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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-london-met-police-chief-says-abusers-posted-ai-image-of-award-winning-constable-in-explosive-vest","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Women in Policing Award on Wednesday'; 'the online tirade of vileness, of racist, anti-Islam and all sorts of other abuse, and misogynistic, was horrific'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A Metropolitan Police constable was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Women in Policing Award, and the Commissioner said she then received racist, anti-Islam and misogynistic online abuse.","causal_attribution":"The Commissioner's account, as quoted by the Mirror."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'At one extreme, somebody did an AI-generated image and put a suicide bomb on her,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Commissioner said that, at one extreme, somebody made an AI-generated image depicting her with a suicide bomb.","causal_attribution":"The Commissioner's statement on BBC Radio 4 PM as quoted by the Mirror; the image was not inspected and the basis for calling it AI-generated is not stated."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Not discussing the vile racist abuse directed towards her by cowardly keyboard warriors'; 'We stand in solidarity with the Commissioner in his condemnation of the torrent of abuse she has sadly had to endure.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation condemned the racist abuse and stood in solidarity with the Commissioner's condemnation.","causal_attribution":"Federation statement as quoted by the Mirror."}],"effects":[{"label":"depicted in an AI-generated image with a suicide bomb during racist and misogynistic online abuse, per the Met Commissioner","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/met-police-officer-racist-ai-37805044","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-24 from an Internet Archive save capture (web/20261024031402) because the live page returned a bot shell (HTTP 202, 0 bytes). Mirror article published 23 October 2026, quoting the Commissioner's BBC Radio 4 PM interview and a Metropolitan Police Federation statement.","independence_group":"met-commissioner-bbc-radio-4-remarks"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Who made and posted the image, on which platform, and with which AI tool.","How the Commissioner established that the image was AI-generated.","The exact date the image was posted; the abuse followed the award on Wednesday 21 October 2026.","Whether a crime report or investigation followed, and the officer's own account of the effect."],"geography":{"basis":"She is a serving Metropolitan Police officer in London (Mirror). Where the image was made and posted from is not stated, so no event country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the Metropolitan Police Commissioner says an AI-generated image depicting a named, newly honoured constable with a suicide bomb was posted in racist and misogynistic online abuse of her. One source chain (his BBC Radio 4 remarks via the Mirror); the image was not inspected and the AI attribution's basis is undisclosed. She is described by role only.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-24"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said on BBC Radio 4's PM programme, as quoted by the Mirror, that 'somebody did an AI-generated image and put a suicide bomb on her'. The generated image depicting the constable is itself the harm recorded. How he knows the image was AI-generated, which tool made it and who posted it are not stated.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Met Police chief says online abusers posted an AI-generated image showing an award-winning London constable wearing an explosive vest","summary":"Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said a Met constable who had just received a Police Federation award for her work on women in policing was subjected to an 'online tirade' of racist, anti-Islam and misogynistic abuse, and that 'at one extreme, somebody did an AI-generated image and put a suicide bomb on her'. He was speaking to BBC Radio 4's PM programme, as reported by the Mirror on 23 October 2026. The Metropolitan Police Federation chair condemned the 'vile racist abuse' and said the Federation was supporting her. The image itself, who made it, the tool used and any investigation are not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-10-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-23","aiSystem":"An AI-generated image depicting the constable with a suicide bomb, according to the Met Commissioner; the tool and the maker are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Met Commissioner, an AI-generated image depicting a newly honoured constable with a suicide bomb was posted during an online tirade of racist, anti-Islam and misogynistic abuse directed at her (Mirror, quoting BBC Radio 4 PM).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the constable depicted in the AI-generated image (Met Commissioner via the Mirror). 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