{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-05T08:56:30.157Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"search","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"unknown","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":4,"coverage":{"cases":4,"countries":4,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":3,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":4,"relationPending":3,"relationUnknown":1},"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-singapore-pandan-reservoir-ai-crocodile-image-search-false-message-charges","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'water activities in the reservoir were suspended for two days, with PUB and the National Parks Board (NParks) launching search-and-capture operations in the area'; 'it had ceased search operations, and water activities in the reservoir were allowed to resume from Aug 22'; 'On Aug 20, national water agency PUB received a report of a crocodile sighting at the reservoir, accompanied by a photo'; 'On Aug 21, PUB said in a Facebook post that it had filed a police report after verifying that the photograph of the supposed crocodile was fake'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The Singapore Rowing Association and Singapore Canoe Federation were told the suspend their activities'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"After PUB received a report of a crocodile sighting with a photo on 20 August 2026, water activities at Pandan Reservoir were suspended for two days, rowing and canoe bodies were told to suspend activities, and PUB and the National Parks Board ran search-and-capture operations until PUB found the photo fake on 21 August; activities resumed on 22 August.","causal_attribution":"PUB's own statements as reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'preliminary investigations found that the man had used artificial intelligence to generate a fake image of a crocodile at Pandan Reservoir and sent it to his colleague'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The man subsequently deleted the image and the related application in an attempt to conceal his actions,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Police said preliminary investigations found the man used artificial intelligence to generate the fake image, sent it to a colleague, and then deleted the image and the related application to conceal his actions.","causal_attribution":"The police statement; the allegations are untested in court."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'allegedly sent the AI-generated image of a crocodile at Pandan Reservoir to another person on Aug 20'; 'deleted the digitally edited image and the Gemini AI application history log from his phone on Aug 21'; 'said he intends to plead guilty and will not be engaging a lawyer'; 'was charged in court on Sept 29'; 'was handed one charge for transmitting a false message, and another for obstructing the course of justice'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'deleting the image and the Gemini app from his phone'","relation":"context","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"On 29 September 2026 the 30-year-old was charged with transmitting a false message and with obstructing the course of justice; the charge sheets, as reported, say he sent the AI-generated image to another person on 20 August and deleted the image and the Gemini AI application history log from his phone on 21 August. He said he intended to plead guilty.","causal_attribution":"Court reporting of the charge sheets; the charge sheets were not read directly."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'It then tried to verify the image using'; 'various AI checker tools'; 'with no definite results'; 'PUB acted quickly and took the necessary precautionary measures'; 'is a worker employed by its reservoir maintenance contractor'; 'supervisor had alerted PUB to the image on Aug 20'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"PUB said it had tried to verify the image with various AI checker tools without definite results and acted as a precaution, and that the man is employed by its reservoir maintenance contractor; his supervisor alerted PUB to the image.","causal_attribution":"PUB's 1 October Facebook post as reported by The Straits Times."}],"effects":[{"label":"water activities at a public reservoir suspended for two days and a search mounted after a fake AI image was reported","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the worker who allegedly made the image charged with transmitting a false message and obstructing justice","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-charged-over-fake-image-of-crocodile-at-pandan-reservoir","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-02 (The Straits Times court desk, 29 September 2026): the charges and the charge-sheet particulars.","independence_group":"sg-court-charges"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/man-to-be-charged-over-fake-photo-of-crocodile-sighting-at-pandan-reservoir","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-02 (The Straits Times, 28 September 2026): the police statement and PUB's earlier statements.","independence_group":"spf-pub-statements"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/fake-image-of-crocodile-in-reservoir-put-through-ai-checks-but-results-were-inconclusive-pub","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-02 (The Straits Times, 1 October 2026): PUB's 1 October Facebook post on its AI checks and the man's employment.","independence_group":"spf-pub-statements"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6grveg7d9zro","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-02 (BBC, 29 September 2026); quotes the police statement and relays local court reporting.","independence_group":"spf-pub-statements"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.techspot.com/news/114061-ai-image-crocodile-reservoir-triggers-search-leaves-singapore.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live in English on 2026-10-02 (TechSpot, 1 October 2026); a rewrite of Singapore reporting, not independent. It attributes the Gemini app deletion to the police, whose statement names no application.","independence_group":"sg-court-charges"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["public_services","justice","work"],"unknowns":["Why the image was made and how it passed from the colleague to the supervisor and PUB.","The outcome of the case when it returns to court in November.","The public cost of the search operations."],"geography":{"basis":"Pandan Reservoir is in Singapore; PUB and the National Parks Board responded there, and the man was charged in a Singapore court (The Straits Times; BBC). He is a Myanmar national working in Singapore; his nationality does not change the event location.","court_countries":["SG"],"event_countries":["SG"],"affected_person_countries":["SG"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a case of an AI-generated false image that triggered a two-day public-safety response by a national agency and led to criminal charges against the person who allegedly made it. The facts rest on PUB and police statements and court reporting. The accused is not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The police said preliminary investigations found the man used artificial intelligence to generate the image (The Straits Times; BBC). The charge sheets, as reported by The Straits Times, say he deleted the image and the Gemini AI application history log from his phone. PUB said its AI checker tools gave no definite result before it found the photo fake. The image was not inspected and the court has not ruled.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Singapore: an AI-generated photo of a crocodile at Pandan Reservoir led PUB to suspend water activities and search the reservoir in August 2026; a contractor's worker who allegedly made it was charged with transmitting a false message and with obstructing justice for allegedly deleting the image and the Gemini app history","summary":"On 20 August 2026 Singapore's national water agency PUB received a report of a crocodile sighting at Pandan Reservoir, with a photo. PUB said it tried to verify the image with several AI checker tools without a definite result, so it suspended water activities, told the Singapore Rowing Association and Singapore Canoe Federation to stop all activities there, put up warning signs and, with the National Parks Board, ran search-and-capture operations. On 21 August PUB found the photo was fake, stopped searching and filed a police report; water activities resumed on 22 August. Police said on 28 September that preliminary investigations found a man had used artificial intelligence to generate the image, sent it to a colleague, and then deleted the image and the related application to conceal his actions. On 29 September the 30-year-old, a worker employed by PUB's reservoir maintenance contractor, was charged with transmitting a false message and with obstructing the course of justice; the charge sheets, as reported by The Straits Times, say he deleted the image and the Gemini AI application history log from his phone on 21 August. He told the court he intended to plead guilty, and the case returns to court in November.","incidentDate":"2026-08-20","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"AI-generated image of a crocodile at Pandan Reservoir; the charge sheets as reported refer to the Gemini AI application history log the accused deleted","aiProduct":"Gemini (reported)","aiCompany":"Google","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm","other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"An AI-generated crocodile photo led PUB to suspend water activities and search Pandan Reservoir for two days, and the worker who allegedly made and shared it now faces charges carrying up to three and seven years' jail (PUB and police statements and court reporting via The Straits Times and the BBC).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, the man charged over the image (The Straits Times; BBC). Reservoir users whose activities were suspended are not individually reported and are not counted. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"SG","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-charged-over-fake-image-of-crocodile-at-pandan-reservoir","primarySourceLabel":"The Straits Times, 29 September 2026: Man charged over fake image of crocodile at Pandan Reservoir","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:15:06.027318+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:15:06.027318+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-images","hoax","false-message","public-services","criminal-charges","gemini","singapore"]},{"id":"2026-mount-shasta-gemini-planned-climb-rescue","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Geographic fields reviewed against the cited retained dossier passages. This is a metadata review, not a new source or causal review. Residence, event setting and court are recorded separately. Affected-person countries refer to reported location or residence, not citizenship or a complete residence history.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"a Mount Shasta summit attempt","location":"summary","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]}],"court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"unresolved":["No court country established in this review. Regulatory authorities and police locations are not automatically courts.","Source languages remain unreviewed; no source body was newly inspected for this record during this metadata pass."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-15","source_reviews":[]},"name":"Mount Shasta climb planned with Google Gemini: night stranding, knee injury and rescue (Siskiyou County, California)","summary":"Three novice hikers from Roseville, California, planned a Mount Shasta summit attempt with Google's Gemini, which the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said advised them to carry far less food and water than their group needed for what became a multi-day ordeal. After reaching the summit at 7 p.m. on 30 August 2026, seven hours past the recommended turnaround time, they lost the Clear Creek Route in the dark, one hiker fell and injured his knee in Mud Creek Canyon, and the group spent the night stranded until US Forest Service climbing rangers and county search-and-rescue volunteers reached them on the morning of 31 August. The sheriff's office called the reliance on Gemini 'a critical misstep'.","incidentDate":"2026-08-29","incidentEndDate":"2026-08-31","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-02","aiSystem":"Google Gemini","aiProduct":"Gemini","aiCompany":"Google","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["physical_injury"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"One hiker fell and injured his knee during a night descent off the route. The group of three spent the night stranded in the steep drainage of Mud Creek Canyon without adequate food or water and was found 'exhausted, hungry and thirsty' the next morning. All three received medical aid and walked out with rescuers; no hospitalization was reported.","frameworkFacets":["P1d","P5b","P5c"],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":3,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The sheriff's account documents all three AI-using hikers stranded and requiring rescue and medical aid, including one with a knee injury.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-CA","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/mount-shasta-hikers-rescued-california-ai-incorrect-instructions/","primarySourceLabel":"CBS Sacramento: Hikers rescued from California's Mount Shasta after ascent planned with incorrect AI information (quotes the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office statement)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-05T11:55:07.681677+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:46.085409+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["gemini","google","physical-safety","trip-planning","rescue","competence-boundaries","us","adult"]},{"id":"2026-surat-chatgpt-double-suicide","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Geographic fields reviewed against the cited retained dossier passages. This is a metadata review, not a new source or causal review. Residence, event setting and court are recorded separately. Affected-person countries refer to reported location or residence, not citizenship or a complete residence history.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"Two college students in Surat, Gujarat, India","location":"summary","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["IN"]}],"court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"unresolved":["No court country established in this review. Regulatory authorities and police locations are not automatically courts.","Source languages remain unreviewed; no source body was newly inspected for this record during this metadata pass."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-15","source_reviews":[]},"name":"Surat ChatGPT Double Suicide (Sirsath & Chaudhary)","summary":"Two college students in Surat, Gujarat, India — Roshni Sirsath (18) and Josna Chaudhary (20) — died by suicide on March 6, 2026 after using ChatGPT to search for suicide methods. Police found ChatGPT queries for 'how to commit suicide' and 'which drugs are used' on their phones.","incidentDate":"2026-03-06","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-03-08","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":["method_provision","crisis_response"],"harmOutcomes":["death"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Two college students died by suicide after using ChatGPT to search for methods and drugs; police recovered the queries from their phones.","frameworkFacets":["P1a","P1b","P1c","P1d"],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":2,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Police reporting identifies two distinct college-student AI participants who died.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"IN","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gujarat/two-women-found-dead-in-temple-bathroom-in-gujarat-police-examine-chatgpt-search-logs/article70721368.ece","primarySourceLabel":"The Hindu","firstPublishedAt":"2026-03-23T06:59:22.821154+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:55.454298+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["india","chatgpt","openai","suicide","method_provision","double_suicide"]},{"id":"2026-seoul-chatgpt-murders","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Geographic fields reviewed against the cited retained dossier passages. This is a metadata review, not a new source or causal review. Residence, event setting and court are recorded separately. Affected-person countries refer to reported location or residence, not citizenship or a complete residence history.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"at Seoul motels","location":"summary","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["KR"]},{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"Seoul Northern District Court","location":"summary","supports":["court_countries"],"countries":["KR"]}],"court_countries":["KR"],"event_countries":["KR"],"affected_person_countries":["KR"]},"unresolved":["Source languages remain unreviewed; no source body was newly inspected for this record during this metadata pass."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-15","source_reviews":[]},"name":"Seoul ChatGPT-Assisted Double Homicide (Kim)","summary":"A 21-year-old woman, publicly identified as Kim So-young, used ChatGPT to research lethal drug-alcohol combinations, then murdered two men by spiking their drinks with her prescribed benzodiazepines at Seoul motels in January and February 2026. ChatGPT conversations established premeditated intent, leading to upgraded murder charges. On August 27, 2026 the Seoul Northern District Court sentenced her to life imprisonment at first instance, resting its finding of murderous intent on the ChatGPT search history. Both she and the prosecution have appealed.","incidentDate":"2026-01-28","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-02-27","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":["method_provision","third_party_harm_facilitation"],"harmOutcomes":["death","harm_to_others","legal_harm","loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Kim So-young murdered two men using drug-alcohol combinations researched through ChatGPT and received a life sentence at first instance.","frameworkFacets":["P1d","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"established","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The criminal case documents one convicted AI participant, two homicide victims, and one additional surviving attempted-murder victim in the bounded series.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"KR","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://fortune.com/2026/03/02/seoul-south-korea-woman-chatgpt-two-murders/","primarySourceLabel":"Fortune","firstPublishedAt":"2026-03-09T05:43:02.612378+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:52.588835+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["criminal","adult","murder","chatgpt","openai","method-provision","south-korea","kr"]}]}