{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T04:42:09.807Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"pakistan","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":2,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":1,"coreRelations":2,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-bahawalpur-teen-claude-methanol-father-nccia-arrest","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Pakistan's National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has arrested a 17-year-old student in Bahawalpur for allegedly attempting to poison his father after seeking advice from an AI, the agency said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Pakistan's National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) arrested a 17-year-old college student in Bahawalpur, Punjab, for allegedly attempting to poison his father, the arrest being announced on 23 September 2026.","causal_attribution":"Agency account of the arrest. The suspect has not been convicted; the allegations are untested."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The teenager allegedly poisoned his father once, but the attempt had no effect.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The FIR said digital evidence shared with Pakistani authorities indicated that the user had allegedly made an initial attempt to poison his father by mixing laboratory-grade methanol into his food.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to the NCCIA and the First Information Report, the teenager had earlier administered a home-made substance to his father once, described in the FIR as laboratory-grade methanol mixed into his food, and the attempt had no effect.","causal_attribution":"The alleged poisoning attempt preceded the reported chatbot consultation; no AI role in the first attempt is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'When the attempt failed, he consulted Claude’s chatbot on September 12, telling it his father had “accidentally” ingested 15–20ml of methanol mixed with food but that nothing happened, and asked the chatbot to explain why.'; 'When Claude refused to guide him further, the boy wrote:'; 'He reportedly then consulted Grok (xAI) and ChatGPT (OpenAI) as well.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'After the attempt failed, he allegedly sought further information from the AI about abrin, a toxic substance derived from rosary peas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"After the attempt failed, the teenager consulted Anthropic's Claude chatbot; according to The News, on 12 September 2026 he told it his father had 'accidentally' ingested 15 to 20 ml of methanol mixed with food without effect and asked why, Claude refused to guide him further, and he then reportedly turned to Grok and ChatGPT. The FIR, as reported, says he sought information from the AI about abrin.","causal_attribution":"Investigators' account of the chat content. No transcript was published and no chatbot reply beyond the refusal is reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Activities of both were reported by Anthropic to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which subsequently conveyed the information to Pakistani authorities.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'According to the First Information Report (FIR) registered in the case, the FBI information was conveyed to the NCCIA by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs through an official communication on September 22.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Anthropic reported the activity to the FBI, whose information reached the NCCIA through Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 22 September 2026, and the NCCIA traced and arrested the teenager on that basis.","causal_attribution":"The provider's report of the chats led to the referral and arrest, as reported. No public confirmation by Anthropic, the FBI or the foreign ministry is reported in the read sources."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A court has since granted him bail after his father forgave him, even if he had been planning something sinister.'; 'he also refused to admit to any planning'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"A court later granted the teenager bail after his father forgave him; the teenager did not admit to any planning.","causal_attribution":"Single-outlet report of the procedural outcome, attributed to the investigating agency context."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He later sought further guidance from an AI chatbot, asking how to administer a poison that would kill his father without anyone finding out, according to the NCCIA.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'had asked various AI chatbots for information on how to produce methanol'; 'the suspect turned to AI and asked what reaction methanol would cause in the human body if ingested, and what effects it would have on the liver'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"NCCIA accounts of what the teenager asked the AI differ: the agency's 23 September statement said he asked how to administer a poison that would kill his father undetected; the agency statement reported by The Media Line said he asked various chatbots how to produce methanol; and the NCCIA director said he asked what reaction methanol would cause in the human body and its effects on the liver. No read source reports any chatbot supplying such guidance.","causal_attribution":"Agency descriptions of the queries; replies are reported only for Claude (a refusal, per The News)."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'His aim was to experiment with producing biodiesel from methanol by using sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide in the process.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'His father supported him throughout.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The NCCIA director said the teenager had an interest in chemistry and aimed to experiment with producing biodiesel from methanol, and The News reports that his father supported him throughout.","causal_attribution":"Contrary context: an innocent explanation for the chemicals given by the investigating director, and the father's support for his son."}],"effects":[{"label":"father reportedly fed methanol in his food by his son, with no reported effect","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"17-year-old arrested and detained after an AI provider's report reached Pakistani investigators; later bailed","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1417323-pakistani-breaking-bad-fan-arrested-for-trying-to-poison-father-with-ai-help","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-29 (published 23 September 2026). Relays the NCCIA spokesperson statement.","independence_group":"nccia-investigation"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://themedialine.org/headlines/fbi-tip-leads-to-arrest-of-pakistani-teen-in-ai-poison-plot/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-29 (26 September 2026). Reports the First Information Report and the NCCIA statement; the FIR itself was not inspected. The Jerusalem Post republished the same Media Line text (27 September 2026).","independence_group":"nccia-investigation"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.thenews.pk/print/1440108-chatbot-that-called-fbi-inside-two-ai-linked-murder-plots-in-pakistan","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-09-29 (print edition dated 29 September 2026; online from 28 September 19:00 UTC). Attributes its details to NCCIA investigators and officials; treated as the same investigative chain as the agency statement.","independence_group":"nccia-investigation"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["The date of the methanol attempt, and whether the father needed medical attention.","The full content of the chats and any replies from Grok or ChatGPT.","The charges framed and the date and court of the bail order.","Independent confirmation of the referral by Anthropic, the FBI or Pakistan's foreign ministry.","Whether the father's ingestion is established by evidence other than the teenager's own chat statements flagged to the FBI; the 15 to 20 ml quantity is the teenager's figure."],"geography":{"basis":"The arrest took place in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan, where the family lives and where a court granted bail (The News).","court_countries":["PK"],"event_countries":["PK"],"affected_person_countries":["PK"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (the teenager communicated with Claude about a poisoning his father had survived, and the provider's report led to his arrest). All read accounts derive from the NCCIA investigation (agency statement, FIR and investigators); the allegations are untested. The suspect is a minor and is not named. No injury to the father is reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The NCCIA's FIR, as reported by The Media Line, says FBI information described a Claude user researching lethal toxic substances; The News reports investigators' account that the teenager consulted Claude on 12 September after the methanol attempt, that Claude refused further guidance, and that Anthropic reported the activity to the FBI. The first poisoning attempt preceded the reported chatbot use. Agency accounts of the queries differ (c6); no read source reports that any chatbot provided poisoning guidance.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Bahawalpur, Pakistan: a 17-year-old accused of putting methanol in his father's food is arrested after Anthropic reported his Claude chats about the failed poisoning to the FBI, which alerted Pakistan's cybercrime agency; he was later bailed","summary":"Pakistan's National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) announced on 23 September 2026 that it had arrested a 17-year-old college student in Bahawalpur for allegedly attempting to poison his father. According to the agency and the First Information Report, the teenager had set up a home laboratory, obtained chemicals from Australia and Islamabad, and once mixed laboratory-grade methanol into his father's food, without effect. The News reports investigators' account that on 12 September he told Anthropic's Claude that his father had 'accidentally' ingested 15 to 20 ml of methanol with food without effect and asked why, that Claude refused to guide him further, and that he then turned to Grok and ChatGPT; the FIR says he sought information about the toxin abrin. Anthropic reported the activity to the FBI, whose information reached the NCCIA through Pakistan's foreign ministry on 22 September. Officers traced the teenager, seized his phone and chemicals, and took him into custody. The News reports that a court later granted him bail after his father forgave him and that he denied any plan. The allegations are untested.","incidentDate":"2026-09-12","incidentEndDate":"2026-09-23","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-23","aiSystem":"Claude (Anthropic), consulted by the teenager and whose provider reported the activity, per the FIR as reported by The Media Line and investigators via The News; The News also reports later use of Grok (xAI) and ChatGPT (OpenAI)","aiProduct":"Claude (reported)","aiCompany":"Anthropic","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm","loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A 17-year-old was arrested and detained on an allegation of trying to poison his father with methanol, after his chatbot queries about the failed attempt were reported by the AI provider to the FBI and passed to Pakistani investigators; he was later bailed (NCCIA via The News and The Media Line).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One AI participant, the 17-year-old who was arrested and detained (NCCIA via The News and The Media Line). The father ingested methanol with no reported effect and is not counted as harmed. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"PK","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://themedialine.org/headlines/fbi-tip-leads-to-arrest-of-pakistani-teen-in-ai-poison-plot/","primarySourceLabel":"The Media Line, 26 September 2026: FBI Tip Leads to Arrest of Pakistani Teen in AI Poison Plot","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:22:04.379946+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:25.345905+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatbot","claude","anthropic","provider-report","law-enforcement-referral","poisoning","methanol","minor","pakistan","nccia","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2026-tamil-nadu-cm-vijay-deepfake-financial-aid-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'deepfake videos in which Vijay was shown speaking in Hindi and asking people to contact a WhatsApp number'; 'arrested on September 12 and handed over to Tamil Nadu Police'; 'A case was registered in Tamil Nadu on Sept 1'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'an AI-generated version of Vijay speaking in a fabricated Hindi voice'; 'arrested on September 12 in Alwar district'; 'registered a case on September 1'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"AI-generated videos showing a simulated Chief Minister Vijay with a Hindi voice-over asked viewers to contact a WhatsApp number for financial aid; the CB-CID registered a case on 1 September 2026 and on 12 September a 28-year-old Alwar man was arrested and remanded in Tamil Nadu.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the Rajasthan police side (TOI) and the Tamil Nadu CB-CID side (India Today) independently."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'used to cheat several people in Madhya Pradesh and other states'; 'The CBCID also traced a man in Madhya Pradesh who had lost money in the fraud'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'the scam had already claimed victims in Madhya Pradesh and other states'; 'statements from a victim in Madhya Pradesh'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'attempts were made to cheat people in several states, including Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan'.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"People in Madhya Pradesh and other states lost money to the scheme; the CB-CID traced a Madhya Pradesh man who lost money and recorded his statement.","causal_attribution":"Police account; TOI's Rajasthan-side wording ('attempts were made to cheat') is weaker than the CB-CID's ('lost money'), so the claim is recorded as reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"people in Madhya Pradesh and other states lost money to deepfake 'financial assistance' videos of the Chief Minister; one victim documented","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/raj-man-held-for-ai-deepfake-fraud-using-tamil-nadu-cm-vijays-videos/articleshow/134294900.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-18 (Times of India, Jaipur, 16 Sep 2026). Rajasthan-side account with Alwar SP and Lakshmangarh station quotations.","independence_group":"toi-jaipur"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cm-vijay-ai-deepfake-scam-tamil-nadu-cbcid-arrests-rajasthan-man-2994535-2026-09-14","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-18 (India Today, 14 Sep 2026). CB-CID account including the Madhya Pradesh victim and the Pakistan-linked accounts.","independence_group":"cbcid-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.newspointapp.com/english/top-news/rajasthan-man-held-for-circulating-deepfake-video-of-tn-cm-udayavani/articleshow/1450482066292b26f3fe72876b1dda49906109bd","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-18 via the MSN content API copy (Udayavani/PTI, 15 Sep 2026). Official-release account; same chain as the CB-CID statement.","independence_group":"cbcid-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life","justice"],"unknowns":["The number of defrauded people and the amounts lost are not published.","When the videos began circulating is not stated; the case was registered on 1 September.","Whether the accused acted alone and who operates the Pakistan-linked accounts remain under investigation.","The AI tools used are not identified."],"geography":{"basis":"Case registered by the Tamil Nadu CB-CID; arrest in Alwar district, Rajasthan; victims traced in Madhya Pradesh (India Today, TOI). Remand in Tamil Nadu.","court_countries":["IN"],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as an impersonation-fraud case with a documented human consequence: a public figure's likeness and voice were fabricated to solicit money and at least one identified victim lost money, with an arrest and remand. Three sources read across two independent reporting chains; defrauded people unnamed; the accused is not named here because outlets spell his name inconsistently.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-18"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police describe AI-generated videos with a simulated likeness of the Chief Minister and a fabricated Hindi voice; no forensic detail is published. The AI artifact depicted and impersonated a public figure; the defrauded people dealt with the fraudsters over WhatsApp.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"India: AI deepfake videos of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay offering 'financial assistance' were used to defraud people in Madhya Pradesh and other states; a Rajasthan man was arrested","summary":"In 2026 AI-generated videos showing a simulated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay speaking in a fabricated Hindi voice circulated on Facebook and other platforms, urging viewers to contact a WhatsApp number to receive money for education, medical treatment and other needs. The Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID detected the videos during routine monitoring, registered a case on 1 September 2026 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act, and traced the scheme to Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. On 12 September a 28-year-old man from Alwar district was arrested with Rajasthan Police, brought to Tamil Nadu on a transit warrant and remanded in judicial custody; a phone, SIM cards and a CPU were seized. Investigators traced a man in Madhya Pradesh who had lost money, and said people in several states were cheated. The CB-CID is also examining similar videos posted from Facebook accounts suspected to be run from Pakistan.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-14","aiSystem":"AI deepfake video and synthetic Hindi voice-over of Chief Minister Vijay (tools not named)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"People in Madhya Pradesh and other states lost money after responding to AI deepfake videos of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister promising financial help; the Chief Minister's likeness and voice were fabricated for the fraud. One victim's loss is documented through his police statement; the number and amounts are not published.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"The CB-CID traced one man in Madhya Pradesh who lost money and gave a statement (India Today; Newspoint/PTI); police say people in 'several states' were cheated without a count. One counted plus unquantified others: partial. The Chief Minister is not counted as a harmed person.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cm-vijay-ai-deepfake-scam-tamil-nadu-cbcid-arrests-rajasthan-man-2994535-2026-09-14","primarySourceLabel":"India Today, 14 Sep 2026: Pak-linked accounts spread CM Vijay's deepfakes to dupe people; one arrested (Tamil Nadu CB-CID account)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-18T03:25:10.709351+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:56.068616+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","voice-clone","public-figure-impersonation","fraud","india","tamil-nadu","rajasthan","madhya-pradesh","facebook","whatsapp"]}]}