{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-22T09:19:06.592Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"prosecutor-statement","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":1,"coreRelations":1,"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-marshall-county-alabama-prosecutors-say-students-allegedly-made-ai-nude-images-of-classmates-in-several-cases","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Marshall County prosecutors report several cases involving students allegedly creating nude images of classmates with artificial intelligence.' and 'According to the Marshall County District Attorney’s Office, the cases surfaced over the past month. They involve middle and high school students across county school systems.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Marshall County prosecutors said that several cases had surfaced over the past month in which middle and high school students across the county's school systems allegedly created nude images of classmates with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"The district attorney's office alleges that students used AI to create the images; no charge or court finding is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'According to the announcement, investigators have identified several platforms and websites used to generate the images in local cases.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the announcement, investigators have identified several platforms and websites used to generate the images in the local cases.","causal_attribution":"Attributed to the prosecutors; the platforms are not named and the technical basis is not disclosed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'However, the announcement did not identify students or schools, provide an exact case count, or announce specific charges.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The announcement did not identify students or schools, give an exact case count or announce specific charges.","causal_attribution":"Not a causal claim."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The office warned that creating, possessing, or distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material can lead to felony charges.' and 'We will aggressively prosecute these violations,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The office warned that creating, possessing or distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material can lead to felony charges and said it would aggressively prosecute these violations.","causal_attribution":"Not a causal claim."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Alabama District Attorneys Association’s Alabama Justice' and 'Marshall County District Attorney Jennifer Bray recently spoke to the Albertville Rotary Club'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The marshallda.org office is the district attorney for Marshall County in Alabama.","causal_attribution":"Not a causal claim; establishes the location of the announcing office."}],"effects":[{"label":"nude images of classmates allegedly created with AI","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://weisradio.com/2026/10/21/marshall-county-ai-student-images-warning/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). Local radio report of the district attorney office announcement, published 21 October 2026.","independence_group":"marshall-county-da-announcement-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://marshallda.org/news","kind":"official_record","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). News and events page of the Marshall County District Attorney; it does not carry the AI announcement.","independence_group":"marshall-county-da-website"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","justice"],"unknowns":["How many cases and how many depicted pupils there are.","Which AI platforms or websites were used and how investigators established it.","Whether the images were shared beyond their makers and how the depicted pupils were affected.","Whether anyone will be charged.","When the images were made; the office says only that the cases surfaced over the past month."],"geography":{"basis":"Event: school systems in Marshall County, according to the district attorney's office, whose marshallda.org website identifies it as an Alabama prosecutor's office. The pupils attend those schools. No court proceeding is reported, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the Marshall County District Attorney's Office says several cases surfaced in which students allegedly made nude images of classmates with AI, and that its investigators identified the platforms used to generate them. The office does not disclose its technical basis, give a count or name anyone. No pupil or school is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Marshall County District Attorney's Office, the prosecuting authority examining the cases, says students allegedly created nude images of classmates with artificial intelligence and that its investigators have identified the platforms and websites used to generate the images in the local cases (WEIS Radio report of the announcement). The generated images depict the classmates (depicted_or_impersonated), and their creation is the reported harm. The office does not name the platforms or disclose how the AI generation was established.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Marshall County, Alabama: prosecutors say middle and high school students allegedly made AI nude images of classmates in several cases","summary":"The Marshall County District Attorney's Office in Alabama said in a public warning, reported by WEIS Radio on 21 October 2026, that several cases had surfaced over the past month in which middle and high school students across the county's school systems allegedly created nude images of classmates with artificial intelligence. According to the announcement, investigators have identified several platforms and websites used to generate the images in these local cases. The office did not identify students or schools, give a case count or announce charges, and said it would aggressively prosecute such violations.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-21","aiSystem":"AI platforms and websites used to generate nude images of classmates, which investigators say they have identified (not named in the announcement)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Marshall County District Attorney's Office, students in several cases over the past month allegedly created nude images of classmates with AI; the office gives no count and describes no individual pupil's response.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The office speaks of several cases involving nude images of classmates but, as reported, gave no case count and identified no students; no number of depicted pupils can be supported, so zero placeholders are used.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-AL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://weisradio.com/2026/10/21/marshall-county-ai-student-images-warning/","primarySourceLabel":"WEIS Radio, 21 October 2026: Marshall County DA warns of AI-generated sexual images involving students","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T03:04:44.559952+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T03:04:44.559952+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","sexual-images-of-minors","school","prosecutor-statement","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}