{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-07T02:12:21.041Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"shanghai","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":1,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":1,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":2,"minors":0,"coreRelations":3,"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-shanghai-police-say-man-posted-ai-generated-videos-of-his-father-gravely-ill-to-borrow-1-7-million-yuan-from-friends","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'上海市公安局普陀分局白丽路派出所接报警称，报警人在线下找到了欠债人' ... '双方发生纠纷' ... '一并带至所内作进一步调查' ... '因涉嫌诈骗罪已被普陀警方依法刑事拘留'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'接警后，巡逻民警立即到场' ... '与三人为朋友关系'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Putuo police in Shanghai detained a man on suspicion of fraud after a caller reported on 16 October 2026 having found him over money he owed and that a dispute had broken out; officers brought three creditors, described by police as his friends, and the man to the station.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by two outlets; one origin."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'又称“父亲患癌急需治疗”“父亲过世需丧葬费”，以此博取同情、继续向朋友们借钱。' ... '借款金额累计高达170余万元' ... '几乎全部都投入股市并亏损殆尽'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'先后以“技术投资”“结婚买房”“公司周转”等理由向三人频频借钱'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say that from 2019 the man borrowed from the friends on invented pretexts, later saying his father had cancer and then had died, and that the borrowing totalled more than 1.7 million yuan, nearly all lost on the stock market.","causal_attribution":"Police findings from transfer records and the man's confession, as relayed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'嫌疑人用AI生成的父亲病重短视频截图' ... '如实供述了自己的犯罪事实' ... '为了增加骗局的可信度，他甚至还利用AI生成了父亲重病在床的短视频发布在朋友圈。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'甚至还利用AI技术生成了父亲重病在床的短视频发布在朋友圈'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Police say the man confessed, and that to make the scam more credible he used AI to generate short videos of his father gravely ill in bed and posted them on WeChat Moments.","causal_attribution":"Investigating police's account of the suspect's confession; a station officer is quoted by China News Service. The tool is not identified."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'2026年2月' ... '发布了自己在病床边照顾父亲的照片和影片' ... '8月17日，他称父亲已经去世，又继续向朋友们要钱。' ... '其父对此事不知情，相关照片、影片应为AI生成。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A Hong Kong relay of the police account says that in February 2026 he posted photos and videos of himself caring for his father at a hospital bed, that on 17 August he said his father had died and kept asking friends for money, that his father knew nothing of it, and that the related photos and videos should be AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"HK01's relay, citing the police social-media account and a mainland report; the AI wording is hedged (should be AI-generated)."}],"effects":[{"label":"friends lent money on invented pretexts, including AI-generated videos of the suspect's father gravely ill; over 1.7 million yuan lost in total","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_34334887","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh-CN","translation_note":"Read in Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28; English renderings are the agent's own translation. ThePaper report of 26 Oct 2026 based on information from the Shanghai Public Security Bureau; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"shanghai-police-account-26-oct-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2026/10-26/10721156.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh-CN","translation_note":"Read in Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28; English renderings are the agent's own translation. China News Service report of 26 Oct 2026 relaying the Putuo police account and quoting a station officer; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"shanghai-police-account-26-oct-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://global.hk01.com/%E5%A4%A7%E5%9B%BD%E5%B0%8F%E4%BA%8B/60403711/ai%E5%81%87%E9%80%A0%E7%88%B6%E4%BA%B2%E5%8D%A7%E5%BA%8A%E5%9B%BE%E8%B0%8E%E7%A7%B0%E6%82%A3%E7%99%8C%E5%8E%BB%E4%B8%96-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E7%94%B7%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%BA%E5%88%86%E9%A5%B06%E8%A7%92%E9%AA%97%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B170%E4%B8%87","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh-CN","translation_note":"Read in Chinese by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-28; English renderings are the agent's own translation. HK01 report of 26 Oct 2026 relaying the Shanghai police social-media account and a mainland outlet's interview; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"shanghai-police-account-26-oct-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","relationships"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool generated the videos.","How many people saw the videos and how much was lent after they were posted; the 1.7 million yuan total covers borrowing since 2019 on several pretexts.","How many people in total lent him money.","Whether he will be charged or the money repaid."],"geography":{"basis":"ThePaper and China News Service report that the case was handled by Putuo police in Shanghai after the creditors confronted the man there, so CN is recorded as the event country. The sources do not state where the friends live.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): investigating police say a man confessed to using AI to generate videos of his father gravely ill in bed and posted them to make his borrowing pretext credible to friends, who lost money he put into the stock market. The AI attribution is the police account of the confession; the share of the losses that followed the videos is not reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The investigating Putuo police say the man confessed and that, to make his claim that his father was gravely ill credible to the friends he was borrowing from, he used AI to generate short videos of his father ill in bed and posted them on WeChat Moments; a station officer gave the same account to China News Service. A Hong Kong relay of the police account words the AI finding more cautiously, saying the photos and videos should be AI-generated. The police did not disclose the technical basis beyond the confession, and the tool is not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Shanghai police say man posted AI-generated videos of his father gravely ill while borrowing over 1.7 million yuan from friends","summary":"Shanghai police said on 26 October 2026 that officers in Putuo district had detained a man on suspicion of fraud after police were called on 16 October to a dispute between him and people he owed money to; officers brought him and three creditors, whom police describe as his friends, to the station. According to the police account relayed by ThePaper and China News Service, from 2019 he had borrowed from classmates and friends on a series of false pretexts, later saying his father had cancer and then that his father had died, and the borrowing totalled more than 1.7 million yuan, nearly all lost on the stock market. Police said he confessed that every pretext was invented, and that to make the scam more credible he used AI to generate short videos of his father gravely ill in bed and posted them on his WeChat Moments feed; a Hong Kong relay of the police account words this more cautiously, saying the related photos and videos should be AI-generated, and adds that his father knew nothing of it. The tool used, how many people saw the videos and how much was borrowed after they were posted are not reported. The man is in criminal detention while the investigation continues.","incidentDate":"2026-02-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-10-16","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-26","aiSystem":"AI-generated short videos and photos showing the suspect's father gravely ill in bed, posted on WeChat Moments; tool not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Shanghai police say a man borrowed more than 1.7 million yuan from classmates and friends on invented pretexts since 2019, later claiming his father had cancer and had died, and that he posted AI-generated videos of his father gravely ill to make the story credible; the money was lost on the stock market. The share of the losses that followed the videos is not reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Three friends who reported the dispute to police and whom police describe as victims; police say classmates and friends were defrauded, so three is a lower bound. The sources do not say how many of them saw the AI videos.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_34334887","primarySourceLabel":"ThePaper, 26 Oct 2026: man used AI-generated videos of his father gravely ill and defrauded people of 1.7 million yuan","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-28T03:03:47.619885+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:13:38.991586+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-video","fraud","fake-illness","friends-and-classmates","wechat","police-statement","china","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-shopper-late-phone-order-ai-customer-service-looped-replies-no-human-until-consumer-council-mediation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'他花了12099元在某平台购买某品牌手机，商家未按约定时间发货'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Xinmin Evening News reports that a shopper paid 12,099 yuan for a branded mobile phone on an online platform and that the merchant did not ship it at the agreed time.","causal_attribution":"The newspaper's account of the case."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'他多次联系客服，却只得到了AI的自动回复，翻来覆去就那几句话，始终无法转接人工处理'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the report, he contacted customer service many times but received only the AI's automatic replies, which repeated the same few sentences, and could never be transferred to a human agent.","causal_attribution":"The newspaper's account; the AI description is the report's, and the chat record is not published."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'经上海市消保委调解，所购买的手机终于在10月6日送到'; '只获得了100元优惠券的补偿'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After mediation by the Shanghai consumer council the phone was delivered on 6 October, and his only compensation for the extra days of waiting was a 100-yuan coupon.","causal_attribution":"The newspaper's account of the outcome."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'而市消保委长假期间受理的3575件网络购物相关投诉中，涉及“客服联络不畅”的投诉达1174件'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'长假期间，市消保委系统共受理网络购物相关投诉3575件，其中涉及客服联络不畅的投诉1174件'; 'AI客服循环应答、承诺不实、生成信息不准，人工接入困难等问题较为集中'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The Shanghai consumer council system received 3,575 online-shopping complaints over the National Day holiday, 1,174 of them about difficulty contacting customer service, and its release lists looping AI customer-service replies, untrue promises, inaccurate generated information and difficult access to human agents among the concentrated problems.","causal_attribution":"The council's figures and characterisation, relayed by two newspapers from one release."}],"effects":[{"label":"late phone order could not be escalated past repeating AI replies until consumer-council mediation","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://m.sohu.com/a/1087283351_121286085","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-10-15 from Xinmin Evening News's account on Sohu (mobile page, full text present); translated by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator. The newspaper's own reporter compiled the case and the council's figures.","independence_group":"shanghai-consumer-council-national-day-2026-disclosure"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://finance.sina.cn/2026-10-10/detail-iniutqmf6003351.d.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-10-15 from Sina Finance's copy of a Laodong Bao report; translated by the research agent (an AI). It relays the Shanghai consumer council's National Day figures and does not mention this shopper; same council disclosure as the figures in s1.","independence_group":"shanghai-consumer-council-national-day-2026-disclosure"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The platform, the merchant and the phone brand, which the report does not name.","The purchase date and how many days late the delivery was.","The platform's account and the customer-service chat record.","Whether the automatic replies came from a generative model or a scripted bot.","Where the shopper lives."],"geography":{"basis":"The Shanghai consumer council mediated the complaint, but the report does not say where the shopper lives, where the platform or merchant is based, or where the order was placed; no country is recorded from the mediator's seat.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete adverse experience with a platform's AI customer service: Xinmin Evening News reports that a shopper's repeated contacts about a late phone order got only repeating AI replies and no human, and that delivery followed only consumer-council mediation. Claims are attributed to the newspaper and the council's release.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Xinmin Evening News reports that the shopper's repeated contacts about his late phone order received only the AI's automatic replies, the same few sentences over and over, and that he could never be transferred to a human; the report connects this to the unresolved delay that ended only after the Shanghai consumer council mediated. The platform, the chat record and the kind of AI system (generative or scripted) are not reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Xinmin Evening News says a shopper's late phone order got only repeating AI customer-service replies and no human until Shanghai's consumer council mediated","summary":"Xinmin Evening News reported on 13 October 2026, in a piece on consumer complaints over the October 2026 National Day holiday, a shopper who paid 12,099 yuan for a branded mobile phone on an unnamed platform; the merchant did not ship it at the agreed time. According to the report, he contacted customer service many times but got only the AI's automatic replies, the same few sentences over and over, and could never get transferred to a human. After mediation by the Shanghai consumer council (the Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Commission) the phone arrived on 6 October, and his only compensation for the extra days of waiting was a 100-yuan coupon. The council's holiday figures, relayed by Laodong Bao, list looping AI customer-service replies and difficulty reaching a human among the concentrated problems. The platform, merchant and chat record are not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentEndDate":"2026-10-06","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-13","aiSystem":"An online shopping platform's AI customer service, which the report says answered a shopper's repeated contacts about a late order with the same automatic replies and did not transfer him to a human","aiProduct":"Unidentified customer-service chatbot","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Xinmin Evening News, a shopper whose 12,099-yuan phone order was not shipped on time got only repeating AI customer-service replies and no transfer to a human; the phone arrived on 6 October after consumer-council mediation, with a 100-yuan coupon as compensation.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the shopper the Xinmin Evening News report describes, who repeatedly contacted customer service about a late phone order. Exact 1. The Shanghai consumer council's complaint totals (3,575 online-shopping complaints, 1,174 about difficulty contacting customer service) are not counts of people harmed by this system.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"unknown","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://m.sohu.com/a/1087283351_121286085","primarySourceLabel":"Xinmin Evening News via Sohu, 13 October 2026: 买时一键下单，维权一路闯关！","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-15T03:06:24.479293+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T03:06:24.479293+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["customer-service-chatbot","online-shopping","no-human-escalation","late-delivery","consumer-complaint"]},{"id":"2026-shanghai-fake-army-officer-suspected-face-swap-video-call-800000-yuan-investment-fraud","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'通过相亲平台认识了自称'; '是即将退役的部队团长。为博取信任，他陆续发来军官证、身份证等看似真实的证件照片。'; '今年5月，上海的'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In May 2026 a Shanghai woman met through a matchmaking platform a man who said he was an army regiment commander about to retire and who sent officer and identity card photos.","causal_attribution":"Victim's account as reported; the man's identity is unknown."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'男子刻意用手快速遮挡面部'; '以此证明自己没用AI换脸技术'; '其实还是能辨别这个是不是AI技术合成的，被害人截图中，对方的大拇指是明显长于正常人的。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In a video call the man deliberately covered his face quickly with his hand to show he was not using AI face-swap, and a Pudong police anti-fraud officer said that AI synthesis can still be detected and that in the victim's screenshot the man's thumb was clearly longer than a normal person's.","causal_attribution":"The officer's remark points to an AI-synthesis artefact in this case but stops short of a direct finding; AI involvement is recorded as suspected."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'四处借钱，开设了账户，先后投入了80万元。'; '80万其实都是借的，我只有1万'; '却发现钱款无法提现'; '在高额回报的诱惑下'; '短短一个月内 在虚假投资平台投了80万元'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Lured by promised high returns, she borrowed widely and put 800,000 yuan into a fake investment platform within about a month, saying she had only 10,000 yuan of her own, and found she could not withdraw it.","causal_attribution":"The loss followed the fake investment pitch; the report does not attribute it to the video call alone."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'那时候鉴定出来军官证，身份证都是真的。'; '是鉴定照片里有没有AI合成的痕迹，并不能验证比如身份证或者军官证是否是真实的'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She had checked the officer and identity card photos with the National Anti-Fraud Center app's AI identification function, which found them genuine; the police officer said that function only checks photos for traces of AI synthesis and cannot verify a document.","causal_attribution":"Context on how her doubts were allayed; the police describe a misunderstanding of the tool's purpose."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'她这才认清骗局，选择报警。'; '目前案件在进一步侦办中。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"She reported the fraud to police and the case was under further investigation.","causal_attribution":"Reported case status; no suspect is identified."}],"effects":[{"label":"lost 800,000 yuan, almost all borrowed, to a fake investment platform","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.21jingji.com/article/20260623/herald/8627b80122b0ac840159ebbfc75f2433.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read live in Simplified Chinese on 2026-10-04 (21jingji.com, 23 June 2026, credited Guangming Online; source line names the Xinmin Evening News WeChat account, News Square and CCTV News). The original items were not found. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"xinmin-xinwenfang-cctv-2026-06"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","finance"],"unknowns":["Whether face-swap or other AI video synthesis was in fact used in the video call; no forensic finding is reported.","The original Xinmin Evening News, News Square and CCTV News items and their publication dates.","Where the scammer operated and whether anyone has been identified or any money recovered."],"geography":{"basis":"The report describes the woman as in Shanghai and quotes the Pudong public security sub-bureau and the local police station that visited her. Where the scammer operated is not stated. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":["CN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case with AI involvement recorded as suspected: a Pudong police officer, discussing this case, pointed to an AI-synthesis artefact in the victim's screenshot of the scammer. The account rests on one report chain relayed by 21jingji.com from Guangming Online. The victim is identified only by the report's pseudonym, which is not repeated here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The man staged a hand-over-face gesture in a video call to show he was not using AI face-swap. A Pudong police anti-fraud officer, discussing this case, said AI synthesis can still be detected and that in the victim's screenshot the man's thumb was clearly longer than normal. The report does not state outright that face-swap software was used, and no tool or forensic finding is reported.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"China: Shanghai woman loses 800,000 yuan to a fake army officer met on a matchmaking platform; Pudong police point to a sign of AI synthesis in her screenshot of him","summary":"In May 2026 a 50-year-old woman in Shanghai met a man on a matchmaking platform who said he was an army regiment commander about to retire and sent officer and identity card photos. He also made a video call on his own initiative, in which he quickly covered his face with his hand to show he was not using AI face-swap. He then steered her into a fake investment platform, and within about a month she put in 800,000 yuan, almost all of it borrowed, and could not withdraw it. A Pudong police anti-fraud officer said that AI synthesis could still be detected and that in her screenshot the man's thumb was clearly longer than a normal person's. The report gives no direct statement that face-swap software was used. The case was under further investigation.","incidentDate":"2026-05-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-06-23","aiSystem":"Suspected face-swap or AI video synthesis in a video call (Pudong police officer's remark on the victim's screenshot); no tool named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool (suspected)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A Shanghai woman put 800,000 yuan, almost all borrowed, into a fake investment platform promoted by a man posing as an army officer; a Pudong police officer pointed to a sign of AI synthesis in the victim's screenshot of him (21jingji, relaying Guangming Online).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One woman lost 800,000 yuan (21jingji). People from whom she borrowed are not counted because the report does not describe harm to them.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.21jingji.com/article/20260623/herald/8627b80122b0ac840159ebbfc75f2433.html","primarySourceLabel":"21jingji.com (credited Guangming Online), 23 June 2026: 70后女子1个月被骗80万元","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:44.842458+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:44.842458+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["romance-scam","investment-fraud","face-swap","video-call","military-impersonation","shanghai","china","communicated-with"]}]}