{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T08:14:55.633Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"poisoning","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2025","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":3,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":1,"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":"2025-shanghai-yangpu-man-used-ai-faked-food-poisoning-medical-records-to-extort-restaurants-convicted","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'要求商家赔偿2000元医疗费，否则将投诉和曝光'; '最终转账赔付'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'店家赔了钱'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A customer told a Yangpu barbecue restaurant he had fallen ill after eating there, produced a hospital visit record and invoice, demanded 2,000 yuan in medical costs under threat of complaints and publicity, and the restaurant paid.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by Shangguan; the Procuratorate Daily feature gives the same episode briefly. Different reporting chains on the same police case; marked reported because the details (amount, threat) come from the police account."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'材料均系伪造'; '利用AI软件对图片进行篡改，替换姓名、调整日期、伪造金额'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'从未有过相关就医记录'; '于是用手机AI工具生成了虚假材料'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police found the man had no hospital record and the materials were forged; police say he confessed to altering images of other people's medical records with AI software, replacing the name, date and amount.","causal_attribution":"The AI use rests on the man's admission as reported by police (Shangguan) and in China Voice's report of the investigation (Xinhua). The tool is not named, and the accounts differ on whether existing record images were altered or materials generated."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'成功敲诈勒索两起，未遂两起，非法获利2500元'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'去年11月第一次索赔成功后，一个月内他又以同样方式对四家餐厅提出索'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say he succeeded twice and failed twice, obtaining 2,500 yuan; Xinhua reports that after a first successful claim in November of the previous year he made similar claims against four more restaurants within a month.","causal_attribution":"Counts come from the police account (Shangguan) and the China Voice report; they are not reconciled (two plus two versus one plus four), so the record keeps both."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'上海市杨浦区人民法院审理认定'; '判处拘役四个月、缓刑四个月，并处罚金2000元'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'利用AI技术伪造就医材料、恶意投诉、敲诈勒索商家的案件依法提起公诉'; '法院审理后以敲诈勒索罪判处'; '利用AI软件生成急性肠胃炎诊断证明和逼真的呕吐物照片'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Yangpu District People's Procuratorate prosecuted him in June 2026, and the Yangpu District People's Court convicted him of extortion and sentenced him to four months' criminal detention, suspended for four months, and a 2,000 yuan fine; the Procuratorate Daily says he used AI software to generate gastroenteritis diagnosis certificates and vomit photos.","causal_attribution":"Two reporting chains give the same sentence; both relay the court outcome and the judgment itself was not read, so the claim is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"restaurants paid compensation demanded with AI-forged medical records (police: 2,500 yuan from two successful claims)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.shobserver.cn/sgh/detail?id=1713109","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17; no human reviewer inspected the text. Shangguan News report of the Yangpu public security sub-bureau's account, 26 February 2026.","independence_group":"yangpu-police-account-2026-02"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://app.xinhuanet.com/news/article.html?articleId=20260616b5cfed558eda4c739780064335734766","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17; no human reviewer inspected the text. Xinhua client carry of a China Media Group China Voice report (reporters named in the text), 16 June 2026, drawing on the police investigation and the court judgment.","independence_group":"cmg-china-voice-2026-06"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.chinanews.com.cn/fz/2026/10-14/10714250.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-17; no human reviewer inspected the text. China News Service carry of a Procuratorate Daily feature ('来源：检察日报'), 14 October 2026.","independence_group":"procuratorate-daily-2026-10"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","justice"],"unknowns":["The AI tool used, and whether it altered existing record images or generated documents and photos from text.","How many restaurants were targeted and paid: the police account gives two successful and two failed claims, Xinhua a first claim plus four more within a month.","The date of the judgment; the text of the judgment was not read."],"geography":{"basis":"The restaurants are in Yangpu district, Shanghai, and the Yangpu police, procuratorate and court handled the case (Shangguan, Xinhua, Procuratorate Daily).","court_countries":["CN"],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":["CN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a contextual case (made_claim_about): Yangpu police say a man used AI software to forge medical records claiming food poisoning and obtained 2,500 yuan from restaurants, which he admitted; the Yangpu court convicted him of extortion. Three reporting chains (police account, China Voice, Procuratorate Daily).","reviewed_on":"2026-10-17"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Yangpu police say the man confessed to altering images of other people's medical records with AI software, changing the name, date and amount and adding a beef food-poisoning note, after the hospital confirmed he had no record (Shangguan). China Voice (Xinhua) says he used an AI tool on his phone to generate the false materials, and the Procuratorate Daily says he used AI software to generate diagnosis certificates and vomit photos and was prosecuted for using AI to forge medical materials. The AI output is the forged documents and photos asserting that the restaurants' food had made him ill (made_claim_about), which the restaurants relied on when they paid. The tool is not named.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Shanghai court convicts a man who, police say, used AI software to fake food-poisoning medical records and extort restaurants into paying compensation","summary":"Police in Yangpu district, Shanghai, say a customer extorted restaurants with medical records he had forged using AI software; Xinhua dates his first successful claim to November 2025. In the police account (Shangguan News, 26 February 2026) he claimed to have fallen ill after eating at a barbecue restaurant, showed a hospital visit record and medical invoice, and demanded 2,000 yuan in medical costs, threatening complaints and publicity; the restaurant paid. Police checked with other diners and the hospital, found he had no hospital record and the materials were forged, and say he confessed to using AI software to alter images of other people's medical records, replacing the name, date and amount. Police say he succeeded twice and failed twice, obtaining 2,500 yuan, and that he also filed complaints to market regulators with the forged material to pressure the restaurants. According to Xinhua's June report and the Procuratorate Daily, the Yangpu District People's Court convicted him of extortion and sentenced him to four months' criminal detention, suspended for four months, and a 2,000 yuan fine.","incidentDate":"2025-11-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-02-26","aiSystem":"AI software on the man's phone that, according to Yangpu police, he used to alter images of other people's medical records (name, date, amount) and, according to later reports, to generate gastroenteritis diagnosis certificates, receipts and vomit photos; the tool is not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Yangpu police, restaurants paid compensation demanded with AI-forged medical records: a barbecue restaurant paid 2,000 yuan, and the man obtained 2,500 yuan in total from two successful claims, with two more attempts failing.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"established","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Police say two extortions succeeded and two failed. One payer is described: the barbecue restaurant's person in charge, who paid 2,000 yuan (Shangguan). The second paying restaurant's people are not described, so the count is 1 plus an unquantified remainder.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.shobserver.cn/sgh/detail?id=1713109","primarySourceLabel":"Shangguan News, 26 February 2026: Yangpu police on a barbecue restaurant that paid 2,000 yuan over forged medical records","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-17T03:18:51.274802+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T03:18:51.274802+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["fake-medical-records","food-poisoning-claim","extortion","restaurants","criminal-conviction","shanghai","china","made-claim-about"]},{"id":"2025-wakayama-japan-ai-photo-check-called-poisonous-mushroom-edible-man-hospitalised","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'和歌山市生活保健課によると、同市在住の70代男性は11月3日、奈良県下北山村の山中でヒラタケ'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'2025年11月、70代男性が奈良県下北山村の山中で「ヒラタケ」や「シイタケ」に似たキノコを採取'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A man in his 70s living in Wakayama city gathered wild mushrooms resembling hiratake and shiitake in the mountains of Shimokitayama village, Nara prefecture, on 3 November 2025, according to the city’s public-health division.","causal_attribution":"Wakayama city public-health division as reported by MBS and relayed by HuffPost Japan; one origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'この翌日、そのキノコを電子端末で撮影してAI判定を行ったところ、AIが「シイタケかヒラタケで食べられる」という旨の回答をしました'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'被害男性が毒キノコを食べてしまった背景には、AI判定がありました'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'翌4日、食べられるかどうかを植物園などに確認しようとしましたが、連絡がつながらなかったため、採取したキノコを自らの電子端末で撮影し、AI判定を行ったところ、AIは“シイタケかヒラタケで食べられる”という旨を回答しました。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 4 November 2025 he tried to ask a botanical garden and others whether the mushrooms were edible but could not reach anyone, so he photographed one with his own electronic device and ran an AI identification, which answered to the effect that it was shiitake or hiratake and edible.","causal_attribution":"The city’s account as reported by MBS (full article read) and summarised by HuffPost Japan; one origin. The tool is not identified and the exchange is not reproduced."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'実際は有毒の「ツキヨタケ」であったため、喫食約30分で嘔吐の症状が出て、男性は一時入院したといいます'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'和歌山市の70代男性が嘔吐の症状で一時入院'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'それを受け、男性はキノコを焼いて食べましたが、約30分後から嘔吐の症状が出て一時入院しました。現在は快復しています。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'県立自然博物館や同市の衛生研究所が残品を調べたところ、キノコは毒キノコである「ツキヨタケ」と判明しました。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In response to the AI’s answer he grilled and ate the mushroom; about 30 minutes later he began vomiting and was briefly hospitalised, and he has since recovered. The prefectural natural history museum and the city’s public-health research institute examined the leftovers and identified them as the poisonous tsukiyotake.","causal_attribution":"City account as reported by MBS and relayed by HuffPost Japan. MBS links the eating to the AI answer ('それを受け', in response to that); the species identification is the museum's and institute's examination as reported. No first-person statement or medical record was inspected."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'農林水産省は9月4日、SNSを通じて注意を呼びかけました。キノコは「専門家でも見分けが難しい場合がある」として、「検索結果やAIの回答で食用かどうかを判断するのは大変危険です」と警鐘を鳴らしています'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Japan’s agriculture ministry warned on 4 September 2026 that deciding whether a mushroom is edible from search results or AI answers is very dangerous.","causal_attribution":"HuffPost Japan’s report of the ministry’s social-media warning; the ministry post itself was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"poisoning and brief hospitalisation after an AI identification called a poisonous mushroom edible","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_6aa0c9c1e4b0307636055289","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese and translated into English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-08 (HTTP 200); no human translator or reviewer. HuffPost Japan editorial piece of 9 September 2026 that summarises the MBS report of the Wakayama case and the agriculture ministry’s warning.","independence_group":"mbs-wakayama-city-health-division"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/2303290","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ja","translation_note":"Read in Japanese and translated into English by the research agent (an AI); no human translator or reviewer. On 2026-10-08 only the headline and opening paragraph were readable behind a read-more control. On 2026-10-11 the full article body was read from the same article's ?display=1 page (https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/2303290?display=1, HTTP 200). MBS report attributed to Wakayama city’s public-health division; same origin as s1.","independence_group":"mbs-wakayama-city-health-division"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool or app produced the identification, and the exact wording of its answer.","How long the man was in hospital.","Whether the AI identification was the only basis for his decision to eat the mushroom."],"geography":{"basis":"The mushrooms were gathered in Shimokitayama village, Nara prefecture, and the case was handled and announced by Wakayama city, where the man lives; both are in Japan. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["JP"],"affected_person_countries":["JP"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case on one official origin carried by two outlets: Wakayama city’s public-health division, through an MBS report summarised by HuffPost Japan, says a man in his 70s ran an AI identification of a photographed wild mushroom, was told it was edible, ate the poisonous tsukiyotake and was briefly hospitalised with vomiting; MBS reports he has since recovered. The AI’s answer to the man is described and connected to the harm. Every claim is attributed to the city’s account; the tool and the exchange are recorded as unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"MBS’s report of Wakayama city’s public-health division, read in full and summarised by HuffPost Japan, says the man photographed the gathered mushroom with his own electronic device and ran an AI identification after failing to reach a botanical garden, that the AI answered to the effect that it was shiitake or hiratake and edible, and that in response he grilled and ate it and was poisoned by tsukiyotake. The AI’s answer to the man is the described contribution (communicated_with), and the account connects that answer to his eating the mushroom. The tool is not identified and the exchange is not reproduced.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Wakayama, Japan: city health officials say a man in his 70s was hospitalised after an AI photo check told him a poisonous wild mushroom was edible (MBS report)","summary":"According to Wakayama city’s public-health division, as reported by MBS (Mainichi Broadcasting) on 21 November 2025 and relayed by HuffPost Japan on 9 September 2026, a man in his 70s living in Wakayama city gathered wild mushrooms resembling hiratake (oyster mushroom) and shiitake in the mountains of Shimokitayama village, Nara prefecture, on 3 November 2025. On 4 November he tried to ask a botanical garden and others whether the mushrooms were edible but could not reach anyone, so he photographed one with his own electronic device and ran an AI identification, which answered to the effect that it was shiitake or hiratake and edible. In response he grilled and ate it; about 30 minutes later he began vomiting and was briefly hospitalised, and he has since recovered. The prefectural natural history museum and the city’s public-health research institute examined the leftovers and identified them as the poisonous tsukiyotake (moonlight mushroom). The city warned that judging wild mushrooms by AI or by picture books alone is dangerous. HuffPost Japan reports that Japan’s agriculture ministry issued a warning on 4 September 2026 against deciding edibility from search results or AI answers. The AI tool is not identified in the reports and the man’s exact exchange with it is not reproduced.","incidentDate":"2025-11-04","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-11-21","aiSystem":"AI image identification run on an electronic device, according to Wakayama city’s public-health division as reported by MBS, which answered that a photographed wild mushroom was shiitake or hiratake and edible (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified mushroom-identification tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["hospitalization","medical_deterioration"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Wakayama city’s public-health division as reported by MBS and relayed by HuffPost Japan, a man in his 70s ate a poisonous tsukiyotake mushroom after an AI identification of his photograph answered that it was edible shiitake or hiratake; he began vomiting about 30 minutes later and was briefly hospitalised, and MBS reports that he has since recovered.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the man in his 70s who ran the AI check and ate the mushroom (own use). No other person is reported poisoned.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"JP","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_6aa0c9c1e4b0307636055289","primarySourceLabel":"HuffPost Japan, 9 September 2026: Do not take that Google Lens result at face value; AI answers have led to poisoning, one case critical, ministry warns","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:19:56.351111+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:43:32.844334+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["mushroom-identification","image-recognition","poisoning","hospitalisation","foraging","japan","wakayama","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2025-north-carolina-alleged-poisoning-chatgpt-research","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"reported-harm","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Pages 1–2, victim information and Reason for Arrest.","relation":"supports","source_id":"affidavit"}],"assertion":"One husband reported incapacitation in two alleged contamination incidents.","causal_attribution":"The officer records allegations of contamination-related harm. Clinical findings and the actual chatbot replies were not inspected; AI's contribution remains unresolved."},{"id":"reported-ai-use","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Page 2, Reason for Arrest; page 1, account-record evidence listing.","relation":"supports","source_id":"affidavit"}],"assertion":"Investigators allege that the accused used ChatGPT for research connected to the alleged offences.","causal_attribution":"Research activity is alleged. The inspected document does not reproduce replies or establish how they influenced conduct."},{"id":"event-boundary","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Page 2 narrative: July 12 and August 18.","relation":"supports","source_id":"affidavit"},{"locator":"Page 1: on-or-about July 8 offence date.","relation":"context","source_id":"warrant"}],"assertion":"The reported contamination incidents fall in July and August 2025; the exact first day differs between records.","causal_attribution":"This bounds alleged episodes, not recovery or every research session. The research period extending into September does not establish another harm event."},{"id":"geographic-setting","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Pages 1–2, state/county and charging allegations.","relation":"supports","source_id":"warrant"},{"locator":"Page 1, incident and victim-location fields; street details omitted.","relation":"supports","source_id":"affidavit"}],"assertion":"The alleged incidents and affected person's recorded location are in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.","causal_attribution":"Recorded geography does not establish guilt or AI causation."},{"id":"criminal-proceeding","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Pages 1–2, court caption and charges.","relation":"supports","source_id":"warrant"}],"assertion":"A North Carolina District Court warrant records criminal charges against the accused.","causal_attribution":"The document establishes a criminal proceeding. Charges are allegations, and current case disposition was not verified in this review."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported incapacitation following alleged drink contamination","claim_id":"reported-harm","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"warrant","url":"https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2025/10/id1096681-chatGPT-warrant.pdf","kind":"court_warrant","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English source read; no translation required. This source shares the police-investigation account and is not independent corroboration of harm.","independence_group":"gates-police-investigation"},{"id":"affidavit","url":"https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2025/10/id1096679-Cheryl-Gates-Warrant-Affidavit.pdf","kind":"sworn_officer_affidavit","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English source read; no translation required. This source shares the police-investigation account and is not independent corroboration of harm.","independence_group":"gates-police-investigation"},{"id":"wbtv","url":"https://www.wbtv.com/2025/10/13/school-therapist-tried-drug-husband-mecklenburg-county-documents-reveal/","kind":"journalistic_reporting","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English source read; no translation required. This source shares the police-investigation account and is not independent corroboration of harm.","independence_group":"gates-police-investigation"},{"id":"cmpd","url":"https://www.charlottenc.gov/cmpd/News-Information/Newsroom/New-page-96","kind":"official_police_release","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English source read; no translation required. This source shares the police-investigation account and is not independent corroboration of harm.","independence_group":"gates-police-investigation"},{"id":"cbs","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-therapist-husband-poison-attempt/","kind":"journalistic_reporting","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English source read; no translation required. This source shares the police-investigation account and is not independent corroboration of harm.","independence_group":"gates-police-investigation"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["domestic_relationship","physical_safety"],"unknowns":["Whether the alleged incapacitation and contamination are independently substantiated.","The content of the actual chatbot prompts/replies and whether responses helped, warned, refused or triggered safeguards.","The nature and extent of AI's contribution to the alleged conduct.","Clinical findings, longer-term health outcome and recovery date.","The exact first incident day: the warrant and affidavit differ.","Locations of individual chatbot exchanges and any current determination of guilt or case disposition.","Whether any NOPE product would have detected or prevented these events."],"geography":{"basis":"The warrant locates alleged offences in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The affidavit separately identifies the affected person's location; the court caption establishes the issuing court. These preserve the accepted metadata review's country roles and evidentiary limits.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Reviewed as an attributed adverse-event account using the warrant, sworn affidavit and previously inspected reporting. One reported harmed person is counted once. Source dependence, disputed dates and uninspected chatbot/clinical evidence remain explicit. Identity and operational detail are minimized.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The officer affidavit alleges research using the accused's ChatGPT account. Actual prompts and replies were not inspected.","status":"reported"}},"metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"The warrant expressly alleges offences in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Its caption separately identifies the issuing court. The affidavit identifies incident setting and the affected person’s location; existing affected-person evidence is retained. These are allegations in legal records, not a finding of guilt.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"Mecklenburg County, North Carolina","location":"victim_description","supports":["affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"Warrant, PDF pages 1–2: named state/county and charging text expressly locating the alleged offences in that county.","location":"https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2025/10/id1096681-chatGPT-warrant.pdf","supports":["event_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"Warrant, PDF page 1: State of North Carolina, General Court of Justice, District Court Division caption.","location":"https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2025/10/id1096681-chatGPT-warrant.pdf","supports":["court_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"Affidavit, PDF page 1: incident-location and victim-information fields; street details omitted.","location":"https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2025/10/id1096679-Cheryl-Gates-Warrant-Affidavit.pdf","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]}],"court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"unresolved":["The location of every individual chatbot exchange is not established. This metadata review does not determine causal responsibility.","No determination of guilt or current case disposition was made in this bounded geographic review."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-15","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2025/10/id1096681-chatGPT-warrant.pdf","notes":"English court warrant mirrored by a news publisher; pages 1–2 read and visually inspected. Geographic charging allegations and issuing court recorded; this is not a conviction.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/2025/10/id1096679-Cheryl-Gates-Warrant-Affidavit.pdf","notes":"English sworn officer affidavit mirrored by a news publisher; both pages read and visually inspected. Private street addresses, contact information and operational details omitted from metadata.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.wbtv.com/2025/10/13/school-therapist-tried-drug-husband-mecklenburg-county-documents-reveal/","notes":"English article body inspected for geographic metadata only. No translation required.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.charlottenc.gov/cmpd/News-Information/Newsroom/New-page-96","notes":"English official police release body inspected. Police location alone was not used to establish event or court country.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-therapist-husband-poison-attempt/","notes":"English article body inspected for geographic metadata only. No translation required.","access":"read","language":"en"}]},"name":"North Carolina affidavit alleges poisoning attempts and related ChatGPT research","summary":"An officer’s affidavit records a husband’s account of two alleged poisoning incidents in North Carolina. Investigators allege that the accused used ChatGPT for related research. The chatbot’s replies and their influence on the alleged conduct were not established in the retained review.","incidentDate":"2025-07-01","incidentEndDate":"2025-08-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-10-13","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["harm_to_others"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The officer affidavit records one husband’s report of incapacitation in two alleged beverage-contamination incidents. The accused’s use of ChatGPT for research is alleged; the actual chatbot replies and any clinical findings were not inspected.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The affidavit identifies one husband who reported incapacitation in two alleged contamination incidents. Count him once. The inspected sources establish criminal proceedings against the accused AI user, but do not establish a separate AI-related harm to her. Exact describes the number of people reported harmed within this dossier, not independently proven harm or causation.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-NC","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-therapist-husband-poison-attempt/","primarySourceLabel":"CBS News — report on the case","firstPublishedAt":"2026-08-09T04:30:12.472253+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T11:09:10.597652+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["criminal","adult","violence","poisoning","chatgpt","openai","us","north-carolina"]}]}