{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-01T08:24:19.820Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"route-advice","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":2,"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-ningbo-fire-service-says-hiker-followed-ai-app-advice-to-leave-stream-and-climb-got-lost-rescued","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'宁波消防 2026-09-01 14:18'; '8月30日下午，宁波市鄞州区一处山域内一名男子爬山时迷路被困，急需救援。'; '顺着步道登顶后打算换一条新路下山，他一路沿着小溪走，但走着走着发现路越来越难行。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On the afternoon of 30 August 2026 a man hiking in Yinzhou District, Ningbo, reached the summit, took a new way down along a stream and found the going harder and harder.","causal_attribution":"The fire service's account of the events, from the man's description."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'向AI软件询问下山路线，AI回复称沿溪沟下行是错误方向，应绕开溪床往高处山坡走'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'向AI软件询问下山路线，AI回复称沿溪沟下行是错误方向，应绕开溪床往高处山坡走。他便按AI指引一路攀爬'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'AI回复称沿溪沟下行是错误路线，应绕开溪床往高处山坡走。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"According to the fire service, he asked an AI app for a route down and the AI replied that following the stream down was the wrong direction and that he should climb the slope away from the stream bed.","causal_attribution":"The fire service's summary of the exchange, illustrated by screenshots; s2 and s3 relay the same release."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'他便按AI指引一路攀爬，但灌木丛密、坡陡路滑，在山间上上下下折腾了好几个来回，最终体力耗尽，彻底迷失方向，不得不报警求助。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Following the AI's directions through dense scrub on steep, slippery ground, he went up and down several times, became exhausted, lost his bearings and called the police for help.","causal_attribution":"The fire service connects his following the AI's directions to getting lost; his own account as relayed."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'当救援队伍抵达定位标记的地点后，现场却空无一人。'; '很快，被困男子听见呼喊并作出回应，消防员循着声音成功找到了他，并将其安全护送下山。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Firefighters at first found no one at the location he had sent, then found him by shared live location and shouting, and escorted him safely down.","causal_attribution":"The rescuing agency's own account."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'在登山时，请勿单纯依靠AI判断山林路线，AI给出的路线建议很可能会脱离现场实际情况'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'宁波消防提醒，在登山时，请勿单纯依靠AI判断山林路线，AI给出的路线建议很可能会脱离现场实际情况'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'在登山时，请勿单纯依靠AI判断山林路线，AI给出的路线建议很可能脱离现场实际情况'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The fire service warned hikers not to rely solely on AI to judge mountain routes because its suggestions may not match conditions on the ground.","causal_attribution":"The agency's warning; s2 and s3 state that they draw on the fire service's account."}],"effects":[{"label":"hiker became exhausted and lost after following an AI app's route advice and needed firefighters to find him","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://cbgc.scol.com.cn/news/7909175","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Chinese original read in full; translation by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator. Republication of the Ningbo fire service's own release (byline 宁波消防).","independence_group":"ningbo-fire-service-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://news.ifeng.com/c/8w5blVBuNXi","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Chinese original read in full; translation by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator. Yicai relay that names the fire service among its sources.","independence_group":"ningbo-fire-service-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260902A05QQ100","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Chinese original read in full; translation by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator. Henan Science and Technology News relay that names the fire service among its sources.","independence_group":"ningbo-fire-service-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI app he used and the full text of the exchange.","How long he was lost before the rescue.","Whether he was injured (none is reported)."],"geography":{"basis":"The fire service places the event in the hills of Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang. The man's country of residence is not stated, so the affected-person country is left open. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published because the rescuing fire service reports that a hiker followed an AI app's route advice, became exhausted and lost, and had to be rescued. The account of the AI exchange is the fire service's, relayed by national outlets.","reviewed_on":"2026-11-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Ningbo fire service, which carried out the rescue, says the man asked an AI app for a route down and that the AI told him following the stream was the wrong direction and to climb the slope away from the stream bed; following those directions through dense, steep scrub he became exhausted and lost and had to call for rescue. The release shows screenshots of the exchange. The app is not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Ningbo fire service says a hiker who followed an AI app's advice to leave a stream and climb got lost and exhausted and had to be rescued","summary":"On the afternoon of 30 August 2026 a man hiking in the hills of Yinzhou District, Ningbo (Zhejiang), reached the summit and took a new way down along a stream. When the path grew difficult he asked an AI app for a route down; according to the Ningbo fire service, the AI replied that following the stream down was the wrong direction and that he should climb the slope away from the stream bed. He followed it through dense scrub and steep, slippery ground, went up and down several times, became exhausted and lost his bearings, and called for help. Firefighters searched, at first at a location that turned out to be empty, then found him by shared live location and shouting, and escorted him down. The fire service warned hikers not to rely on AI for mountain routes. The AI app is not named.","incidentDate":"2026-08-30","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-01","aiSystem":"An AI app, not named, that the hiker asked for a route down the mountain, as described by the Ningbo fire service","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Ningbo fire service, a hiker followed an AI app's advice to leave a stream and climb, became exhausted and lost, and needed firefighters to find him and bring him down (reported).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the hiker who asked the AI app for the way down, followed its answer and had to be found by firefighters (Ningbo fire service release). No one else is described as harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://cbgc.scol.com.cn/news/7909175","primarySourceLabel":"Ningbo fire service via Chuanguan News, 1 Sep 2026: man lost deep in the mountains after following AI directions","firstPublishedAt":"2026-11-01T03:15:05.842448+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-11-01T03:15:05.842448+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["hiking","route-advice","rescue","chatbot-advice","china"]},{"id":"2026-hangzhou-linan-man-followed-ai-app-mountain-route-fell-stranded-rescued","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'8月12日晚上，杭州市临安区狼行公益应急救援队接到紧急警情通知：有人被困在海拔1300多米的浙西三尖之一的大山上！'; '小伙脚部和膝盖多处擦伤'; '可是，当爬上童公尖上的无人开发区后，因为山高陡峭，小伙不慎摔倒受伤，结果被困在了海拔1300多米的地方。'; '小伙说他是苏州人，从苏州赶到杭州临安，一个人爬上了童公尖。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'一男子独自攀登浙西三尖之一的童公尖'; '一个多小时后'; '消防员终于在山间沟壑处发现被困男子'; '他身上多处擦伤，但并无大碍'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'于是，当日16时他独自攀登海拔1558米的童公尖。行至约海拔1300米时，周围天色渐暗，想抄近路却因路线不熟，且未带照明设备，不慎摔伤，迷路被困，只好报警求助。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On the evening of 12 August 2026 a man who had climbed Tonggongjian alone fell and was stranded at about 1,300 metres in an undeveloped area of Lin'an district, Hangzhou; rescuers found him after more than an hour of searching, with abrasions, and escorted him down.","causal_attribution":"The rescue facts come from two rescuers' accounts: the volunteer rescue team quoted by Dushi Kuaibao, and the Zhejiang fire service's own narrative and photos in the China Fire post, which also credits Dushi Kuaibao among its sources. The fall, the 1,300-metre point and the 12 August date are stated by Dushi Kuaibao and by China National Radio, whose account uses China Fire's images and may draw on the same reports."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'他和老婆因为琐事吵了一场架'; '可到哪里玩合适呢？一时没有目标，迷茫时，他想起了手机经常用的AI软件，于是向AI发起求助。'; 'AI详细问了他的心理、性格、身高和体能后，郑重其事地给小伙推荐了一个户外线路：杭州临安浙西三尖的童公尖。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'该男子与妻子吵架后心情郁闷'; '但一时没有目标，于是向AI求助'; 'AI详细问了他的心理、性格、身高和体能'; '推荐他去童公尖观赏流星雨'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the man's account as relayed in Dushi Kuaibao's report of the rescue and in the fire service's account, after an argument with his wife he asked an AI app he often used where to go; it asked about his state of mind, personality, height and fitness and recommended Tonggongjian, and in the fire service's version it suggested the peak for watching a meteor shower.","causal_attribution":"Both accounts relay what the man told rescuers; neither says a rescuer saw the exchange, and the app is not named. The AI's contribution to the fall and stranding is reported, not established."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'问了小伙自身的情况，他说自己平常很少登山，也不户外运动。'; '结果小伙子来了，几乎什么装备都没带，只带了一把折叠小椅子，脚上竟然只穿了一双板鞋。'; '这种让 AI推荐户外线路的，救援人员均表示还是第一次遇到。'; '只推荐了路线，也没提醒他在户外运动前，要准备哪些装备。'; '这种靠AI指引户外线路的游客，在这么多年的救援任务中，我们还是第一次碰到。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The rescue team relays the man's statement that he rarely hiked or did outdoor sport, says he arrived with almost no equipment (flat skate shoes and a folding stool) and that the AI recommended only the route without saying what equipment he would need; it called this the first rescue in many years of a visitor guided by an AI route.","causal_attribution":"The rescue team's statements to Dushi Kuaibao; its remark about what the AI did not say rests on the man's account, not on an inspected exchange."}],"effects":[{"label":"fall with abrasions, night stranding at about 1,300 m and a rescue lasting several hours (rescue team and fire service accounts)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2026-08-16/doc-ininpfmm7694317.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16; no human reviewer inspected the text. Sina Finance carry, 16 August 2026, of a Chengshi Hudong (Dushi Kuaibao) report ('来源：橙柿互动·都市快报') quoting the Lin'an volunteer rescue team's leaders.","independence_group":"dushikuaibao-rescue-team-2026-08-16"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260819A05JBW00","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16; no human reviewer inspected the text. China Fire (national fire and rescue administration) official account post of 19 August 2026 on Tencent News; it credits China Fire, Zhejiang Fire and Dushi Kuaibao, and its narrative and photographs come from the Zhejiang fire service.","independence_group":"zhejiang-fire-account-2026-08"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://news.cnr.cn/native/gd/20260823/t20260823_527787671.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16; no human reviewer inspected the text. China National Radio page of 23 August 2026 credited to the national emergency broadcasting service; it repeats the fire service's narrative (meteor shower, shortcut, no light, firefighters' search), so it is grouped with s2. The page is GB18030-encoded and was converted to UTF-8 for reading.","independence_group":"zhejiang-fire-account-2026-08"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI app the man used, what he asked and what it answered; the exchange is not published.","Whether the AI suggested the peak for a meteor shower (fire service) or as an outing to clear his head (rescue team), and whether it gave any safety advice.","The man's age and the extent of his injuries beyond the abrasions both accounts describe."],"geography":{"basis":"Tonggongjian is in Lin'an district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang (Dushi Kuaibao, China National Radio), where the rescue took place, so CN is the event country. The rescue team quotes the man as saying he came from Suzhou, so CN is recorded for the affected person on that statement; China National Radio calls him a man in Hangzhou. No court.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":["CN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case: the volunteer rescue team (via Dushi Kuaibao) and the Zhejiang fire service (via China Fire and China National Radio) each describe the fall, the night stranding and the rescue on 12 August 2026, and the man's account that an AI app recommended the route after asking about his condition and fitness is relayed by Dushi Kuaibao and repeated by the China Fire post, which credits Dushi Kuaibao among its sources. The AI claim is attributed to his account as relayed by rescuers, and the app is recorded as unidentified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Dushi Kuaibao's report of the rescue, built on the rescue team's account, relays the man's account that an AI app he used asked about his state of mind, personality, height and fitness and then recommended the Tonggongjian route; the China Fire post, which credits Dushi Kuaibao among its sources and repeats its wording, adds that the app suggested the peak for watching a meteor shower, as does China National Radio, which uses China Fire's images. The described contribution is the app's recommendation to the man (communicated_with), which both accounts connect to his solo climb into undeveloped terrain, the fall and the stranding. The app is not named, the exchange is not published and both accounts rest on what the man told rescuers, so the status is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Rescuers say a man who followed an AI app's suggested route up an undeveloped peak near Hangzhou fell, was stranded at night and had to be rescued","summary":"On the evening of 12 August 2026 rescuers were called to Tonggongjian, a peak of about 1,558 metres in the undeveloped mountains of Lin'an district, Hangzhou, where a man who had climbed alone had fallen and was stranded at about 1,300 metres. A volunteer rescue team with police and firefighters, and in the fire service's account its firefighters, found him after more than an hour, with abrasions, and escorted him down. Dushi Kuaibao's report of the rescue says the man had argued with his wife, asked an AI app on his phone where to go, and that the app asked about his state of mind, personality, height and fitness before recommending Tonggongjian; the fire service's account says it suggested he go there to watch a meteor shower. The rescue team said he rarely hiked, wore flat skate shoes and carried only a folding stool, and that the recommendation gave no advice on equipment. The app is not named and the exchange is not published.","incidentDate":"2026-08-12","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-08-16","aiSystem":"An AI app on the man's phone that he regularly used (not named), which according to his account to rescuers asked about his state of mind, personality, height and fitness and recommended the Tonggongjian route","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["physical_injury","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Rescuers report that the man fell on an undeveloped mountain as it grew dark, suffered abrasions to his foot and knees and was stranded at about 1,300 metres until a rescue lasting several hours; rescuers relay his account that an AI app had recommended the route.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One man: both rescue accounts describe a single climber who was injured and rescued and who said he had used the AI app; no one else is reported harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2026-08-16/doc-ininpfmm7694317.shtml","primarySourceLabel":"Dushi Kuaibao (Chengshi Hudong) via Sina Finance, 16 August 2026: man stranded on a Hangzhou peak after an AI-recommended route","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:07:52.535237+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:07:52.535237+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-route-advice","hiking","mountain-rescue","zhejiang","communicated-with"]}]}