{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-15T06:51:33.962Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"selection_process","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":0,"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-mato-grosso-court-selection-candidate-eliminated-over-id-photo-with-signs-of-ai-generation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Segundo a comissão, a imagem tinha “traços nítidos e inconfundíveis de geração e/ou edição por Inteligência Artificial”, além de um elemento gráfico, uma marca d’água digital, no canto inferior direito.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Segundo a publicação, a imagem enviada pela candidata “possui traços nítidos e inconfundíveis de geração e/ou edição por Inteligência Artificial (IA)”.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The selection support commission found that the 3x4 photo the candidate submitted had clear and unmistakable traces of generation and/or editing by artificial intelligence, and a digital watermark in the lower right corner.","causal_attribution":"The commission's finding as published in the Justice Gazette, reported by both outlets; one origin. The gazette itself was not read."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A conclusão está em manifestação da Comissão de Apoio ao Processo Seletivo, de 8 de outubro, acolhida integralmente pela Comarca de Brasnorte, e publicada no Diário da Justiça Eletrônico desta terça-feira (13).'; 'A habilitação da candidata foi tornada sem efeito.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'A decisão foi publicada no Diário da Justiça Eletrônico desta terça-feira (13).'; 'As duas candidaturas foram indeferidas.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The commission's statement of 8 October 2026 was accepted in full by the Brasnorte court district and published in the electronic Justice Gazette on 13 October 2026; the candidate's qualification was annulled.","causal_attribution":"Gazette publication as reported by both outlets; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'O retrato também foi considerado desatualizado e incompatível com o padrão oficial de foto 3x4. Para os avaliadores, tratou-se de “simulação de imagem”, que descumpre a exigência de fidelidade da imagem facial recente.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The commission also judged the portrait outdated and outside the official 3x4 standard and called it a simulation of an image that breached the call's requirement of a faithful recent facial photograph.","causal_attribution":"The commission's reasoning as reported by Fatos de Mato Grosso; the ground of elimination combines the AI finding and the photo standard."}],"effects":[{"label":"eliminated from a court accreditation selection over an ID photo found to bear signs of AI generation or editing","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.fatosdematogrosso.com.br/juridico/candidata-envia-foto-3x4-com-sinais-de-ia-e-acaba-eliminada-de-selecao-do-tjmt/17335","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese 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 legal-news report on the commission statement published in the electronic Justice Gazette, 13 October 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"tjmt-brasnorte-commission-decision-dje-13-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://g1.globo.com/mt/mato-grosso/noticia/2026/10/14/candidata-e-eliminada-de-processo-seletivo-do-tjmt-apos-enviar-foto-gerada-por-ia.ghtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese 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. G1 Mato Grosso report on the same publication, 14 October 2026; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"tjmt-brasnorte-commission-decision-dje-13-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["unknown"],"contexts":["work","public_services"],"unknowns":["Which tool produced or edited the photo, who generated or edited it, and whether it began as a real photograph.","The candidate's response and whether she appealed.","The date the photo was submitted."],"geography":{"basis":"The selection was run by the Brasnorte court district of the Mato Grosso Court of Justice, Brazil, and the decision was published in its electronic gazette. The candidate's residence and nationality are not stated.","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":["BR"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a consequential-response case (relation unknown, exemption consequential_response): a court selection commission found the candidate's ID photo bore clear signs of AI generation or editing and her qualification was annulled, as published in the electronic Justice Gazette and reported by two outlets. The candidate is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Consequential response: the court district's selection commission, which examined the submitted photo, found clear traces of generation and/or editing by artificial intelligence and a digital watermark, and on that finding, together with the photo's failure to meet the official 3x4 standard, the candidate's qualification was annulled. The tool and the candidate's own account are not reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["unknown"]},"name":"Mato Grosso, Brazil: court selection commission eliminates a candidate after finding her ID photo showed clear signs of AI generation or editing","summary":"A candidate in a selection process to accredit social workers and psychologists for the court district of Brasnorte, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, was eliminated after the selection support commission found that the 3x4 identification photo she submitted had 'clear and unmistakable traces of generation and/or editing by Artificial Intelligence' and a digital watermark in one corner. The commission's statement of 8 October 2026, accepted by the court district and published in the electronic Justice Gazette on 13 October, treated the picture as a simulated image that did not meet the call's requirement of a recent, faithful facial photograph, and her qualification was annulled. A second candidate was eliminated in the same decision for a mould-stained, outdated photo, with no AI involved. The candidate is not named in the reports, and her response and the tool used are not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-10-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-13","aiSystem":"Unidentified image tool; the court selection commission found that the submitted 3x4 photo showed traces of generation and/or editing by artificial intelligence and carried a digital watermark; no product is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The candidate's qualification in the court accreditation selection was annulled after the commission found her photo bore signs of AI generation or editing (commission statement as reported by Fatos de Mato Grosso and G1).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person counted: the candidate eliminated over the photo the commission found AI-generated or AI-edited. She is counted as a person harmed rather than as an AI user because the sources do not say who generated or edited the photo. The second eliminated candidate is not counted because no AI involvement is described for her photo.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"BR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.fatosdematogrosso.com.br/juridico/candidata-envia-foto-3x4-com-sinais-de-ia-e-acaba-eliminada-de-selecao-do-tjmt/17335","primarySourceLabel":"Fatos de Mato Grosso, 13 October 2026: candidate sends 3x4 photo with signs of AI and is eliminated from TJMT selection","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-15T03:08:25.425046+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T03:08:25.425046+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["id_photo","selection_process","court","elimination","brazil"]}]}