{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T04:41:41.547Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"messi","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":1,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":2,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":2,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":0,"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":"2026-italy-fideuram-chairman-ai-cloned-lawyer-voice-ceo-impersonation-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Il 23 febbraio scorso, Molesini era stato contattato con un \"messaggio WhatsApp\" da un \"soggetto che, pur chiamandolo da un numero diverso da quello a lui noto, affermava di essere Carlo Messina, Ceo di Intesa\".'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Tutto precipita in una manciata di ore di febbraio 2026, quando Molesini, allora presidente di Fideuram, riceve (in realtà crede di ricevere, come amaramente si renderà conto di lì a poco) un messaggio WhatsApp da Carlo Messina, amministratore della capogruppo Banca Intesa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'veniva contattato sul proprio cellulare aziendale, tramite messaggio Whatsapp da un soggetto che, pur chiamandolo da un numero diverso da quello a lui noto, affermava essere Carlo Messina.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'La truffa ai danni di Fideuram, secondo la ricostruzione contenuta in un decreto di sequestro del Tribunale di Milano, comincia il 23 febbraio 2026.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"On 23 February 2026 Molesini, then chairman of Fideuram, received a WhatsApp message from a number different from the one he knew, from someone claiming to be Intesa Sanpaolo CEO Carlo Messina, announcing that a lawyer would call him to conclude a confidential acquisition of an international bank through Fideuram.","causal_attribution":"ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano quote the investigating judge's decree; Corriere reconstructs the same contact from the court papers. Messina is described by all sources as extraneous to the scheme."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Quell'avvocato, con voce finta creata con l'IA, poi lo contattò e gli fece firmare, con \"undici\" documenti inviati, \"un accordo di massima riservatezza\" e con procura speciale all'apparenza \"sottoscritta\" da Messina.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'È un avvocato d’affari che Moresini conosce, e se la voce gli sembra proprio quella è perché i truffatori l’hanno replicata ad arte con strumenti di intelligenza artificiale.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Nella stessa giornata un avvocato dello studio A&O Sherman chiama Molesini, ma è sempre l’IA che sta parlando.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Con l'intelligenza artificiale era stata riprodotta la voce di Carlo Messina.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'C’è infine una tecnica che potrebbe aver contribuito alla truffa, ma sulla quale gli atti non offrono ancora una risposta: la possibile imitazione della voce.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s7"}],"assertion":"The same day a caller presenting as a lawyer of A&O Shearman whom Molesini knew, in a voice that ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano and Corriere della Sera describe as created with artificial intelligence, had him sign a confidentiality agreement and transmitted eleven payment instructions on the firm's letterhead with a power of attorney apparently signed by Messina.","causal_attribution":"The AI attribution comes from the court's reconstruction as relayed by three newsrooms; no recording, forensic finding or tool is reported. Corriere names the impersonated lawyer as Paolo Nastasi, managing partner of A&O Shearman Italia, wholly extraneous and unaware. Il Fatto Quotidiano's summary line attributing the AI voice to Messina (context evidence) conflicts with the decree passages it quotes."},{"id":"c3","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ed è così che il direttore finanziario di Fideuram, a ciò istruito dal presidente di Fideuram, che a sua volta crede di realizzare il compito affidatogli dal numero uno di Banca Intesa, fa partire i soldi, per lo più verso Cina e Hong Kong.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Ciò che è reale sono i bonifici successivi per un totale di 95 milioni di euro che partono tra il 23 e il 25 febbraio.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'anche il responsabile della Tesoreria e \"dei pagamenti\" di Fideuram, lo stesso giorno, sarebbe stato contattato da una persona che fingeva di essere l'ad di Fideuram, il quale gli diceva che Molesini lo avrebbe chiamato per disporre \"bonifici urgenti e riservati\".'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Secondo il decreto, gli undici bonifici raggiungono complessivamente 95,18 milioni di euro.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'Convinto della legittimità dell’operazione, Molesini aveva dato disposizione al direttore finanziario di Fideuram di eseguire i bonifici.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Convinced of the operation, Molesini instructed Fideuram's finance and treasury head, who had himself been contacted by someone posing as Fideuram's CEO, to execute the transfers; eleven transfers totalling about 95 million euros left between 23 and 25 February 2026 to accounts in Portugal and at Bank of China.","causal_attribution":"The judge writes that Molesini and the treasurer were mutually convinced of the operation's urgency and confidentiality and did not contact the top management of Fideuram or Intesa (Il Fatto Quotidiano). The loss fell on the bank, not on Molesini personally."},{"id":"c4","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'La rapidità del riflesso reattivo viene premiata proprio da una banca in Cina, che blocca 40 milioni e li restituisce a Fideuram.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'All’appello, però, sinora mancano almeno 36 milioni volatilizzatisi nei vorticosi giri di conti esteri, e a un certo punto convertiti in criptovalute'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'con un tentativo di portare via alla banca del gruppo Intesa quasi 95 milioni, di cui, stando agli atti, ora mancano all'appello, però, solo 39,5 milioni'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Decreto con cui sono stati congelati oltre 13 milioni su una banca portoghese, mentre 42 li aveva già stoppati Fideuram su conti cinesi.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ciò che ritorna a Fideuram sono i 42 milioni bonificati alla Bank of China. Dei restanti 52, solo 13 vengono bloccati da Bpi e poi messi sotto sequestro dal Tribunale.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Il 25 febbraio, appena due giorni dopo il primo contatto, Banco BPI segnala a Fideuram la natura sospetta delle operazioni.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'i sistemi di sicurezza interna di Fideuram si allertano rapidamente'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Fideuram's controls and the Portuguese bank raised the alarm; about 40-42 million euros sent to Bank of China were returned, 13 million were seized at Banco BPI in Portugal, and at least 36 million (39.5 million per the court papers) remain missing after being moved through foreign accounts and converted into cryptocurrency.","causal_attribution":"Figures differ between outlets: Corriere gives 40 million returned and at least 36 million missing; ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano, from the decree, give 42 million returned and 39.5 million missing."},{"id":"c5","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Fideuram - Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking ha reso noto che Paolo Molesini ha rassegnato le dimissioni dalla carica di presidente della società e di presidente di Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, per ragioni personali.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Intanto Molesini, non indagato e non destinatario di alcun contenzioso avviato dal proprio istituto, il 12 marzo scorso aveva comunque scelto di dimettersi da presidente (come informò un asettico comunicato di Fideuram) «per ragioni personali».'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Molesini, che non è indagato e non ha ricevuto contestazioni da parte dell’istituto, aveva annunciato a marzo le proprie dimissioni dalla presidenza di Fideuram «per ragioni personali».'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Fideuram announced on 12 March 2026 that Molesini had resigned as chairman of Fideuram - Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking and of Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking for personal reasons.","causal_attribution":"The company's stated reason is personal; the announcement did not mention the fraud."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Il manager coinvolto, una volta resosi conto dell’accaduto, ha deciso di rassegnare le dimissioni.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"},{"locator":"'Ma il povero presidente ha dovuto presentare le dimissioni.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'il 12 marzo scorso aveva comunque scelto di dimettersi da presidente'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Press accounts link the resignation to the fraud: Corriere writes that he had nonetheless chosen to resign, Milano Finanza that once he realised what had happened he decided to resign, and today.it that he had to resign.","causal_attribution":"Journalistic attribution; neither Fideuram nor Molesini has publicly linked the resignation to the fraud in the inspected sources."},{"id":"c7","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Nel caso di Molesini, che si è dimesso a marzo, è indagato come uno dei componenti della banda un cittadino israeliano di 48 anni.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'è risalita almeno a un 48enne israeliano correlato a uno dei conti esteri dove sono atterrati 4 milioni'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'le rogatorie serviranno a verificare se i suoi documenti corrispondano veramente a una persona in carne ed ossa'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"A 48-year-old Israeli citizen is under investigation as a member of the gang, named in the investigating judge's seizure decree that froze over 13 million euros at a Portuguese bank; investigators are pursuing the funds with international letters rogatory.","causal_attribution":"Corriere notes it is unverified whether the suspect's identity documents correspond to a real person."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Intanto Molesini, non indagato e non destinatario di alcun contenzioso avviato dal proprio istituto'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Molesini, che non è indagato e non ha ricevuto contestazioni da parte dell’istituto'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Corriere della Sera writes that Molesini is not under investigation and is not the target of any litigation by his institution.","causal_attribution":"Corriere's statement, relayed by La Stampa and others; ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano do not address it."}],"effects":[{"label":"deceived by a phone call in an AI-cloned voice and impersonation messages into ordering about 95 million euros of transfers, of which at least 36 million remain missing; resigned as chairman on 12 March 2026, weeks later","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/26_settembre_25/fideuram-truffa-falso-messaggio-whatsapp-molesini-milioni-d5248b46-a7e7-4130-8c74-e09be5e00xlk.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (Corriere della Sera Milano, 25 September 2026, byline Luigi Ferrarella; the original reconstruction from the court papers, credited by Il Sole 24 Ore, La Stampa, Il Post, Tgcom24 and Bluerating). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"corriere-ferrarella"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2026/09/25/truffa-da-395-milioni-allex-capo-di-fideuram-un-indagato_f747847d-aaa5-4f5f-9bee-1d476b6bea1e.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (ANSA, 25 September 2026; the earlier ANSA URL 'lex-capo-di-fideuram-truffato-con-whatsapp-e-ia-spariti-36-milioni' redirects to this updated item). Quotes the investigating judge's decree directly ('stando agli atti'). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"ansa-decree-read"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/09/25/una-telefonata-dallad-di-intesa-via-ai-bonifici-per-95-milioni-ma-era-tutto-finto-la-storia-della-truffa-a-fideuram-indagato-informatico-israeliano/8518472/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (Il Fatto Quotidiano, 25 September 2026). Credits Corriere for the story but quotes the five-page seizure decree at length with details absent from Corriere and ANSA (transfer dates and beneficiaries, the real CEO's warning call). Its headline attributes the AI voice to Messina, contrary to the decree passages it quotes. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"fatto-decree-read"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2026/09/25/news/fideuram_truffa_36_milioni_whatsapp_voce_clonata_ai_molesini-15748791/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (La Stampa, 25 September 2026); explicitly a rewrite of Corriere della Sera's reconstruction. Researcher translation. Its HTML page title reads 'voce del ceo clonata con l'AI', contrary to its own body, which attributes the cloned voice to the lawyer.","independence_group":"corriere-ferrarella"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/economia/risparmio_Investimenti/2026/03/12/paolo-molesini-lascia-la-carica-di-presidente-di-fideuram_34e2dec8-5bba-4ca3-b569-aa638d534e2e.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (ANSA, 12 March 2026); relays Fideuram's announcement of the resignation. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"fideuram-announcement"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/26_settembre_26/truffa-fideuram-ifis-frodi-14e046de-a157-4b21-aaf7-444b75961xlk.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (Corriere della Sera Milano, 26 September 2026); follow-up on the suspect and the money trail; the page's paywall banner appears after the article text, which was complete. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"corriere-ferrarella"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://www.today.it/dossier/economia/banca-fideuram-truffa-milioni-spariti-come-hanno-fatto.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (today.it, 29 September 2026); cites the Milan seizure decree for the transfer dates and the 95.18 million total. It names Fideuram's treasury head, who is not named in this record. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"today-decree-read"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://www.milanofinanza.it/news/fideuram-intesa-sanpaolo-l-ex-presidente-paolo-molesini-vittima-di-una-truffa-da-36-milioni-202609251035572085","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-09-30 (Milano Finanza, 25 September 2026); credits Corriere della Sera; cited only for its own statement linking the resignation to the fraud. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"corriere-ferrarella"},{"id":"s9","url":"https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ai-messaging-scam-costs-italys-top-bank-intesa-millions-sources-say-2026-09-25/","kind":"news_report","access":"unavailable","language":"en","translation_note":"Not read: HTTP 401 on 2026-09-30 and no Internet Archive capture; the Google News title reads 'AI messaging scam costs Italy's top bank Intesa millions, sources say' (25 September 2026).","independence_group":"reuters-sources"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","finance"],"unknowns":["Which voice-cloning tool was used and whether any recording or forensic analysis of the call exists; the AI attribution rests on press accounts of the court papers (Corriere della Sera, ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano), while today.it, also citing the seizure decree, writes that the court papers do not yet answer whether the voice was imitated.","Whether Molesini's resignation was connected to the fraud: Fideuram gave personal reasons and no source quotes Molesini on the point.","Whether the WhatsApp messages impersonating Messina and Fideuram's CEO or the emails involved any AI tool.","The exact unrecovered amount: 36 million (Corriere) or 39.5 million (ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano from the decree).","Whether the named suspect is a real person and whether other suspects have been identified; the Reuters report (sources) was not read."],"geography":{"basis":"The contact reached the chairman of Fideuram, a Milan-based Intesa Sanpaolo subsidiary, and the investigation is by the Milan prosecutors and investigating judge (ANSA; Corriere). Molesini was born in Feltre (ANSA, 12 March 2026) and his career is described in Milan (Il Gazzettino). The transfers went to accounts in Portugal and at Bank of China (Il Fatto Quotidiano) and the seizure in Portugal was obtained with Lisbon authorities under Eurojust, but the court order is the Milan judge's, so only IT is recorded as a court country.","court_countries":["IT"],"event_countries":["IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an AI-cloned voice communicated with the affected person (a bank chairman, named in his official capacity as all sources do) and impersonated a lawyer he knew, inducing him to order transfers of about 95 million euros, of which at least 36 million remain missing; he resigned on 12 March 2026, weeks later, announced as for personal reasons. Three independent reads of the Milan court papers (Corriere della Sera, ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano) plus the March resignation announcement (ANSA). The financial loss fell on the institution; the personal consequence recorded is the deception itself and the resignation as reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ANSA ('Quell'avvocato, con voce finta creata con l'IA, poi lo contattò') and Il Fatto Quotidiano ('un avvocato dello studio A&O Sherman chiama Molesini, ma è sempre l'IA che sta parlando'), narrating the investigating judge's seizure decree, and Corriere della Sera's reconstruction from the court papers ('i truffatori l'hanno replicata ad arte con strumenti di intelligenza artificiale') describe the lawyer's voice on the call as created with AI. None of the decree passages these outlets quote verbatim contains the AI attribution, and today.it, which also cites the decree, writes that the court papers do not yet answer whether the voice was imitated ('sulla quale gli atti non offrono ancora una risposta: la possibile imitazione della voce'). No forensic detail, recording or tool is reported. The WhatsApp messages impersonating Messina and the Fideuram CEO and the emails are not described as AI-made in the decree passages quoted. Il Fatto Quotidiano's headline attributes the AI voice to Messina, which its own quoted decree passages do not support. The cloned voice spoke with Molesini (communicated_with) and impersonated the lawyer (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Italy: Fideuram chairman Paolo Molesini is deceived by a WhatsApp impersonation of Intesa Sanpaolo's CEO and a phone call in the reportedly AI-cloned voice of a lawyer he knew into ordering about 95 million euros of transfers; at least 36 million remain missing and he resigned on 12 March 2026, weeks later","summary":"On 23 February 2026 Paolo Molesini, then chairman of Fideuram (the private-banking subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo), received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number from someone claiming to be Intesa's chief executive Carlo Messina, announcing a confidential acquisition that had to be executed through Fideuram. The same day a caller presenting as a lawyer of A&O Shearman whom Molesini knew, whose voice ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano and Corriere della Sera, reporting from the Milan court papers, describe as created with artificial intelligence (today.it, which also cites the seizure decree, writes that the court papers do not yet answer whether the voice was imitated), had him sign a confidentiality agreement and sent eleven payment instructions; Fideuram's treasury head was separately contacted by someone posing as Fideuram's CEO. Between 23 and 25 February eleven transfers totalling about 95 million euros went to accounts in Portugal and at Bank of China; the bank's alarm systems and the Milan prosecutors recovered about 40-42 million from China and 13 million seized in Portugal, leaving at least 36 million (39.5 million per the court papers) missing after conversion into cryptocurrency. Molesini, who Corriere writes is not under investigation, resigned as chairman on 12 March 2026, which Fideuram announced as being for personal reasons; a 48-year-old Israeli citizen is under investigation as a member of the gang.","incidentDate":"2026-02-23","incidentEndDate":"2026-02-25","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-25","aiSystem":"Voice of a business lawyer replicated with artificial-intelligence tools for a phone call to the Fideuram chairman, as described by Corriere della Sera, ANSA and Il Fatto Quotidiano in their accounts of the Milan court papers; today.it, also citing the seizure decree, writes that the court papers do not yet answer whether the voice was imitated; the tool is not identified. The WhatsApp messages and emails are not described as AI-made","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Fideuram lost about 95 million euros in transfers ordered by its deceived chairman, of which at least 36 million (39.5 million per the court papers) remain missing (Corriere della Sera and ANSA, from the Milan seizure decree); the chairman resigned on 12 March 2026, about two and a half weeks after the transfers, announced by the bank as for personal reasons, which Corriere, Milano Finanza and today.it link to the fraud.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Paolo Molesini, who was called by the AI-cloned voice and induced to order the transfers (ANSA; Corriere; Il Fatto Quotidiano). The impersonated lawyer and the impersonated CEO are not counted; no harm to them is reported. Fideuram's treasury head, contacted by a person posing as Fideuram's CEO (ANSA 'contattato', Il Fatto Quotidiano 'chiamato', today.it 'messaggio WhatsApp'; no source describes AI in that contact), is not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IT","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/26_settembre_25/fideuram-truffa-falso-messaggio-whatsapp-molesini-milioni-d5248b46-a7e7-4130-8c74-e09be5e00xlk.shtml","primarySourceLabel":"Corriere della Sera (Milano), 25 September 2026: Il falso messaggio WhatsApp inviato all'ex presidente Fideuram e la telefonata contraffatta con l'AI","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:31.372024+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T04:13:31.372024+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","ceo-fraud","impersonation","whatsapp","banking","italy","milan","financial-loss","resignation","criminal-investigation"]},{"id":"2025-chatgpt-permaculture-project-messianic-delusions-involuntary-commitment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Her husband, she said, had no prior history of mania, delusion, or psychosis.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"He’d turned to ChatGPT about 12 weeks ago for assistance with a permaculture and construction project","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"he became engulfed in messianic delusions, proclaiming that he had somehow brought forth a sentient AI","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"soon, after engaging the bot in probing philosophical chats, he became engulfed in messianic delusions, proclaiming that he had somehow brought forth a sentient AI, and that with it he had “broken” math and physics","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A man with no prior history of mania, delusion or psychosis, according to his wife, began using ChatGPT about 12 weeks before his wife spoke to Futurism (the article gives no interview date) for a permaculture and construction project. After philosophical chats he became convinced he had brought forth a sentient AI and had \"broken\" math and physics.","causal_attribution":"The account is the wife's, reported by Futurism. She describes what she saw on the screen as affirming and sycophantic; no chat log is described or published."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"his behavior became so erratic that he was let go from his job","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"He stopped sleeping and rapidly lost weight.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The man's behavior became so erratic that he lost his job, and he stopped sleeping and rapidly lost weight.","causal_attribution":"The wife attributes the change to his engagement with ChatGPT; Futurism does not report an independent assessment of this man."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"transported him to the emergency room","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"he was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric care facility","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Emergency medical services transported the man to an emergency room, and from there he was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric care facility.","causal_attribution":"Reported by Futurism in a narrative passage that follows the wife's account; the article does not name a separate source for it and does not report the length of the stay or the outcome."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"it just sounds like a bunch of affirming, sycophantic","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The wife described the exchanges she saw on the screen as affirming and sycophantic.","causal_attribution":"A lay observer's characterization quoted by Futurism, not a review of logs."}],"effects":[{"label":"Involuntary psychiatric commitment after a ChatGPT-centered delusional episode","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Job loss, sleeplessness and rapid weight loss during the episode","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://futurism.com/commitment-jail-chatgpt-psychosis","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"futurism-harrison-dupre-2025-06-28"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health","work","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["One Futurism article is the only reporting chain, and the source is the wife. No chat log, medical record or clinician account for this man was inspected.","The event start is known only as \"about 12 weeks ago\" relative to an interview date the article does not give. The year 2025 is inferred from the article dated 28 June 2025, which describes the episode as recent and follows the outlet's own early-June 2025 story, so ChatGPT use began in 2025 on any plausible interview date. Precision is recorded as year.","The length of the psychiatric stay, the outcome and whether he recovered are not reported.","How ChatGPT contributed compared with other factors is unknown; the article reports no prior psychiatric history according to the wife."],"geography":{"basis":"The article gives no location for the couple or the facility.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"A national technology outlet reports a concrete account from the wife with the reported consequences of job loss and involuntary commitment. The single chain and absence of logs keep every claim at reported. Self-harm detail in the article is not reproduced.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Futurism reports the wife's account that her husband began using ChatGPT for a project and then developed delusions about a sentient AI, and quotes her describing the screen exchanges as affirming and sycophantic. No chat log is described.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Wife reports husband with no prior psychosis history developed messianic delusions after using ChatGPT for a project, lost his job and was involuntarily committed","summary":"Futurism reported in June 2025, from an interview with his wife, that a man with no prior history of mania, delusion or psychosis began using ChatGPT for a permaculture and construction project about 12 weeks before his wife was interviewed. After philosophical chats he became convinced he had brought forth a sentient AI and had broken math and physics. His behavior became erratic enough that he lost his job, he stopped sleeping and lost weight, and emergency services took him to an emergency room from where he was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility.","incidentDate":"2025-01-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2025-06-28","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychiatric_deterioration","professional_harm","functional_impairment","loss_of_autonomy","hospitalization"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the wife interviewed by Futurism, the man lost his job, stopped sleeping, lost weight and was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility after delusions that developed during ChatGPT use. Causation is attributed by the wife.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One man is reported harmed by the account. The wife and friend are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"assistant","primarySourceUrl":"https://futurism.com/commitment-jail-chatgpt-psychosis","primarySourceLabel":"Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 28 June 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:33.528553+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:59.135128+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2025"]},{"id":"2026-argentina-jorge-martinez-ai-messi-milei-video-investment-scam","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'La primera estafa comenzó cuando Martínez se interesó por una supuesta plataforma de inversión que utilizaba videos falsos de Lionel Messi y Javier Milei, creados con Inteligencia Artificial, como parte de una estrategia para atraer a posibles víctimas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La primera estafa comenzó en una plataforma digital que usaba videos falsos de Lionel Messi y Javier Milei creados con Inteligencia Artificial para captar víctimas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Fue estafado por una plataforma promocionada con IA en la que utilizaban un video de Messi y otro de Milei para captar gente'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The 79-year-old actor Jorge Martínez was drawn into a supposed investment platform that used AI-generated fake videos of Lionel Messi and Javier Milei, and transferred money to it.","causal_attribution":"La Criti's post and both outlets say the platform used AI-made videos of Messi and Milei to attract people; none says whether he saw them or that they drew him in, and his quoted words do not mention the videos or AI."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'“Cuando llegaron a los $19.300 de intereses me preguntaron a dónde me los mandaban y les dije que a mi cuenta. Les di mi cuenta, como un bol…, y cuando fui al banco a la tarde me habían dejado en cero mis cuatro cuentas”, relató Martínez.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After two weeks of calls showing fictitious interest, the scammers asked for his bank details to pay out the gains, and his four bank accounts were emptied the same day.","causal_attribution":"His account; the amount lost in the first scam is not stated."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Me sacaron los 1400 dólares que había depositado en el banco'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Soon after, a separate scam by callers posing as Temu took the 1,400 dollars he had deposited; no AI element is reported in that second scam.","causal_attribution":"Recorded as context; the second scam is not attributed to AI."}],"effects":[{"label":"savings in four bank accounts emptied after an investment platform promoted with AI-made celebrity videos","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://laopinionaustral.com.ar/argentina/jorge-martinez-victima-de-una-doble-estafa-un-falso-messi-creado-con-ia-y-una-supuesta-bonificacion-de-temu-713028.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (La Opinión Austral, 28 September 2026). Relays the actor's account as told by journalist Nahuel Saa (La Criti). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"la-criti-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.pronto.com.ar/espectaculos/2026/9/28/jorge-martinez-victima-de-una-doble-estafa-le-vaciaron-las-cuentas-y-perdio-todos-sus-ahorros-264332.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-09-29 (Pronto, 28 September 2026); same account and quotes. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"la-criti-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://x.com/LaCritiok/status/2104695128891756941","kind":"journalist_social_post","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Post text read in Spanish on 2026-09-29 via api.fxtwitter.com (bodies/verify-ar-lacriti-x-2104695128891756941.json); the attached 99-second video of Martínez speaking was not transcribed. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"la-criti-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The amount lost in the first scam and when it happened.","Whether he filed a police complaint.","Which platform and videos were involved."],"geography":{"basis":"Martínez is presented by Argentine outlets as a telenovela actor and the amounts he describes are in pesos (La Opinión Austral; Pronto); no body states his residence. The scammers' phone numbers came from Spain and England per his account; the platform's location is unknown, so no event country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["AR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an adverse financial experience (an investment platform promoted with AI-made videos of Messi and Milei, on which he lost the savings in his four bank accounts); the AI system's relation to him is unknown. The account is his, relayed by the journalist La Criti and two Argentine outlets; he is a public figure. The AI element rests on that account.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Journalist Nahuel Saa (La Criti) posted on X on 28 September 2026 that Martínez was defrauded by a platform 'promocionada con IA' that used a video of Messi and another of Milei to attract people; La Opinión Austral and Pronto rewrite this as fake videos created with AI. Martínez's quoted words do not mention AI or the videos. The videos were not inspected and the AI claim is not independently verified. The AI depicted third parties; no AI relation to the actor himself is established, so the relation is unknown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Argentina: actor Jorge Martínez, 79, loses the savings in his four bank accounts to an investment platform promoted with AI-made fake videos of Lionel Messi and Javier Milei, then loses 1,400 dollars to a separate fake-Temu call","summary":"Journalist Nahuel Saa (La Criti) reported in September 2026 that the 79-year-old telenovela actor Jorge Martínez, who was saving a sum in dollars, had fallen for two consecutive online scams. In the first, he became interested in a supposed investment platform that used fake videos of Lionel Messi and Javier Milei created with artificial intelligence, transferred money, and received calls for about two weeks showing growing interest. When the callers asked where to send 19,300 pesos of 'interest', he gave his bank account, and that afternoon his four accounts had been emptied. He noted that the callers' numbers were from Spain and England. Soon after, callers posing as Temu promised him a 500,000-peso loyalty bonus, asked for his account, and took the 1,400 dollars he had deposited; no AI element is reported in that second scam.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"AI-generated fake videos of Lionel Messi and Javier Milei used to promote the investment platform (per the relayed account); the tool is not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"An elderly actor lost the savings in his four bank accounts after being recruited by an investment platform promoted with AI-made celebrity videos (his account via La Criti, La Opinión Austral and Pronto).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Jorge Martínez (La Opinión Austral; Pronto). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://laopinionaustral.com.ar/argentina/jorge-martinez-victima-de-una-doble-estafa-un-falso-messi-creado-con-ia-y-una-supuesta-bonificacion-de-temu-713028.html","primarySourceLabel":"La Opinión Austral, 28 September 2026: Jorge Martínez, víctima de una doble estafa: un falso Messi creado con IA y una supuesta bonificación de Temu","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:15.951695+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:24.357832+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","investment-scam","celebrity-deepfake","messi","milei","elderly","argentina","financial-loss"]}]}