{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-19T09:17:05.981Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"short-video","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","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-china-older-relative-bought-several-high-priced-orders-from-ai-xiaohai-persona-shop-window","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'这些由AI批量生成的少年，统一是清秀乖巧、缺少母爱的大学生人设，靠一声声“姨姨妈妈”把中老年女性引向高价橱窗，部分商品佣金高达55%。'; '他们用的，正是造出“小海”的那套AI工具'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'这些由AI批量生成的“假晚辈”，利用老人们渴望陪伴的心理，盯上了老年人的钱包。'; '记者在短视频平台搜索发现，让这位老人深信不疑的，正是近期在网络上批量出现的“数字人小海”。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The 'Xiaohai' persona videos on Chinese short-video platforms are generated in batches with AI and aimed at older viewers' money through sales.","causal_attribution":"Two separate reporting efforts: the Beijing News investigation and a China National Radio reporter's own platform search."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'朋友家的一位长辈也刷到了小海，一天把手机递过去说：“闺女，你给我看一下这个视频，他怎么那么惨？”朋友凑过去一看才发现，老人已经在小海的橱窗里，高价买了好几单商品。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to a university student interviewed by the Beijing News, a friend's older relative who had been watching 'Xiaohai' videos asked the friend why the boy was so badly off, and the friend found that the relative had already bought several orders of goods at high prices through the persona's shop window.","causal_attribution":"The student's second-hand account of the friend's discovery; the relative was not interviewed and no amount is given."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'他们用的，正是造出“小海”的那套AI工具'; '9月28日，这条视频发布后，收获了几十个点赞。'; '视频做好后，朋友拿这条视频给那位长辈看。'; '长辈说，“哎呀，怎么是这样的呀，我以后不买他（小海）的东西了。”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The student made a counter-video with the same AI tools, posted on 28 September, and after the friend showed it to the relative, the relative said they would not buy the persona's goods again.","causal_attribution":"The student's account as reported by the paper."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'报道刊发后，新京报记者发现文中涉及的多个“AI小海”账号，已无法在短视频平台上搜索到。'; '那些仍保留卖惨视频的账号，评论区也已变了风向——曾经一边倒的“心疼”声里，涌入大量质疑这是AI合成、提醒家人别上当的留言。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After the paper's 16 October investigation, several 'Xiaohai' accounts it named could no longer be found on the platform, and comments under remaining videos increasingly questioned whether they were AI-made.","causal_attribution":"The paper's own observation of the platform after publication."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'记者注意到，不少涉事账号确实在视频角落打上了“AI生成”水印。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"China National Radio's reporter noticed that many of the 'Xiaohai' accounts carry an 'AI-generated' watermark in the corner of their videos.","causal_attribution":"Counterevidence on disclosure from one reporter's observation; whether the videos the relative watched carried it is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"bought several high-priced orders from an AI-generated persona's shop window, as reported","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1792284998168989.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Beijing News follow-up by reporter Qi Shaoqian, dated 2026-10-18 08:56 (bodies/fx-bjnews-xiaohai-1018.html/.txt). Read in Chinese on 2026-10-19 (live page, HTTP 200) and translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator or reviewer.","independence_group":"bjnews-xiaohai-follow-up-2026-10-18"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2026/10-18/10716530.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Chinanews publication of a China National Radio (Voice of China) report, dated 2026-10-18 (bodies/fx-chinanews-xiaohai.html/.txt). Read in Chinese on 2026-10-19 (live page, HTTP 200) and translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator or reviewer.","independence_group":"cnr-voice-of-china-xiaohai-2026-10-18"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","finance"],"unknowns":["When the purchases were made: before the student's counter-video of 28 September 2026, otherwise undated.","How much was spent, what was bought, and whether any refund was sought.","Which account, platform and AI tool were involved, and whether the videos the relative watched carried an AI label."],"geography":{"basis":"Both reports describe the persona accounts on Chinese short-video platforms and their older Chinese viewers, which places the event in China. Neither says where the relative lives, so no affected-person country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with through an AI-generated persona): two independent reports establish that the 'Xiaohai' persona videos are AI-generated sales personas, and a student's account in the Beijing News describes a friend's older relative buying several high-priced orders after pitying the persona. The purchase rests on that single second-hand account and is reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-19"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Beijing News (from its own investigation) and a China National Radio reporter (from a platform search) both report that the 'Xiaohai' persona videos are AI-generated in batches by account operators and steer older viewers to shop windows; China National Radio notes that many accounts carry an 'AI-generated' watermark. The student's account connects the persona's hardship videos to the relative's pity and purchases. The persona is the AI-generated speaker the relative watched; which account, tool or platform was involved, and whether that video carried a label, is not stated.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Beijing News: a student says a friend's older relative bought several high-priced orders from an AI-generated 'Xiaohai' persona's shop window","summary":"The Beijing News reported on 18 October 2026, in a follow-up to its investigation of 'Xiaohai' accounts on Chinese short-video platforms, that the accounts show AI-generated teenage boys who address older women as 'aunties and mothers' and steer them to high-priced shop windows. A university student told the paper that an older relative of a friend had been watching 'Xiaohai' videos and asked the friend why the boy was so badly off; the friend then found that the relative had already bought several orders of goods at high prices through the persona's shop window. The student made a counter-video with the same AI tools, posted on 28 September, in which the persona admits to deceiving viewers; after the friend showed it to the relative, the relative said they would not buy the persona's goods again. The amount spent and the goods bought are not reported. China National Radio's report the same day also describes the 'Xiaohai' videos as AI-generated and notes that many carry an 'AI-generated' watermark.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-18","aiSystem":"AI-generated 'Xiaohai' digital-human persona videos with linked shop windows on Chinese short-video platforms, made by account operators with AI tools; no tool or platform is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to a student quoted by the Beijing News, a friend's older relative who pitied an AI-generated persona bought several orders of goods at high prices through its shop window; the amount is not reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One older relative, described in the student's account (claim c2). Viewers, commenters and the 79-year-old in a separate published row are not counted here.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1792284998168989.html","primarySourceLabel":"The Beijing News, 18 Oct 2026: young people make 'bad Xiaohai' AI videos to counter the AI persona selling to older women","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-19T03:18:43.362233+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T03:18:43.362233+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-persona","digital-human","older-adult","short-video","live-commerce","china","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2026-china-elderly-woman-set-off-alone-by-train-after-ai-generated-xiaohai-persona-video-invitation","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'这些“小海”都是AI生成的数字人'; '运营者批量生成“ AI 小海”后，输入卖惨、认亲的话术和文案，博取中老年人的同情，最终把流量引到商品橱窗。'; '新京报记者照着教程“生成”了一个“小海”。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Beijing News reports that the 'Xiaohai' accounts are AI-generated digital humans that operators produce in batches with AI tools and scripted hardship stories to steer older viewers to sales links, and that its reporter generated such a video by following a tutorial.","causal_attribution":"The paper's own investigation, including operator interviews and its reproduction of the method."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'79岁的老人'; '独居'; '平日里陪她说话最多的，是手机里那个叫“小海”的少年'; '今年5月前后，“小海”在视频里邀请“姨姨妈妈”们去山西运城看杏花、上山摘羊肚菌。'; '悄悄收拾行李买了火车票'; '到了再说'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the paper, a 79-year-old woman who lived alone talked most with the 'Xiaohai' on her phone, and around May 2026, after a 'Xiaohai' video invited viewers to Yuncheng in Shanxi to see apricot blossoms, she secretly packed and bought a train ticket without a clear plan for the route.","causal_attribution":"The paper's account; it does not say whether it interviewed her or drew on a police account."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'在火车上，乘警注意到了这位独自出行、连路都说不清的老人。'; '手机里那个“小海”不是真人'; '老人起初怎么都不肯信'; '乘警随后联系上老人的子女，家人才知道她出了远门，最终为她买好返程的车票，把她接回了家。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On the train, railway police noticed her travelling alone and unable to explain her route, told her that 'Xiaohai' was not a real person, and contacted her children, who bought her return ticket and took her home; she at first refused to believe it.","causal_attribution":"The paper's account of the police intervention."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'尽管目前大多“小海”视频都带有“作品声明：内容由AI生成”，部分账号简介写明“AI数字人，大家理性看待”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The paper found that most 'Xiaohai' videos now carry the declaration 'content generated by AI' and that some account profiles say 'AI digital human', but that viewers' purchases and declarations of kinship had not stopped.","causal_attribution":"Counterevidence on disclosure; the paper does not say whether the video she watched carried the label."}],"effects":[{"label":"set off alone by train to visit an AI-generated persona she believed was real, as reported","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1792114817169572.html","kind":"news_investigation","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese on 2026-10-18 (live page, HTTP 200; bodies/fx-bjnews-aixiaohai.html/.txt) and translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator or reviewer. Beijing News investigation by reporter Qi Shaoqian, dated 2026-10-16 09:40.","independence_group":"bjnews-xiaohai-investigation-2026-10"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","relationships"],"unknowns":["How the paper learned of her journey, and the exact date.","Whether she bought goods through the persona's sales links or lost money.","Whether the video she watched carried an AI-generated label.","Which AI tools and platform were involved."],"geography":{"basis":"The journey was by train towards Taiyuan and Yuncheng in Shanxi and railway police intervened on the train, which places the event in China. The paper does not say where she lived, so no affected-person country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with): the Beijing News reports that a 79-year-old whose most frequent conversational companion was an AI-generated 'Xiaohai' persona set off alone by train after its video invitation, believing it was real, until railway police intervened. One reporting chain; all claims are reported and the woman is not identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-18"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Beijing News reports, from its own investigation, that 'Xiaohai' is an AI-generated digital human produced by account operators with AI tools, and its reporter generated one following a tutorial. 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Around May 2026, according to the paper, a 'Xiaohai' video invited viewers to Yuncheng in Shanxi to see apricot blossoms; she secretly packed, bought a train ticket and set off with no clear route. On the train, railway police noticed her, told her that 'Xiaohai' was not a real person, and contacted her children, who bought her return ticket and brought her home. At first she refused to believe it. The paper also found that most 'Xiaohai' videos now carry a declaration that the content is AI-generated. How the paper learned of her journey is not stated.","incidentDate":"2026-05-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-10-16","aiSystem":"AI-generated 'Xiaohai' digital-human persona videos on Chinese short-video platforms, made by account operators with AI tools; no tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["other_material_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Beijing News, a 79-year-old who believed an AI-generated persona was a real boy set off alone by train after its video invitation, without a clear route; railway police intervened and her family brought her home.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The paper describes one woman's journey. The commenters and buyers it mentions are an audience without described individual harm and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1792114817169572.html","primarySourceLabel":"The Beijing News, 16 Oct 2026: AI 'Xiaohai' digital-human accounts selling to older women (investigation)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-18T03:17:29.024758+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T03:17:29.024758+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-persona","digital-human","older-adult","short-video","china","communicated-with"]}]}