{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T15:14:11.203Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"texas","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":2,"coverage":{"cases":2,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":2,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":1,"coreRelations":2,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-texas-parker-county-sheriff-says-teen-used-ai-to-make-nude-images-of-younger-children-posted-to-tiktok","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'deputies said the teen confessed to taking photos of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'police say the suspect confessed to taking photographs of a younger juvenile and using AI to alter the images to make the subject appear nude'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the Parker County Sheriff's Office, the teenager confessed to taking photographs of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office's account of the suspect's confession, relayed by two outlets from one release."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'evidence indicated the suspect had used photos of at least three other victims for the same purpose, and that investigators identified all of the victims and notified their families'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'evidence from the electronics and social media account revealed the teen obtained photos of at least three other juvenile victims'; 'The teen used AI to transform these photos into deep fakes before uploading them to the platform'; 'Investigators identified all the juvenile victims and notified their families.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the sheriff's office, evidence from the devices and TikTok account showed the teenager had obtained photos of at least three other juvenile victims and used AI to turn them into nude images before uploading them to TikTok, and investigators identified all the victims and notified their families.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account of device and account evidence; one origin."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'TikTok had alerted the NCMEC that a user had shared the images on the platform'; 'Parker County deputies said they executed a search warrant on Oct. 1 at a residence there'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The investigation began in July when TikTok notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about a user posting child pornography images'; 'NCMEC initially sent the tip to the Celina Police Department, believing the suspect lived in that jurisdiction.'; 'Parker County Sheriff’s Office investigators executed a search warrant on Oct. 1'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The investigation began in July when TikTok alerted NCMEC that a user had shared the images; NCMEC first sent the tip to the Celina Police Department, and Parker County deputies executed a search warrant at a residence on 1 October.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's office account of how the case began; context."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'charged with possession of child pornography – a second-degree felony – along with voyeurism of a child victim and possession of certain visual material depicting a child, both of which are state jail felonies'; 'the teen was released to their parents under state law'; 'the suspect now awaits juvenile court proceedings'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'second-degree felony possession of child pornography, state jail felony voyeurism of a child victim, and state jail felony possession of certain visual material depicting a child'; 'The juvenile was processed and released to their parents while awaiting court proceedings'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The juvenile is charged with possession of child pornography (a second-degree felony), voyeurism of a child victim and possession of certain visual material depicting a child (state jail felonies), was released to their parents and awaits juvenile court proceedings.","causal_attribution":"Charges as the sheriff's office describes them; untried."}],"effects":[{"label":"photos of juveniles altered with AI into nude images and uploaded to TikTok","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/north-texas-teen-ai-child-sex-abuse-material-10-14-2026/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-15 (HTTP 200). CBS Texas report of 14 October 2026 relaying the Parker County Sheriff's Office account.","independence_group":"parker-county-sheriff-release"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.fox4news.com/news/parker-county-16-year-old-charged-using-ai-create-deep-fake-nude-images-children","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-15 (HTTP 200). FOX 4 report of 14 October 2026; it states that its information comes from the Parker County Sheriff's Office, so it is the same origin as s1.","independence_group":"parker-county-sheriff-release"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used, and when the photos were taken and altered","How long the images stayed on TikTok and who saw them","The victims' ages and their families' responses","The outcome of the juvenile court proceedings"],"geography":{"basis":"Event: FOX 4 relays that the images were uploaded from Parker County, Texas, and the search warrant was executed at a residence there. Affected people: the victims' locations are not stated. Court: no court has yet acted; the juvenile awaits juvenile court proceedings.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a reported case resting on one police origin: the Parker County Sheriff's Office, relayed by CBS Texas and FOX 4, says a teenager confessed to using AI to alter photos of a younger child into nude images and that device and account evidence showed at least three further juvenile victims whose AI-altered images were uploaded to TikTok. The AI attribution is the investigating sheriff's office's account of the confession and evidence; the tool is not named. The suspect and victims are minors and are not identified; the charges are untried.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-15"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The investigating Parker County Sheriff's Office says the teenager confessed to taking photographs of a younger child and using AI to alter them so the child appeared nude, and that evidence from the devices and TikTok account showed photos of at least three other juveniles were transformed with AI the same way and uploaded. The AI output is itself the non-consensual sexual depiction of the children (depicted_or_impersonated) and is the basis of the charges. The attribution rests on the suspect's confession and the device evidence as the sheriff's office describes them; the tool is not named.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Parker County, Texas: sheriff's office says a teenager confessed to using AI to make nude images of younger children from photos and posting them to TikTok","summary":"The Parker County Sheriff's Office in Texas says a juvenile confessed to taking photographs of a younger child and using AI to alter them so that the child appeared nude, and that evidence from the teenager's devices and TikTok account showed photos of at least three other juvenile victims were transformed the same way and uploaded to TikTok. The case began with a July tip from TikTok to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The sheriff's office says all victims were identified and their families notified. The teenager faces felony charges, including possession of child pornography, and awaits juvenile court proceedings; the account is the sheriff's office's, relayed by CBS Texas and FOX 4 on 14 October 2026, and the charges are untried.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-14","aiSystem":"AI used to alter photographs of children so they appear nude, as the Parker County Sheriff's Office describes it (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Parker County Sheriff's Office, a teenager used AI to alter photos of at least four younger juveniles into nude images and uploaded them to TikTok; investigators identified the victims and notified their families.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":4,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"At least four juveniles, per the sheriff's office: the younger child the suspect photographed (claim c1) and 'at least three other' juvenile victims (claim c2). The victims did not use the AI. The phrase 'at least' makes four a documented minimum.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/north-texas-teen-ai-child-sex-abuse-material-10-14-2026/","primarySourceLabel":"CBS Texas, 14 October 2026: North Texas teen accused of uploading AI-generated child sexual abuse material to TikTok","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-15T02:59:42.916219+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T02:59:42.916219+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-altered-image","non-consensual-sexual-imagery","minor","tiktok","criminal-charges","texas","united-states","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-houston-immigration-attorney-ai-altered-photos-used-to-impersonate-law-office-deceived-family-lost-money","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A southwest Houston immigration attorney says people are stealing her photos, using artificial intelligence to alter the images and impersonating her office'; 'altered the images to make them appear connected to other people posing as attorneys'; 'people posing as attorneys have been using her images on platforms including Facebook and Instagram'; 'she is also concerned about the impact the impersonation could have on her reputation'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A southwest Houston immigration attorney says people are stealing her photographs, altering them with artificial intelligence and using them on Facebook and Instagram to impersonate her office, with her image placed next to other people posing as attorneys; she says she is concerned about the impact on her reputation.","causal_attribution":"The attorney's account as reported by KHOU; no image examined and the tool not identified."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'says her law firm has recently received calls from people who say they paid money to someone impersonating her or her office'; 'said some people believed they were working with legitimate attorneys'; 'said she knows of more than 20 people who may have been targeted'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The attorney says her firm has received calls from people who paid money to someone impersonating her or her office, that some believed they were working with legitimate attorneys, and that she knows of more than 20 people who may have been targeted.","causal_attribution":"The attorney's account as reported by KHOU; the figure describes possible targets and is not a count of harmed people."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'One woman who said she paid money to someone she believed was legitimate agreed to speak by phone but did not want her identity revealed. She said the experience left her feeling angry and helpless after her family lost about $11,000'; 'The woman said she was promised a permit to stay in the United States within a month'; 'The couple also had what they believed were meetings with immigration agents'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A woman interviewed by KHOU without her identity revealed said she paid money to someone she believed was legitimate after being promised a permit to stay in the United States within a month, that the couple attended what they believed were meetings with immigration agents, and that her family lost about $11,000.","causal_attribution":"The woman's own account as reported by KHOU; no record of the payment is cited."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The woman said she began looking into the situation and eventually discovered the images being used were not legitimate'; 'She said she eventually realized the images were fake and were connected to'; 'Que la foto era falsa y estaba hecha con inteligencia artificial'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The woman said she later discovered that the images used were not legitimate and, in a Spanish-language quotation translated by the research agent, that the photo was fake and had been made with artificial intelligence; she said the images were connected to the law office.","causal_attribution":"The woman's own account as reported by KHOU; her statement that the photo was made with AI is her conclusion, not an examiner's finding."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'People who say they lost money reported the alleged scheme to the Houston Police Department. HPD said the case will be assigned to an investigator.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"KHOU reports that people who say they lost money reported the alleged scheme to the Houston Police Department, which said the case will be assigned to an investigator.","causal_attribution":"HPD's statement as relayed by KHOU; it confirms receipt of reports, not any finding about the images or the losses."}],"effects":[{"label":"attorney's photographs altered with AI and used on social media to impersonate her office","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"a woman's family lost about $11,000 to people posing as attorneys with the AI-altered images","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/houston-attorney-says-scammers-stole-032837396.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-08 on Yahoo News (HTTP 200); no translation was involved and no human reviewer read the article. Three short Spanish-language quotations from the interviewed woman appear in the article; the one relied on for c4 ('Que la foto era falsa y estaba hecha con inteligencia artificial', meaning the photo was fake and was made with artificial intelligence) was translated by the research agent (an AI). KHOU report by Anayeli Ruiz, Yahoo page timestamp 7 October 2026, 03:28 UTC; khou.com returned HTTP 403.","independence_group":"khou-ruiz-houston-attorney"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["justice","finance","privacy"],"unknowns":["When the impersonation began and when the woman's family paid; the report gives no dates.","Which AI tool altered the images; no image was examined by an investigator or the outlet.","How many of the more than 20 possible targets paid money, and the amounts beyond the one family's loss of about $11,000.","Where the interviewed woman and the impersonators are located, whether HPD's investigation has produced any finding, and whether any platform has removed the accounts."],"geography":{"basis":"The impersonated law office is in southwest Houston, Texas, and the attorney received the calls there; the attorney is the counted person located in the United States. The location of the scammers and of the interviewed woman is not stated (she was promised a permit to stay in the United States and her husband wanted her to be in the country), so her country is not recorded. No court is involved.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case on a single attributed report: KHOU reports a Houston immigration attorney's account that her photographs were altered with artificial intelligence and used on social media to impersonate her office, and a separately interviewed woman's account that her family lost about $11,000 to the impersonators and that she found the images were AI-made. The attorney and the woman are distinct witnesses within one report; every claim is attributed to them, and dates, tool and the number of people who paid are recorded as unknown.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-08"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"KHOU reports the attorney's account that people stole her photographs, used artificial intelligence to alter the images so that they appeared connected to other people posing as attorneys, and used them on Facebook and Instagram to impersonate her office. The deceived woman separately told KHOU that she discovered the photo was fake and had been made with artificial intelligence and was connected to the Houston law office. The AI-altered images are the instrument of the impersonation: they depict the attorney (depicted_or_impersonated) and were presented to the woman and other people who paid the impersonators. The tool is not identified, no image has been examined by an investigator or the outlet, and both accounts are interviewees' statements.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Houston immigration attorney says scammers altered her photos with AI to pose as her office; a woman says her family lost about $11,000 (KHOU report)","summary":"KHOU reported on 7 October 2026 that a southwest Houston immigration attorney says people have been taking her photographs, altering them with artificial intelligence and using them on Facebook and Instagram to impersonate her office, with her image placed next to other people posing as attorneys. She says her firm has received calls from people who paid money to the impersonators and that she knows of more than 20 people who may have been targeted. One woman, interviewed by KHOU without her identity revealed, said her family lost about $11,000 after she was promised a permit to stay in the United States within a month and attended what the couple believed were meetings with immigration agents; she said she later discovered that the photo was fake and had been made with artificial intelligence. KHOU reports that people who say they lost money reported the alleged scheme to the Houston Police Department, which said the case will be assigned to an investigator; no arrest or platform response is reported, and the AI identification rests on the attorney's and the woman's accounts.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-07","aiSystem":"Artificial intelligence used, according to the attorney and a deceived woman interviewed by KHOU, to alter the attorney's photographs so that they appeared connected to other people posing as attorneys (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss","reputational_harm","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the attorney and a woman interviewed by KHOU, AI-altered photographs of the attorney were used to pose as her office; the woman says her family lost about $11,000 after paying the impersonators and that she felt angry and helpless; the attorney says more than 20 people may have been targeted and that her name and images were used and that she fears people will believe she took their money.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":2,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people are counted: the attorney whose altered photographs were used to impersonate her office, and the interviewed woman whose family lost about $11,000. The attorney's 'more than 20 people' who 'may have been targeted' is a possible-target figure, not a count of harmed people, and the report's 'some losing thousands of dollars' is unquantified; those people are the unquantified remainder. The woman's husband, who paid the money, is not counted separately because the loss is reported as one family loss. Neither counted person is an AI user.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"US-TX","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/houston-attorney-says-scammers-stole-032837396.html","primarySourceLabel":"KHOU (Anayeli Ruiz) via Yahoo News, 7 October 2026: Houston attorney says people are using AI to impersonate her. More than 20 people may be victims","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:33:39.02292+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:33:39.02292+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["impersonation","ai-altered-images","immigration-scam","fraud","social-media","houston","texas","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}