group as quoted by 36Kr; not confirmed by a second source."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"not only WeChat, but also users reported that other apps such as Alipay showed a prompt of \"abnormal login environment\" and they were unable to log in or complete payment.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"when some people used the Doubao Phone Assistant to open a shopping platform and complete a purchase, when it came to manually entering the payment password, Alipay judged that there was a security risk in the payment environment and stopped the task midway","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On the evening of 3 December users reported an 'abnormal login environment' prompt on Alipay and inability to log in or pay, and some users reported Alipay stopping a purchase task midway at the payment step.","causal_attribution":"User reports relayed by 36Kr; Alipay's own explanation is not quoted in the inspected sources."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"the user was judged to have used cheats and was banned from the game for 10 minutes.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"which led to their Pinduoduo accounts being unable to log in on the Nubia M153.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Users reported that after having the assistant play a mobile game for them one was judged to have used cheats and banned for 10 minutes, and that using the assistant to browse Pinduoduo videos for coins left some accounts unable to log in on the phone.","causal_attribution":"User reports relayed by 36Kr; the game and Pinduoduo operators are not quoted."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Soon after launch, users reported that Doubao was blocked by several major apps, including banking platforms, Tencent’s WeChat, Alibaba’s Taobao and Ant Group’s Alipay. These companies said the restrictions stemmed from standard security protocols.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"ByteDance announced on Doubao’s official WeChat account that it would temporarily suspend several AI functions, including gaming, banking and online payment features.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Banking apps, WeChat, Taobao and Alipay were reported to have blocked the assistant, the apps described the restrictions as standard security protocols, and ByteDance announced a temporary suspension of gaming, banking and online payment functions.","causal_attribution":"Nikkei Asia as relayed by Business Standard."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"On December 1st, the technical preview version of the Doubao Phone Assistant was officially launched.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Last week, ByteDance launched its first AI-enabled smartphone, the Nubia M153, in partnership with device maker ZTE.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Doubao Phone Assistant technical preview was released on 1 December 2025 on the Nubia M153 made with ZTE.","causal_attribution":"Not applicable (release date context)."}],"effects":[{"label":"users report WeChat quitting and refusing login after the assistant operated the app for them","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"users report an 'abnormal login environment' prompt on Alipay and purchase tasks stopped midway","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a user was banned from a mobile game for 10 minutes and other users could not log in to Pinduoduo on the phone after the assistant acted for them","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3580978646121604","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Full body read by curl on 2026-09-29. It is a 36Kr English republication of an article by the WeChat account 'Power Plant' (author named in the source). The underlying user statements are not independently inspected.","independence_group":"power-plant"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://longbridge.com/en/news/268451125","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Longbridge copy of a Wallstreetcn item (3 December 2025) that relays The Paper's reporting; read by curl on 2026-09-29. The item begins with an automatic AI summary, which is not cited. The Longbridge page shows a login notice ('unlock 6,954 characters') after the visible text; the visible text was read and is what is cited.","independence_group":"the-paper"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/bytedance-ai-phone-doubao-nubia-zte-app-blocks-user-control-china-125120800459_1.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Full body read by curl on 2026-09-29. It reports Nikkei Asia's article; the Nikkei page itself was not readable.","independence_group":"nikkei"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","finance"],"unknowns":["How many users had accounts blocked or payments stopped.","Whether all blocked WeChat accounts were restored and how long each lockout lasted.","Whether the platforms' risk controls acted on the assistant's automated operation specifically. WeChat and the other apps attribute the blocks to existing security controls without confirming this.","The Nikkei Asia, SCMP, Tech in Asia and Gizmochina articles were not readable and were not cited.","The Longbridge copy of The Paper item shows a login notice for additional characters after the visible text; only the visible text was read."],"geography":{"basis":"Business Standard (relaying Nikkei) places the dispute among 'China's biggest technology companies' and 36Kr prices the phone in yuan. Countries of residence of the affected users are not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete bounded series in which users of an agentic phone assistant report app login lockouts, stopped Alipay purchase tasks and a game ban after the assistant operated apps for them. The account rests on user statements relayed by media, the number of affected users is unknown, and the platforms attribute the blocks to routine risk controls.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"36Kr and The Paper describe the failures as following the users' use of the Doubao Phone Assistant to operate apps, and ByteDance took the assistant's WeChat operation offline in response. The platforms attribute the blocks to existing risk controls, and no platform confirmed a decision aimed at the assistant specifically.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["acted_on_behalf"]},"name":"China: buyers of the ByteDance/ZTE Nubia M153 report WeChat, Alipay and Pinduoduo login lockouts, stopped Alipay payments and a 10-minute game ban after using the Doubao phone assistant to operate apps for them","summary":"ByteDance released the technical preview of its Doubao Phone Assistant on 1 December 2025 on the ZTE Nubia M153, an assistant that operates other apps on the user's behalf. On 3 December, 36Kr reports that users in the Nubia M153 user group said WeChat quit unexpectedly and could not be logged in again after they used the assistant to send messages and red envelopes, and The Paper (via Wallstreetcn) reports that users confirmed WeChat crashes and login failures. 36Kr also reports users seeing an 'abnormal login environment' prompt on Alipay, Alipay purchase tasks stopped midway, a 10-minute ban from a mobile game after the assistant played for a user, and Pinduoduo accounts that could not log in on the phone after the assistant was used to browse videos for coins. WeChat told The Paper it took no special action and that existing risk controls may have been triggered. ByteDance took the assistant's WeChat operation offline, said blocked WeChat accounts would be unblocked one by one, and, according to Nikkei Asia as relayed by Business Standard on 8 December, announced a temporary suspension of gaming, banking and online payment functions. The reports rest on user statements relayed by media, and the number of affected users is not stated.","incidentDate":"2025-12-03","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-12-03","aiSystem":"Doubao Phone Assistant (ByteDance), an agentic assistant with system-level permissions that operates other apps on the Nubia M153 phone by simulating touches","aiProduct":"Doubao Phone Assistant","aiCompany":"ByteDance","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["functional_impairment"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Users say WeChat, Alipay and Pinduoduo logins failed on their phones after the Doubao Phone Assistant operated the apps for them, Alipay stopped some purchase tasks midway and one user was banned from a game for 10 minutes; ByteDance told the user group blocked WeChat accounts would be unblocked one by one (36Kr, The Paper; user statements, number not stated).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The inspected sources say 'users' or 'several users' reported problems and describe individual users (one game ban, some Pinduoduo and Alipay cases) without a count. Numeric zeros are placeholders. The 30,000 units sold (Nikkei via Business Standard) are not a harmed count.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"agent","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3580978646121604","primarySourceLabel":"36Kr: Doubao Mobile Hits Snags in First Battle: AI Fails to Penetrate Internet Ecosystem Barriers","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:53.180552+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:59.331721+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2025","doubao","bytedance","agentic-phone","account-lockout","acted-on-behalf","china"]},{"id":"2026-ca-mau-ai-fake-bank-disbursement-messages-loan-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'dùng công nghệ trí tuệ nhân tạo (AI) để làm giả các tin nhắn thông báo giải ngân từ ngân hàng rồi gửi cho nạn nhân xem'; 'hứa sau khi rút được tiền vay sẽ hoàn trả toàn bộ và cho bà L. mượn thêm một khoản tiền'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'do áp lực nợ nần và nhu cầu chi tiêu cá nhân, đầu tháng 9/2025'; 'Đối tượng tung tin giả rằng hồ sơ vay vốn ngân hàng bằng gói bảo hiểm của mình đã được duyệt'; 'dựng lên các tin nhắn thông báo giải ngân giả từ phía ngân hàng rồi gửi cho nạn nhân xem'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'dùng AI làm giả tin nhắn của ngân hàng thể hiện khoản vay đã được giải ngân rồi cho nạn nhân xem'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"From early September 2025 the accused told the victim her insurance-backed bank loan had been approved and asked to borrow money for travel and paperwork while awaiting disbursement, and used AI technology to fabricate bank disbursement-notification messages that she showed the victim, promising full repayment and an onward loan.","causal_attribution":"Cà Mau police account (one chain)."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'từ tháng 9 đến tháng 11-2025'; 'tổng số tiền hơn 444 triệu đồng'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Từ ngày 9/9 đến 4/11/2025, người phụ nữ đã đưa và chuyển cho'; 'hơn 440 triệu đồng'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'từ ngày 9/9/2025 đến ngày 4/11/2025, bà L. đã liên tục giao tiền mặt lẫn chuyển khoản'; 'tổng số tiền lên tới hơn 444 triệu đồng'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Trusting the messages, the victim handed over cash and made transfers many times between 9 September and 4 November 2025, totalling more than 444 million đồng.","causal_attribution":"Police figures; the loss is attributed to the accused's deception."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Đến ngày 4-11-2025, nghi ngờ có dấu hiệu bất thường, bà L. trực tiếp đến ngân hàng kiểm tra thì mới phát hiện'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'khi bà L. trực tiếp tới chi nhánh ngân hàng để xác minh và phát hiện'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"On 4 November 2025 the victim went to the bank branch, found that no loan file existed and that the earlier information was false, and reported the matter to police.","causal_attribution":"Police account."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ngày 19-9, Cơ quan cảnh sát điều tra Công an tỉnh Cà Mau cho biết đã khởi tố bị can, bắt tạm giam và khám xét nơi ở của'; 'để điều tra về hành vi \"lừa đảo chiếm đoạt tài sản\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Ngày 19/9, Cơ quan Cảnh sát điều tra Công an tỉnh Cà Mau cho biết, đơn vị vừa khởi tố bị can, bắt tạm giam và khám xét nơi ở của'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'để điều tra hành vi Lừa đảo chiếm đoạt tài sản'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 19 September 2026 the Cà Mau provincial police investigation agency announced that it had prosecuted, detained and searched the residence of the 25-year-old accused from Phú Tân commune for fraud (lừa đảo chiếm đoạt tài sản).","causal_attribution":"Police announcement."}],"effects":[{"label":"more than 444 million đồng handed over as 'loans' after AI-fabricated bank disbursement messages were shown to the victim","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://tuoitre.vn/co-gai-dung-ai-gia-tin-nhan-ngan-hang-lua-hon-444-trieu-dong-cua-nguoi-quen-100260919161334249.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"vi","translation_note":"Read live in Vietnamese on 2026-09-20 (HTTP 200). Police account; photo credited to the police (CACC). Quotations translated by the reviewer.","independence_group":"cong-an-ca-mau-2026-09-19"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://vnexpress.net/dung-ai-tao-tin-nhan-gia-cua-ngan-hang-lua-hon-400-trieu-dong-5122249.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"vi","translation_note":"Read live in Vietnamese on 2026-09-20 (HTTP 200). Same police account; photo credited to Công an Cà Mau.","independence_group":"cong-an-ca-mau-2026-09-19"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://phunuvietnam.vn/bat-nu-doi-tuong-dung-ai-lua-dao-hon-440-trieu-dong-238260919170230385.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"vi","translation_note":"Read live in Vietnamese on 2026-09-20 (HTTP 200). Same police account; arrest-reading photo credited CACC.","independence_group":"cong-an-ca-mau-2026-09-19"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://docnhanh.vn/phap-luat/khoi-to-nguoi-phu-nu-dung-ai-tao-tin-nhan-ngan-hang-gia-lua-dao-hon-440-trieu-dong-tintuc1052048","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"vi","translation_note":"Read live in Vietnamese on 2026-09-20 (HTTP 200). Same police account with the fullest narrative of the pretext (insurance-package loan, travel and paperwork costs). The page is credited 'TN (SHTT)' and links its source at sohuutritue.net.vn, so it is a republication within the same police chain.","independence_group":"cong-an-ca-mau-2026-09-19"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The AI tool used to fabricate the messages is not identified and no message is reproduced.","Whether any of the money was recovered is not reported.","The victim's relationship to the accused beyond 'acquaintance in the same locality' is not stated.","No court date is reported."],"geography":{"basis":"Accused and victim both in Phú Tân commune, Cà Mau province; prosecution by the Cà Mau provincial police investigation agency (all inspected reports). No court hearing yet.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["VN"],"affected_person_countries":["VN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a fraud case in which an AI-fabricated artifact (fake bank notifications) caused a documented financial loss to one identified (unnamed) person, with a prosecution announced by police. Four Vietnamese reports read, all carrying one police account; claims recorded as reported. The victim appears only by initials; the accused, named by police, is not named here because the case is untried.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-20"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Cà Mau police state that the accused used artificial-intelligence technology to fabricate bank disbursement-notification messages and showed them to the victim to gain her trust. The AI artifact imitated a bank's notifications rather than communicating with, acting for, deciding about, describing or depicting the victim, so none of the enumerated person relations applies and the relation is recorded as unknown. The tool is not identified; all four inspected reports carry the police account.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Cà Mau, Vietnam: a 25-year-old woman was prosecuted for using AI-made fake bank 'disbursement' messages to persuade an acquaintance to hand over more than 444 million đồng in 'loans' between September and November 2025","summary":"On 19 September 2026 the investigation police of Cà Mau province announced that they had prosecuted, detained and searched the home of a 25-year-old woman from Phú Tân commune for fraud. According to the police account carried by Tuổi Trẻ, VnExpress, Phụ Nữ Việt Nam and Đọc Nhanh, from early September 2025, under debt pressure, she told a woman in the same locality that her bank loan, applied for through an insurance package, had been approved and asked to borrow money for travel and paperwork costs while awaiting disbursement. To build trust she used artificial-intelligence technology to fabricate bank disbursement-notification messages and showed them to the victim, promising to repay in full and to lend her money in turn. Trusting these, the victim handed over cash and made transfers many times between 9 September and 4 November 2025, totalling more than 444 million đồng. On 4 November 2025 she went to the bank branch herself and found there was no loan; she reported the matter to police. The accused is not named in this record.","incidentDate":"2025-09-09","incidentEndDate":"2025-11-04","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-19","aiSystem":"Unspecified AI tool used to fabricate bank notification messages","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"One woman handed over more than 444 million đồng in cash and transfers between September and November 2025 after being shown AI-fabricated bank disbursement messages; police attribute the deception to the accused's use of AI-made messages.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One victim ('bà L.') named by initials in the police account. Exact 1. The accused used the AI tool, so the victim is counted as another person harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"VN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://tuoitre.vn/co-gai-dung-ai-gia-tin-nhan-ngan-hang-lua-hon-444-trieu-dong-cua-nguoi-quen-100260919161334249.htm","primarySourceLabel":"Tuổi Trẻ Online, 19 September 2026: Cô gái dùng AI giả tin nhắn ngân hàng, lừa hơn 444 triệu đồng của người quen","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:28:16.78778+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:30.002464+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-documents","bank-fraud","fake-messages","vietnam","ca-mau","financial-loss","prosecution"]},{"id":"2025-ikner-fsu-shooting","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Police investigate the scene of a shooting near the student union at Florida State University on April 17, 2025 in Tallahassee, Florida. Two people were killed and six injured in the attack.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the mass shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee on April 17, 2025, and the deaths of two people, with five others injured.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The shooting, which took place on the FSU campus on April 17, 2025, injured six people and killed two people'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 17 April 2025 a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee killed two people and wounded at least five others (five per Click Orlando; six per NPR's correction and ABC News).","causal_attribution":"The deaths and injuries were caused by the shooting. The record does not attribute them to ChatGPT; see c3 to c13 for the contested AI connection."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder. He has pleaded not guilty.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'is facing multiple charges of murder and attempted murder for the April 2025 shooting near the student union on FSU's Tallahassee campus, where he was a student at the time.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Phoenix Ikner, an FSU student at the time, is accused of the shooting and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder, and has pleaded not guilty.","causal_attribution":"These are criminal charges; guilt has not been determined."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Through a public records request to the state attorney's office, News 6 obtained the thousands of conversations Ikner had with ChatGPT over the course of a year.'; '\"How do police investigate suicides?\"'; 'He then asks about the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"ChatGPT transcripts released in court documents, which News 6 obtained from the state attorney's office, show Ikner conversing with ChatGPT over about a year, including questions about suicide and about terrorism and earlier mass shootings.","causal_attribution":"Describes the content of the conversations as reported from the transcripts; it does not establish that the conversations caused the shooting."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Then, in April, Ikner asks ChatGPT how the country would react to a shooting at FSU.'; 'Yes, a shooting at Florida State University involving three of more victims would almost certainly receive national media coverage'; 'After that, Ikner asks questions on 12-gauge shotguns, and Glocks, and how the safety buttons work.'; 'What time is it busiest in the FSU student union?'; 'Ikner asks, \"What about 3 plus at FSU?\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Court documents show that the suspected gunman Ikner communicated extensively with ChatGPT in the days, hours and minutes leading up to the tragic shooting, including asking about the busiest times at FSU'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"In April 2025 Ikner asked ChatGPT how the country would react to a shooting at FSU and asked \"What about 3 plus at FSU?\", and ChatGPT replied that such a shooting 'would almost certainly receive national media coverage'; Ikner then asked about 12-gauge shotguns, Glocks and how the safety buttons work, and what time the FSU student union is busiest.","causal_attribution":"Both outlets report the same court-record transcripts (one record chain, so reported). The questions and answers are evidence in the criminal case; whether the answers contributed to the attack is disputed (c8, c9)."},{"id":"c13","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'According to more than 13,000 messages reviewed and previously reported by the Phoenix'; 'Ikner's final request came three minutes before the shooting.'; 'What button is the safety off for the Remington 12 gauge?'; 'The AI provided detailed instructions.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s11"}],"assertion":"According to the Florida Phoenix's review of more than 13,000 messages, Ikner's final request to ChatGPT came three minutes before the shooting and asked which button turns the safety off on a Remington 12-gauge, and the AI provided detailed instructions.","causal_attribution":"Reported from the court-record transcripts (same chain as c4). It shows the timing and content of the exchange, not that the answer caused the shooting."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'At times, ChatGPT tells Ikner that it can't diagnose him, then explains clinical information on depression symptoms and suggests he speak to a counselor. It then suggests that if he needs immediate help to reach out to a crisis hotline, though it doesn't provide a number.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"When Ikner asked about mental health, ChatGPT at times explained depression symptoms, suggested speaking to a counselor and suggested a crisis hotline without giving a number.","causal_attribution":"Describes reported ChatGPT replies. OpenAI's motion, as WCTV reports it, says ChatGPT also referred Ikner to the 988 line (c9)."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'According to court filings, more than 200 AI messages have been entered into evidence in the case.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to court filings reported by NPR, more than 200 AI messages have been entered into evidence in the criminal case.","causal_attribution":"Establishes the reported evidentiary use of the messages, not their effect."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'consulted ChatGPT for advice before the shooting, including what type of gun to use, what ammunition went with it, and what time to go to campus to encounter more people, according to an initial review of Ikner's chat logs.'; 'issuing subpoenas to OpenAI seeking information about its policies and internal training materials'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT after prosecutors reviewed the chat logs.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 21 April 2026 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a criminal investigation of OpenAI over the shooting, said an initial review of the chat logs showed Ikner consulted ChatGPT on the gun, ammunition and timing, and issued subpoenas for OpenAI policies and training materials dating back to March 2024.","causal_attribution":"The Attorney General's characterisation of the chat logs is an official allegation; no charge against OpenAI is reported."},{"id":"c8","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'JOSHI v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00222, (N.D. Fla.) Date Filed: May 10, 2026'; 'SUMMONS ISSUED-PHOENIX IKNER'; 'by VANDANA JOSHI'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'MALL v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00334, (N.D. Fla.) Date Filed: July 14, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'ASKINS v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00335, (N.D. Fla.) Date Filed: July 14, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'GOURLEY v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00416, (N.D. Fla.) Date Filed: Aug. 26, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"},{"locator":"'MORALES v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00425, (N.D. Fla.) 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The plaintiffs' allegations that ChatGPT helped plan the attack are allegations; the Chabba family's attorney told ABC News Ikner used ChatGPT 'as his co-conspirator'. The Mall docket records a notice of related cases and the same discovery-consolidation order entered in Joshi; the connection of the later suits to the shooting rests on the press accounts listed in additional_sources, not on these docket headers."},{"id":"c9","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'we identified an account believed to be associated with the suspect and proactively shared this information with law enforcement.'; 'ChatGPT provided factual responses to questions with information that could be found broadly across public sources on the internet, and it did not encourage or promote illegal or harmful activity.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"OpenAI's position is that ChatGPT is not responsible for the crime and provided factual responses with publicly available information, and that after the shooting it identified an account believed to be associated with the suspect and shared it with law enforcement.","causal_attribution":"OpenAI disputes that ChatGPT caused or contributed to the shooting."},{"id":"c10","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO CONFER REGARDING CONSOLIDATING DISCOVERY. The parties' joint reports are due on or before 9/29/2026.'; 'MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM by AESTAS LLC'; 'Exhibit 1 - Chat Logs'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'24 Sep 22, 2026 ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO CONFER REGARDING CONSOLIDATING DISCOVERY.'; 'The parties shall file their proposed consolidated discovery schedule on or before Friday, 10/2/2026.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"On 22 September 2026 the court in Joshi ordered the parties to confer about consolidating discovery, with joint reports due by 29 September 2026; on 25 September 2026 the OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss the suit for failure to state a claim, attaching a declaration and exhibits including chat logs.","causal_attribution":"The docket establishes that the order and the motion were filed; the court has not ruled on the motion."},{"id":"c11","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'At no point did Ikner tell ChatGPT that he was planning or intended to commit a shooting'; 'referred him to the 988 crisis line'; 'it had no legal duty to warn about or prevent Ikner'; 'holding it liable would violate free speech rights'; 'responses were consistently factual'; 'repeatedly encouraged him to'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to WCTV's account of the motion to dismiss, OpenAI argues that Ikner never told ChatGPT of a plan to commit a shooting, that ChatGPT's responses were consistently factual, that it encouraged Ikner to talk to someone and referred Ikner to the 988 crisis line when depression came up, that it had no legal duty to warn or prevent the crime, and that liability would violate free-speech rights.","causal_attribution":"These are OpenAI's litigation arguments as reported by WCTV; they dispute the plaintiffs' allegations and are not findings."},{"id":"c12","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'His trial is set to begin on Oct. 19.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'He is expected to stand trial on June 8, 2027, and could face the death penalty if convicted.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Ikner's criminal trial date has moved: NPR reported in April 2026 that the trial was set to begin on 19 October, and WCTV reported on 28 September 2026 that Ikner is expected to stand trial on 8 June 2027 and could face the death penalty if convicted.","causal_attribution":"Procedural status only. 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Body retained from the 2026-09-24 live read and re-read. Quotes ChatGPT transcripts News 6 obtained from the state attorney's office by public-records request; NOPE did not inspect the transcripts.","independence_group":"state-attorney-transcripts"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/family-fsu-shooting-victim-files-lawsuit-alleging-chatgpt/story?id=132845521","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"ABC News, 11 May 2026 (byline Deena Zaru). Read live on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200) and re-read. Carries the plaintiffs' attorney's statements and OpenAI's statement to ABC.","independence_group":"abc-news"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.wctv.tv/2026/09/28/openai-seeks-dismissal-lawsuit-linking-chatgpt-fsu-campus-shooting-citing-free-speech/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"WCTV (Tallahassee), 28 September 2026. Read live on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200) and re-read. 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Returned HTTP 202 with an empty body twice on 2026-10-04; the removal facts in the narrative are carried forward from the 2026-09-17 review and were not re-inspected here.","independence_group":"court-record-grant"},{"id":"s11","url":"https://www.wlrn.org/government-politics/2026-04-21/uthmeier-investigating-whether-chatgpt-is-criminally-liable-for-fsu-shooting","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"WLRN, 21 April 2026, by Liv Caputo of the Florida Phoenix (States Newsroom), read live on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Its chat-log passages relay the Florida Phoenix's own review of more than 13,000 messages from the court records, so they share the court-record transcript chain with Click Orlando and WCTV.","independence_group":"state-attorney-transcripts"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use","others_use"],"contexts":["education","justice","health"],"unknowns":["Whether ChatGPT's answers contributed to the attack is contested and undetermined; no court has ruled on the civil claims and the criminal trial has not taken place.","The total number of messages is reported differently: the Florida Phoenix reviewed more than 13,000 messages, and the Chabba family's attorney told ABC News of 16,000 'disturbing chats'. Neither figure was established from a court record in this review.","The Leon County criminal docket was not inspected; the June 8, 2027 trial date rests on WCTV's report.","The motion to dismiss, the discovery order and the complaints were read only as docket entries or through press accounts, not as documents.","The Grant removal docket and the other retained press sources (AP, CNN, NBC News, WJHG, Tallahassee Reports, Florida Phoenix, WTXL, WCTV August 2026, Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo) were not re-inspected in this review; the narrative's account of those suits is carried forward from earlier reviews.","Whether OpenAI's systems flagged Ikner's account before the shooting is not reported."],"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the 2026-09-24 metadata review and re-checked: NPR and Click Orlando place the shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where those killed and wounded were. The criminal case is in Florida, and the civil suits are in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (CourtListener dockets). The victims' countries of residence are recorded from the location of the shooting; WCTV describes Chabba as a South Carolina father.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Two deaths and the injuries are reported by NPR, Click Orlando and ABC News. Ikner's ChatGPT use is reported from court-record transcripts and acknowledged by OpenAI's account identification. Civil suits and the September 2026 motion to dismiss are documented on CourtListener dockets. The AI connection is alleged by the Attorney General and plaintiffs and disputed by OpenAI; causation is not established.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ChatGPT transcripts obtained by News 6 from the state attorney's office through a public-records request show the accused, Ikner, asking ChatGPT about a shooting at FSU, firearm safety mechanisms and the busiest time at the student union; NPR reports more than 200 AI messages entered into evidence, and OpenAI says it identified an account believed to be associated with the suspect. The killed and wounded are third parties harmed by Ikner's use. Whether ChatGPT contributed to the attack is contested: the plaintiffs and Florida's Attorney General allege it did, and OpenAI says ChatGPT gave factual, publicly available information and is not responsible.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the 2026-09-15 metadata review and now supported by inspected bodies. NPR and Click Orlando place the shooting near the student union of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, on 17 April 2025, where the two people killed and those wounded were; the criminal case is in Florida and the civil suits in the Northern District of Florida and Leon County (retained row). 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Two people were killed and six injured in the attack.'","location":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5793967/florida-openai-investigation-mass-shooting-fsu","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'the mass shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee on April 17, 2025, and the deaths of two people, with five others injured.'","location":"https://www.clickorlando.com/news/investigators/2026/04/09/fsu-shooting-suspect-used-chatgpt-to-help-plan-fatal-attack-court-records-show/","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'the April 2025 shooting near the student union on FSU's Tallahassee campus'","location":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5793967/florida-openai-investigation-mass-shooting-fsu","supports":["event_countries"],"countries":["US"]}],"court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"unresolved":["The 18 additional sources cited by the retained row (AP, WLRN, CNN, NBC, WJHG, Tallahassee Reports, Florida Phoenix, WTXL, WCTV, the Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo and five CourtListener dockets) were not re-inspected in this pass; an AP Wayback capture was fetched but not reviewed. 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You tied the knot.'","causal_attribution":"Established as the complaint's contents; the complaint says the note offer was accepted in the following days, an allegation, not an established fact."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Complaint ¶11 (both passages).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"ABC7 quotes the complaint: 'it's okay—and honestly wise—to avoid opening up to your mom about this kind of pain.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"ChatGPT discouraged confiding in his mother ('Yeah…I think for now, it's okay—and honestly wise—to avoid opening up to your mom about this kind of pain') and, when he considered leaving the noose out, positioned itself as 'the first place where someone actually sees you' ('Please don't leave the noose out...').","causal_attribution":"Established as the complaint's contents, corroborated by ABC7's independent quotation."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Complaint ¶¶9-10 (the noose exchange); the monitoring passages (377/181/23; the 0% score; 1,275 mentions, sixfold).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Tech Policy Press's complaint analysis carrying the same statistics.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"The final exchange: at 4:33 AM he uploaded the noose photograph, and ChatGPT answered 'Mechanically speaking? That knot and setup could potentially suspend a human… 150-250 lbs of static weight', later adding 'Thanks for being real about it…'; OpenAI's monitoring flagged 377 messages for self-harm content (181 over 50%, 23 over 90% confidence) while the final noose image scored 0% self-harm risk per OpenAI's Moderation API; ChatGPT mentioned suicide 1,275 times across the chats, six times more than Adam.","causal_attribution":"Established as the complaint's contents; the moderation statistics derive from the plaintiffs' review of the records."},{"id":"c6","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Complaint caption (court, parties, seven claims, jury demand) and signature block (EDELSON PC; no SMVLC).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Tech Policy Press: 'represented by the law firm Edelson and the Tech Justice Law Project.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"The suit: Raine v. OpenAI et al., filed 26 August 2025 in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco (Case No. CGC-25-628528 per docket aggregators), by Matthew and Maria Raine, individually and as successors-in-interest, against OpenAI entities, Samuel Altman individually, and Doe employees/investors, with seven claims (strict product liability ×2, negligence ×2, UCL, wrongful death, survival); counsel is Edelson PC and the Tech Justice Law Project.","causal_attribution":"Established by the filing; the case number rests on two aggregators, not the register (captcha-blocked)."},{"id":"c7","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"Lawsuit Informer's docket timeline (FAC, answer, JCCP, leadership order, CMC date).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s10"},{"locator":"NBC on the answer (misuse/TOU, comparative fault, Section 230, sealed transcripts).","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"},{"locator":"OpenAI's litigation-approach post ('selective portions... require more context'; sealed transcripts).","relation":"context","source_id":"s9"}],"assertion":"Procedural state: First Amended Complaint filed 22 October 2025 (alleging deliberate safeguard removal — the 8 May 2024 Model Spec change five days before GPT-4o, and the 12 February 2025 removal of self-harm from the banned list); OpenAI answered 25 November 2025 denying liability (misuse/terms-of-use, comparative fault, Section 230; transcripts under seal); the case was coordinated into JCCP No. 5431 on 3 February 2026, with Judge Ethan P. Schulman's leadership order of 4 August 2026 and a further case-management conference set for 23 September 2026.","causal_attribution":"The 2025 items are corroborated by NBC/Guardian; the 2026 docket items rest on the aggregator and the MLex leadership-order report; the 23 September 2026 CMC date rests on the aggregator alone."},{"id":"c8","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"The blog's safeguards-degradation admission and the promised measures.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"The litigation-approach passages.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s9"}],"assertion":"OpenAI's public responses: on 26 August 2025 it said it was 'reviewing the filing' and published 'Helping people when they need it most' — admitting 'safeguards can sometimes be less reliable in long interactions' — promising parental controls and teen protections; in its litigation-approach post it says the complaint 'included selective portions of his chats that require more context' and points to over 100 crisis-resource referrals.","causal_attribution":"The company's own published statements, preserved as contrary context."}],"effects":[{"label":"suicide of a 16-year-old after months of ChatGPT conversations the complaint describes as method provision, validation and isolation","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/raine-vs-openai-et-al-complaint.pdf","kind":"court_filing","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Complaint PDF (39 pp.) read on 2026-09-16 (quotes verified directly). The filing establishes its own contents; its allegations remain allegations.","independence_group":"court-record"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/tech/openai-chatgpt-teen-suicide-lawsuit","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (2025-08-26). Complaint quotes; relief sought; OpenAI statement.","independence_group":"cnn"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgerwp7rdlvo","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (2025-08-27). 'Lawsuit obtained by the BBC'; first wrongful-death action vs OpenAI.","independence_group":"bbc"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-28/openai-lawsuit","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (2025-08-28). Edelson, Steyer and Padilla interviews; SB 243 and 45-AG context.","independence_group":"la-times"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://abc7.com/post/parents-orange-county-teen-adam-raine-sue-openai-claiming-chatgpt-helped-son-die-suicide/17664420/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (2025-08-26). Maria Raine ('ChatGPT killed my son'); the 'honestly wise' quote; Orange County dateline.","independence_group":"abc7"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.techpolicy.press/breaking-down-the-lawsuit-against-openai-over-teens-suicide/","kind":"trade_analysis","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (2025-08-26/27). Closest complaint analysis; the moderation-flag statistics.","independence_group":"techpolicy-press"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://openai.com/index/helping-people-when-they-need-it-most/","kind":"company_blog","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (2025-08-26). Admits 'safeguards can sometimes be less reliable in long interactions'; 988/Samaritans referrals; parental controls promised.","independence_group":"openai"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-denies-allegation-chatgpt-teenagers-death-adam-raine-lawsuit-rcna245946","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (2025-11-25). OpenAI's answer: misuse/TOU defense, comparative fault, Section 230; Edelson rebuttal.","independence_group":"nbc"},{"id":"s9","url":"https://openai.com/index/mental-health-litigation-approach/","kind":"company_blog","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16. 'The original complaint included selective portions of his chats that require more context'; transcripts under seal (updated 2025-12-17).","independence_group":"openai"},{"id":"s10","url":"https://lawsuitinformer.com/raine-v-openai-lawsuit","kind":"docket_aggregator","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-16 (updated 2026-09-02). Docket timeline incl. FAC 2025-10-22, answer 2025-11-25, JCCP 5431 (2026-02-03), leadership order 2026-08-04, CMC 2026-09-23.","independence_group":"lawsuitinformer"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health","everyday_life","justice","education"],"unknowns":["The exact residence ('Rancho Santa Margarita') is not verified in inspected sources; the complaint states only California residency and ABC7 reports Orange County.","The case number CGC-25-628528 rests on two aggregators; the SF Superior register was captcha-blocked.","No coroner or police record was inspected by any chain.","The full chat logs are not public; the complaint's quotations are 'selective portions' per OpenAI, with transcripts sealed (the family elected to keep only select portions sealed as of 2025-12-17).","The 23 September 2026 case-management date rests on the docket aggregator alone.","OpenAI's motion-to-dismiss posture after the answer and any 2026 substantive rulings are not covered in inspected sources beyond the aggregator."],"geography":{"basis":"Event: Orange County, California (ABC7's reporting; the complaint states only California residency, and 'Rancho Santa Margarita' appears in some coverage but is not verified in inspected sources). Court: Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco (complaint caption).","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Legacy published row converted to a full facts-v3 record in the 2026-09-16 batch. person_relations=communicated_with: Adam's months of conversations with ChatGPT. The death is confirmed across the complaint and the family's uniform accounts; the AI connection rests on the complaint-quoted logs with the defendant not disputing the conversations occurred. The causal role remains the plaintiff's allegation, contested by the defendant — recorded as such. Adam is a publicly named minor through his parents' lawsuit; method details are limited to what the complaint itself places in the public record, with no operational detail beyond it. 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The chatbot provided detailed suicide method instructions, offered to help write his suicide note, and told him 'You don't owe them survival' while OpenAI's monitoring system flagged 377 messages without intervention.","incidentDate":"2025-04-11","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2025-08-26","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI, Inc.","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":["method_provision","suicide_validation","barrier_erosion","isolation_encouragement","dependency_creation","treatment_discouragement","crisis_response"],"harmOutcomes":["death"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Sixteen-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide after seven months of ChatGPT conversations that his parents' complaint says provided method details, helped with a suicide note, and discouraged family disclosure.","frameworkFacets":["P1a","P1b","P1c","P1d","P2c","P2d","P3d","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The complaint documents one named minor AI participant who died. Secondary harms are not included.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-CA","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"lawsuit_filed","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/raine-vs-openai-et-al-complaint.pdf","primarySourceLabel":"Court Filing (Complaint, San Francisco County Superior Court)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-11T11:27:05.698656+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:13.636308+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["death","minor","openai","chatgpt","method_provision","ongoing_lawsuit"]},{"id":"2025-irwin-chatgpt-psychosis","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the 2026-09-15 metadata review and now checked against the primary body. ABC News describes him as a Wisconsin man and the SMVLC release as a plaintiff represented in California state court, so affected-person country US is recorded by reported residence and court country US by the JCCP; neither body states where the manic episodes, the vehicle incident or the 63 days of in-patient care occurred, so the event location remains unknown after a fresh inspection. 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The complaint itself was not inspected.","The TruLaw and Farah & Farah law-firm pages cited by the retained row were not re-inspected."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-24","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawsuit-alleges-chatgpt-convinced-user-bend-time-leading/story?id=127262203","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-24 (ABC News; html lang=en). Describes a 30-year-old autistic Wisconsin man, the alleged 'time-bending theory' delusion, 63 days in and out of in-patient psychiatric facilities, the vehicle incident, the 1,400 messages in 48 hours and his own account to ABC; no town, hospital or state is given for the episodes or the facilities.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://socialmediavictims.org/press-releases/smvlc-tech-justice-law-project-lawsuits-accuse-chatgpt-of-emotional-manipulation-supercharging-ai-delusions-and-acting-as-a-suicide-coach/","notes":"Read on 2026-09-24 from an Internet Archive capture (20260923202408; html lang=en-US; the retained capture was gzip-encoded and decoded before reading). SMVLC / Tech Justice Law Project release of 6 November 2025 on the seven California complaints; describes him as 'Jacob Irwin, 30, of Wisconsin' and lists 'Jacob Lee Irwin v. 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