{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-12T07:09:34.346Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"para","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":18,"coverage":{"cases":18,"countries":11,"languages":5,"unknownLocation":3,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":18,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":2,"minors":3,"coreRelations":17,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":1,"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-cameta-para-police-say-fraud-suspect-used-chatgpt-images-of-boats-and-trucks-in-fake-sales-to-older-buyers","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'prendeu em flagrante, na última sexta-feira (9)'; 'tendo como alvo principal pessoas idosas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the Polícia Civil do Pará as reported, a man was arrested in the act in Cametá on Friday 9 October 2026 on suspicion of frauds causing losses of more than R$100,000, mainly targeting older people.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by one outlet; one origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O suspeito gerava imagens fictícias de veículos e embarcações por meio de plataformas como o ChatGPT.'; 'utilizava ferramentas de inteligência artificial para conferir veracidade a ofertas fraudulentas de lanchas, caminhões e imóveis de leilão'; 'forjar venda de lanchas e veículos com imagens criadas pelo ChatGPT para enganar vítimas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In its account of the Cametá police delegate's findings, DOL reports that the suspect generated fictitious images of vehicles and boats through platforms such as ChatGPT. DOL also says he used AI tools to make fraudulent offers of boats, trucks and auctioned property look genuine, and its subheadline says the sales were forged with images created by ChatGPT to deceive victims.","causal_attribution":"The delegate's investigative finding as relayed by DOL; no technical evidence or tool record is published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'duas vítimas foram confirmadas, ambas idosas'; 'convencer um dos idosos a transferir R$ 60 mil para a falsa compra de uma lancha, enquanto o segundo repassou cerca de R$ 40 mil acreditando estar adquirindo um caminhão'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Two older victims had been confirmed at the time of the arrest: one transferred R$60,000 for the fake purchase of a boat and the other about R$40,000 believing they were buying a truck.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by one outlet; the link between each victim's payment and the AI images rests on the delegate's description of the scheme."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Documentos falsos, simulando contratos de compra e venda com CNPJs inválidos, foram apreendidos com o suspeito'; 'identificar novas vítimas na região'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police seized false documents, including contracts with invalid company registration numbers, and say the investigation continues to identify new victims.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by one outlet."}],"effects":[{"label":"two older buyers paid R$60,000 and about R$40,000 for a boat and a truck in fake sales illustrated with AI-generated images","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://dol.com.br/carajas/noticias/policia/965168/suspeito-usa-ia-para-lesar-idosos-em-mais-de-r-100-mil-no-para","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in the original Portuguese on 2026-10-12 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. DOL (Diário Online, Carajás section) report published Saturday 10 October 2026, 17:32 (UTC-3), relaying the Polícia Civil do Pará and the Cametá police delegate; its photographs are credited to PCPA.","independence_group":"pcpa-cameta-arrest-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the fake offers were made and the transfers took place","Which AI-generated images each victim saw and which tool produced each one","Whether the photos placing the suspect inside bank branches were made with AI","Whether the suspect has been charged and how many further victims exist"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the frauds caused losses 'no município de Cametá' and the arrest was made in Cametá, Pará (s1). Affected persons: the report places the losses in Cametá; residence is not otherwise stated. No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case: the Polícia Civil do Pará, as relayed by DOL, says a man arrested in Cametá generated fictitious images of boats and vehicles on platforms such as ChatGPT for fake sales, and two older victims paid R$60,000 and about R$40,000. All claims rest on the police account in one outlet; the suspect is not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-12"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"DOL attributes to the Cametá police delegate's account of the investigation the finding that the suspect generated fictitious images of vehicles and boats on platforms such as ChatGPT ('gerava imagens fictícias de veículos e embarcações por meio de plataformas como o ChatGPT'). In its own narration DOL says he used AI tools to lend credibility to the fake offers of boats and trucks, and its subheadline says the sales were forged with images created by ChatGPT to deceive victims. The two confirmed victims paid for a boat and a truck in those offers. The AI-generated images were part of the sale offers the victims relied on, which this record treats as AI-generated content presented to them as information (communicated_with). The attribution is the police's as reported; which images each victim saw and the tool behind each image are not published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Cametá, Brazil: police say a man used AI images of boats and trucks, made with tools such as ChatGPT, in fake sales costing two older buyers about R$100,000","summary":"The Polícia Civil do Pará arrested a man in the act in Cametá, in north-eastern Pará, on Friday 9 October 2026 on suspicion of frauds causing losses of more than R$100,000, DOL reported the next day. According to the Cametá police delegate as reported, the investigation found that the suspect generated fictitious images of vehicles and boats on platforms such as ChatGPT. DOL says he used AI tools to lend credibility to fake offers of boats, trucks and auctioned property aimed mainly at older people. Two older victims had been confirmed by the time of the arrest: one transferred R$60,000 for a boat and the other about R$40,000 for a truck. Police say the investigation continues to identify further victims.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-10","aiSystem":"Image generation on 'plataformas como o ChatGPT' (platforms such as ChatGPT), according to the Cametá police delegate as reported by DOL","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Polícia Civil do Pará as reported by DOL, two older victims paid R$60,000 and about R$40,000 for a boat and a truck in fake sales whose offers the suspect illustrated with images police say he generated on platforms such as ChatGPT.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Two victims: DOL reports police saying two victims, both older people, had been confirmed by the time of the arrest, and that the investigation continues to identify new victims, so two is a lower bound. Neither victim used the AI; the suspect did.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://dol.com.br/carajas/noticias/policia/965168/suspeito-usa-ia-para-lesar-idosos-em-mais-de-r-100-mil-no-para","primarySourceLabel":"DOL, 10 October 2026: suspect uses AI to defraud older people of more than R$100,000 in Pará","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-12T03:11:48.203379+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:11:48.203379+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","ai-generated-images","fake-sale-fraud","older-victims","brazil","para","police-arrest"]},{"id":"2026-la-rioja-guardia-civil-ai-cloned-daughter-voice-call-transfer-of-9980-euros-recovered","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Al otro lado de la línea respondió una voz idéntica a la de su hija, lo que disipó cualquier sospecha y le llevó a transferir 9.980,25 euros.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'En la conversación, el remitente se hizo pasar por su hija y le manifestó que se encontraba en una situación de urgencia, solicitándole ayuda económica.'; 'La llamada fue respondida con una voz que aparentaba ser la de su hija, circunstancia que incrementó la credibilidad del engaño y llevó a la víctima a continuar con la operación solicitada.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'La víctima transfirió 9.980,25 euros'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to the Guardia Civil, the victim received WhatsApp messages from someone posing as their daughter asking for urgent money, called the number to check, heard a voice that seemed to be the daughter's, and transferred 9,980.25 euros.","causal_attribution":"One origin (the Guardia Civil statement of 25 August 2026) relayed by three outlets."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'constató el uso de herramientas de IA para suplantar la identidad mediante la clonación de voz'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Durante el desarrollo de la investigación, los agentes pudieron constatar que la voz utilizada durante la llamada había sido generada mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Durante la investigación, los agentes constataron que la voz empleada durante la llamada había sido generada mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Guardia Civil investigators established that the voice used in the call had been generated with artificial-intelligence tools to impersonate the daughter.","causal_attribution":"The force's own investigative finding as relayed by three outlets; one origin. No technical evidence is published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la coordinación de urgencia con las entidades financieras permitió inmovilizar los fondos en la cuenta de destino y devolver el dinero a la víctima antes de que los estafadores se hicieran con él'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'permitió recuperar los 9.980,25 euros transferidos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Urgent coordination with the banks froze the funds in the destination account and the full 9,980.25 euros were returned to the victim.","causal_attribution":"The Guardia Civil statement as relayed; one origin."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ha permitido identificar e investigar al presunto autor de los hechos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'que han identificado e investigado al presunto autor de los hechos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Radio Arnedo and ActualidadRiojaBaja report that the investigation identified and investigated the presumed perpetrator.","causal_attribution":"Two outlets relaying the same Guardia Civil statement (one origin); La Rioja's body does not mention the perpetrator."}],"effects":[{"label":"transferred 9,980.25 euros after a call in an AI clone of their daughter's voice (later recovered)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.larioja.com/la-rioja/sucesos/clonan-voz-hija-ia-estafarle-10000-euros-20260825095405-nt.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. La Rioja newspaper report of 25 August 2026, 11:30, relaying the Guardia Civil statement.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.radioarnedo.com/2026/08/noticias/la-guardia-civil-esclarece-una-estafa-del-familiar-en-apuros-que-tambien-se-ha-denunciado-en-arnedo-y-calahorra/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. Radio Arnedo report of 26 August 2026 relaying the same Guardia Civil statement ('Según ha explicado este martes 25 de agosto el Instituto Armad[o]'); same group as s1.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/sucesos/delitos-informaticos/2026/10/10/llamada-voz-hija-esconder-estafa-135215635.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. La Opinión de Zamora article of 10 October 2026 built on ESET advice; its summary of the La Rioja case derives from the same Guardia Civil account, so same group.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://actualidadriojabaja.com/identificado-en-la-rioja-el-presunto-autor-de-la-estafa-familiar-en-apuros-con-una-voz-clonada-por-ia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in the original Spanish on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200; body fetched by the nw1 lane of this sweep and re-read by the vc agent) by the research agent (an AI); English renderings in this record are the research agent's own translations and no human translator reviewed them. ActualidadRiojaBaja report dated 25 August 2026 relaying the same Guardia Civil statement; same group as s1-s3.","independence_group":"guardia-civil-la-rioja-25-aug-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the messages and call happened (the statement was issued on 25 August 2026)","The victim's identity, gender and age","How the fraudsters obtained a sample of the daughter's voice and which tool they used","Whether the presumed perpetrator has been charged"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the Guardia Civil 'ha esclarecido en La Rioja' the case (s1), and its La Rioja investigators handled it (s2). Affected person: the victim's residence is not stated beyond the case being handled in La Rioja, so the affected-person country rests on the event location reported by the force. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ES"],"affected_person_countries":["ES"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case: the Guardia Civil, as relayed by two La Rioja outlets, describes one victim deceived by a call answered by a voice its investigators established was AI-generated imitation of the victim's daughter, leading to a 9,980.25-euro transfer that banks later froze and returned. All claims rest on the force's statement; the loss was temporary, so severity is low. No identifying details are reported or added.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"La Rioja and Radio Arnedo report the Guardia Civil's statement that its EDITE investigators established that the voice answering the victim's call had been generated with AI tools ('constató el uso de herramientas de IA para suplantar la identidad mediante la clonación de voz'; 'la voz utilizada durante la llamada había sido generada mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial'). The AI voice spoke to the victim on the call (communicated_with) and impersonated the daughter toward the victim (depicted_or_impersonated), and both outlets report that hearing it removed the victim's doubts and led to the 9,980.25-euro transfer. The finding is the force's as reported; no technical detail or tool is given.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"La Rioja, Spain: Guardia Civil says a parent sent 9,980 euros after a call with an AI clone of their daughter's voice; the money was recovered","summary":"The Guardia Civil in La Rioja said on 25 August 2026 that it had solved a 'relative in trouble' fraud in which the criminals used artificial intelligence to clone the voice of the victim's daughter. According to the force's account as reported by the newspaper La Rioja and Radio Arnedo, the victim received WhatsApp messages from an unknown number by someone posing as the daughter and asking for urgent money; when the victim called that number to check, a voice that sounded like the daughter answered, and the victim transferred 9,980.25 euros. Investigators of the Guardia Civil's technology team established that the voice had been generated with AI tools. Urgent coordination with the banks froze the funds in the destination account and the full amount was returned to the victim; Radio Arnedo and ActualidadRiojaBaja report that the presumed perpetrator was identified and investigated.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-08-25","aiSystem":"AI voice-cloning tools ('herramientas de IA para suplantar la identidad mediante la clonación de voz'), as established by the Guardia Civil investigation (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Guardia Civil as reported by La Rioja and Radio Arnedo, the victim transferred 9,980.25 euros after a call answered by an AI-generated imitation of their daughter's voice; the funds were frozen and the full amount was returned, so the loss was temporary.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the victim who made the transfer. The daughter whose voice was imitated is not counted because no harm to her is reported. The three Arnedo and Calahorra victims in the same statement are not counted because no source says AI was used in their cases. The victim did not use the AI.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"ES","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.larioja.com/la-rioja/sucesos/clonan-voz-hija-ia-estafarle-10000-euros-20260825095405-nt.html","primarySourceLabel":"La Rioja, 25 August 2026: daughter's voice cloned with AI to swindle almost 10,000 euros","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:17:00.599664+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:17:00.599664+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-clone","family-impersonation-scam","whatsapp","spain","la-rioja","guardia-civil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-mumbai-company-dgm-transferred-over-rs-10-crore-after-calls-in-ai-cloned-md-voice-delhi-police-say","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'According to police, the gang cloned the MD's voice using Artificial Intelligence and contacted the company's DGM, posing as the senior executive and directing multiple fund transfers. The money was allegedly routed into 63 different bank accounts, amounting to over Rs 10 crore.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'आरोप है कि गिरोह ने एआई आधारित वॉइस क्लोनिंग तकनीक का इस्तेमाल कर मुंबई की एक कंपनी के मैनेजिंग डायरेक्टर की आवाज की नकल की।'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to police, the gang cloned the managing director's voice using AI, called the company's deputy general manager posing as the managing director and directed multiple fund transfers; the money was allegedly routed into 63 bank accounts and exceeded Rs 10 crore.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by India Today; the Navbharat Times round-up repeats it second-hand."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The accused were intercepted while attempting to encash a cheque of Rs 9 lakh at a bank branch in Sarita Vihar after the bank manager grew suspicious and alerted police.'; 'Mumbai Police had already registered a case and initiated a probe after the private company reported the fraud. A separate case has also been filed in Delhi'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Delhi Police arrested five men after one tried to encash a Rs 9 lakh cheque at a Sarita Vihar bank branch and the branch manager alerted police; Mumbai Police had registered a case after the company reported the fraud, and a separate Delhi case was filed.","causal_attribution":"As reported by India Today from the police account."}],"effects":[{"label":"a company lost over Rs 10 crore after its deputy general manager followed instructions given by an AI-cloned voice of the managing director, according to police","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/delhi/story/ai-voice-cloning-fraud-delhi-police-arrest-five-rs-10-crore-mumbai-company-scam-2928485-2026-06-17","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no translation needed. India Today, 17 June 2026 17:44 IST, HTTP 200, with inputs from a crime reporter; relays the Delhi Police account.","independence_group":"india-today-delhi-police-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/crime/ai-becomes-criminals-new-weapon-from-voice-cloning-to-fake-cctv-video-aadhar-verification-5-shocking-cases/articleshow/134790912.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"hi","translation_note":"Read in Hindi by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 and translated by it; Navbharat Times round-up of 8 October 2026, HTTP 200. It cites a Moneycontrol report and repeats the same police account, so it shares the India Today independence group and adds no independent support.","independence_group":"india-today-delhi-police-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","work"],"unknowns":["The dates of the calls and transfers and the number of calls.","The tool used to clone the voice and how the police established that AI was used.","Whether any money was recovered, and whether charges have been filed.","The identity of the company; it is not named in the report."],"geography":{"basis":"The company is Mumbai-based, Mumbai Police registered the case, and the arrests were made in Delhi (Sarita Vihar bank branch); all in India. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core impersonation case on the Delhi Police account reported by India Today: police say the gang cloned a Mumbai company managing director's voice with AI and used it in calls that led the deputy general manager to transfer over Rs 10 crore, and five men were arrested. The account has one origin; the accused are not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"India Today reports that, according to police, the gang cloned the managing director's voice using artificial intelligence and contacted the deputy general manager posing as the managing director, directing multiple fund transfers that totalled over Rs 10 crore. The AI output is the cloned voice speaking to the deputy general manager (communicated_with) in the person of the managing director (depicted_or_impersonated), and the police account connects those calls to the transfers. The attribution rests on the police account relayed by one outlet; no recording or forensic finding is described.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Delhi Police say a gang used an AI-cloned voice of a Mumbai company's MD to have its deputy general manager transfer over Rs 10 crore; five arrested","summary":"Delhi Police arrested five young men in June 2026 who, according to police, cloned the voice of a Mumbai-based private company's managing director using artificial intelligence and called the company's deputy general manager posing as the managing director, directing several fund transfers. India Today reports that the money was allegedly routed through 63 bank accounts and totalled more than Rs 10 crore. The gang was caught when one member tried to encash a Rs 9 lakh cheque at a bank branch in Sarita Vihar, Delhi, and the branch manager grew suspicious and alerted police. Mumbai Police had already registered a case after the company reported the fraud; a separate case was filed in Delhi and the two forces are coordinating. The company and its executives are not named in the report.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-06-17","aiSystem":"An AI voice clone of the managing director of a Mumbai-based private company, which police say the gang made with artificial intelligence and used in calls to the company's deputy general manager. No tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Delhi Police as reported by India Today, the company lost more than Rs 10 crore in transfers that its deputy general manager made on instructions given in calls by a voice cloned with AI to sound like the managing director.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The loss fell on the company; the report describes the deputy general manager as the person deceived but describes no personal loss or other harm to that person or anyone else, so no person count is given (zero placeholders).","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/delhi/story/ai-voice-cloning-fraud-delhi-police-arrest-five-rs-10-crore-mumbai-company-scam-2928485-2026-06-17","primarySourceLabel":"India Today, 17 June 2026: Delhi gang uses AI to clone Mumbai MD's voice, siphons Rs 10 crore from firm","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:13:25.368299+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:13:25.368299+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","impersonation-scam","executive-impersonation","financial-loss","police","arrest","india","delhi","mumbai","communicated-with","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-coding-agent-restored-server-file-from-two-week-old-archive-undoing-security-fixes-and-moderation-layer-first-person","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I had asked it to revert some wording it had changed in a privacy policy. To do that it looked around the project, found a `.tar.gz` in the root, and copied `server.js` out of it'; 'the archive was a snapshot from two weeks earlier, and the filename gave no hint of that'; 'It reported success'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The poster says an agent, asked to revert wording in a privacy policy, copied server.js out of a .tar.gz archive in the project root that was a two-week-old snapshot, and reported success.","causal_attribution":"Poster's account; the agent's command is described from the session transcript the poster read."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'That one `cp` took out four verified security fixes and an entire moderation API layer. The fixes were ones the *same agent* had written, tested and deployed about forty minutes earlier in the same session'; 'Nothing was in git. 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no statement from the school is reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'sus compañeros de clase y algunas de las afectadas protestaron en medio del homenaje oficial de la escuela'; 'los encargados del sonido apagaron el audio'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On Monday classmates and some of the affected girls protested during the school's official ceremony, and the sound was switched off when they tried to use the microphone.","causal_attribution":"La Jornada Maya; La Chispa's account of staff conduct at the same protest is recorded in c6."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'los alumnos del turno vespertino respaldaron a sus compañeros del matutino con una manifestación pacífica a la entrada de la escuela'; 'el reclamo ya llegó a padres de familias que están buscando respuesta'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Afternoon-shift pupils held a peaceful demonstration at the school entrance in support, and parents were seeking a response and protection for the girls.","causal_attribution":"One local paper."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'los manifestantes intentaron tomar la palabra a través del micrófono para hacer pública su demanda, pero los docentes presentes apagaron el equipo de sonido para evitar las intervenciones'; 'Ante los reclamos de los estudiantes para que reactivaran el micrófono, los profesores se negaron argumentando que tenían instrucciones superiores de no ceder la voz ni el equipo a los inconformes'; 'la directora del plantel ignoró el reclamo del alumnado, limitándose a observar a las jóvenes que levantaban carteles de protesta para posteriormente retirarse a su oficina sin atender el problema'; 'Los alumnos denunciaron públicamente la falta de empatía y la postura evasiva de las autoridades escolares'; 'Los jóvenes exigieron que se haga justicia por las víctimas y se apliquen sanciones concretas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"La Chispa reports that during the protest the teachers present switched off the sound equipment when pupils tried to use the microphone and refused to switch it back on, saying they had instructions from above not to give the floor or the equipment to the protesters; that the school's director watched the girls holding protest placards and then withdrew to her office without addressing the complaint; and that pupils demanded concrete sanctions and publicly criticised the school authorities' lack of empathy and evasive stance.","causal_attribution":"One outlet's account (La Chispa, 6 October 2026); its sourcing is not stated, and no statement from the school is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"female pupils were depicted without clothes in images a classmate is accused of making with AI apps","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"pupils and affected girls protested that the school took no known action to protect the girls","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.lajornadamaya.mx/campeche/269096/campeche-denuncian-a-alumno-de-preparatoria-por-realizar-fotos-con-ia-de-sus-companeras-sin-ropa","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-06 (La Jornada Maya, Campeche section, dated 05/10/2026, San Francisco de Campeche; HTTP 200); no human translator reviewed it. English renderings are the agent's own. 'Denunciaron' is rendered as accused or reported to staff, because the report describes an accusation to teachers and administrators and no complaint to prosecutors. The cited URL uses a shortened slug that omits the school's name and serves the same article (HTTP 200, 2026-10-06); the record does not repeat the school's name; the page's related-article list is not used.","independence_group":"la-jornada-maya-campeche-2026-10-05"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://lachispa.mx/protestan-por-acoso-escolar-con-ia-que-paso/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 (HTTP 200; page datePublished 2026-10-06); no human translator reviewed it, and English renderings are the agent's own. La Chispa does not cite La Jornada Maya and carries details absent from it (teachers citing instructions from above, the director watching girls holding placards), so it is grouped separately; it does not say whether its reporter attended the protest or relied on pupils' accounts. Its body states the accusation as fact and names the accused pupil; the record keeps the accusation attributed, omits the name, and the locators avoid it.","independence_group":"la-chispa-campeche-2026-10-06"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which application was used and how many girls were depicted.","Whether the images were shared beyond the pupil's tablet.","Any statement from the school or the accused pupil; La Chispa describes only staff conduct at the protest.","Whether a complaint was made to police or prosecutors."],"geography":{"basis":"La Jornada Maya reports the accusation and protests at an upper-secondary school in Campeche, Mexico, under a San Francisco de Campeche dateline. No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["MX"],"affected_person_countries":["MX"]},"publication":{"basis":"A local paper reports that pupils accused a classmate of making nude images of female classmates with AI apps and protested the school's inaction; a second local outlet, La Chispa, describes staff conduct at the protest. All claims are reported, and the school, the accused pupil and the girls are left unidentified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-06"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"La Jornada Maya reports that pupils accused a classmate of making images of female classmates without clothes with digital applications, describes this as AI used to make obscene photos, and says the images are not real photos but use the girls' faces. The generated images depict the girls (depicted_or_impersonated). The application is not named and no forensic finding is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Campeche, Mexico: pupils accuse a high-school classmate of making AI nude images of female classmates and protest school inaction, a local paper reports","summary":"La Jornada Maya reported on 5 October 2026 that pupils at an upper-secondary school (preparatoria) in Campeche, Mexico, accused a classmate of making images of female classmates without clothes using digital applications, which the paper describes as AI used to make obscene photos and as images that are not real photos but use the girls' faces. The pupils reported him to teachers and administrators. According to the paper, no action to protect the girls was known, and on Monday classmates and some of the affected girls protested during the school's official ceremony, where the sound was cut off when they tried to use the microphone. Afternoon-shift pupils later held a peaceful demonstration at the school entrance and parents were seeking a response. No complaint to prosecutors or police is reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-05","aiSystem":"Unidentified digital applications that, according to La Jornada Maya, a pupil used to make images of female classmates without clothes, which the paper attributes to AI","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Female pupils in Campeche were depicted without clothes in images that a classmate is accused of making with AI apps, according to La Jornada Maya; pupils protested the school's lack of action.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"La Jornada Maya speaks of female classmates and of some of the affected girls in the plural but gives no number. No reliable count; zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"MX","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.lajornadamaya.mx/campeche/269096/campeche-denuncian-a-alumno-de-preparatoria-por-realizar-fotos-con-ia-de-sus-companeras-sin-ropa","primarySourceLabel":"La Jornada Maya, 5 October 2026: Campeche pupils accuse a high-school classmate of making AI nude images of female classmates","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-06T03:21:50.916694+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:47:44.914228+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","deepfake","non-consensual-imagery","school","minors","mexico","campeche","ley-olimpia","depicted-or-impersonated","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2026-paraiso-das-aguas-ms-deepfake-viva-sorte-presenter-video-call-farmer-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O crime foi aplicado por meio de uma videochamada, em que os golpistas usaram tecnologia de deepfake'; 'para simular a presença do apresentador Renato Ambrósio, responsável pelos sorteios do Viva Sorte'; 'o criminoso afirmou que a vítima havia sido contemplada'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'os criminosos utilizaram tecnologia de inteligência artificial para simular, durante uma videochamada, a imagem e a voz do apresentador Renato Ambrósio'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Os criminosos utilizaram inteligência artificial para fazer videochamada com a vítima, assim conseguiram utilizar a imagem e voz do apresentador.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A rural producer from Paraíso das Águas received a video call in which scammers used AI deepfake technology to simulate the image and voice of Renato Ambrósio, the presenter of the Viva Sorte draws, and was told a prize had been won.","causal_attribution":"Reported by three outlets relaying one BNC Notícias account; how the video was identified as AI-generated is not stated."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O falso apresentador chamou o produtor pelo nome completo, mencionou informações pessoais'; 'Entre as exigências estavam transferências via Pix, envio de CPF e até o compartilhamento da tela do celular, permitindo que os criminosos visualizassem o acesso ao aplicativo bancário.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Segundo relatos do produtor à polícia, a abordagem foi altamente convincente. O falso apresentador chamou a vítima pelo nome completo, mencionou dados pessoais'; 'Entre as exigências estavam transferências via Pix, envio de CPF e até o compartilhamento da tela do celular com acesso ao aplicativo bancário.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The caller used the farmer's full name and personal details and asked for Pix transfers, the CPF number and sharing of the phone screen with the banking app open.","causal_attribution":"MS Todo Dia attributes the description of the call to the farmer's statements to the police; not independently established."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'acabou acumulando um prejuízo superior a R$ 700 mil'; 'a vítima seguiu as orientações e acabou realizando movimentações financeiras e assumindo um financiamento. Com os juros do empréstimo, o prejuízo final ultrapassou R$ 700 mil.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A vítima chegou a contratar um financiamento de R$ 360 mil'; 'Com os juros, o prejuízo total ultrapassou R$ 700 mil.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Neste valor, está incluso um financiamento de R$ 360 mil.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The farmer followed the instructions, took out a R$360,000 loan and, with the interest, lost more than R$700,000 in total.","causal_attribution":"The loss amount is reported by one reporting chain; no police or bank figure was inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Nas redes sociais do Viva Sorte, foi publicado um vídeo afirmando que não realizam chamadas de vídeo com os consumidores.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Viva Sorte posted a video on its social media saying it does not make video calls to customers.","causal_attribution":"Reported company response; the video itself was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"lost more than R$700,000, including a R$360,000 loan and its interest, after a deepfake video call","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.campograndenews.com.br/cidades/interior/golpe-com-deepfake-usa-imagem-de-famoso-e-faz-produtor-perder-r-700-mil","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-04 from the Wayback capture of 2026-04-10 (live page HTTP 403, site firewall). Researcher translation. Credits BNC Notícias. The outlet's AI-generated summary box was not used.","independence_group":"bnc-noticias-paraiso-das-aguas"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.mstododia.com.br/noticias/30737-produtor-rural-perde-mais-de-r-700-mil-em-golpe-com-inteligencia-artificial-em-paraiso-das-aguas","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Credits reporting by BNC, so it is in the same reporting chain as s1.","independence_group":"bnc-noticias-paraiso-das-aguas"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://midiamax.com.br/policia/2026/produtor-rural-cai-golpe-ia-perde-r-700-mil-paraiso-aguas/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-04 from the Wayback capture of 2026-04-10 (live page HTTP 403). Researcher translation. Ends with a credit to BNC Notícias, so it is in the same reporting chain as s1.","independence_group":"bnc-noticias-paraiso-das-aguas"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["When the video call and the transfers happened.","The platform used for the video call.","How the video was identified as AI-generated and which tool was used.","Whether police identified a suspect or any money was recovered.","The content of the original BNC Notícias report and of any police statement."],"geography":{"basis":"The reports describe the victim as a rural producer from Paraíso das Águas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and Campo Grande News says the case was registered at the town's police station. Where the callers were is not reported. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":["BR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: according to three regional reports relaying one BNC Notícias account, AI was used to impersonate a television presenter in a video call that led a farmer to lose more than R$700,000. The victim is unidentified in the sources, and the presenter is named only as the person impersonated.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"All three reports say the scammers used AI (deepfake technology) to simulate the presenter's image and voice during a video call with the farmer. The AI-generated likeness was the channel through which the farmer was spoken to (communicated_with), and it impersonated the presenter (depicted_or_impersonated). The reports do not say how the video was identified as AI-generated or which tool was used.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Paraíso das Águas, Mato Grosso do Sul: a farmer lost more than R$700,000, including a R$360,000 loan, after a video call in which scammers used AI to simulate the Viva Sorte prize-draw presenter","summary":"Three Mato Grosso do Sul outlets, all crediting BNC Notícias, reported on 10 April 2026 that a rural producer from Paraíso das Águas fell for the so-called Viva Sorte scam. In a video call, scammers used AI deepfake technology to simulate the image and voice of Renato Ambrósio, the presenter of the Viva Sorte prize draws, told the farmer a prize had been won and set out steps to release it: Pix transfers, sending the CPF tax number and sharing the phone screen while the banking app was open. The farmer followed the instructions and took out a R$360,000 loan; with interest, the total loss exceeded R$700,000. One report says the farmer gave this account to the police. The farmer is not identified, no date is given and no arrest is reported.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-10","aiSystem":"AI deepfake technology used in a video call to simulate the image and voice of the Viva Sorte presenter, as reported (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A farmer from Paraíso das Águas lost more than R$700,000, including a R$360,000 loan and its interest, after a video call in which scammers used AI to simulate the Viva Sorte presenter, according to three regional reports relaying BNC Notícias.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the Paraíso das Águas farmer who lost more than R$700,000 (all three reports). The presenter whose likeness was simulated is not reported to have been harmed and is not counted, nor is the Distrito Federal target, who made no payment. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.campograndenews.com.br/cidades/interior/golpe-com-deepfake-usa-imagem-de-famoso-e-faz-produtor-perder-r-700-mil","primarySourceLabel":"Campo Grande News, 10 April 2026: Golpe com deepfake usa imagem de famoso e faz produtor perder R$ 700 mil","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:30.313355+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:30.313355+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","video-call","celebrity-impersonation","prize-scam","fraud","mato-grosso-do-sul","brazil","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-italy-fano-fossombrone-ai-modified-video-call-fake-carabiniere-gold-theft","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Videochiamata modificata con l’intelligenza artificiale, la truffa diventa super tecnologica: è quanto successo in due distinte occasioni a Fano e Fossombrone. I malviventi hanno mostrato sullo schermo del telefono un volto e sullo sfondo uno stemma dell’Arma dei carabinieri.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On two separate occasions in Fano and Fossombrone, fraudsters used a video call modified with artificial intelligence that showed a face and the Carabinieri emblem on the phone screen.","causal_attribution":"The outlet's description; it does not attribute the AI element to the Carabinieri or the victims."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Sullo schermo del telefono cellulare, l’anziano ha visto l’interlocutore stagliarsi davanti a uno stemma ufficiale dell’Arma dei Carabinieri. Tutto sembrava credibile e la vittima ha iniziato ad agitarsi per l’ipotetico coinvolgimento giudiziario. Così ha mostrato uno per uno i monili d’oro e i preziosi custoditi in casa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Pochi minuti dopo, alla porta dell’abitazione si è presentato un complice che ha prelevato i monili d’oro e anche del denaro contante. Il bottino è da quantificare ma si parla di qualche migliaia di euro.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In Fano, after the 70-year-old showed his jewellery on the video call, an accomplice came to his door and took gold jewellery and cash, reportedly a few thousand euros.","causal_attribution":"The video call was the means by which the fake officer persuaded him to show his valuables; the amount is not yet quantified."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Stesse identiche modalità anche nei confronti di un 80enne di Fossombrone. Anche qui il finto video con lo stemma dell’Arma fino alla razzia di gioielli per qualche migliaio di euro. Ma per i truffatori era troppo poco così hanno intimato all’anziano di autorizzare due distinti bonifici bancari online per un valore complessivo di 15.000 euro, come cauzione. Per fortuna non li ha effettuati.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In Fossombrone, an 80-year-old was targeted the same way, lost jewellery worth a few thousand euros, and did not make the two bank transfers totalling 15,000 euros the fraudsters then demanded as bail.","causal_attribution":"Reported as the same method; the amount is approximate."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Scoperte le truffe, le vittime hanno dato l’allarme ai carabinieri, quelli veri che stanno cercando di risalire ai responsabili.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The victims alerted the Carabinieri, who are trying to trace those responsible.","causal_attribution":"Investigation status as reported by the outlet."}],"effects":[{"label":"gold jewellery and cash taken from two elderly men after a fake officer's reportedly AI-modified video call","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.centropagina.it/pesaro/cronaca-fano-intelligenza-artificiale-videochiamata-finto-carabiniere-truffa/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read live in Italian on 2026-10-01 (CentroPagina, 28 September 2026). Byline Luigi Benelli; no attributed police statement. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"centropagina-fano"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The dates of the two incidents.","What exactly was AI-generated (the officer's face, the emblem or both) and how the outlet established it.","The exact amounts taken.","Whether the same group carried out both incidents."],"geography":{"basis":"CentroPagina places the incidents in Fano and Fossombrone and describes the victims as a 70-year-old from Fano ('70enne fanese') and an 80-year-old from Fossombrone; both towns are in Italy. The callers' location is unknown.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: two elderly men lost jewellery and cash after a fake Carabinieri officer spoke with them through a video call that a local outlet says was modified with AI. One local news report; the victims are private individuals and are not named. The AI element rests on the outlet's description.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"CentroPagina states that the video call was modified with artificial intelligence and that a fake Carabinieri officer appeared with AI in front of the emblem. It does not say who identified the AI element, and no recording, forensic detail or tool is reported. The modified video was the channel through which the fake officer spoke with both men (communicated_with); the AI did not depict the victims.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Italy: two elderly men in Fano and Fossombrone show their gold on video calls from a fake Carabinieri officer, in calls a local outlet says were modified with AI, and an accomplice collects their valuables, reportedly worth a few thousand euros, from each home","summary":"CentroPagina reported on 28 September 2026 that on two separate occasions in Fano and Fossombrone (Marche), fraudsters used a video call modified with artificial intelligence, showing a face and the Carabinieri emblem on screen. A 70-year-old man in Fano was told by a caller posing as a Carabinieri officer that his car was involved in a jewellery-shop robbery and that he had to show his gold to clear himself. On the video call he showed his jewellery one piece at a time; while he was kept on the phone, an accomplice came to the door and took gold jewellery and cash, reportedly a few thousand euros. An 80-year-old man in Fossombrone was targeted the same way and lost jewellery worth a few thousand euros; he did not make the two online transfers totalling 15,000 euros that the fraudsters then demanded as bail. The victims alerted the Carabinieri, who are seeking those responsible.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"A video call 'modificata con l'intelligenza artificiale' (CentroPagina) showing a fake Carabinieri officer's face in front of the Carabinieri emblem; the tool, and whether the face or only the setting was generated, are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["property_loss","financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two elderly men lost gold jewellery (and, in Fano, cash), reportedly a few thousand euros each, after a fake officer on a reportedly AI-modified video call persuaded them to show their valuables and an accomplice collected them (CentroPagina).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: a 70-year-old in Fano and an 80-year-old in Fossombrone (CentroPagina). Exact 2.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"IT","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.centropagina.it/pesaro/cronaca-fano-intelligenza-artificiale-videochiamata-finto-carabiniere-truffa/","primarySourceLabel":"CentroPagina, 28 September 2026: Fano, l'intelligenza artificiale per la videochiamata col finto carabiniere: truffa a segno","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:31.418547+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:31.418547+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","video-call-scam","fake-police-scam","elderly","jewellery-theft","italy","italian-language"]},{"id":"2025-hong-kong-police-report-deepfake-romance-investment-syndicate","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'In January 2025, the Force launched another intelligence-led operation, dismantling a criminal syndicate that used deepfake technology to perpetrate scams. A total of 31 persons, including the masterminds and core members, were arrested, with a total of $34 million involved.'; 'online dating to lure victims in various parts of Asia to invest in fraudulent cryptocurrency platforms'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The official police reply identifies a January 2025 operation against a deepfake scam syndicate, with thirty-one arrests and HK$34 million involved.","causal_attribution":"The Force's own written reply to a Legislative Council question. The police account as reported; the sources relay one police chain and no court record was inspected. Causation is alleged."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Hong Kong police have arrested 31 people of a local syndicate that produced deepfake romance and investment scams to defraud victims in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia, with criminal proceeds exceeding HK$34 million (US$4.37 million).'; 'the number of victims and amount of individual losses were still being reviewed'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"SCMP reports that the syndicate defrauded victims in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia, with criminal proceeds exceeding HK$34 million.","causal_attribution":"The police account as reported; the sources relay one police chain and no court record was inspected. Causation is alleged."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The operation marked the second time a local syndicate using deepfake technology to defraud victims had been busted.'; 'The force arrested 27 last October for attempting to lure men into investing in sham cryptocurrency platforms by using deepfake technology to impersonate attractive women.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The case involved more than $360 million, with 27 persons arrested'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The report identifies a separate October 2024 deepfake syndicate operation rather than treating its twenty-seven arrests as this group.","causal_attribution":"The police account as reported; the sources relay one police chain and no court record was inspected. Causation is alleged."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'scammers appeared to have downloaded images of women from social media without their permission, before using deepfake technology to merge various photos together and create images and videos used in the fake dating app personas'; 'some had used deepfakes to disguise themselves during video calls with victims'; 'Victims would first be lured into developing a romantic relationship with a fake online persona, before scammers would ask them to invest in a sham virtual assets platform based overseas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The group employed AI-generated images and videos and, in some cases, conducted video calls using deepfake technology'; 'Members used AI deepfake technology to create fake online identities and target victims on dating platforms.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to police, the scammers appeared to have downloaded images of women from social media without their permission and used deepfake technology to merge photos and create images and videos for fake dating-app personas, and some used deepfakes to disguise themselves during video calls with victims, who were drawn into a romantic relationship and then asked to invest in a sham virtual assets platform.","causal_attribution":"The police account as reported; the sources relay one police chain and no court record was inspected. Causation is alleged."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Hong Kong police charged nine additional suspects on Tuesday in a cross-border deepfake cryptocurrency fraud case, bringing the total prosecuted to 14'; 'including the alleged mastermind, the person in charge of the scam centers, and three core members of the syndicate'; 'All 14 face charges of conspiracy to defraud. Four also face additional charges of dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offense.'; 'The cases are scheduled to appear at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday.'; 'A total of 31 people, including a Hong Kong Premier League footballer, were arrested earlier in the operation.'; 'in two units of industrial buildings in Kowloon Bay'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The Standard reported on 10 February 2026 that police charged nine additional suspects that day, bringing the number prosecuted in the case to 14, including the alleged mastermind; all 14 face charges of conspiracy to defraud, four also face charges of dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offence, and the cases were scheduled to appear at Eastern Magistrates' Courts the next day.","causal_attribution":"The Standard's report of the police account of the charges; charges are allegations and no court record was inspected."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Victims were then directed to fake online platforms promising high returns'; 'Police said the fake platforms were controlled by overseas criminal groups, with all promised returns fictitious. Victims ultimately lost their entire investments.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to police as reported by The Standard, victims were directed to fake online platforms controlled by overseas criminal groups and lost their entire investments.","causal_attribution":"The police account as reported; the sources relay one police chain and no court record was inspected. Causation is alleged."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Five of the arrestees will be brought to Eastern Court on Monday. The remaining 26 arrestees were released on bail as investigations continued.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"SCMP reported in January 2025 that five of those arrested would be brought to Eastern Court and that the remaining 26 were released on bail as investigations continued.","causal_attribution":"The police account as reported; the sources relay one police chain and no court record was inspected. Causation is alleged."}],"effects":[{"label":"Police-reported investment fraud with more than HK$34 million in alleged proceeds","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"victims lost their entire investments, according to police as reported by The Standard","claim_id":"c6","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.police.gov.hk/info/doc/fcq/2026/sfc_e.pdf","kind":"official_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-05 (HTTP 200): the Force's replies to initial written questions raised by Legislative Council Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2025-26, Security Bureau session; the passage is in the reply to a question on AI-related deception.","independence_group":"hong-kong-january-syndicate-police-account"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3293476/hong-kong-police-arrest-31-who-used-deepfakes-scam-victims-singapore-malaysia","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-05 from an Internet Archive capture dated 25 July 2026 (the live page returned HTTP 403). South China Morning Post, published 5 January 2025; reports statements by named police officers.","independence_group":"hong-kong-january-syndicate-police-account"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/hong-kong-arrest-31-deepfakes-scam/","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-05 (HTTP 200). Cryptopolitan, 5 January 2025; a rewrite of the same police account. No claim rests on it, and its asset figure differs from SCMP's.","independence_group":"hong-kong-january-syndicate-police-account"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.thestandard.com.hk/news/article/324116/Police-charge-nine-more-in-34m-deepfake-crypto-scam","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-05 (HTTP 200). The Standard (Hong Kong), published 10 February 2026 at 20:29 HKT; reports the police account of the charges, so it is the same chain as the other sources.","independence_group":"hong-kong-january-syndicate-police-account"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships"],"unknowns":["The first scam date, target count and per-person losses are unknown.","The specific tools used to make the images and videos.","Whether any money was recovered: The Standard's opening sentence speaks of recovering over HK$34 million in losses, while the police reply and SCMP give HK$34 million as the amount involved or the criminal proceeds.","The outcome of the prosecutions: no plea, verdict or sentence is reported in the sources read, and the police reply says the Force does not maintain figures on the number of related prosecutions."],"geography":{"basis":"The scam bases were in two premises in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, which police raided during the arrest operation (SCMP; The Standard); police reporting identifies affected people in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia (SCMP). The charges are before Eastern Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong (The Standard).","court_countries":["HK"],"event_countries":["HK"],"affected_person_countries":["TW","SG","MY"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a police-reported fraud in which AI-generated personas were used to deceive people into investing: an official police reply and press reports of the police account describe the January 2025 operation, the amount involved and the locations of the people targeted. Statements remain attributed to the police, no person is named, and unknown dates, counts and technical details are preserved. Updated on 2026-10-05 to add The Standard's report that 14 people had been prosecuted by 10 February 2026; all claims remain reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The police attribute this syndicate's operation to deepfake technology: the Force's written reply says the syndicate used deepfake technology to engage in online dating, SCMP reports police saying deepfake technology was used to create images and videos for the personas and to disguise scammers during video calls, and The Standard reports AI-generated images and videos. The official and journalistic sources relay one police chain; they are not independent technical verification, and the tools are not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Hong Kong police report deepfake romance-investment fraud targeting people across Asia","summary":"Hong Kong police described a syndicate that used deepfake romantic personas to induce investments by people in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. SCMP reported alleged criminal proceeds exceeding HK$34 million and a January 2025 operation arresting thirty-one suspects. An official police budget reply separately identifies that January operation and the amount involved. The Standard reported on 10 February 2026 that police had charged nine more suspects, bringing the number prosecuted to 14, all for conspiracy to defraud and four also for dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of an indictable offence. No verdict or sentence is reported in the sources read. The first scam date, number of affected people and individual loss allocations are unknown. A different October 2024 operation involving twenty-seven arrests is kept separate.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-01-05","aiSystem":"Reported AI deepfake romance personas","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Police-reported investment fraud with more than HK$34 million in alleged proceeds; according to police as reported by The Standard, victims lost their entire investments.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"No victim number is established in inspected passages: SCMP reports police saying the number of victims and individual losses were still being reviewed. Both numeric fields are zero with unquantified status; suspects, arrests, people charged and seized assets are not harmed-person counts.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"HK","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.police.gov.hk/info/doc/fcq/2026/sfc_e.pdf","primarySourceLabel":"Hong Kong Police Force: replies to Legislative Council Members' questions on the Estimates of Expenditure 2025-26 (Security Bureau session)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:11:55.756804+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:07:26.382257+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-washington-trooper-alleges-ai-deepfake-workplace-harassment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: attorney's most recent video allegation and circulation account.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The trooper's attorney alleges that an AI deepfake falsely depicting an intimate interaction circulated within the patrol.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: attorney discrimination and weaponisation statements.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The attorney describes this as harassment based on the trooper's sexual orientation.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: spokesperson response.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The agency said employees should be free from harassment and declined comment on pending litigation.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."}],"effects":[{"label":"Alleged intimate impersonation circulated as workplace harassment","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/trooper-sues-washington-state-patrol-over-ai-deepfake-video","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1345"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","privacy"],"unknowns":["The video's creator, generation tool and first circulation date are unknown.","The lawsuit outcome and alleged past employment events are not established as effects of this video."],"geography":{"basis":"The target works in Western Washington for the Washington State Patrol, United States. The precise court location is not stated in the inspected body.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"An inspected source describes a concrete person-level adverse experience connected to the specified AI use. Statements remain attributed, private identities are minimized, and unknown dates, counts and technical details are preserved.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The attorney directly labels the video an AI deepfake. The actual video and complaint were not inspected; the allegation is not upgraded to a factual finding.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Washington trooper alleges AI video was circulated as workplace harassment","summary":"A Washington State Patrol trooper's attorney told FOX 13 that coworkers circulated a deepfake AI video falsely depicting the trooper in an intimate interaction with another coworker. The attorney described the video as harassment based on sexual orientation. The agency said it valued employees' dignity and declined to comment on pending litigation. The video's first date, creator and circulation extent are unknown; earlier job and disciplinary allegations are separate.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-12-30","aiSystem":"Alleged AI-generated impersonation video","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Alleged intimate impersonation circulated as workplace harassment","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One trooper is described as the harassment target. The other depicted coworker's personal consequences are not reported.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/trooper-sues-washington-state-patrol-over-ai-deepfake-video","primarySourceLabel":"FOX 13 Seattle, 30 December 2025, attorney interview and agency response","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:11:12.924913+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:25.649299+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-sydney-school-reported-deepfake-images-police-inquiry","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 99: paragraph about digitally altered images.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"ABC reports that digitally altered sexual images using female students' faces circulated online at a Sydney high school.","causal_attribution":"Two ABC reports on one school investigation. Police and commissioner statements remain reported. General statistics or experiences at other schools do not establish this case's individual impacts."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 93: paragraph about police complaint and investigation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 101: paragraph about police complaint and investigation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Families reportedly went to police and NSW Police confirmed an investigation was underway.","causal_attribution":"Two ABC reports on one school investigation. Police and commissioner statements remain reported. General statistics or experiences at other schools do not establish this case's individual impacts."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 99: paragraph about eSafety involvement.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The follow-up says the eSafety Commissioner's investigators were in talks with police and the education department about the digitally altered images.","causal_attribution":"Two ABC reports on one school investigation. Police and commissioner statements remain reported. General statistics or experiences at other schools do not establish this case's individual impacts."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported nonconsensual sexual depictions circulated online","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-16/police-investigate-sydney-school-image-deepfake/105896812","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1234"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/deepfake-image-based-abuse-doubles-across-australia/105905152","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1234"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["The first creation date, generation method and number of affected students are unknown.","The identities of creators and any investigation or disciplinary outcome remain unknown."],"geography":{"basis":"Both reports explicitly locate the affected students at a Sydney high school. The school's name is withheld.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["AU"],"affected_person_countries":["AU"]},"publication":{"basis":"Inspected local reporting describes a concrete school image-abuse event and case-specific official responses. Students and school are not named. The record remains undated and does not borrow distress claims from other schools or general statistics.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ABC describes the case as deepfake image-based abuse and reports the eSafety Commissioner's involvement. The reviewers have not inspected the images, tools or a forensic determination.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Sydney schoolgirls reportedly targeted with deepfake images circulated online","summary":"ABC News reports that digitally altered sexual images using the faces of girls from a Sydney high school circulated online. Families went to police, who confirmed an investigation, while the school and education department said they were working with police. A follow-up report says the eSafety Commissioner was also in talks with investigators. The school is not identified, and the number of affected students, creation date and later inquiry outcome are unknown.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-10-16","aiSystem":"Reported deepfake image-generation tools","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The reports describe nonconsensual sexual depictions of schoolgirls circulated online and families seeking police help. No separate clinical or educational outcome is attributed to these particular students.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The sources refer to female students and several families without a reliable numeric count. Zero is an unknown-count placeholder and does not mean no one was harmed.","victimAgeRange":"minor","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-16/police-investigate-sydney-school-image-deepfake/105896812","primarySourceLabel":"ABC News, 16 October 2025, police inquiry into Sydney school deepfake images","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:10:39.838754+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:17.276886+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-orrington-teacher-reported-ai-impersonation-harassment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 91: paragraph about AI videos and photos.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 91: paragraph about AI videos and photos.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The superintendent said fabricated videos and photos of a teaching staff member were created using AI and circulated online.","causal_attribution":"WABI reproduces one superintendent letter. School statements remain reported and are not independent corroboration of the underlying creation method."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 92: paragraph about malicious targeting and online circulation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 95: paragraph about malicious targeting and online circulation.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The district described the teacher as a victim of digital impersonation and harassment, and said the content was false.","causal_attribution":"WABI reproduces one superintendent letter. School statements remain reported and are not independent corroboration of the underlying creation method."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body, retained text line 93: paragraph about reporting and takedown.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The letter said the online account hosting the video had been reported and the video taken down.","causal_attribution":"WABI reproduces one superintendent letter. School statements remain reported and are not independent corroboration of the underlying creation method."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported digital impersonation and harassment of a teacher","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wabi.tv/2025/04/22/aos-47-teacher-target-deepfake-video-orrington-superintendent-says/","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1156"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","work","privacy"],"unknowns":["The first event date, creator and AI tool are unknown.","The teacher's personal account and any separate employment, medical or financial effects are not reported."],"geography":{"basis":"The school district is expressly identified as the Orrington-area Maine district, and the target is a member of its teaching staff.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"A reproduced school letter describes a specific AI impersonation attack on one teacher. The target and school are anonymized in public prose, and the record avoids unsupported imagery descriptions or clinical effects. The event is undated.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The reproduced superintendent letter directly attributes fabricated videos and photos of the teacher to AI technology. No imagery or investigation record was inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Maine school district reports teacher targeted by fabricated AI videos and photos","summary":"A Maine school superintendent told families that a teacher had been targeted by a malicious digital attack using AI-created videos and photos. The letter, reproduced by WABI, said the content falsely portrayed the teacher and had circulated online, with a small number of students possibly accessing or sharing it. The district said the hosting account had been reported and the video taken down, and offered support to the teacher. The first creation date and specific content are unknown.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-04-22","aiSystem":"Unspecified AI-generated impersonation videos and photos","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm","exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The superintendent described one teacher as the target of malicious digital impersonation and online harassment. The source does not report a separate medical, employment or financial consequence.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The superintendent's letter identifies one teaching staff member as the target. Students who may have viewed the material are not counted as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wabi.tv/2025/04/22/aos-47-teacher-target-deepfake-video-orrington-superintendent-says/","primarySourceLabel":"WABI, 22 April 2025, reproduced school superintendent letter","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:10:30.089149+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:04.769803+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-southeast-idaho-waterfowl-hunter-caught-hunting-day-early-ai-search-answer-reported","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"a waterfowl hunter was caught hunting a day early","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"came in southeast Idaho","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"gotten the opening date from an online search","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A waterfowl hunter in southeast Idaho was caught hunting a day early and told wardens the opening date came from an online search.","causal_attribution":"The account is the agency spokesperson's, relayed by the newspaper. The hunter's statement to wardens is relayed second-hand. No citation, fine or penalty for this hunter is stated."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"an AI answer that pulled information from a failed proposal","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Wardens found that the online search gave the hunter an AI answer that pulled information from a failed proposal instead of the agency's final decision or regulation book.","causal_attribution":"The agency spokesperson's account of the wardens' finding. The AI answer, the search product and the failed proposal are not shown in the inspected sources."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Fish and Game Conservation Officers are encountering people in the field who are using AI and search engines and getting incorrect information, which has led to citations.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"game wardens had encountered people in the field who had been fed the wrong information by AI","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Idaho Fish and Game stated that its conservation officers are encountering people who used AI and search engines and got incorrect information, which has led to citations.","causal_attribution":"An agency statement about unspecified individuals. The number of citations is not given. The Spokesman-Review text relays the same agency."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Some AI-generated search results reference the bills as if they are current law","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Individuals who rely on inaccurate AI-generated interpretations of Wyoming wildlife laws could face hunting or fishing violations","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Officials in places like Illinois and Maine have warned people against using AI","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Wyoming Game and Fish stated that AI-generated search results referenced failed legislative bills as current law and warned that people relying on them could face violations. The Spokesman-Review adds that officials in Illinois and Maine have warned against using AI for hunting rules.","causal_attribution":"Agency warnings. No individual harmed person is described in Wyoming, Illinois or Maine, so these are context and not additional cases."}],"effects":[{"label":"Waterfowl hunter found hunting a day before the season opened after an AI search answer gave the opening date (no citation of this hunter is reported)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/oct/24/officials-want-hunters-to-use-regulation-booklets-/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"idfg-agency"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://idfg.idaho.gov/article/dont-trust-ai-hunting-and-fishing-regulations-go-source","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"idfg-agency"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://wgfd.wyo.gov/news-events/ai-generated-information-can-be-inaccurate","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"wgfd-agency"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","public_services"],"unknowns":["The date of the hunter's violation is not stated. The Idaho warning is dated 15 October 2025, and the Spokesman-Review text does not date the waterfowl case.","Whether this hunter was cited, and any penalty, is not stated. The Idaho statement that incorrect information has led to citations is general.","The AI product is not identified. The Spokesman-Review mentions Google's AI overviews as general context and does not say the hunter used them.","The hunter's identity and the specific failed proposal are not reported.","The hunter's statement that the date came from an online search is relayed by the spokesperson and not seen directly."],"geography":{"basis":"The reports place the event in southeast Idaho and the agencies are the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The country follows from the state names in the reports and is not inferred from the outlet.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"One newspaper article citing an agency spokesperson, an Idaho agency release and a Wyoming agency release, all read in full. The Idaho release and the newspaper are one agency chain. The hunter is unnamed in the sources. The event date is not stated, so the case is published undated.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"An Idaho Fish and Game spokesperson told the Spokesman-Review that wardens found the search gave the hunter an AI answer that pulled information from a failed proposal. The answer itself was not published. 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Wyoming Game and Fish published a notice on 22 October 2025 that AI-generated search results were citing failed bills as current law. The sources do not state whether this hunter was cited, the penalty, the date of the event, or which AI product produced the answer.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-10-24","aiSystem":"AI-generated search answer (product not identified in the sources)","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI search answer","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A waterfowl hunter was reportedly found hunting a day before the season opened and confronted by wardens after relying on an online search that returned an AI answer built on a failed proposal. No citation, fine or penalty for this hunter is reported. The Idaho agency separately states that such incorrect information has led to citations of unspecified people.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One hunter is described as caught hunting early. Other hunters referred to generally by the Idaho and Wyoming agencies are not counted because no individual case is described.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/oct/24/officials-want-hunters-to-use-regulation-booklets-/","primarySourceLabel":"The Spokesman-Review (Michael Wright), 'Ain't nothing like the real thing: Officials warn against using AI for hunting regs', 24 October 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T13:29:01.541684+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:16.512865+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2026-lewes-rape-trial-stayed-complainant-ai-cross-examination-prep","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'The download revealed two documents which contained a summary record of what C had recalled of events on the night in question, followed by a series of questions in the form of a cross-examination of C’s account, together with suggested answers.'; 'C was asked who they had been communicating with, to which C responded: \"I had put stuff into AI to help me prepare myself for the court\".'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'There then follows several pages of text containing the promised summary, together with 24 highly pertinent questions and suggested answers'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A download of the complainant's phone during the Lewes trial revealed two documents containing a summary of the complainant's recollection of the night in question and a series of cross-examination questions with suggested answers, and the complainant said 'I had put stuff into AI to help me prepare myself for the court'.","causal_attribution":"Established by the judgment's account of the trial record."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'this appeal has proceeded on the basis that the documents were generated by AI in response to prompts from C. We do not know the nature of those prompts.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Although the defence did not accept that the documented questions and answers were generated by AI, as opposed to being contained in a communication from a real person'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Please make sure someone is with you or available to you today.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The documents were generated by AI in response to the complainant's prompts.","causal_attribution":"The complainant's statement, accepted as the working basis of the appeal; the defence did not accept it and the court made no finding on the product or prompts."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'It is a prosecution appeal against the Recorder’s ruling, part-way through trial, staying proceedings as an abuse. Upon the prosecution giving notice of its intention to appeal, accompanied by the usual prosecution undertaking, the jury was discharged.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'this is evidence of coaching, whether or not done by AI or someone else.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The ruling stayed proceedings after the complainant was found to have used AI to help prepare for court.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Recorder held that the documents amounted to witness coaching, that the defendant could not have a fair trial, and stayed the proceedings as an abuse of process part-way through the trial; the jury was discharged when the prosecution gave notice of appeal.","causal_attribution":"The judgment records that the stay was granted because of the documents the complainant attributed to AI."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Date: Thursday 4th June 2026'; 'Accordingly, we give leave, we allow the appeal and reverse the ruling below.'; 'As the allegations are now of some age, the re-trial should be listed at the earliest opportunity.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Hay’s decision has been reversed, and a retrial has been ordered for listing “at the earliest opportunity,” per the Gazette.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 4 June 2026 the Court of Appeal reversed the stay, holding that the trial process could deal with any prejudice, and directed that the retrial be listed at the earliest opportunity because the allegations were now of some age.","causal_attribution":"Established by the judgment."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'All witnesses, whether for the prosecution or defence, should be firmly discouraged from resorting to the use of AI to prepare for giving evidence.'; 'their use of AI may open up further lines of enquiry, exposing their online activity to an unwelcome, wider-ranging and potentially more intrusive investigation and examination for the purposes of disclosure'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Court of Appeal said witnesses should be firmly discouraged from using AI to prepare their evidence, and that for sexual-offence complainants such use may expose their online activity to wider and potentially more intrusive investigation.","causal_attribution":"General guidance in the judgment; it does not describe a further consequence to this complainant."}],"effects":[{"label":"the trial was stayed part-way through as an abuse of process and the jury discharged after the complainant's AI-prepared cross-examination documents were treated as witness coaching","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a retrial of allegations described as now of some age was required after the stay was reversed","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/crim/2026/918","kind":"court_record","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Full judgment text read by curl on 2026-09-29 from the National Archives Find Case Law service. The court excluded identifying detail and anonymised both parties.","independence_group":"fgd-judgment"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/court-of-appeal-calls-for-ai-regulation-in-criminal-proceedings-after-trial-collapses/5127513.article","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Law Society Gazette report of 28 July 2026 (Bianca Castro), read by curl on 2026-09-29. It reports the judgment and is grouped with it.","independence_group":"fgd-judgment"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/international/uk-trial-halts-over-witness-ai-use-court-of-appeal-judges-flag-regulation-concerns/394434","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Canadian Lawyer, read by curl on 2026-09-29; attributes its account to the Law Society Gazette.","independence_group":"fgd-judgment"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["justice"],"unknowns":["When the trial and the Recorder's stay took place (before the 4 June 2026 appeal hearing).","Which AI product was used and what the complainant's prompts were.","Whether the retrial has taken place and its outcome.","The complainant's own account of the effect of the stay; no statement from the complainant was read."],"geography":{"basis":"The trial took place at Lewes Crown Court and the appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice in London (judgment). Where the complainant lives, and where the AI was used, is not stated.","court_countries":["GB"],"event_countries":["GB"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published from the Court of Appeal judgment as a concrete adverse consequence of a person's AI use: the complainant's trial was stayed and must be retried. The judgment and all press coverage are one reporting chain. The complainant and defendant are anonymous by law and no identifying detail is recorded; the complainant's pronouns follow the judgment's neutral usage.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complainant told the court the material came from putting things into AI, and the Court of Appeal proceeded on the basis that the documents were AI-generated in response to the complainant's prompts. The defence did not accept that they were AI-generated rather than written by a real person, and the product and prompts are unknown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Lewes Crown Court, England: a rape trial was stayed part-way through and the jury discharged after documents on the complainant's phone, which the complainant said came from putting material into AI to prepare for court, were treated as witness coaching; the Court of Appeal reversed the stay on 4 June 2026 and ordered a retrial","summary":"During a rape trial at Lewes Crown Court, a download of the complainant's phone revealed two documents containing a summary of the complainant's recollection of the night in question and 24 questions in the form of a cross-examination, with suggested answers. Asked about them, the complainant said: 'I had put stuff into AI to help me prepare myself for the court'. The trial judge (a Recorder) held that this was witness coaching, found that the defendant could not have a fair trial and stayed the proceedings as an abuse of process; the jury was discharged when the prosecution gave notice of appeal. On 4 June 2026 the Court of Appeal (R v FGD [2026] EWCA Crim 918) reversed the stay, holding that the trial process could deal with any prejudice, and directed a retrial at the earliest opportunity because the allegations were 'now of some age'. The defence did not accept that the documents were AI-generated; the appeal proceeded on that basis. The court warned that witnesses should be firmly discouraged from using AI to prepare their evidence and that, for complainants in sexual-offence cases, doing so may expose their online activity to wider and more intrusive investigation.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-28","aiSystem":"An unidentified AI chatbot; the complainant told the court 'I had put stuff into AI to help me prepare myself for the court'. The judgment does not name the product and says the court does not know the prompts used.","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The complainant's rape trial was stayed part-way through and the jury discharged because documents the complainant said came from AI preparation were treated as witness coaching; the Court of Appeal reversed the stay and ordered a retrial of allegations it described as 'now of some age' (R v FGD [2026] EWCA Crim 918).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the complainant, whose trial was stayed and must be retried (judgment). The defendant is not counted; the stay was in the defendant's favour and no harm to the defendant from the AI use is reported. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/crim/2026/918","primarySourceLabel":"R v FGD [2026] EWCA Crim 918, Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), judgment of 4 June 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:00:29.036322+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:44.047133+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["witness-coaching","criminal-trial","court-of-appeal","lewes-crown-court","england","sexual-offence-complainant","trial-stayed","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2026-gilmer-county-georgia-school-vending-vendor-ai-child-abuse-images-pepsi-lawsuit","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The student told authorities he had asked her to send him pictures through a social media app, a request she considered inappropriate.'; 'Investigators ultimately identified more than 150 underage victims from Georgia and other states, according to prosecutors.'; 'He then used the technology to manipulate the photos to make the children appear nude or, in some cases, engaged in sexual activity.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'then used AI applications to digitally alter the photos to make the subjects appear nude or engage in sexual activity, the district attorney’s office said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'after authorities said they discovered a trove of child sex abuse material that he generated by running normal photographs of the victims through artificial intelligence programs.'; 'included sexual abuse content of more than 150 victims, many of whom were identified as students in Gilmer County, prosecutors said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'the report prompted an extensive investigation that ultimately uncovered hundreds of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, including digitally altered images involving minors from the local community.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to the prosecuting DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, the investigation began in December 2024 when a Gilmer High School student reported that a vendor who refilled drink machines on campus had asked her through a social media app to send him pictures; he downloaded photographs of minors from social media and used AI applications and bots to alter them so the children appeared nude or engaged in sexual activity; investigators identified more than 150 underage victims from Georgia and other states.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutors' account (one chain via CBS Atlanta, FOX 5 and Atlanta News First; the AJC attributes the same to authorities and prosecutors). The sheriff's separate statement supports digitally altered images of local minors but does not itself describe the AI tools."},{"id":"c2","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'118 counts of sexual exploitation of children.'; 'with 40 to serve in prison and the remainder on probation.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'has been sentenced to 60 years, with 40 years to be served in prison, following his conviction on 118 counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'was convicted last month on 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children, court records show.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The vendor was convicted on 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children and sentenced to 60 years, with 40 to be served in prison.","causal_attribution":"Conviction and sentence reported through the DA's statement (CBS Atlanta), the Gilmer County Sheriff's separate statement (FetchYourNews) and the AJC citing court records. The court record itself was not read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was found guilty Aug. 13 of 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children.'; 'The DeKalb County District Attorney's Office prosecuted the case after being appointed as conflict prosecutor in February 2025.'; 'Cobb County Senior Judge Grant Brantley presided over the case'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'was sentenced Sept. 2 following an investigation that began in December 2024'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'Nineteen victims gave impact statements at the sentencing hearing in Ellijay, according to the DeKalb County district attorney’s office'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The verdict was rendered on 13 August 2026 by a Cobb County senior judge after the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office took the case as conflict prosecutor in February 2025; at the sentencing hearing on 2 September 2026 in Ellijay, 19 victims gave impact statements.","causal_attribution":"Procedural facts as reported by the DA's chain, the sheriff's statement and the AJC."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'At least eight female students were victimized by a vendor allowed access to Gilmer County schools even after students complained that he was taking photos and videos of them in school without their consent.'; 'The girls range from 12 to 17 years old.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'On Friday, the parents of eight victims filed a lawsuit against'; 'the Pepsi defendants conducted an investigation but later reinstated'; 'caused fear, mental suffering, shame, and humiliation and sustained damages'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'A civil lawsuit filed in Georgia accuses PepsiCo of negligence, saying the company failed to protect students from a vending machine vendor who photographed middle and high school girls and then used AI tools to alter the images into sexually explicit material.'; 'Pepsi has not yet filed a public response to the negligence claims.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"}],"assertion":"The parents of eight female students aged 12 to 17 sued the vendor, Pepsi Beverage Co. and Pepsi-Cola Sales and Distribution in a suit reported on 28 February 2025, alleging that after students complained he was photographing them at school the companies investigated but reinstated him to the same route including the school, and that his conduct caused the plaintiffs fear, mental suffering, shame and humiliation.","causal_attribution":"Allegations in the civil complaint as reported by the AJC and relayed by PetaPixel (one chain), and restated by USA Herald. The allegations are untested; the companies' response is not reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"ordinary photographs of more than 150 minors, many of them local students, were turned into child sexual abuse material with AI applications, according to prosecutors","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"eight student plaintiffs allege fear, mental suffering, shame and humiliation, and that the vendor was returned to their school route after students complained","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/former-georgia-school-vendor-sentenced-for-using-ai-to-make-child-sexual-abuse-material/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (CBS Atlanta, 3 September 2026). Relays the DeKalb County DA's account.","independence_group":"dekalb-da-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/09/02/gilmer-county-man-convicted-over-100-counts-sexual-exploitation/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Atlanta News First, 2 September 2026). Attributes each fact to the DA's office.","independence_group":"dekalb-da-statement"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/ex-school-vendor-faces-sentencing-ai-child-exploitation-case","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (FOX 5 Atlanta, 31 August 2026, pre-sentencing). States that the information came from a DeKalb County DA press release.","independence_group":"dekalb-da-statement"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://gilmer.fetchyournews.com/2026/09/07/gilmer-county-man-sentenced-to-40-years-in-prison-after-conviction-on-118-child-exploitation-counts/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (FetchYourNews Gilmer, 7 September 2026). Relays the Gilmer County Sheriff's Office statement, a separate official source from the DA.","independence_group":"gilmer-sheriff-statement"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/2026/09/georgia-man-sentenced-to-decades-in-prison-in-ai-child-sex-abuse-materials-case/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, byline dated 2 September 2026; page metadata 3 September 2026). Only the deck and first three paragraphs rendered as readable text; the remainder is scrambled by the publisher's anti-scraping layer and was not used. Cites court records and the DA.","independence_group":"ajc"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/student-victims-of-vendor-accused-of-using-ai-to-turn-their-images-into-porn-file-lawsuit/D6UEXAAHRFE67OXBIQCW77IHPY/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (AJC, 28 February 2025). Deck and first two paragraphs readable; the remainder scrambled by the publisher and not used. Reports the civil complaint.","independence_group":"civil-complaint-ajc"},{"id":"s7","url":"https://petapixel.com/2025/03/05/students-sue-pepsi-after-its-vendor-used-ai-to-turn-photos-into-child-porn/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (PetaPixel, 5 March 2025). Relays the AJC's report of the complaint with direct complaint quotations; same chain as s6.","independence_group":"civil-complaint-ajc"},{"id":"s8","url":"https://usaherald.com/georgia-parents-sue-pepsi-after-vending-machine-worker-used-ai-to-make-child-abuse-images-of-their-children/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-27 (USA Herald, 26 September 2026). A legal-news write-up drawing on CBS Atlanta and other Georgia outlets; gives no court, filing date or case number for the suit.","independence_group":"usaherald"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["When the photographs were taken and altered; the known dated events are the student's report in December 2024 and the arrest in January 2025.","Which AI applications or bots were used.","How many of the more than 150 victims were depicted in AI-altered images rather than other material, and how many of the 118 counts concern AI-altered images.","The court, case number and current status of the civil suit, and whether USA Herald's 26 September 2026 article describes the February 2025 suit or a later filing.","Pepsi's response to the negligence allegations.","Which other states the victims live in."],"geography":{"basis":"The school, the report, the arrest and the sentencing are in Gilmer County, Georgia (FOX 5: sentencing scheduled 'at the Gilmer County Courthouse in Ellijay'; AJC: 'the sentencing hearing in Ellijay'); prosecutors say victims were 'from Georgia and other states' (the other states are not named); the civil suit is described as filed in Georgia (USA Herald).","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (AI-generated sexual depictions of real children): the prosecuting DA's account, the AJC and the sheriff's statement describe AI-altered child sexual abuse material made from students' photographs, and the conviction and sentence are reported by separate official chains. The civil allegations against the Pepsi entities are reported as untested allegations. Children and the convicted vendor are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-27"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The prosecuting DeKalb County District Attorney's Office says the vendor uploaded photographs of minors to online applications and bots and used AI applications to alter them into sexually explicit images (via FOX 5 Atlanta and Atlanta News First); the AJC and CBS Atlanta report the same, and the Gilmer County sheriff's separate statement refers to digitally altered or AI-generated material. He was convicted on 118 counts; the bodies do not say how many counts concerned AI-altered images, and the tools are not named.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Gilmer County, Georgia: a vendor who restocked drink machines in local schools used AI applications to turn ordinary photographs of students into child sexual abuse material; prosecutors identified more than 150 underage victims, he was convicted on 118 counts and sentenced on 2 September 2026 to 40 years in prison, and parents of eight students sued Pepsi entities for keeping him on the school route","summary":"According to the DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, which prosecuted the case as conflict prosecutor, the investigation began in December 2024 when a Gilmer High School student told a school resource officer that a vendor who refilled drink machines on campus had asked her through a social media app to send him pictures. The Gilmer County Sheriff's Office arrested him in January 2025 and searched his devices, car and home. Prosecutors say he downloaded photographs of minors from social media and used AI applications and bots to alter them so the children appeared nude or engaged in sexual activity, and that the material related to more than 150 underage victims in Georgia and other states, many of them Gilmer County students. A Cobb County senior judge found him guilty on 13 August 2026 of 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children and on 2 September 2026, after 19 victim impact statements, sentenced him to 60 years with 40 to serve in prison. Separately, the parents of eight female students aged 12 to 17 sued him, Pepsi Beverage Co. and Pepsi-Cola Sales and Distribution in a suit reported on 28 February 2025, alleging the companies reinstated him to the same school route after students complained that he was photographing them; USA Herald reported the negligence suit again on 26 September 2026 and said Pepsi had not yet responded publicly. The AI tools are not named and the court and status of the civil suit are not reported.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-02-28","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI applications and online bots used to alter photographs of minors taken from social media (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office via FOX 5 Atlanta and Atlanta News First); the tools are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Prosecutors say photographs of more than 150 minors were turned into child sexual abuse material with AI applications (DeKalb County DA via FOX 5, Atlanta News First and CBS Atlanta; AJC); the civil complaint, as reported by the AJC and PetaPixel, alleges the conduct caused eight student plaintiffs fear, mental suffering, shame and humiliation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":150,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Prosecutors say investigators identified 'more than 150 underage victims' (FOX 5 Atlanta, from the DA press release; AJC: 'more than 150 victims'). 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Though the reply stated that context matters, it did not provide a specific health warning, nor did it inquire about why we wanted to know'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'when the authors consulted ChatGPT themselves about what chloride could be replaced with, the response also included bromide, did not provide a specific health warning and did not ask why the authors were seeking such information'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"When the authors asked ChatGPT 3.5 what chloride can be replaced with, the reply included bromide and said context matters, but gave no specific health warning and did not ask why they wanted to know.","causal_attribution":"The authors' separate test; it does not reproduce the patient's exchange."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The chatbot’s guidelines also state it is not “intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"OpenAI's guidelines state that ChatGPT is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition; the Guardian reports no OpenAI comment on this case.","causal_attribution":"General product terms relayed by the Guardian, not a response to this case."}],"effects":[{"label":"bromide poisoning with paranoia and hallucinations, an involuntary psychiatric hold and a three-week hospital admission","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2024.1260","kind":"peer_reviewed_case_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Live URL answered HTTP 403 on 2026-10-11. Read in English from the Internet Archive capture 20250807211025 of this URL (bodies/lr-acp-wb.html): complete article (Background, Case Report, Table 1, Discussion, references, author information), published online 5 August 2025 by Eichenberger, Thielke and Van Buskirk; the treating clinicians' own report of the case.","independence_group":"acp-case-report"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/12/us-man-bromism-salt-diet-chatgpt-openai-health-information","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-11 (live page, HTTP 200). 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University of Washington, Seattle appears only as the authors' affiliation, which is not used as an event or residence location. The Guardian calls the publication 'A US medical journal', which locates the journal and not the patient. No proceeding is reported. Carried forward from the 2026-09-19 metadata review and re-verified in the archived article on 2026-10-11.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with). The treating clinicians' peer-reviewed case report documents the bromide poisoning, psychosis and three-week admission and records the patient's account that he made the substitution after reading in a ChatGPT consultation that chloride can be swapped with bromide. The chatbot's output to him is known only through that account, so AI involvement is reported and causation alleged. 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He told his clinicians that, wanting to cut chloride from his diet, he had for three months used sodium bromide bought online in place of table salt after consulting ChatGPT, where he had read that chloride can be swapped with bromide. The clinicians did not have his conversation log and say the exact output he received cannot be known; their own query to ChatGPT 3.5 produced a reply naming bromide without a specific health warning. 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