{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T06:19:25.685Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"spanish","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":6,"coverage":{"cases":6,"countries":3,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":3,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":2,"minors":1,"coreRelations":6,"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-south-africa-communications-department-suspends-two-officials-over-undeclared-ai-use-in-draft-ai-policy","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"has placed two officials on precautionary suspension with immediate effect, pending investigation into the draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"two officials responsible for the withdrawn National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy have been placed on precautionary suspension","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The department placed two officials on precautionary suspension, pending an investigation into the draft national AI policy.","causal_attribution":"The department's statement of 30 April and the minister's later briefing to Parliament."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The irresponsible use of AI tools compromised the integrity of the policy document","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The department said the irresponsible use of AI tools compromised the integrity of the policy document.","causal_attribution":"The department's own statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"placed on precautionary suspension for failing to declare they used AI to craft the document ... it has been said that ChatGPT was used in as far as the editing of the document itself","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"were put on precautionary suspension for failing to declare their use of AI on the policy that had to be withdrawn","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The minister told the portfolio committee that the officials were suspended for failing to declare that they used AI, and that it had been said ChatGPT was used in editing the document.","causal_attribution":"The minister's statements at the 26 May committee briefing, as reported by EWN; one origin."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The policy, which was gazetted on April 10 for public comment","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The draft policy was gazetted for public comment on 10 April 2026.","causal_attribution":"TimesLive."},{"id":"c5","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"The Draft National AI Policy published for public comment contains several completely fictitious sources on its reference list.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"Article One sent a letter to the minister listing six fictitious sources in the policy it believed were likely generated by AI","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The draft policy's reference list contained fictitious academic sources.","causal_attribution":"News24's own check of the reference list and Article One's letter to the minister."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Malatsi withdrew the policy on Sunday, 26 April 2026 after News24 published the findings of its investigation","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The minister withdrew the policy on 26 April 2026 after News24 published its findings.","causal_attribution":"MyBroadband."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"it’s clear that there was massive oversight and nondisclosure around the use of AI in the formulation of the policy","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The minister told the committee there had been massive oversight and non-disclosure around the use of AI in the formulation of the policy and in its references.","causal_attribution":"The minister at the 26 May briefing, as reported by TimesLive."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"This document, we’re told, is from Chile and they had to translate it from Spanish into English and that is the source of which the information emanates in terms of those references contained in the draft policy","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The director-general told the committee that the officials used AI to translate a document from Chile from Spanish into English and that this document was the source of the references in the draft.","causal_attribution":"The director-general at the 26 May briefing, as reported by EWN."}],"effects":[{"label":"two officials placed on precautionary suspension over undeclared AI use in the draft policy","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-05-01-two-officials-suspended-over-ai-generated-draft-ai-policy/","kind":"news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-17 (HTTP 200). Published 1 May 2026; reports the department's statement on the suspensions.","independence_group":"dcdt-department-statement-30-april-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.ewn.co.za/2026/05/26/two-officials-suspended-after-using-chatgpt-to-draft-south-africas-national-ai-policy","kind":"news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-17 (HTTP 200). Published 26 May 2026; reports the minister's briefing to the portfolio committee.","independence_group":"portfolio-committee-briefing-26-may-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.ewn.co.za/suspended-officials-used-artificial-intelligence-to-translate-edit-national-ai-policy/","kind":"news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-17 (HTTP 200). Published 27 May 2026; reports the same committee briefing, including the director-general's account.","independence_group":"portfolio-committee-briefing-26-may-2026"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/sci-tech/2026-05-26-malatsi-unveils-panel-to-guide-ai-policy-redraft-after-hallucination/","kind":"news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-17 (HTTP 200). Published 26 May 2026; reports the same committee briefing.","independence_group":"portfolio-committee-briefing-26-may-2026"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://mybroadband.co.za/news/government/644855-fake-ai-references-in-south-african-ai-policy-two-men-named-in-report.html","kind":"news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-17 through an Internet Archive capture after the live page returned HTTP 403. Published 3 May 2026; reports the withdrawal, the Article One letter and the director-general's confirmation of the suspensions.","independence_group":"mybroadband-report-april-2026"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://www.news24.com/business/tech/govts-draft-ai-policy-cites-fictitious-references-experts-believe-are-ai-hallucinations-20260424-1085","kind":"news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-17 through an Internet Archive capture after the live page returned HTTP 403; only the opening of the paywalled article was available. Published 24 April 2026.","independence_group":"news24-reference-investigation-april-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["work","public_services"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool generated the fictitious references; the minister refers to ChatGPT for editing and the director-general to an AI translation of a Chilean document.","The outcome of the investigation and any disciplinary action.","Whether the suspensions are paid."],"geography":{"basis":"The policy was drafted and gazetted by South Africa's Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, which suspended the two officials. Where the officials live is not used.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["ZA"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete adverse consequence of AI use: the department suspended two officials after a national policy document they were responsible for was withdrawn for citing fictitious sources, and the department and minister attribute the problem to undeclared use of AI tools, including ChatGPT for editing.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-17"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The department said the irresponsible use of AI tools compromised the integrity of the policy document, and the minister told Parliament that the two officials were suspended for not declaring their AI use and that ChatGPT had been used in editing the document. The officials used the AI tools and their output went into the draft (communicated_with); the department suspended them in response. Which tool produced which fictitious reference is not established: the director-general linked the references to an AI translation of a Chilean document.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"South Africa's communications department suspends two officials after its draft AI policy cited fictitious sources; minister says AI use went undeclared","summary":"South Africa's Department of Communications and Digital Technologies placed two officials on precautionary suspension with immediate effect, a step the director-general confirmed on 30 April 2026, pending an investigation into the Draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy, which had been gazetted for public comment on 10 April and was withdrawn after News24 and others found fictitious academic sources in its reference list. The department said the irresponsible use of AI tools had compromised the integrity of the document. Briefing Parliament's portfolio committee on 26 May, Minister Solly Malatsi said the two officials were suspended for failing to declare that they used AI, that it had been said ChatGPT was used in editing the document, and that there had been massive oversight and non-disclosure around the use of AI in the policy and its references. The director-general told the committee that the officials had used AI to translate a document from Chile from Spanish into English and that the references came from that document. A new expert panel is guiding a redraft. The officials are not named and the outcome of the investigation is not reported in the sources read.","incidentDate":"2026-04-10","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-04-24","aiSystem":"AI tools used in drafting South Africa's Draft National AI Policy; the minister told Parliament it had been said that ChatGPT was used in editing the document","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm","reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the department and the minister, two officials were placed on precautionary suspension over undeclared AI use in a national policy document that was withdrawn for citing fictitious sources.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":2,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: the two officials the department placed on precautionary suspension (TimesLive's report of the department statement; EWN's report of the minister's briefing). The Home Affairs officials suspended over a separate white paper are a different event and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"ZA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-05-01-two-officials-suspended-over-ai-generated-draft-ai-policy/","primarySourceLabel":"TimesLive, Two officials suspended over AI-generated draft AI policy (1 May 2026)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-17T03:08:26.175626+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-17T03:08:26.175626+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["south-africa","public-sector","policy-document","fictitious-references","suspension"]},{"id":"2026-asuncion-una-students-anonymous-site-intimate-and-ai-altered-images","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Esta página difunde imágenes íntimas de alumnas, profesoras y funcionarias de la institución sin autorización'; 'El contenido publicado incluye fotografías reales y material adulterado mediante el uso de inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Algunas de las publicaciones incluso habrían sido alteradas mediante herramientas de inteligencia artificial para generar montajes'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción reported an anonymous website that shares intimate images of students, teachers and staff without authorisation, including real photographs and material altered with AI.","causal_attribution":"The students' account as relayed by two outlets (one chain); no tool or forensic finding is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Añadió que dichos mensajes fueron compartidos y en algunos casos imágenes generadas por IA de contenido sexual'; 'estas alumnas estaban siendo expuestas a través de Telegram y otras plataformas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Minister of Women said that in some cases AI-generated images of sexual content were shared and that the students were being exposed through Telegram and other platforms.","causal_attribution":"The minister's statement as reported by La Nación; the basis of the ministry's finding is messages it says it saw."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'una plataforma utilizada para la distribución no consentida de fotografías íntimas y contenido adulterado con inteligencia artificial'; 'se exponen nombres completos, imágenes y números telefónicos de estudiantes'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"La Tribuna, reporting the findings of the police cybercrime department, describes the portal as used for the non-consensual distribution of intimate photographs and AI-altered content; according to a memorandum signed by the head of the department, a Paraguay section exposes full names, images and phone numbers of students.","causal_attribution":"The description of the portal and the AI wording are La Tribuna's narration of the department's findings; the Paraguay section is attributed to the memorandum, which was not read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Al menos una veintena de alumnas de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción (UNA) denunció la difusión no autorizada de imágenes íntimas y fotografías manipuladas mediante inteligencia artificial'; 'la publicación de este material comenzó el viernes y que la circulación se incrementó durante el fin de semana'; 'posteriormente aparecieron contenidos relacionados en grupos de Telegram y WhatsApp'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"At least about twenty students complained, one said the posting began on a Friday and grew over the weekend, and related content later appeared in Telegram and WhatsApp groups.","causal_attribution":"Students' accounts as reported by El Nacional; the count is of complainants and is not a count of people depicted in AI-altered images."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la universidad remitió los antecedentes al Ministerio Público, al Departamento de Cibercrimen de la Policía Nacional y al Ministerio de la Mujer'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Ya se ha iniciado una investigación; a través del Ministerio Público tenemos un fiscal de la causa y hay personas que se acercaron a denunciar'; 'una orden judicial para bloquear el acceso al portal en todo el territorio paraguayo'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The university referred the case to the Public Ministry, the police cybercrime department and the Ministry of Women; the cybercrime chief said an investigation had begun with a prosecutor assigned, and police suggested a court order to block the portal in Paraguay.","causal_attribution":"Institutional steps as reported; no outcome of the investigation is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"intimate images of university students, teachers and staff, some altered with AI, were shared without consent on an anonymous website","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the site exposed students' full names, images and phone numbers, according to a police cybercrime report","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://elnacional.com.py/nacionales/denuncian-difusion-imagenes-intimas-adulteradas-alumnas-una-n112442","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (El Nacional, published 22 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays affected students and university statements; same chain as the Hoy report. The page declares ISO-8859-1 and the saved copy was converted to UTF-8 before reading. It names one student representative, who is not named here.","independence_group":"una-students-and-university-statements-2026-09"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.hoy.com.py/nacionales/2026/09/21/escandalo-en-fada-una-denuncian-red-de-difusion-de-imagenes-intimas-y-adulteradas","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (Hoy, published 21 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Relays affected students and the faculty and rectorate statements; same chain as the El Nacional report. The saved page also carries unrelated election items, which are not used.","independence_group":"una-students-and-university-statements-2026-09"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/2026/09/22/investigan-difusion-de-imagenes-intimas-alteradas-con-ia-de-universitarias/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (La Nación, published 22 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Carries the Minister of Women speaking on a radio and television programme and a brief remark by the cybercrime chief. The minister bases her remarks on messages from UNA students and contact with student-centre representatives; same chain as the Hoy and El Nacional reports.","independence_group":"una-students-and-university-statements-2026-09"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.latribuna.com.py/sucesos/policiales/2026/09/24/acoso-digital-en-la-una-policia-rastrea-a-administradores-de-sitio/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish by the research agent on 2026-10-05 (La Tribuna, published 24 September 2026); no human translator reviewed it. Reports a police cybercrime memorandum and remarks by the head of that department; the memorandum itself was not read.","independence_group":"paraguay-police-cybercrime-report-2026-09-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["How many people were depicted in AI-altered or AI-generated images and which tools were used.","Who ran the site and who uploaded the material.","Whether the site has been blocked or the content removed, and the result of the request to Cloudflare.","The calendar date on which the posting began; one student places it on the Friday before the reports of 21 and 22 September 2026."],"geography":{"basis":"The complaints come from students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción in Paraguay, and Paraguayan police and prosecutors are investigating (Hoy; La Tribuna). Police say the site uses domains outside the country (La Nación). The reports do not state where the people depicted live. No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["PY"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter: university students report that intimate images and AI-altered sexual images of them were shared without consent, and police and prosecutors are investigating. Two chains were read: the students' accounts with university statements and the Minister of Women's remarks based on the students' messages, and a police cybercrime memorandum as reported by La Tribuna; all claims are kept at reported, and no one depicted is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Students say some of the images were altered with AI tools to make montages (El Nacional; Hoy); the Minister of Women says AI-generated images of sexual content were shared in some cases (La Nación); La Tribuna, reporting the police cybercrime department's findings, describes AI-altered content on the portal. The images depict the students (depicted_or_impersonated). No tool is named and no forensic finding on individual images is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Asunción, Paraguay: students of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción report an anonymous website sharing intimate images of students, teachers and staff without consent, some altered or generated with AI; police cybercrime investigators and a prosecutor open an investigation, reported 21 to 24 September 2026","summary":"According to Hoy (21 September 2026) and El Nacional (22 September), students of the architecture faculty of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción reported an anonymous website that shared intimate images of students, teachers and staff without authorisation, including real photographs and material altered with AI. El Nacional reports that at least about twenty students complained, that some posts used photographs taken from social media, and that related content later appeared in Telegram and WhatsApp groups. The Minister of Women said her ministry had seen messages in which UNA students raised concern about content of them held without consent, and that in some cases AI-generated images of sexual content were shared (La Nación, 22 September). La Tribuna, reporting the findings of the police cybercrime department, describes the portal as used for the non-consensual distribution of intimate photographs and AI-altered content; according to a memorandum signed by the head of the department, a Paraguay section exposes full names, images and phone numbers of students (24 September). The university referred the case to prosecutors and police, and police suggested that prosecutors seek a court order to block the site in Paraguay. No person responsible has been publicly identified.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-21","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI tools reported to have been used to alter or generate sexual images of students from photographs, some taken from social media (students' accounts, the Minister of Women and a police cybercrime report)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Students report that intimate images and AI-altered sexual images of them were shared without consent on an anonymous website and in Telegram and WhatsApp groups (Hoy; El Nacional); a police cybercrime report says the site also exposed students' full names and phone numbers (La Tribuna).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"El Nacional reports that at least about twenty students complained about the sharing of intimate images and AI-manipulated photographs, and the Minister of Women says AI-generated sexual images were shared in some cases. No report gives the number of people whose images were altered or generated with AI. Unquantified; numeric fields are zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"PY","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://elnacional.com.py/nacionales/denuncian-difusion-imagenes-intimas-adulteradas-alumnas-una-n112442","primarySourceLabel":"El Nacional (Paraguay), 22 September 2026: Students report sharing of intimate and altered images of UNA students","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:41.227034+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:15:41.227034+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-sexual-images","non-consensual-intimate-images","university","anonymous-website","telegram","paraguay","asuncion","investigation","depicted-or-impersonated","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2026-economist-gonzalo-bernardos-ai-images-video-fake-investment-ads-invented-arrest","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'hemos detectado, al menos, 20 anuncios que circularon en X entre el 24 y el 25 de septiembre de 2026 que parecen involucrar al economista español Gonzalo Bernardos en supuestas escenas de corrupción con imágenes generadas con IA'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'En total, fueron vistos más de 400.000 veces'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Maldita.es found at least 20 ads that circulated on X on 24 and 25 September 2026 and that appear to involve Bernardos in supposed corruption scenes through AI-generated images; in total they were seen more than 400,000 times.","causal_attribution":"Maldita.es reports its own count from browsing X; it calls the figure a minimum."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'una imagen que supuestamente muestra a la Policía Nacional registrando la casa de Gonzalo Bernardos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'puede llevarte a una web que suplanta a El Mundo donde se asegura que Bernardos ha sido “detenido por promocionar una plataforma de inversión”'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to Maldita.es, one ad image supposedly shows police searching the home of Bernardos, and the ad link could lead to a page imitating El Mundo that says Bernardos was arrested for promoting an investment platform.","causal_attribution":"Maldita.es describes the ads and landing pages it inspected; it says the image is not real and that there is no trace of the search having happened."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'hemos comprobado que todas las imágenes de los anuncios han sido generadas con inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La herramienta de OpenAI para identificar si un contenido ha sido generado con alguna de sus herramientas ha detectado en todas la marca de agua digital de SynthID'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Maldita.es says it checked that all the ad images were generated with AI and that OpenAI's tool for identifying whether content was generated with one of its tools detected the SynthID digital watermark in all of them.","causal_attribution":"The check is the outlet's own; the images were not inspected by the researcher."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'la supuesta plataforma Norden Core no está autorizada por la Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) para prestar servicios de inversión'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The pages promoted Norden Core, which Maldita.es says is not authorised by the CNMV to provide investment services.","causal_attribution":"Maldita.es statement about the regulator's register; the register was not consulted."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'a través de un mensaje en X, publicado en la noche del jueves 23 de julio'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Desgraciadamente, hay diversos individuos que están utilizando mi imagen para publicitar inversiones, productos financieros o otros temas. Todos son anuncios fake, utilizando la IA u otras herramientas. Por favor, no hacer caso de ellos.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Marca reported that on the night of 23 July 2026 Bernardos wrote on X that individuals were using the economist's image to advertise investments and financial products, that all were fake ads using AI or other tools, and asked people to ignore them.","causal_attribution":"Bernardos's own statement as quoted by Marca."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'son muchas las personas que hablan con él preguntando por un vídeo donde se ve su imagen anunciando una supuesta inversión financiera'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Bernardos ha explicado que el vídeo se ha creado con inteligencia artificial y que él en ningún momento ha hecho promociones de estas características'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"El Caso reported on 4 October 2026 that Bernardos said on X that many people were asking about a video in which the economist's image announces a supposed financial investment, that the video was created with AI and that Bernardos had never made such promotions.","causal_attribution":"Bernardos's own statement as paraphrased by El Caso; the video was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-made images and video use the economist's likeness in fraudulent investment ads and show invented arrest scenes","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://maldita.es/investigaciones/20261001/twitter-anuncios-bernardos-plataforma-inversi%C3%B3n/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Spanish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Spanish. English assertions are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Maldita.es investigation, 1 October 2026; its own collection and analysis of the ads.","independence_group":"maldita-x-ads-investigation"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.marca.com/tiramillas/economia/2026/07/24/denuncia-gonzalo-bernardos-sobre-imagen-estafas-internet-favor-caso.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Spanish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Spanish. English assertions are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Marca, 24 July 2026; relays the X post of 23 July 2026.","independence_group":"bernardos-own-x-posts"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://elcaso.elnacional.cat/es/noticias/gonzalo-bernardos-ultima-victima-suplantacion-identidad-estafar-personas_1704706102.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Spanish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Spanish. English assertions are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. El Caso, 4 October 2026; paraphrases a later X post, which was not read directly.","independence_group":"bernardos-own-x-posts"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","work"],"unknowns":["Who paid for the ads and which tools made the images and the video.","Whether anyone lost money through the promoted platforms.","Whether Bernardos filed a complaint with the police or with X.","When the first AI-made ad using the economist appeared; the earliest dated statement read is the X post of 23 July 2026.","On which platform the video described in October 2026 circulated."],"geography":{"basis":"The ads ran on X in Spanish and imitated a Spanish newspaper, and Maldita.es locates the advertising accounts in the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Lithuania and Turkey, but no body states where the ads were shown or where Bernardos lives. Maldita.es calls Bernardos a Spanish economist, which is nationality alone. No country is inferred.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: AI-made images and video depicted a named public figure in fraudulent investment ads and invented arrest scenes, and the person has objected publicly twice. Two reporting chains: an independent Maldita.es analysis of the ads, and the person's own X posts relayed by Marca and El Caso. Each claim stays reported because each rests on one chain.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Maldita.es states that it checked all the ad images and that OpenAI's detection tool found the SynthID watermark in each; Maldita.es does not say which tool generated the images; Bernardos says the ads use AI or other tools (Marca) and that the video was created with AI (El Caso). No tool is named and the researcher did not inspect the images or the video. The material depicted Bernardos (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"AI-generated images in paid X ads show economist Gonzalo Bernardos in invented arrest and corruption scenes to promote an unauthorised investment platform, and Bernardos says a video made with AI advertises a supposed investment; Bernardos has warned on X since July 2026","summary":"Maldita.es reported on 1 October 2026 that it found at least 20 paid ads on X, circulated on 24 and 25 September 2026, that used AI-generated images to show the economist Gonzalo Bernardos in invented scenes, among them police searching the economist's home. The ads were seen more than 400,000 times and, depending on the device, led to pages imitating El Mundo that said Bernardos had been arrested and promoted Norden Core, a platform not authorised by the CNMV. Marca reported that Bernardos warned on X on 23 July 2026 that individuals were using the economist's image in fake ads made with AI or other tools. El Caso reported on 4 October 2026 that Bernardos said on X that many people were asking about a video advertising a supposed investment, that the video was made with AI and that Bernardos had never made such promotions. No source reports a person who lost money or a complaint to the police.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"year","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-24","aiSystem":"AI-generated images in paid ads on X (Maldita.es says OpenAI's tool for identifying content generated with its own tools detected the SynthID digital watermark in all of them) and a video that Bernardos says was created with AI; the generating tools and the operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"AI-made images in paid ads showed Bernardos in invented arrest and corruption scenes to promote an unauthorised investment platform (Maldita.es), and Bernardos says an AI-made video advertises an investment the economist never promoted and that many people ask about it (Bernardos on X, as paraphrased by El Caso; Marca quotes the earlier warning of 23 July 2026 about fake ads).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Gonzalo Bernardos, whose image the ads used (Maldita.es; Marca; El Caso). A television presenter shown in one image is not counted because no source carries an account from the presenter. People who saw the ads are not counted because no source reports anyone defrauded. Documented minimum 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://maldita.es/investigaciones/20261001/twitter-anuncios-bernardos-plataforma-inversi%C3%B3n/","primarySourceLabel":"Maldita.es, 1 October 2026: Gonzalo Bernardos con un bolso lleno de billetes: la campaña de anuncios de Twitter (X)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-05T03:13:48.285157+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T03:13:48.285157+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","fake-advertisement","investment-scam","x-ads","spanish-language","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-buenos-aires-carlos-pellegrini-ai-fake-intimate-images-of-schoolgirls-whatsapp","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El escándalo de las falsas imágenes íntimas creadas con inteligencia artificial en la Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini escaló hasta el Gobierno nacional.'; 'A más de dos meses de que el horror comenzara a circular en los grupos de WhatsApp de los alumnos de segundo año'; 'La pesadilla para las jóvenes de entre 13 y 14 años salió a la luz a fines de junio.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Todo salió a la luz a fines de junio, cuando varias alumnas de segundo año comenzaron a denunciar la existencia de estos grupos.'; 'descubrir un grupo de WhatsApp en el que sus compañeros compartían packs de imágenes y videos alterados con IA'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'La investigación por la difusión y presunta comercialización de imágenes de alumnas del Colegio Carlos Pellegrini generadas con inteligencia artificial continúa avanzando.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Fake intimate images of female pupils aged 13 and 14, created with artificial intelligence, circulated in the WhatsApp groups of second-year students at the Carlos Pellegrini school, and the case came to light in late June 2026.","causal_attribution":"Reported by three outlets drawing on different accounts (the families and ministry, the victims' testimony, the prosecutor); the girls' ages come from Perfil alone, so the claim stays reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'cuáles fueron las sanciones efectivas contra los estudiantes que manipularon, difundieron y comercializaron el material explícito de sus compañeras.'; 'Ustedes nos pueden delatar, pero no vamos a parar de desnudarlas y venderlas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Según el testimonio de las víctimas, que eran compañeras de curso, amigas o ex parejas de los acusados, las fotos manipuladas eran ofrecidas en'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the reports, the students involved manipulated, spread and sold the material (offered in packs priced around 1,000 pesos, per the victims' testimony reported by Infobae), and a message on classroom desks told the victims the boys would not stop undressing and selling them.","causal_attribution":"Reported; how and to whom the material was sold is not described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'El 30 de ese mes, la conducción del Carlos Pellegrini reconoció la existencia de los chats'; 'El pasado 16 de julio presentaron una denuncia formal ante la Unidad Fiscal Especializada en Delitos y Contravenciones Informáticas (UFEDICI) de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.'; 'determinar si las imágenes generadas con IA continúan circulando en redes sociales o sitios de internet, para así bloquear de inmediato su comercialización.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The school acknowledged the chats on 30 June 2026, and the families filed a complaint with the City of Buenos Aires cybercrime prosecution unit (UFEDICI) on 16 July 2026, seeking to trace whether the AI images still circulate so their sale can be blocked.","causal_attribution":"Reported from the families' statement."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'exigió formalmente a la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) que brinde respuestas claras sobre la falta de protección hacia las alumnas afectadas'; 'la institución sigue sin comunicar una resolución concreta contra los varones involucrados.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"By 1 October 2026 the national Ministry of Human Capital had formally asked the UBA for answers on the lack of protection for the affected pupils and for a detailed report on sanctions, and the families say the school has not communicated a resolution.","causal_attribution":"Reported ministry action and family statement."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Ante una consulta sobre si los involucrados serían alrededor de 50 alumnos, la fiscal respondió que, en principio, esa sería la cantidad que surge de las primeras actuaciones.'; 'Tenemos que determinar si las personas que cometieron estos delitos son punibles'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'La causa es investigada como producción y difusión de imágenes de explotación sexual infantil, y habría 50 menores involucrados en la propagación del material audiovisual.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The UFEDYCI prosecutor said her unit is investigating the production, distribution and alleged sale of the images, that about 50 minors emerge from the first steps of the investigation, and that whether they can be prosecuted must be established.","causal_attribution":"The prosecutor's statements as relayed. Infobae attributes the figure of 50 to the same prosecutor's radio statements, so s2 and s3 are one chain for this claim. 50 is an early figure for people involved, not victims."}],"effects":[{"label":"schoolgirls aged 13 and 14 were depicted in AI-generated fake intimate images that circulated in pupils' WhatsApp groups and were reportedly sold","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/el-ministerio-de-sandra-pettovello-exigio-explicaciones-a-la-uba-por-las-falsas-fotos-intimas-creadas-con-ia-en-el-carlos-pellegrini.phtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Cites the families' statement and the Ministry of Human Capital communiqué.","independence_group":"perfil-pellegrini"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2026/08/08/nos-pueden-delatar-pero-no-vamos-a-parar-desnudaban-a-sus-companeras-con-ia-y-vendian-sus-fotos-por-packs-de-mil-pesos/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Infobae's own reporting (byline Matias Chierasco), citing the victims' testimony and the school authorities.","independence_group":"infobae-pellegrini"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/fotos-de-alumnas-de-pellegrini-desnudas-con-ia-investigan-a-unos-50-menores-y-analizan-quienes-son-nid10072026/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read in Spanish on 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Researcher translation. Relays prosecutor Daniela Dupuy's Radio Mitre interview; the broadcast itself was not heard.","independence_group":"ufedyci-prosecutor-dupuy"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["How many pupils were depicted.","Which AI tool was used and who made the images.","How and to whom the images were sold.","The status of the UFEDICI complaint and of any disciplinary sanction beyond the few days' suspension Infobae reported in August.","When the images were first made and shared."],"geography":{"basis":"The images circulated among pupils of the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the complaint was filed with a City of Buenos Aires prosecution unit. No court proceeding is reported, so court_countries is empty.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["AR"],"affected_person_countries":["AR"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: according to three outlets drawing on the families, the victims and the prosecutor, AI-generated fake intimate images depicted schoolgirls aged 13 and 14 and circulated among pupils. No pupil is identified; the image content is not described.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Perfil describes the images as fake intimate images created with artificial intelligence and reports the families' aim of tracing whether the images generated with AI still circulate. The images depicted the pupils (depicted_or_impersonated). The prosecutor told Radio Mitre (relayed by La Nación) that pupils used an AI app that undresses existing photos of classmates; Infobae reported on 8 August that judicial investigators were still working to establish whether the photos were made with AI. The tool used is not reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Buenos Aires: AI-generated fake intimate images of 13- and 14-year-old girls at the Carlos Pellegrini school circulate in pupils' WhatsApp groups; families file a complaint and the national ministry demands answers from the UBA","summary":"Perfil reported on 1 October 2026 that fake intimate images of female pupils, created with artificial intelligence, had circulated in the WhatsApp groups of second-year students at the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, a secondary school run by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). The girls are 13 and 14 years old. The case came to light in late June 2026, and the school acknowledged the chats on 30 June. According to the report, the students involved manipulated, spread and sold the material, and a message on classroom desks told the victims the boys would keep undressing and selling them. Families filed a complaint with the Buenos Aires City cybercrime prosecution unit (UFEDICI) on 16 July and say the school has not concluded disciplinary action. By 1 October the national Ministry of Human Capital had asked the UBA rector for a detailed report on the protective measures and sanctions applied.","incidentDate":"2026-06-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-01","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence used to create fake intimate images of female pupils, as reported (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Female pupils aged 13 and 14 were depicted in AI-generated fake intimate images that circulated in pupils' WhatsApp groups and were reportedly sold, with a written threat to continue, according to Perfil's report of the families' and the ministry's statements.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The report refers to the affected pupils in the plural, aged 13 to 14, but gives no number. Unquantified, with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"AR","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/el-ministerio-de-sandra-pettovello-exigio-explicaciones-a-la-uba-por-las-falsas-fotos-intimas-creadas-con-ia-en-el-carlos-pellegrini.phtml","primarySourceLabel":"Perfil, 1 October 2026: El Ministerio de Sandra Pettovello exigió explicaciones a la UBA por las falsas fotos íntimas creadas con IA","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:23.049757+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:23.049757+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-generated-imagery","ncii","minor","school","whatsapp","argentina","buenos-aires","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2026-padre-diego-jaramillo-minuto-de-dios-ai-manipulated-videos-advertise-health-products","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Según la advertencia, en distintas plataformas digitales se han difundido anuncios que emplean el nombre, la imagen y videos manipulados con inteligencia artificial del sacerdote, acompañados de una voz que no corresponde a la suya.'; 'En estos contenidos se simula que el padre Jaramillo recomienda o vende fórmulas “ocultas” para tratar diversas afecciones'; 'no vende, no recomienda ni tiene vínculo alguno con ninguna marca de productos ni fórmulas para mejorar la salud'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Está circulando un video falso creado con inteligencia artificial en el que se utiliza la imagen del nuestro padre Diego Jaramillo Cuartas cjm, para promocionar productos para la salud'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In an alert of 23 February 2026, the Minuto de Dios organisation said ads on digital platforms were using Jaramillo's name, image and videos manipulated with artificial intelligence, with a voice that is not his, to simulate that he recommended or sold health formulas, and said he does not sell or recommend any health products.","causal_attribution":"The organisation's description; the videos were not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Están usando mi imagen como si fuera yo un vendedor de colágeno. Eso es totalmente falso.'; 'No tengo absolutamente nada que ver con ninguna firma productora o distribuidora de colágeno'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Me han informado que han estado usando mi imagen, y tal vez con inteligencia artificial, o haciendo algunas transformaciones.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In a video statement, Jaramillo said his image was being used as if he were a collagen seller, that this was totally false, that he had been told it was being done perhaps with artificial intelligence, and that he has nothing to do with any collagen producer or distributor.","causal_attribution":"His own public statement."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'induce al error a los consumidores y se aprovecha de la confianza y la buena fe de la comunidad'; 'La institución informó que ya adelanta gestiones para exigir el retiro de estos contenidos y poner los hechos en conocimiento de las autoridades'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The organisation said such ads mislead consumers and exploit the community's trust, and that it was acting to demand removal of the content and to bring the facts to the authorities.","causal_attribution":"The organisation's statement."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'los delincuentes utilizan herramientas de sincronización labial y clonación de voz para otorgar veracidad al engaño'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to Semana, spokespeople for the organisation said the makers used lip-sync and voice-cloning tools to make the deception credible.","causal_attribution":"Spokespeople's account as reported by Semana."}],"effects":[{"label":"ads falsely show him recommending and selling health products","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.uniminutoradio.com.co/alerta-de-posible-estafa-uso-no-autorizado-de-la-imagen-del-padre-diego-jaramillo/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-02 (UNIMINUTO Radio, 23 February 2026). The radio network of UNIMINUTO, part of the Minuto de Dios organisation (page footer), relaying the organisation's alert in the third person. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"minuto-de-dios-alert"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2026/02/24/el-padre-diego-jaramillo-denuncio-que-estan-usando-su-imagen-con-ayuda-de-ia-para-vender-colageno-en-redes-sociales/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-02 (Infobae, 24 February 2026); quotes the organisation's Instagram post and his video statement. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"minuto-de-dios-alert"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.noticiascaracol.com/colombia/padre-diego-jaramillo-del-minuto-de-dios-habla-sobre-suplantacion-con-ia-de-la-que-fue-victima-rg10","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-02 (Noticias Caracol, 25 February 2026); interview with Jaramillo plus his video statement, the same account of his own case. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"minuto-de-dios-alert"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.semana.com/gente/articulo/indignado-padre-diego-jaramillo-del-minuto-de-dios-denuncia-que-delincuentes-estan-usando-su-imagen-para-estafar/202619/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-02 (Semana, 24 February 2026); relays the organisation's statement and spokespeople. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"minuto-de-dios-alert"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["health","work"],"unknowns":["How widely the ads were seen, and whether they ran on platforms beyond those Semana names (Facebook and Instagram).","Whether anyone bought the products or lost money.","Whether the content was removed and what the authorities did.","Which tool was used and who made the ads.","When the ads first appeared; the alert of 23 February 2026 describes them as already circulating."],"geography":{"basis":"Infobae says he presents El Minuto de Dios on Colombian national television before the evening news, and Semana calls it the oldest television programme in Colombia, so his country is recorded as Colombia. The sources say the ads ran on digital platforms and social networks (Semana: mainly Facebook and Instagram) and give no place where they were shown, so no event country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["CO"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated), consistent with the Tietjen health-ad row: ads described by his organisation as AI-manipulated showed the priest apparently selling health products, and he denied it publicly. He is a public figure speaking about his own case and is named as all sources do. One underlying account (the organisation's alert and his statements) read across four outlets; all claims stay reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The organisation's alert describes a fake video created with artificial intelligence (Instagram post quoted by Infobae) and videos manipulated with AI with a voice that is not his (UNIMINUTO Radio, which also uses 'presuntamente'). Jaramillo himself said 'tal vez con inteligencia artificial'. Semana reports spokespeople citing lip-sync and voice cloning. The videos were not inspected and no tool is named. They depicted and voiced him (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Padre Diego Jaramillo of El Minuto de Dios says in February 2026 that videos, described by his organisation as made with AI and with a voice that is not his, falsely show him selling collagen and health products","summary":"On 23 February 2026 the Minuto de Dios organisation issued a public alert that ads circulating on social networks used the name, image and AI-manipulated videos of its president, the priest Diego Jaramillo Cuartas, with a voice that is not his, to make it appear that he recommended or sold health formulas. In a video published on the organisation's channels, Jaramillo said his image was being used as if he were a collagen seller and that this was totally false. The organisation called the ads deceptive advertising and said it was seeking their removal and reporting the facts to the authorities. No report says whether anyone bought the products.","incidentDate":"2026-02-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-02-23","aiSystem":"Ads using videos of the priest that El Minuto de Dios describes as manipulated with artificial intelligence and paired with a voice that is not his; Semana reports that spokespeople cited lip-sync and voice-cloning tools; the tool and operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Ads showed the priest apparently recommending and selling health products he has nothing to do with, and he had to deny it publicly (his video statement and the Minuto de Dios alert, relayed by UNIMINUTO Radio, Infobae and Noticias Caracol).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Diego Jaramillo Cuartas (UNIMINUTO Radio; Infobae; Noticias Caracol). The organisation says it is acting to 'evitar que más personas sean engañadas' (UNIMINUTO Radio), and Semana writes of preventing 'nuevas víctimas'. These imply possible further victims but report none, and no buyer or loss is reported. Viewers are not counted. Documented minimum 1.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.uniminutoradio.com.co/alerta-de-posible-estafa-uso-no-autorizado-de-la-imagen-del-padre-diego-jaramillo/","primarySourceLabel":"UNIMINUTO Radio, 23 February 2026: Alerta de posible estafa: uso no autorizado de la imagen del padre Diego Jaramillo","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:23.550369+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:17:23.550369+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","fake-advertisement","health-product-scam","voice-cloning","religious-leader","spanish-language"]},{"id":"2026-singer-samuel-sarmiento-ai-cloned-voice-used-to-ask-for-funeral-money","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'No se vale que haya gente tan ruin que ande pidiendo dinero con mi voz, con IA, para el sepelio de mi madre. Ahorita me avisaron'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'No se dejen engañar, yo no ando pidiendo dinero'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'El intérprete denunció públicamente que personas malintencionadas están clonando su voz mediante Inteligencia Artificial (IA) para solicitar depósitos económicos a su nombre'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Sarmiento said in a video on his Instagram account that people were asking for money for his mother's funeral using his voice made with AI, and that he was not asking anyone for money.","causal_attribution":"His own account, relayed by all four outlets from one video; the fake videos were not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Horas después de informar sobre la muerte de su madre, el cantante recurrió nuevamente a sus redes sociales para advertir a sus seguidores sobre un presunto intento de fraude.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The warning came hours after he announced his mother's death on social media.","causal_attribution":"Timing as reported by Récord; the death is not connected to AI by any source."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'están circulando videos falsos en los que se utiliza su imagen e incluso una voz clonada mediante inteligencia artificial (deepfake), en los que supuestamente él pide dinero para cubrir los gastos del sepelio de su mamá'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to El Diario de Sonora, the fake videos used his image as well as a voice cloned with AI.","causal_attribution":"One outlet's paraphrase of his video; his quoted words mention only his voice."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-cloned voice used in fake videos asking his followers for funeral money in his name during his bereavement","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.razon.com.mx/entretenimiento/2026/09/30/asi-despidio-a-su-mama-samuel-sarmiento-exvocalista-de-los-recoditos-alerta-a-fans-de-estafa-con-su-voz/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-01 (La Razón, 30 September 2026). Quotes his Instagram video. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sarmiento-instagram-video"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.record.com.mx/historia/vuela-alto-madre-mia-samuel-sarmiento-anuncia-la-muerte-de-su-mama-y-alerta-por-fraude-2026093018264889429","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-01 (Récord, 30 September 2026); relays the same Instagram video. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sarmiento-instagram-video"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://lamejor.com.mx/news/2026/9/30/samuel-sarmiento-desmiente-videos-de-extorsion-donde-presuntamente-pide-dinero-para-el-sepelio-de-su-mama-video-30078.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-01 (La Mejor, 30 September 2026); quotes the same video. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sarmiento-instagram-video"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://eldiariodesonora.com.mx/espectaculos/2026/09/30/samuel-sarmiento-denuncia-extorsion-inteligencia-artificial-fallecimiento-su-madre.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"es","translation_note":"Read live in Spanish on 2026-10-01 (El Diario de Sonora, 30 September 2026); paraphrases the same video. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"sarmiento-instagram-video"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Whether anyone sent money, and how much.","On which platforms the fake videos circulated and how many people received them.","Whether a police complaint or takedown request was made.","Which tool was used.","Whether the requests were videos, audio messages or both: La Razón and El Diario de Sonora say videos, Récord says messages or audios, and his quoted words mention only his voice."],"geography":{"basis":"The inspected bodies say the videos circulated on social networks and place him in the regional Mexican music scene; Récord calls him 'cantante sinaloense', an origin descriptor. None states where he lives or where the requests were received, so no country is inferred from origin, the genre, the outlets or the language.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: an AI-cloned voice impersonated the singer to solicit funeral money in his name, and he describes it in his own public video. He is a public figure and is named as all sources do; his mother is not named. One underlying account (his video) relayed by four outlets.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Sarmiento says in his Instagram video that people are asking for money 'con mi voz, con IA' (La Razón; La Mejor); the outlets describe a video made with AI (La Razón) and a voice cloned with AI (Récord; La Mejor; El Diario de Sonora). The fake videos were not inspected and no tool is named. The cloned voice impersonated him (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Singer Samuel Sarmiento, formerly of Banda Los Recoditos, warns followers that fake videos using his voice cloned with AI are asking for money for his mother's funeral, hours after he announced her death in September 2026","summary":"Samuel Sarmiento, a former lead singer of Banda Los Recoditos, announced his mother's death on social media in late September 2026. Hours later he posted a video on his official Instagram account warning that people were circulating fake videos using his voice, cloned with AI, in which he appeared to ask for money to cover her funeral costs. 'No se vale que haya gente tan ruin que ande pidiendo dinero con mi voz, con IA, para el sepelio de mi madre', he said, adding that he was not asking anyone for money. La Razón, Récord, La Mejor and El Diario de Sonora relayed his video on 30 September 2026. No report says whether anyone paid, and no police complaint is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-09-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-30","aiSystem":"Fake videos using the singer's voice cloned with AI ('con mi voz, con IA', in his words) and, per El Diario de Sonora, his image, circulated on social networks to solicit money for his mother's funeral; the tool and operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"During his bereavement, fake videos used his AI-cloned voice to ask his followers for funeral money in his name, and he had to post a public warning that he was not asking for money (his Instagram video, relayed by La Razón, Récord, La Mejor and El Diario de Sonora).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Samuel Sarmiento (La Razón; Récord; La Mejor; El Diario de Sonora). Followers who received the request are not counted because no source reports anyone deceived. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.razon.com.mx/entretenimiento/2026/09/30/asi-despidio-a-su-mama-samuel-sarmiento-exvocalista-de-los-recoditos-alerta-a-fans-de-estafa-con-su-voz/","primarySourceLabel":"La Razón, 30 September 2026: Así despidió a su mamá Samuel Sarmiento, exvocalista de Los Recoditos; alerta a fans de estafa con su voz","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:27.821728+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-01T03:12:27.821728+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","voice-cloning","impersonation-scam","celebrity-deepfake","bereavement","musician","spanish-language"]}]}