{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-18T06:03:31.937Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"synthid","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":3,"coverage":{"cases":3,"countries":1,"languages":3,"unknownLocation":2,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"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-thailand-afp-finds-ai-generated-image-of-prime-minister-anutin-dining-with-businessman-spread-on-election-eve","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The image of Anutin at a dinner table with Mauerberger, also known as Ben Smith, and three other women spread in a February 7 Facebook post ... Other Facebook and TikTok posts shared the image of Anutin and Mauerberger alongside captions suggesting the two have long been in contact.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"An image showing Anutin at a dinner table with Mauerberger and three women spread in a 7 February 2026 Facebook post and in other Facebook and TikTok posts, on the eve of the 8 February general election, with captions suggesting the two men had long been in contact.","causal_attribution":"AFP Fact Check."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"However, the image contains visual irregularities indicative of AI generation ... The system indicated with a \"Very High\" confidence that the image was created using Google’s AI tools.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"AFP found visual irregularities in the image and reports that Google's SynthID detector indicated with very high confidence that it was created using Google's AI tools.","causal_attribution":"AFP's own analysis."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Anutin publicly denied the photo's authenticity hours after it surfaced online ... Anutin said on February 7, 2026 at the Bhumjaithai headquarters in Bangkok.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Anutin publicly denied the photo's authenticity on 7 February 2026, saying it was an AI photo.","causal_attribution":"AFP, citing Anutin's public statement."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"However, Anutin and other high-ranking Thai politicians and business figures had been plagued by a December 2025 leak of photos showing them with Mauerberger ... Mauerberger denied the allegations against him","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A newsletter has accused Mauerberger of facilitating money laundering and scam operations, which he denies, and genuine photos of Anutin with him leaked in December 2025.","causal_attribution":"AFP Fact Check."}],"effects":[{"label":"the prime minister was shown in an AI-generated image dining with a businessman accused of laundering money for scam networks, circulated on election eve with captions implying long ties, and publicly denied it","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.96KG9G3","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-18 through an Internet Archive capture (the live page returned HTTP 403); no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the article. AFP Thailand, published 9 February 2026. The Facebook and TikTok posts, the SynthID result screen and Anutin's archived statement were not inspected directly; their content is as AFP describes it.","independence_group":"afp-factcheck-anutin-image"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["public_life","elections"],"unknowns":["Who created the image and which tool was used.","How widely the image spread and whether platforms removed or labelled the posts.","Whether any complaint or legal action followed."],"geography":{"basis":"AFP Thailand reports that the image surfaced on the eve of Thailand's general election in posts about Anutin's purported ties to the businessman, and Anutin, Thailand's prime minister, denied the image at his party's headquarters in Bangkok. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["TH"],"affected_person_countries":["TH"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): AFP Fact Check found that an image of Thailand's prime minister dining with a businessman accused of laundering money for scam networks was AI-generated, citing visual irregularities and a SynthID result, and reports that the image circulated on election eve with captions implying long ties and that the prime minister publicly denied it. The harm is reputational and attributed; the account rests on one fact check.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-18"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"AFP Fact Check examined the image itself: it lists visual irregularities indicative of AI generation and reports that Google's SynthID detector indicated with very high confidence that the image was created using Google's AI tools. That generated image of Anutin is the image the posts circulated and he publicly denied. The maker and the specific tool are not identified.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Thailand: AFP finds an AI-generated image of Prime Minister Anutin dining with a South African businessman spread on election eve; Anutin denied it","summary":"AFP Fact Check reported on 9 February 2026 that an image showing Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul at a dinner table with South African businessman Benjamin Mauerberger and three women spread in a 7 February Facebook post, and in other Facebook and TikTok posts, on the eve of Thailand's 8 February general election, with captions suggesting the two men had long been in contact. A newsletter has accused Mauerberger of laundering money for scam networks, which he denies, and genuine photos of the two men leaked in December 2025 had already drawn questions from opposition lawmakers. AFP found visual irregularities and ran the image through Google's SynthID detector, which indicated with very high confidence that it was made with Google's AI tools. Anutin publicly denied the photo's authenticity on 7 February, saying it was an AI photo. Who made the image is not reported.","incidentDate":"2026-02-07","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-02-09","aiSystem":"An image that Google's SynthID detector, run by AFP, indicated with very high confidence was created with Google's AI tools (the specific Google tool and the image's creator not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified Google image tool (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to AFP, an AI-generated image showing Thailand's prime minister dining with a businessman accused of laundering money for scam networks circulated on social media on the eve of the general election with captions implying long ties; the prime minister publicly denied the image.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One depicted person is counted: Anutin, who publicly denied the image. Mauerberger and the three women also appear in it, but no response or consequence is reported for them, so they are not counted and the count is a lower bound. Posts, shares and viewers are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"TH","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.96KG9G3","primarySourceLabel":"AFP Fact Check, 9 February 2026: Image of Thai PM-elect with South African businessman is AI-generated","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-18T03:06:31.869528+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-18T03:06:31.869528+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-generated-image","political-deepfake","elections","thailand","fact-check","synthid","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"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-luciano-hang-ai-images-fake-attack-report-promote-investment-scam","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Uma página com o logotipo de O Globo traz uma matéria sobre um atentado contra o empresário Luciano Hang'; 'O site promete ganhos de R$ 3 mil a R$ 10 mil por dia'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'o usuário é direcionado para uma página que imita uma reportagem do jornal O Globo sobre o suposto atentado'; 'a plataforma afirma que o usuário poderia ganhar de R$ 3 mil a R$ 10 mil por dia após fazer um cadastro e ativar a conta.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A fake page imitating a report by the newspaper O Globo reported an attack on Hang that did not happen and directed readers to a supposed investment platform promising R$3,000 to R$10,000 a day.","causal_attribution":"Lupa and Comprova each inspected the fake page and its platform link. Both rest the non-occurrence of the attack on Hang's and Havan's denials, and Comprova also on the TRE-SP decision; Comprova notes that Lupa had already checked the same scam."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'identificou na montagem publicada na página uma marca d’água que indica o uso de ferramentas de geração de imagens da empresa.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to Lupa, an OpenAI verification tool identified a watermark in the montage on the fake page indicating the use of OpenAI image generation tools.","causal_attribution":"Lupa's tool-based finding; not independently checked."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Na postagem, a prévia do link mostra uma colagem com imagens do empresário ferido, de Haddad e de um carro alvejado em frente a uma loja da Havan. A ferramenta SynthID indicou que as imagens analisadas foram fabricadas com a própria ferramenta de IA da Google.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'A suposta matéria utiliza imagens geradas por IA (Inteligência Artificial), em que Hang aparece ferido junto com Haddad e um carro alvejado em frente a uma loja da Havan.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"},{"locator":"'A ferramenta SynthID indicou que as imagens analisadas foram fabricadas com a própria ferramenta de IA da Google.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"According to Comprova, an X post's link preview showed a collage of Hang injured, of Haddad and of a car shot up outside a Havan store, and SynthID indicated that the images analysed were made with Google's AI tool; ND Mais describes these images as AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"Comprova's tool-based finding; ND Mais's account follows Comprova's check and is not a separate finding. The tool attribution differs from Lupa's (c2), possibly because different copies of the images were checked."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ele afirma que a informação é mentirosa e que as imagens que acompanham a falsa matéria foram manipuladas para aplicar um golpe'; 'Nos últimos anos, criminosos têm usado minha imagem, inclusive com manipulações feitas por inteligência artificial, para anunciar produtos, investimentos falsos e aplicar golpes nas pessoas'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Em nota publicada em suas redes sociais, Luciano Hang negou ter sofrido qualquer atentado e pontuou que sua imagem vem sendo utilizada em conteúdos falsos para aplicação de golpes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In an official note on social media, Hang denied any attack and said criminals have used his image, including manipulations made with artificial intelligence, to advertise products and fake investments and to scam people.","causal_attribution":"His own statement, quoted by Lupa and paraphrased by Comprova."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Em 28 de agosto, o TRE-SP determinou que o X removesse as publicações que associavam Haddad ao suposto atentado contra Hang. Segundo a decisão, o crime não ocorreu e as postagens eram usadas como isca para direcionar usuários a um site fraudulento que promovia um golpe financeiro.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'O TRE-SP (Tribunal de Regional Eleitoral de São Paulo) determinou, em 29 de agosto, a remoção das publicações que associavam falsamente Haddad ao atentado contra Hang.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to Comprova, on 28 August 2026 the São Paulo Regional Electoral Court ordered X to remove posts associating Haddad with the fake attack, stating that the crime did not happen and that the posts were bait for a fraudulent site; ND Mais dates the order to 29 August.","causal_attribution":"Reported description of a court order that was not read; the two outlets give different dates."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'De acordo com a empresa, a publicação falsa utiliza imagens manipuladas de Luciano Hang para dar aparência de veracidade à história e direcionar usuários a uma suposta plataforma de investimentos'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"By 25 August 2026 Havan had denied the story in an official note, saying the false post used manipulated images of Hang to look credible and to direct users to a supposed investment platform.","causal_attribution":"Havan's note as relayed by ABC Agora; the note says manipulated, not AI-made."}],"effects":[{"label":"his image was manipulated into a fake attack story used to promote a fraudulent investment platform","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.agencialupa.org/verificacao/2026/09/17/e-golpe-pagina-que-simula-o-globo-e-anuncia-falso-atentado-contra-luciano-hang/","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Live page returned HTTP 403 on 2026-10-02; read in Portuguese from a Wayback Machine capture (web.archive.org/web/2026id_/...) on 2026-10-02. Lupa, 17 September 2026. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"lupa-factcheck"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://sbtnews.sbt.com.br/noticia/brasil/luciano-hang-e-usado-em-golpe-que-promete-r-10-mil-por-dia","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-02 (SBT News, 28 September 2026; author credited as Projeto Comprova). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"comprova-factcheck"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.nsctotal.com.br/economia/imagem-de-luciano-hang-e-usada-em-golpe-que-promete-ganhos-de-ate-r-10-mil-por-dia","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-02 (NSC Total, 25 September 2026; same Projeto Comprova text as SBT News). Researcher translation.","independence_group":"comprova-factcheck"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://ndmais.com.br/seguranca/golpistas-usam-imagem-de-luciano-hang-inteligencia-artificial-e-falsa-noticia-para-divulgar-plataforma-financeira-que-promete-ate-r-10-mil-por-dia/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-02 (ND Mais, 25 September 2026). Its text closely follows Projeto Comprova's check of 24 September 2026 (same structure and details), so it is grouped with Comprova; it dates the TRE-SP order 29 August where Comprova says 28 August. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"comprova-factcheck"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://abcagora.com.br/2026/08/25/havan-desmente-atentado-luciano-hang/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read live in Portuguese on 2026-10-02 (ABC Agora, 25 August 2026); relays Havan's official note. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"havan-note"},{"id":"s6","url":"https://projetocomprova.com.br/publicações/imagem-de-luciano-hang-e-usada-em-golpe-que-promete-ganhos-de-ate-r-10-mil-por-dia/","kind":"fact_check","access":"read","language":"pt","translation_note":"Read in Portuguese on 2026-10-02 from the copy fetched by the second researcher (Projeto Comprova, published 24 September 2026, 'Investigado por: 24/09/2026'); the original of the SBT News and NSC Total texts. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"comprova-factcheck"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["finance","work"],"unknowns":["Whether anyone deposited money or handed over personal data, and any losses.","Which image generator was used: Lupa and Comprova report different vendors' markers, possibly on different copies of the images.","Who operated the page and posts, and whether the platforms removed the scam page itself.","The exact date and text of the TRE-SP order (28 or 29 August 2026)."],"geography":{"basis":"The removal order came from the Regional Electoral Court of São Paulo (TRE-SP), a Brazilian court, according to Comprova and ND Mais. The sources say the posts circulated on X, Facebook and a fake website without stating where they were shown, and none states where Hang lives, so no event or affected-person country is recorded.","court_countries":["BR"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated), consistent with the Tietjen and Jorge Martínez scam-impersonation rows: fact-checkers found AI markers in images placing Hang in a fake attack story that promoted a fraudulent investment platform, and he denied it publicly. Hang is a public figure speaking about his own case and is named; Haddad is named as the outlets name him in reporting on the electoral court order. Two separate fact-check operations (Lupa, Comprova) inspected the page, so c1 is corroborated; tool attributions and other claims stay reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Two fact-checkers ran detection tools on different copies of the imagery. Lupa says an OpenAI verification tool found a watermark indicating OpenAI image generation in the montage on the fake page. Comprova says SynthID indicated that the images in the X link preview were made with Google's AI tool. ND Mais describes the images as AI-generated, and Hang's note says criminals use AI manipulations of his image. The images were not inspected by this review. The images depict Hang (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"A fake O Globo report of an attack on Havan founder Luciano Hang, illustrated with images that fact-checkers found carried AI markers, promotes an investment platform promising up to R$10,000 a day","summary":"From August 2026, posts on X linked to a fake page imitating the newspaper O Globo, and a Facebook version repeated the story. The page reported an attack on businessman Luciano Hang, founder of the Havan stores, and directed readers to a supposed investment platform promising R$3,000 to R$10,000 a day. The fact-checkers Lupa and Comprova found that no attack happened. Lupa reports that an OpenAI verification tool found a watermark indicating OpenAI image generation in the montage on the page; Comprova reports that SynthID indicated that the images it analysed, showing Hang injured, were made with Google's AI tool. Hang said in a note that criminals use his image, including AI manipulations, to promote fake investments. São Paulo's regional electoral court ordered X to remove posts falsely linking candidate Fernando Haddad to the fake attack. No investor loss is reported.","incidentDate":"2026-08-01","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-25","aiSystem":"Images in a fake news page and social posts showing Hang injured, Haddad and a car shot up outside a Havan store; Lupa reports an OpenAI verification tool found an OpenAI image-generation watermark in the page montage, and Comprova reports SynthID indicated the images it analysed were made with Google's AI tool; the operators are not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified OpenAI and Google image tools (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Images that fact-checkers found to carry AI markers placed Hang in a fake attack story used to promote a fraudulent investment platform, and he had to deny it publicly (his note, relayed by Lupa and Comprova; Havan's denial via ABC Agora).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Luciano Hang, whose image the sources say was used in the scam (Lupa; Comprova via SBT News; ND Mais). Haddad also appears in the images and was falsely associated with the attack, but the sources describe the court order, not a harm to him, so he is not counted. No source reports anyone who invested or lost money. Documented minimum 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"BR-SP","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.agencialupa.org/verificacao/2026/09/17/e-golpe-pagina-que-simula-o-globo-e-anuncia-falso-atentado-contra-luciano-hang/","primarySourceLabel":"Lupa, 17 September 2026: É golpe página que simula O Globo e anuncia falso atentado contra Luciano Hang","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:24:28.393995+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:24:28.393995+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","celebrity-deepfake","investment-scam","fake-news-site","fact-check","election-court","portuguese-language"]}]}