{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T19:37:15.195Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"poland","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":2,"languages":4,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":3,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-lviv-region-prosecutors-say-dating-scam-call-centre-used-ai-voice-changer-at-least-80-victims","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Схема виглядала так: зловмисники створювали фейкові жіночі акаунти на сервісах знайомств та в месенджерах. Для переконливості використовували програмне забезпечення з нейромережею, яка в реальному часі змінювала чоловічий голос на жіночий.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Для того, щоб спілкування було більш переконливим, хлопці використовували спеціальну нейромережу, яка змінює чоловічий голос на жіночий у реальному часу, додають у ОГПУ.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Для общения использовали нейросеть, которая в режиме реального времени меняла мужской голос на женский.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors say the group created fake women's accounts on dating services and messengers and, to make conversations convincing, used software with a neural network that changed a male voice to a female one in real time.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutors' account (Lviv regional prosecutor's office and Office of the Prosecutor General) from a joint investigation; the outlets relay the same statements, one origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Коли жертва повідомляла, що знімки не відкриваються, її переконували увімкнути демонстрацію екрана мобільного та виконати певні налаштування. У цей момент шахраї фіксували паролі розблокування та доступи до онлайн-банкінгу.'; 'У Нацполіції додали, що надісланий жертвам файл містив прихований ратник (RAT – засіб віддаленого контролю).'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Коли підозрювані отримували доступ до банкінгу, вони переказували кошти потерпілих на свої рахунки або переводили у готівку через нелегальний пункт обміну валют, використовуючи криптоактиви.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Victims were persuaded to open a file disguised as photographs that contained remote-access malware and to share their screens; the group then gained access to their online banking and moved their money to accounts it controlled or into cryptocurrency.","causal_attribution":"Law-enforcement statements relayed by the outlets; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'За даними слідства, жертвами стали щонайменше 50 українців та 30 іноземців, зокрема з Польщі, Німеччини та Грузії.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Серед людей, які стали жертвами шахрайського кол-центру, щонайменше 50 громадян України та 30 іноземців, зокрема жителі Польщі, Німеччини та Грузії.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'По информации прокуратуры, среди пострадавших — не менее 50 граждан Украины и 30 иностранцев, в частности из Польши, Германии и Грузии.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On preliminary data, prosecutors say at least 50 Ukrainian citizens and 30 foreigners, including people in Poland, Germany and Georgia, were victims of the group.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutors' preliminary figure, relayed by all three outlets; one origin."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Кіберфахівці СБУ затримали одразу трьох основних організаторів схеми \"на гарячому\" у приміщенні кол-центру.'; 'Фігурантам повідомили про підозру за кількома статтями ККУ, зокрема вперше на новою статтею 255-4'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Всем троим избрали меру пресечения в виде содержания под стражей с правом внесения залога в размере 998 400 грн для каждого. Работу колл-центра прекратили.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"SBU officers detained the three main organisers at the call centre's premises; they were notified of suspicion, including for the first time under the new article 255-4 on electronic-communication fraud groups, and remanded in custody with bail.","causal_attribution":"Law-enforcement statements; the suspects are presumed innocent and no court has ruled."}],"effects":[{"label":"money taken from victims' bank accounts after dating-service conversations","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://portal.lviv.ua/news/2026/10/14/pershi-v-ukraini-orhanizatoram-kol-tsentru-zi-stryia-zahrozhuie-do-15-rokiv-za-novoiu-statteiu","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"uk","translation_note":"Read in Ukrainian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-15 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Regional news report relaying the Lviv regional prosecutor's office, the National Police and the SBU, 14 October 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"lviv-call-centre-law-enforcement-statements-14-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://amp.dw.com/uk/cerez-fejkovi-zinoci-akaunti-policia-zatrimala-organizatoriv-kolcentriv-na-lvivsini/a-79662781","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"uk","translation_note":"Read in Ukrainian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-15 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. DW Ukrainian service report relaying the SBU and Office of the Prosecutor General press services, 14 October 2026 (AMP page); HTTP 200.","independence_group":"lviv-call-centre-law-enforcement-statements-14-oct-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/znakomstva-v-ynternete-zakanchyvalys-poterej-deneh-vo-lvovskoj-oblasty-dejstvoval-moshennycheskyj-call-czentr","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"ru","translation_note":"Read in Russian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-15 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. National news site relaying the Lviv regional prosecutor's office, 14 October 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"lviv-call-centre-law-enforcement-statements-14-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships","privacy"],"unknowns":["When the call centre began operating; the record's year rests on the statements that the suspects were caught at the premises and charged under an article in force since September 2026.","How many victims spoke with the altered voice and how much each lost.","Which voice-changing software was used and how investigators established it.","The outcome of the criminal proceedings."],"geography":{"basis":"The statements place the call centre in the Lviv region of Ukraine and the suspicion and custody decisions in Ukraine. Prosecutors name Ukraine, Poland, Germany and Georgia as victims' countries; other foreign victims' countries are not stated.","court_countries":["UA"],"event_countries":["UA"],"affected_person_countries":["UA","PL","DE","GE"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with): Ukrainian prosecutors say the group spoke to dating-service contacts through a neural-network voice changer that presented a female persona in real time, and connect those conversations to the malware that let the group take money from at least 80 victims. The suspects are not named; the count is the prosecutors' preliminary minimum.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Ukrainian prosecutors, who investigated the group with the SBU and the National Police, say it used software with a neural network that changed a male voice to a female one in real time to make conversations with dating-service contacts convincing; in those conversations the contacts were persuaded to open malware disguised as photographs and share their screens, which gave the group access to their banking. The statements do not name the software, say how prosecutors established its use, or say how many victims heard the altered voice.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Lviv region, Ukraine: prosecutors say a dating-scam call centre used a neural network to turn male voices female in real time; at least 80 victims","summary":"Ukrainian prosecutors, the SBU security service and the National Police announced on 14 October 2026 that they had shut down a fraudulent call centre in the Lviv region of Ukraine. According to the Lviv regional prosecutor's office and the Office of the Prosecutor General, the group created fake women's accounts on dating services and messengers and, to make the conversations more convincing, used software with a neural network that changed a male voice to a female one in real time. Victims were persuaded to download a file disguised as a photograph that contained remote-access malware and to share their screens; the group then took control of their banking apps and moved the money to accounts it controlled or into cryptocurrency. Prosecutors say that, on preliminary data, at least 50 Ukrainian citizens and 30 foreigners, including people in Poland, Germany and Georgia, were victims. Three men were notified of suspicion, including under a new criminal-code article on fraudulent call centres in force since September 2026, and were remanded in custody with the option of bail. The statements do not say how many victims heard the altered voice or how much each lost.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-14","aiSystem":"Unidentified voice-changing software with a neural network that, according to Ukrainian prosecutors, changed a male voice to a female one in real time during conversations with dating-service contacts; no product is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-changing tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Prosecutors say money was taken from the bank accounts of at least 80 people (50 Ukrainian citizens and 30 foreigners) after malware gave the group control of their phones; no amounts per victim are given.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":80,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Prosecutors' preliminary figure of at least 50 Ukrainian citizens and 30 foreigners who were victims of the group (Lvivskyi Portal, DW, Glavnoe). The statements describe the voice changer as part of the group's method but do not say how many of these victims heard the altered voice, so the count is of the scheme's reported victims, not of people shown to have spoken with it.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"UA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://portal.lviv.ua/news/2026/10/14/pershi-v-ukraini-orhanizatoram-kol-tsentru-zi-stryia-zahrozhuie-do-15-rokiv-za-novoiu-statteiu","primarySourceLabel":"Lvivskyi Portal, 14 October 2026: first in Ukraine, call-centre organisers face up to 15 years under the new article","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-15T03:01:25.335912+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T03:01:25.335912+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice_changer","dating_fraud","call_centre","malware","bank_fraud","ukraine"]},{"id":"2026-piotrkow-trybunalski-school-ai-altered-photo-of-pupil-with-machete-police-check","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Do zdarzenia doszło w piątek, 9 października, około godziny 13:30 | Zaczęło wówczas krążyć zdjęcie przedstawiające jednego z uczniów trzymającego maczetę. W obliczu ostatnich niebezpiecznych wydarzeń w polskich szkołach fotografia wzbudziła niepokój. | zdjęcie zostało przerobione przy użyciu sztucznej inteligencji. Co istotne, sam uczeń widoczny na fotografii zgłosił się do dyrektora i poinformował, że padł ofiarą nieodpowiedzialnego żartu","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 9 October 2026, at about 13:30, a photograph showing one of the pupils of a secondary school in Piotrków Trybunalski holding a machete began to circulate and caused alarm; the school director said it had been altered using artificial intelligence, and the pupil shown told the director of having fallen victim to an irresponsible joke.","causal_attribution":"Single origin: ePiotrkow.pl relaying the school director; the AI alteration is the director's explanation."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Służby zareagowały i sprawdziły sytuację. Rzeczywistego zagrożenia jednak nie było. | Policjanci podjęli działania w związku ze zgłoszeniem i wyjaśniają okoliczności zdarzenia. | Policja przypomina, że wprowadzanie służb w błąd i wywoływanie niepotrzebnych interwencji może mieć konsekwencje prawne.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Emergency services responded and found no real threat; police said they were clarifying the circumstances and that causing unnecessary interventions can be punished under article 66 of the Code of Petty Offences.","causal_attribution":"Single origin: ePiotrkow.pl relaying the police spokesperson."}],"effects":[{"label":"A pupil was falsely shown holding a machete in an AI-altered photograph that circulated at the school and drew an emergency response","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://epiotrkow.pl/news/piotrkow-trybunalski-zdjecie-ucznia-z-maczeta-w-tps-ie-okazalo-sie-przerobka-ai,64584","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Polish body read and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11; no human translator or reviewer read the text. ePiotrkow.pl (Piotrków Trybunalski local news site) report of 9 October 2026 quoting the school director and a police spokesperson; HTTP 200, fetched directly; the full article text is present in the page despite an ad-block notice.","independence_group":"epiotrkow-2026-10-09"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who made and shared the altered photograph, and with which tool.","How widely the image spread and whether the pupil faced any measure before the alteration was established.","The outcome of the police inquiry."],"geography":{"basis":"The photograph circulated at a secondary school in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, where emergency services responded and the city police command is clarifying the circumstances (ePiotrkow.pl). No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["PL"],"affected_person_countries":["PL"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case on one local report of 9 October 2026: a photograph showing a pupil holding a machete circulated at a secondary school in Piotrków Trybunalski during heightened security after school knife attacks, emergency services responded, the director said the image had been altered with AI and the pupil described being the victim of the joke. Claims are attributed to the director and police as quoted; the pupil and the school are not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The school director, as quoted by ePiotrkow.pl, said the photograph showing the pupil holding a machete had been altered using artificial intelligence. That AI-altered image depicts the pupil (depicted_or_impersonated) and is what circulated, caused alarm during heightened school security and drew the emergency response; the pupil described being the victim of the joke. The tool and maker are not identified and no forensic finding is reported, so the status is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland: photo showing a pupil holding a machete circulated at a school; director says it was altered with AI, police checked, 9 Oct 2026","summary":"On Friday 9 October 2026, at about 13:30, a photograph showing a pupil holding a machete began circulating at a secondary school in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, on a day when police were running stepped-up checks around schools after recent knife attacks in Polish schools. According to the local outlet ePiotrkow.pl, the photograph caused alarm, emergency services responded and found no real threat, and the school director said the image had been altered with artificial intelligence. The pupil shown in the photograph told the director of having fallen victim to an irresponsible joke. Police said they were clarifying the circumstances and warned that causing unnecessary interventions can be punished. Who made the image and with which tool is not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-10-09","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-09","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence, not named, which according to the school director was used to alter a photograph so that it showed a pupil holding a machete","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to ePiotrkow.pl, an AI-altered photograph falsely showing a pupil holding a machete circulated at the school and caused alarm and an emergency response; the pupil told the director of having fallen victim to an irresponsible joke.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted pupil (\"the pupil visible in the photograph\", ePiotrkow.pl). Others alarmed by the image are not counted; the maker used the tool against another person, so participant_users_affected_min is 0.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"PL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://epiotrkow.pl/news/piotrkow-trybunalski-zdjecie-ucznia-z-maczeta-w-tps-ie-okazalo-sie-przerobka-ai,64584","primarySourceLabel":"ePiotrkow.pl, 9 Oct 2026: photo of a pupil with a machete at a Piotrków school turned out to be an AI alteration","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-11T03:09:33.149297+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T03:09:33.149297+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai_altered_image","school","false_depiction","police_response","poland"]},{"id":"2026-polish-tatras-lithuanian-hikers-ai-suggested-shortcut-stranded-helicopter-evacuation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Jak poinformował ratownik dyżurny TOPR, chcąc skrócić drogę do Doliny Pięciu Stawów Polskich, turyści skorzystali z podpowiedzi sztucznej inteligencji.'; 'AI wskazała im przejście Świnicką Ławką. Przez to znaleźli się w trudnym terenie wspinaczkowym'; 'ewakuacja dwojga turystów z Litwy, którzy utknęli pod Niebieską Turnią'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'turyści skorzystali z podpowiedzi sztucznej inteligencji, która wskazała im przejście przez Świnicką Ławkę. W efekcie trafili w trudny teren wspinaczkowy.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'W pewnym momencie zboczyli ze szlaku i utknęli w ścianie skalnej w okolicach Niebieskiej Turni.'; 'Doprowadziło to ich do sytuacji, gdzie pojawili się w bardzo trudnym, eksponowanym, taternickim terenie.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Jednocześnie z rejonu Świnicy zatelefonowała do centrali TOPR dwójka Litwinów, którzy zapchali się w północną ścianę.'; 'Utknęli pod Niebieską Turnią w terenie wspinaczkowym.'; 'Jak się okazało chcieli skrócić sobie drogę do Pięciu Stawów korzystając z porad czatu GPT (!), który wskazał im przejście Świnicką Ławką.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"In early July 2026 two tourists from Lithuania, trying to shorten their route to the Valley of Five Polish Lakes, used suggestions from an artificial-intelligence assistant that pointed them across Świnicka Ławka, and they became stuck in difficult climbing terrain below Niebieska Turnia in the Polish Tatras.","causal_attribution":"The account is TOPR's, published in its own report of 10 July 2026 and relayed by PAP (RMF24, Onet) and TVN24 (one origin), so the claim is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ostatecznie zostali ewakuowani śmigłowcem'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Ostatecznie zostali ewakuowani przy użyciu śmigłowca.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ratownicy polecieli po nich śmigłowcem i przetransportowali do Zakopanego.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Wszyscy zostali bezpiecznie ewakuowani śmigłowcem.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"TOPR evacuated the two hikers by helicopter; TVN24's reporter said they were flown to Zakopane.","causal_attribution":"TOPR's own description of its action in its 10 July 2026 report, relayed by three outlets from the same statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Publikacja: Piątek, 10 lipca 2026'; 'Na początku wakacji ratownicy TOPR mieli ręce pełne roboty.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Doszło do niej na początku lipca, ale TOPR podzielił się szczegółami akcji dopiero teraz.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'The rescue service received the emergency call on the afternoon of July 4.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Pierwszy tydzień lipca był wyjątkowo pracowity dla TOPR-u'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'4 lipca'; '16.24 zgłoszenie z Rysów, gdzie urazu kostki doznała turystka'; 'Jednocześnie z rejonu Świnicy zatelefonowała do centrali TOPR dwójka Litwinów, którzy zapchali się w północną ścianę.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026 lists the Lithuanian pair's call among its 4 July 2026 entries, at the same time as a 16:24 call from Rysy, and LRT, citing TOPR, reported that the emergency call came on the afternoon of 4 July; the Polish relays place the event at the start of July within TOPR's summary of the first week of July (published 10 to 11 July) and give no day.","causal_attribution":"The day and afternoon timing come from TOPR's own log and LRT's write-up of TOPR's statement (one origin), so the date stays reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'wspomagając się podpowiedziami jednego z popularnych modeli AI'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'In July, two Lithuanian hikers trying to shorten their route through Poland’s Tatra Mountains followed ChatGPT’s advice onto climbing terrain and rescuers had to evacuate them by helicopter, according to the Polish rescue service TOPR.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'following route advice from an AI chatbot, the Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue Service (TOPR) said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'Jak się okazało chcieli skrócić sobie drogę do Pięciu Stawów korzystając z porad czatu GPT (!), który wskazał im przejście Świnicką Ławką.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026 says the hikers used ChatGPT's advice ('porad czatu GPT'); the Polish relays of TOPR's account name no product ('sztuczna inteligencja'; 'one of the popular AI models'), LRT, citing TOPR, wrote 'an AI chatbot', and Straight Arrow News reported in October 2026 that the hikers followed ChatGPT's advice, attributing this to TOPR.","causal_attribution":"TOPR's report names ChatGPT ('porad czatu GPT'); the PAP relays and LRT omit the product; how TOPR learned it is not stated. The identification is TOPR's account, so the label carries (reported)."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Po raz kolejny apelujemy o rozsądny dobór celów górskich wycieczek i nieprzecenianie swoich możliwości'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ratownicy odradzają korzystanie ze sztucznej inteligencji podczas wędrówek w Tatrach'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"No injury to the hikers is reported; TOPR appealed for a sensible choice of mountain objectives and TVN24's reporter said rescuers advise against using artificial intelligence to plan Tatra hikes.","causal_attribution":"Absence of a reported injury is an observation about the inspected bodies, which describe injuries in other incidents of the same week but none here."}],"effects":[{"label":"stranded in difficult, exposed climbing terrain after following an AI assistant's shortcut suggestion (TOPR account)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"helicopter evacuation by TOPR needed","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.rmf24.pl/regiony/zakopane/news-dwoje-turystow-utknelo-w-tatrach-przewodniczka-byla-sztuczna,nIdn,1009565","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. RMF24 compilation of the TOPR duty rescuer's statement as distributed by PAP; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://podroze.onet.pl/aktualnosci/ai-zaprowadzila-ich-w-pulapke-turysci-z-litwy-utkneli-w-tatrach/0c5dj9w","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Onet compilation crediting PAP and quoting the same TOPR statement; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://tvn24.pl/tvnmeteo/polska/tatry-wedrowali-w-gorach-z-pomoca-ai-musial-ratowac-ich-topr-st9138125","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. TVN24 Meteo write-up of its reporter's on-air relay of TOPR's account; the direct fetch returned HTTP 403 and the body was read from an Internet Archive capture of the same URL.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://san.com/cc/chatbots-dont-climb-mountains-so-why-are-hikers-getting-lost-after-trusting-them/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09 and 2026-10-10. One-sentence mention in a feature on AI-planned hikes; it names ChatGPT and attributes the account to TOPR; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"straight-arrow-news-feature-oct-2026"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2989219/two-lithuanian-tourists-stranded-in-polish-mountains-after-following-ai-advice","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-10; LRT English write-up of TOPR's statement ('TOPR said'), same TOPR origin as the Polish relays; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://topr.pl/pracowity-poczatek-lipca-dla-ratownikow-topr/","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"pl","translation_note":"Read in Polish by a research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-11 and translated by it into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. TOPR's own day-by-day report on its website, 'Pracowity początek lipca dla ratowników TOPR', posted 10 July 2026; fetched directly, HTTP 200. It is the statement that PAP, RMF24, Onet, TVN24 and LRT relay, so it shares their independence group. Its entries on other rescues the same week are not quoted.","independence_group":"topr-duty-rescuer-statement-pap-jul-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["What the hikers asked the assistant and what it replied, including whether it warned about the terrain; the exchange has not been published.","How TOPR learned that the route came from an AI assistant.","The hikers' ages, genders and experience."],"geography":{"basis":"Niebieska Turnia, Świnicka Ławka and the Valley of Five Polish Lakes are on the Polish side of the Tatras, the rescue service is Poland's TOPR and TVN24 says the hikers were flown to Zakopane, so PL is the event country. The affected persons are described by every source as tourists from Lithuania ('turyści z Litwy'; Onet 'Litwini', Lithuanians; LRT 'Two Lithuanian hikers'), recorded as LT on that descriptor alone; no residence is stated. No court.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["PL"],"affected_person_countries":["LT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with) at low severity: Poland's mountain rescue service describes two hikers who followed an AI assistant's suggested shortcut across Świnicka Ławka into difficult climbing terrain and had to be evacuated by helicopter. The account is TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026, relayed by PAP, three Polish outlets and LRT, and every claim is marked reported; the product naming (ChatGPT) comes from TOPR's report, which the relays omit, and the exchange is unpublished, which the record states. No person is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-11"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The TOPR duty rescuer, quoted by PAP and relayed by RMF24 and Onet, said the two tourists used suggestions from artificial intelligence to shorten their way to the Valley of Five Polish Lakes and that the assistant pointed them across Świnicka Ławka, as a result of which they found themselves in difficult climbing terrain and had to be evacuated by helicopter. TVN24's reporter said they were using one of the popular AI models and strayed from the trail into a rock face near Niebieska Turnia. The assistant's output (a route suggestion across Świnicka Ławka) and its consequence (stranding in climbing terrain, helicopter evacuation) are both described by the rescue service; TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026 says the pair used ChatGPT's advice ('porad czatu GPT'), which pointed them to the Świnicka Ławka passage; the exchange itself is unpublished, how TOPR learned this is not stated and the PAP relays omit the product, so the status is reported. LRT, citing TOPR, wrote that the pair had relied on guidance generated by an AI tool which directed them onto a route they could not complete on their own.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"TOPR says two Lithuanian hikers followed an AI assistant's shortcut suggestion into climbing terrain in the Polish Tatras and were evacuated by helicopter","summary":"The Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue service (TOPR), summarising a busy first week of July 2026, told the Polish Press Agency that two tourists from Lithuania became stuck below Niebieska Turnia in the Polish Tatras. According to the TOPR duty rescuer, as relayed by RMF24 and Onet, the pair wanted to shorten their way to the Valley of Five Polish Lakes and used suggestions from an artificial-intelligence assistant, which pointed them across Świnicka Ławka; they ended up in difficult climbing terrain and were evacuated by helicopter. TVN24's reporter said the event happened at the start of July, that the hikers were using 'one of the popular AI models', that good weather let rescuers locate them quickly and that they were flown to Zakopane. TOPR's own report of 10 July lists the call among its afternoon entries for 4 July, as LRT also reported on 13 July, and says the pair had used ChatGPT's advice ('porad czatu GPT'); the PAP relays name no product, and the hikers' exchanges with the assistant have not been published. No injury is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-07-04","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-07-10","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, as named in TOPR's own report of 10 July 2026 ('porad czatu GPT'); the PAP relays (RMF24, Onet), TVN24's reporter ('one of the popular AI models') and LRT ('an AI chatbot') name no product, and Straight Arrow News (8 October 2026) also names ChatGPT, citing TOPR","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two hikers were stranded in difficult, exposed climbing terrain below Niebieska Turnia and needed a TOPR helicopter evacuation; no injury is reported (TOPR duty rescuer's account via PAP; TVN24 reporter).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":2,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: 'dwoje turystów z Litwy' (two tourists from Lithuania) who used the assistant's suggestions and were evacuated. Exact 2. Rescuers are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"PL","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.rmf24.pl/regiony/zakopane/news-dwoje-turystow-utknelo-w-tatrach-przewodniczka-byla-sztuczna,nIdn,1009565","primarySourceLabel":"RMF24, 10 July 2026: Two tourists got stuck in the Tatras. Their guide was artificial intelligence (TOPR account via PAP)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-10T03:26:24.433264+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T07:44:10.959665+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","openai","trip-planning","hiking","rescue","physical-safety","poland","lithuania","communicated-with"]}]}