{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-31T06:51:43.404Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"mta","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":2,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":1,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2024-new-york-city-mta-ai-bus-lane-cameras-ticketed-legally-parked-drivers-violations-voided","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"It was a network of cameras powered by artificial intelligence, mounted on the windshields of MTA public buses.; The DOT says a human being is tasked with reviewing every one of those machine-generated infractions","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The system analyzes those images to decide if it's looking at a vehicle, Territo says — and whether that vehicle is stopped somewhere it shouldn't be.; There's supposed to be an additional level of human review, where someone from the NYC Department of Transportation looks at each video of an alleged violation before deciding whether to issue a ticket.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The MTA's bus-lane enforcement uses cameras powered by artificial intelligence mounted on bus windshields; the system analyses images to decide whether it is looking at a vehicle and whether that vehicle is stopped where it should not be, and New York City DOT says a person reviews every machine-generated violation.","causal_attribution":"NBC's description and DOT's statement; Hayden AI's own demonstration to NPR."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"In all, the MTA said A.I. cameras on the M79 and Bx35 routes mistakenly ticketed about 3,800 vehicles for blocking bus lanes. More than 870 of the faulty infractions were for cars, trucks and SUVs that were parked in perfectly legal spots.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The MTA said AI cameras on the M79 and Bx35 routes mistakenly ticketed about 3,800 vehicles for blocking bus lanes, and that more than 870 of those violations were for vehicles parked in legal spots.","causal_attribution":"MTA figures as reported by NBC New York."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"According to the MTA, the smart cameras had not been programed to know they shouldn’t issue violations to vehicles parked in the legal alternate side zones that periodically interrupt the M79 lane. The cameras also failed to realize that both the M79 and Bx35 bus routes were still in the “warning” phase of a new enforcement pattern – which means even legitimate infractions should not have resulted in monetary penalties.; there were programming kinks, both in mapping of curb areas and the timing of warnings themselves — all of which have now been resolved.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the MTA, the cameras had not been programmed to know they should not issue violations to vehicles parked in the legal alternate-side zones that interrupt the M79 lane, and both routes were still in a warning phase; an MTA spokesman described programming problems in the mapping of curb areas and the timing of warnings, since resolved.","causal_attribution":"The MTA's explanation to NBC New York."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The MTA says about 800 tickets were mistakenly issued because of a \"programming error\" by Hayden AI. In addition, the MTA says about 3,000 tickets were accidentally issued during what should have been a 60-day warning period for the bus lane enforcement zones.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The MTA told NPR that about 800 tickets were mistakenly issued because of a programming error by Hayden AI and about 3,000 during what should have been a 60-day warning period.","causal_attribution":"MTA statement to NPR; its figures differ slightly from those given to NBC."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"At first I wasn’t worried, because I know the parking rules and these are legal spots,” he said. “It turns out that the tickets kept coming though. We are up to about ten now.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"I think we're up to about a dozen or so. There were definitely over 10,\"; costing hundreds of dollars in total.; including three in a single day — and kept coming.; At first, he tried to fight them in court. But that wasn't working very well.; local TV station WNBC picked up the story.; a flurry of letters apologizing for the tickets.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"One driver says tickets for parking he knew to be legal kept arriving, about a dozen and three in one day, costing hundreds of dollars; he says he tried to fight them in court, which was not working well, and received apology letters after a local TV station broadcast his story.","causal_attribution":"The driver's own account; NPR re-interviewed the same driver, so both sources carry one witness."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"a machine-generated summons – even though photo evidence printed on the summons shows he was parked squarely in a legal alternate side parking zone.; I was not parked in the bus lane. I always triple or double check every time I park.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A second driver received a machine-generated summons although the photo printed on it shows him parked in a legal alternate-side zone; he says he was not parked in the bus lane.","causal_attribution":"The driver's account and NBC's description of the summons photo."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The DOT also declined to say how human reviewers missed the hundreds of erroneous bus lane violations issued along the M79 and Bx35 routes.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The DOT declined to comment on why those human reviewers did not catch hundreds of erroneous tickets for cars that were legally parked.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"DOT declined to say how its human reviewers missed the erroneous violations for legally parked vehicles.","causal_attribution":"DOT's non-answer to both outlets."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The MTA said all of the 3,800 mistaken violations have been reversed and any payments made prior to voiding the violations are being refunded. The transit agency also said the software misconfiguration that resulted in errant violations has been corrected.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"All violations issued in error during what was intended to be a warning period have been or are being voided. Any payments made on improperly issued tickets are being refunded.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The MTA said the mistaken violations have been reversed or voided, payments are being refunded and the software misconfiguration has been corrected.","causal_attribution":"MTA statements to NBC New York and NPR (one party)."},{"id":"c9","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"A source with knowledge of the matter identified the company behind the onboard bus cameras as Hayden AI","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Hayden AI says those programming errors have been fixed. \"Anytime there's a large program, there are going to be bumps along the road,\" said Hayden's Charley Territo. The problems in New York \"had nothing to do with the AI or the technology. It was really a configuration issue.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"An unnamed source identified Hayden AI as the company behind the cameras; a Hayden AI officer told NPR the problems in New York had nothing to do with the AI or the technology and were a configuration issue, and the company says the errors have been fixed.","causal_attribution":"Vendor identification attributed to NBC's unnamed source; the denial is the company's own statement."},{"id":"c10","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Maybe you could argue, yes, the stakes are lower. These are some parking tickets. It all worked out in the end. But, you know, our city is spending all this money. There should be some level of accountability for these programs.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The same driver told NPR that the stakes were lower than in medicine and that it all worked out in the end, while calling for accountability for such programmes.","causal_attribution":"The driver's own qualification, kept as context."}],"effects":[{"label":"legally parked drivers received machine-generated bus-lane violations until the MTA voided them","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a driver says about a dozen mistaken tickets cost hundreds of dollars and a court challenge","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/mta-bus-camera-issue-mistake-parking-violations/6020986/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-31; no translation.","independence_group":"nbc-new-york-2024-11-26"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/31/nx-s1-5213674/transit-systems-ai-cameras-bus-lanes","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-31; no translation.","independence_group":"npr-2024-12-31"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["public_services"],"unknowns":["The dates on which the mistaken violations were issued; the reports give only the 2024 route expansion and coverage in November 2024.","How the DOT's human reviewers passed the violations for legally parked vehicles; DOT declined to say.","Whether the fault lay in the camera system's zone mapping as configured by Hayden AI or in data supplied by the agencies; the MTA and Hayden AI describe it differently.","How many people, as opposed to vehicles, received mistaken violations, and how much was paid before refunds."],"geography":{"basis":"The tickets were for parking along the M79 and Bx35 bus routes in New York City, issued by the city's bus-lane camera programme.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a city transit agency's AI camera system generating bus-lane violations for vehicles parked in legal spots, which human review passed to drivers; the MTA acknowledged and voided the mistaken violations. The drivers' accounts are attributed, and Hayden AI's position that the fault was configuration rather than AI is recorded.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-31"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"NBC New York describes the enforcement cameras as powered by artificial intelligence, and Hayden AI's demonstration to NPR shows the system analysing images to decide whether a vehicle is stopped where it should not be. The MTA says these cameras generated violations for more than 870 vehicles parked in legal alternate-side spots on the M79 route because they had not been programmed to skip those zones, so the system's own violation output was wrong. DOT says a person reviews each machine-generated violation; those reviews passed the erroneous violations to drivers. Hayden AI says the fault was a configuration issue, not the AI.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about","informed_decision_about"]},"name":"New York MTA says its AI bus-lane cameras wrongly ticketed drivers parked in legal spots and voided about 3,800 mistaken violations","summary":"New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) uses cameras powered by artificial intelligence, mounted on bus windshields, to catch vehicles blocking bus lanes; the system analyses images to decide whether it sees a vehicle stopped where it should not be, and the city's Department of Transportation (DOT) says a person reviews every machine-generated violation before a ticket is issued. In November 2024 NBC New York reported that, during the 2024 expansion to new routes, the cameras on the M79 and Bx35 routes had mistakenly ticketed about 3,800 vehicles. According to the MTA, more than 870 of those violations went to cars, trucks and SUVs parked in legal alternate-side spots, because the cameras had not been programmed to skip those zones; most of the rest were issued during what should have been a warning period. One driver told NBC New York and NPR that tickets for parking he knew to be legal kept arriving, about a dozen in all and three in one day, costing hundreds of dollars; he said he tried to fight them in court, which was not working well, and received apology letters only after his story was broadcast. A second driver's summons carried a photo showing him in a legal alternate-side spot. The MTA said all the mistaken violations were reversed, payments were being refunded and the software was corrected. An unnamed source told NBC the cameras were made by Hayden AI; the MTA blamed about 800 of the tickets on a Hayden AI programming error, and a Hayden AI officer told NPR the problems had nothing to do with the AI or the technology and were a configuration issue. DOT declined to say how its human reviewers missed the erroneous violations.","incidentDate":"2024-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2024-11-26","aiSystem":"Bus-mounted AI camera system used by the MTA for bus-lane enforcement on New York City buses, identified by a source cited by NBC New York as made by Hayden AI; its violations pass to New York City DOT reviewers before tickets are issued","aiProduct":"Hayden AI bus-lane cameras (reported)","aiCompany":"Hayden AI","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Drivers parked legally received machine-generated bus-lane violations. One driver says about a dozen arrived, costing hundreds of dollars, and that he tried to fight them in court, which was not working well, before apology letters came after his story was broadcast; the MTA says it voided about 3,800 mistaken violations and is refunding payments.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Two drivers describe their own mistaken tickets (one to both NBC New York and NPR, one to NBC). The MTA's figures (about 3,800 mistaken violations, more than 870 of them for vehicles in legal spots) count vehicles, not people, so the other affected drivers are unquantified.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/mta-bus-camera-issue-mistake-parking-violations/6020986/","primarySourceLabel":"NBC New York, MTA's A.I. bus cameras issue thousands of mistaken parking violations, 26 November 2024","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-31T03:25:11.003672+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T03:25:11.003672+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["mta","bus-lane-cameras","automated-enforcement","parking-violations","public-services","new-york-city"]},{"id":"2026-kazakhstan-deepfake-celebrity-trading-fraud-series","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"Только за последние полтора месяца по стране было зарегистрировано 119 таких фактов\"; \"создают дипфейк-видео со знаменитостями и фейковые ИИ-платформы, обещающие сверхвысокий пассивный доход\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"В Казахстане за последние полтора месяца зарегистрировали 119 случаев мошенничества под видом трейдинга с использованием дипфейков, сообщили в Генеральной прокуратуре\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"\"По информации Генпрокуратуры, только за последние полтора месяца по стране зарегистрировано 119 таких фактов\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"\"Только за последние полтора месяца в стране зарегистрировали 119 фактов мошенничества\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The Prosecutor General's Office said that in the previous one and a half months 119 cases of fraud had been registered in Kazakhstan in a scheme that lures victims through social-media deepfake videos of celebrities and fake 'AI' investment platforms (named examples: 'Kaspi AI' with Mikhail Lomtadze, 'Quantum AI' with Elon Musk, 'TON' with Pavel Durov, 'people's investments' fronted by television news presenters).","causal_attribution":"Single official statement relayed by five outlets; the 119 figure is a count of registered cases, and the deepfake description is the office's characterisation of the scheme."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"\"В сентябре текущего года жительница Талдыкоргана обратилась с заявлением по факту мошенничества в особо крупном размере\"; \"перевела на счета 3-их лиц более 7 млн\"; \"По указанному факту проводится досудебное расследование\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"\"Одной из жертв мошенников стала жительница Талдыкоргана\"; \"Перечисленные ею деньги и якобы дивиденды отображались в фейковом кошельке, однако возможность их обналичить мошенники не предоставили. По указанному факту проводится досудебное расследование\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"\"Более 7 млн тенге перевела злоумышленникам жительница Талдыкоргана, поверив в рекламу о сверхприбыли от трейдинга\"; \"Вывести средства женщина не смогла\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"\"она перевела на счета третьих лиц более 7 млн тенге\".","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In September 2026 a woman from Taldykorgan reported large-scale fraud: after an Instagram advertisement offering super-profits from share trading she left her details, was contacted by the fraudsters and on their instructions transferred more than 7 million tenge to third-party accounts; the money and supposed dividends showed in a fake wallet she could not cash out; a pre-trial investigation is under way.","causal_attribution":"The office's account of one registered case, given as an example of the scheme; whether the advertisement she saw was a deepfake video is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"a woman lost more than 7 million tenge; 119 registered cases of deepfake-fronted trading fraud in about six weeks","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://kazpravda.kz/n/dipfeyki-maska-durova-i-lomtadze-kazahstancev-obmanyvayut-pod-vidom-treydinga/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Read in Russian on 2026-09-19 (Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, Dana Amenova, 16 Sep 2026), citing the Prosecutor General's press service; quotations in this record are the reviewer's translations from the Russian body.","independence_group":"kz-prosecutor-general"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://informburo.kz/novosti/dipfeiki-ilona-maska-i-pavla-durova-119-slucaev-mosennicestva-s-treidingom-zaregistrirovali-v-kazaxstane","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Read in Russian on 2026-09-19 (Informburo.kz, 16 Sep 2026). Same Prosecutor General statement, with the office's quoted description of the Taldykorgan case.","independence_group":"kz-prosecutor-general"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/kazahstanka-lishilas-7-millionov-tenge-reklamyi-instagram-608643/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Read in Russian on 2026-09-19 (Tengrinews, 16 Sep 2026). Same statement; carries the office's quoted sentence on the fake wallet and the pre-trial investigation.","independence_group":"kz-prosecutor-general"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://kazlenta.kz/120453-moshennichestvo-pod-vidom-treydinga-genprokuratura-obratilas-k-kazahstancam.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Read in Russian on 2026-09-19 (Kazlenta.kz, 16 Sep 2026, the earliest report found). Same statement.","independence_group":"kz-prosecutor-general"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://kz.kursiv.media/2026-09-16/ezif-lomtadze-mask-i-durov-daryat-milliony-kak-kazahstancev-zamanivayut-v-lzheinvesticii/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Read in Russian on 2026-09-19 (Kursiv Media, 16 Sep 2026). Same statement.","independence_group":"kz-prosecutor-general"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Whether the Instagram advertisement seen by the Taldykorgan woman was itself a deepfake video or a fake 'AI platform' page.","The number of victims and total losses across the 119 registered cases; the exact period ('the last one and a half months' before mid-September 2026).","Whether any suspects have been identified or funds recovered.","The Prosecutor General's original release text was not reached (gov.kz is JavaScript-only to this host); the record relies on five press relays of the press service."],"geography":{"basis":"Nationwide registrations in Kazakhstan per the Prosecutor General's Office; the identified victim lives in Taldykorgan (Zhetysu region). No court proceeding reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["KZ"],"affected_person_countries":["KZ"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an impersonation-fraud series with an official source: the Prosecutor General's Office reports 119 registered cases in about six weeks lured by deepfake celebrity videos and fake 'AI' platforms, and one identified anonymous victim who lost more than 7 million tenge. Five Russian-language bodies read, all relaying one official statement (claims reported); person count kept to the one identified victim plus unquantified others.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Prosecutor General's Office describes the scheme's lure as deepfake videos of celebrities and fake 'AI' platforms placed on social networks; no technical verification is published, and the statement does not say whether the Taldykorgan woman's Instagram advertisement was itself a deepfake. The AI artifacts depicted and impersonated public figures; the victims' dealings were with human fraudsters.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Kazakhstan: the Prosecutor General's Office reported 119 trading-fraud cases registered in about six weeks, lured by deepfake videos of Elon Musk, Pavel Durov and other public figures and fake 'AI' platforms; a Taldykorgan woman transferred more than 7 million tenge","summary":"On 16 September 2026 the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan warned of an investment-fraud scheme in which criminals advertise non-existent projects on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other platforms using deepfake videos of well-known people and fake 'AI' investment platforms promising very high passive income: 'Kaspi AI' with Mikhail Lomtadze, 'Quantum AI' with Elon Musk, 'TON' with Pavel Durov, and 'people's investments' in KazMunayGas or Gazprom fronted by news presenters from Khabar 24, KTK and Channel One. The office said 119 such cases had been registered across the country in the previous one and a half months. Its example: in September 2026 a woman from Taldykorgan saw an Instagram advertisement offering high returns from share trading, left her details through the link, was contacted by the fraudsters and, following their instructions, transferred more than 7 million tenge to third-party accounts; the money and supposed dividends appeared in a fake wallet that she could not withdraw from. A pre-trial investigation is under way. The office urged people not to trust guaranteed-return offers or transfer money to strangers.","incidentDate":"2026-08-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-16","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-16","aiSystem":"Deepfake videos of public figures (Elon Musk, Pavel Durov, Mikhail Lomtadze, television news presenters) and fake 'AI' investment platforms ('Quantum AI', 'Kaspi AI'); generation tools not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A woman in Taldykorgan transferred more than 7 million tenge to fraudsters after an Instagram trading advertisement and could not withdraw the supposed returns; the Prosecutor General's Office registered 119 such fraud cases nationwide in about six weeks, in a scheme whose lure is deepfake celebrity videos and fake 'AI' platforms.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One identified victim (the Taldykorgan woman, more than 7 million tenge). The 119 figure counts registered fraud cases ('фактов'), not people, so the remaining victims are unquantified. One counted plus unquantified others: partial.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"KZ","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://kazpravda.kz/n/dipfeyki-maska-durova-i-lomtadze-kazahstancev-obmanyvayut-pod-vidom-treydinga/","primarySourceLabel":"Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 16 Sep 2026: Deepfakes of Musk, Durov and Lomtadze: Kazakhstanis defrauded under the guise of trading (Prosecutor General's Office statement)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-20T03:19:45.310788+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:42.622034+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","celebrity-impersonation","investment-fraud","trading-scam","fake-ai-platform","kazakhstan","prosecutor-general","financial-loss","instagram"]}]}