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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-nashville-teacher-fired-after-students-report-ai-videos-of-them-without-consent","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was terminated from his position as a tenured teacher in Metro Nashville Public Schools, a July 7 letter to him revealed'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Metro Nashville Public Schools terminated a tenured high school teacher, according to a 7 July 2026 letter described by NewsChannel 5.","causal_attribution":"The station's report of the district letter."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'fired after students reported him taking pictures of them and making AI videos of them without their consent'; 'making AI videos of male students doing things like a \"gay or zesty dance\" or a \"feminine dance\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Students reported that the teacher made AI videos of them without their consent, including videos of male students doing a 'gay or zesty dance' or a 'feminine dance'.","causal_attribution":"Student reports as described in the district letter, relayed by the station."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'that all came to the attention of the school during the spring 2026 semester'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The student reports, which also concerned inappropriate comments, photographs on his personal phone and after-hours texts, came to the school's attention during the spring 2026 semester.","causal_attribution":"The district letter as described by the station."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'to police and the Department of Children's Services'; 'there are currently DCS investigations into'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The principal reported the teacher to police and the Department of Children's Services, and DCS investigations into his conduct were under way.","causal_attribution":"The district letter as described by the station."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'will have the opportunity to appeal through the established termination hearing process'; 'MNPS provides guidance to staff regarding the appropriate use of artificial intelligence, including expectations for student photos and graphics'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A district spokesperson said the teacher can appeal through the termination hearing process and that the district gives staff guidance on appropriate AI use, including expectations for student photos.","causal_attribution":"The district spokesperson's statement to the station."}],"effects":[{"label":"students depicted in AI videos made without their consent (student reports)","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state/tennessee/davidson-county/nashville-high-school-teacher-fired-after-making-ai-videos-of-students","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English: the article text in full, including its JSON-LD article body. The district's termination letter that the station describes was not inspected.","independence_group":"wtvf-newschannel5"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how the videos were made from the students' images.","How many students were depicted and whether the videos were shared beyond the teacher.","The teacher's account and the outcome of any appeal, of the principal's report to police and of the DCS investigations."],"geography":{"basis":"The school is in Metro Nashville Public Schools, Tennessee, and the report is datelined Nashville.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete school case in which students reported that a teacher made AI videos depicting them without consent, recorded in a district termination letter described by a local television station. The teacher and the students are not named in this record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-12"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The district's termination letter, as reported by NewsChannel 5, describes students reporting that the teacher made AI videos of male students doing a 'gay or zesty dance' or a 'feminine dance' without their consent. The AI tool generated videos depicting the students, and the students' reports of that depiction were among the grounds for his dismissal. The tool is not identified and the videos were not inspected. The report does not say how the students, the school or the district established that the videos were made with AI.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Nashville school district fired a teacher after students reported he made AI videos of them without consent, a district termination letter says","summary":"NewsChannel 5 (WTVF) reported on 29 July 2026 that Metro Nashville Public Schools fired a tenured high school teacher after students reported him taking pictures of them and making AI videos of them without their consent. According to the station, a 7 July termination letter from the superintendent describes student reports, all brought to the school's attention during the spring 2026 semester, that included AI videos of male students doing a 'gay or zesty dance' or a 'feminine dance', as well as inappropriate comments, photographs taken on his personal phone and texts asking students where they were after school hours. The letter says the principal reported him to police and to the Department of Children's Services, which is investigating. The teacher can appeal through the district's termination hearing process. The report does not say which AI tool was used, how many students were depicted or how the videos were shared.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-29","aiSystem":"An unidentified AI tool that the teacher used to make videos of students, as described in the district's termination letter reported by NewsChannel 5","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Students reported that a teacher made AI videos of male students doing a 'gay or zesty dance' or a 'feminine dance' without their consent; the district fired him on several grounds including these reports (NewsChannel 5, describing the district's termination letter).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The report refers to 'male students' depicted in AI videos without giving a number; the plural is not an explicit lower bound, so no count is recorded.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"US-TN","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state/tennessee/davidson-county/nashville-high-school-teacher-fired-after-making-ai-videos-of-students","primarySourceLabel":"NewsChannel 5 Nashville (WTVF), 29 July 2026: \"Nashville high school teacher fired after making AI videos of students\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-12T03:32:50.572772+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:32:50.572772+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["school","teacher-dismissal","ai-video","non-consensual-depiction","tennessee"]},{"id":"2026-portland-tennessee-ai-child-faces-sexual-images-traded-canada-30-year-sentence","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'placed the faces of children onto images and videos of nude people and people engaged in sexual acts.'; 'Investigators said he then exchanged the AI-generated material with a Canadian resident for real child sexual abuse material.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'had been placing the faces of children on nude individuals, as well as individuals who were engaging in sexual acts.'; 'would exchange the content with someone in Canada in exchange for real child sexual abuse material.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the district attorney's office, he used AI to place the faces of children onto images and videos of nude people and of people engaged in sexual acts, and exchanged the AI-generated material with a Canadian resident for real child sexual abuse material.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutors' account via one release; the source images, the children and the AI tool are not described."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Canadian authorities alerted U.S. law enforcement after arresting the person who'; 'charged with tampering with evidence after investigators alleged he deleted some material before officers entered his home to execute a search warrant.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'was arrested in November 2025 after a joint investigation by Portland Police, the US Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Canadian authorities alerted US law enforcement after arresting the person he was communicating with; a joint investigation led to his arrest in November 2025, and he was also charged with tampering with evidence after investigators said he deleted material before officers entered his home.","causal_attribution":"DA release as relayed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Judge Dee David Gay imposed the 30-year sentence, which the district attorney’s office said must be served without probation, parole or early release under Tennessee law.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'On Thursday, Sept. 24, a judge sentenced'; 'to serve 30 years in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'A Sumner County judge imposed the 30-year sentence Thursday.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"A Sumner County Criminal Court judge sentenced him to 30 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction, to be served without probation, parole or early release.","causal_attribution":"DA release as relayed; WSMV gives the day as Friday, WKRN and WZTV as Thursday 24 September. The court record was not inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"children's faces were placed onto AI-made sexual images and videos that were traded for real child sexual abuse material, according to prosecutors","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wsmv.com/2026/09/25/middle-tennessee-man-sentenced-30-years-using-ai-create-trade-child-pornography/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-28 (WSMV, 25 September 2026). Relays the DA's release. WVLT carries the same Gray text.","independence_group":"sumner-county-da-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/portland-man-sentenced-using-ai-162610165.html","kind":"local_tv_news_syndicated_copy","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-28: Yahoo's syndicated copy of WKRN's report (25 September 2026); wkrn.com returned 403 to this host. Quotes the DA's release.","independence_group":"sumner-county-da-release"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://newschannel9.com/news/local/tennessee-sumner-county-man-gets-30-years-for-trading-ai-generated-child-abuse-images-with-canadian-man","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-28: WZTV (FOX 17) report of 25 September 2026 as carried by sister station WTVC.","independence_group":"sumner-county-da-release"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://fox17.com/news/local/after-30-year-sentence-in-tn-ai-child-abuse-case-former-fbi-agent-warns-more-are-coming","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-28 (WZTV/FOX 17, 26 September 2026). Case facts from the DA; adds a former FBI agent's general comments, not used as case evidence.","independence_group":"sumner-county-da-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["justice","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which offences he was convicted of, and whether by plea or at trial.","Which AI tool was used, where the children's images came from, and whether any depicted child has been identified or notified.","How many children's faces were used.","When the images were made and traded (the arrest was in November 2025).","The exact sentencing date (24 or 25 September 2026)."],"geography":{"basis":"He lived in Portland, Sumner County, Tennessee, where officers searched his home, and was sentenced in Sumner County Criminal Court. The other party was a Canadian resident arrested by Canadian authorities; where the exchanges took place beyond that is not stated. The children's countries are not reported.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a depiction case: prosecutors say AI was used to place the faces of children onto sexual images and videos that were traded internationally, and a court imposed a 30-year sentence. One DA release chain; all claims reported. The children are unidentified and uncounted, and the defendant is not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-28"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The district attorney's release says he used artificial intelligence to place children's faces onto sexual images and videos (via WSMV, WKRN, WZTV). The tool, the source images and the identity of the children are not reported. The depicted_or_impersonated relation rests on the prosecutors' description of the faces of children being placed onto the images and videos.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Portland, Tennessee: a man who prosecutors say used AI to put children's faces onto sexual images and videos and traded them with a Canadian resident for real child sexual abuse material was sentenced to 30 years in Sumner County in September 2026","summary":"The Sumner County (18th Judicial District) District Attorney's Office said a 30-year-old Portland, Tennessee man was sentenced in Sumner County Criminal Court in September 2026 to 30 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction, to be served without probation, parole or early release. According to the prosecutors, he used artificial intelligence to place the faces of children onto images and videos of nude people and of people engaged in sexual acts, then exchanged the material with a Canadian resident for real child sexual abuse material. Canadian authorities found messages and material connected to him after arresting the person he was communicating with and alerted US law enforcement; a joint investigation by Portland police, Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI and the TBI led to his arrest in November 2025. He was also charged with tampering with evidence after investigators said he deleted material before officers entered his home to execute a search warrant. The children whose faces were used are not identified, their number is not reported, and the reports do not say which AI tool was used or which offences he was convicted of.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-25","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI tool or tools that prosecutors say he used to place children's faces onto sexual images and videos; the tool is not identified in any inspected report","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Prosecutors say children's faces were placed onto AI-made sexual images and videos that were traded internationally in exchange for real child sexual abuse material (Sumner County DA release via WSMV, WKRN and WZTV). The children are not identified.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The prosecutors refer to 'children' whose faces were used but give no number, and none is identified; children depicted in the real material he received are not counted because that material is not AI-made and is not described. Unquantified, with zero placeholders.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-TN","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wsmv.com/2026/09/25/middle-tennessee-man-sentenced-30-years-using-ai-create-trade-child-pornography/","primarySourceLabel":"WSMV, 25 September 2026: Middle Tennessee man sentenced to 30 years for using AI to create, trade child pornography","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-28T03:31:23.326395+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:49.53008+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-csam","deepfake","child-sexual-abuse-material","sentencing","tennessee","sumner-county","canada","others-use","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}