{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T07:21:57.294Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"uk","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":7,"coverage":{"cases":7,"countries":4,"languages":4,"unknownLocation":2,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":7,"lawsuits":1,"regulatory":2,"minors":1,"coreRelations":7,"contextualRelations":1,"mixedRelations":1,"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":"2025-ukraine-anti-corruption-court-appeals-chamber-refuses-to-consider-appeal-applicant-drafted-with-chatgpt","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Апеляційна палата Вищого антикорупційного суду України відмовила в розгляді апеляційної скарги, складеної заявницею за допомогою чатбота зі штучним інтелектом ChatGPT. Суд розцінив такий підхід як прояв неповаги до судової системи.; Апеляційну скаргу залишили без розгляду.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine refused to consider an appeal that the applicant had drafted with the ChatGPT chatbot, treating this approach as a sign of disrespect for the judicial system, and left the appeal without consideration.","causal_attribution":"The ruling as reported by UkraNews from the court-decision register; the ruling itself was not inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"У тексті апеляції заявниця зазначила, що звернулася до ШІ після того, як її адвокати відмовились готувати документ","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In the appeal the applicant wrote that she had turned to AI after her lawyers declined to prepare the document.","causal_attribution":"The applicant's own statement in her appeal, as reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Суд наголосив, що текст скарги містив саркастичні й образливі формулювання на адресу судової системи, а використання матеріалів, згенерованих ChatGPT, — без належного правового обґрунтування — суперечить принципам судочинства.; а не емоцій чи \"інформації, згенерованої штучним інтелектом\"","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The court said the text contained sarcastic and offensive wording about the judicial system and that using ChatGPT-generated material without proper legal grounds contradicted the principles of judicial proceedings; decisions must rest on the facts and the parties' legal positions, not on emotions or AI-generated information.","causal_attribution":"The court's reasons as reported; the offensive wording and the AI use are given together, and the report does not separate their weight."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Скарга була подана на рішення слідчого судді ВАКС, який раніше відмовив у задоволенні скарги на бездіяльність представника НАБУ та прокурора САП.; Її можна оскаржити в касаційному порядку протягом трьох місяців.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The appeal was against an investigating judge's refusal of the applicant's complaint about inaction by a NABU representative and a SAPO prosecutor, and the ruling could be challenged in cassation within three months.","causal_attribution":"Procedural context as reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"appeal left without consideration after the court treated its drafting with ChatGPT as disrespect","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://ukranews.com/ua/news/1088011-ukrayinka-sklala-apelyatsiyu-za-dopomogoyu-chatgpt-ale-sud-yiyi-ne-pryjnyav-cherez-nepovagu","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"uk","translation_note":"Read in Ukrainian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-23 from an Internet Archive web/2026id_ capture (gzip, decompressed; the live page returned HTTP 403) and translated by that agent; no human translator or reviewer read it. Report of 15 Jun 2025 based on the ruling in the court-decision register (bodies/ru-ukranews-hacc-wb.html/.txt).","independence_group":"ukranews-hacc-ruling"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["justice"],"unknowns":["The date of the ruling and the case number; the report is dated 15 June 2025.","Whether the offensive wording was ChatGPT's output or the applicant's own, and how much weight the court gave each reason.","Whether a cassation appeal was filed and with what result."],"geography":{"basis":"The recorded events are court events in Ukraine: the appeal was filed with and decided by the Appeals Chamber of Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (UkraNews). The report does not say where the applicant lives, so the affected-person country is left empty.","court_countries":["UA"],"event_countries":["UA"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with, with informed_decision_about): by the reported ruling, an applicant drafted her appeal with ChatGPT, and the court left it without consideration, citing the ChatGPT-generated material and offensive wording. One attributed report of the ruling; the ruling itself was not inspected.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-23"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"As the ruling is reported, the applicant drafted her appeal with ChatGPT and said so in the appeal, and the court left it without consideration, calling the approach disrespect and saying that ChatGPT-generated material without proper legal grounds contradicted the principles of proceedings. The court also cited sarcastic and offensive wording in the text, and the report does not say whether that wording came from ChatGPT or from her.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","informed_decision_about"]},"name":"Ukraine's anti-corruption court appeals chamber refused to consider an appeal the applicant had drafted with ChatGPT, calling it disrespect, report says","summary":"The Appeals Chamber of Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court left without consideration an appeal that the applicant had drafted with the ChatGPT chatbot, treating the approach as a sign of disrespect for the judicial system, UkraNews reported on 15 June 2025 from a ruling in the court-decision register. According to the report, the applicant wrote in the appeal that she had turned to AI after her lawyers declined to prepare it, and the court said the text contained sarcastic and offensive wording about the courts and that using ChatGPT-generated material without proper legal grounds contradicted the principles of judicial proceedings. The appeal concerned an investigating judge's refusal of her complaint about inaction by anti-corruption investigators and prosecutors. The ruling could be challenged in cassation within three months; no later outcome was found.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-06-15","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, which the applicant used to draft her appeal (as the court ruling is reported)","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"An applicant's appeal was left without consideration after the court treated its drafting with ChatGPT as disrespect and cited offensive wording in it, according to a report of the ruling.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the applicant who drafted the appeal with ChatGPT and whose appeal was not considered (UkraNews).","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"UA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"lawsuit_dismissed","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://ukranews.com/ua/news/1088011-ukrayinka-sklala-apelyatsiyu-za-dopomogoyu-chatgpt-ale-sud-yiyi-ne-pryjnyav-cherez-nepovagu","primarySourceLabel":"UkraNews, 15 Jun 2025: Ukrainian woman drafted an appeal with ChatGPT, but the court rejected it for disrespect","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-23T03:24:30.472553+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T03:24:30.472553+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","court-filing","appeal-rejected","ukraine","own-use","ukrainian-language"]},{"id":"2024-hong-kong-police-say-arup-finance-worker-sent-hk200-million-after-video-call-with-deepfake-cfo-and-colleagues","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The elaborate scam saw the worker duped into attending a video call with what he thought were several other members of staff, but all of whom were in fact deepfake recreations, Hong Kong police said at a briefing on Friday.' and 'Believing everyone else on the call was real, the worker agreed to remit a total of $200 million Hong Kong dollars – about $25.6 million, the police officer added.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Hong Kong police said a finance worker at a multinational firm was duped into attending a video call with what appeared to be several members of staff, all of whom were deepfake recreations, and then remitted a total of HK$200 million (about US$25.6 million).","causal_attribution":"Attributed to Hong Kong police; the deepfake call is the reported means by which the worker was induced to pay."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Initially, the worker suspected it was a phishing email, as it talked of the need for a secret transaction to be carried out.' and 'However, the worker put aside his early doubts after the video call because other people in attendance had looked and sounded just like colleagues he recognized, Chan said.' and 'The scam involving the fake CFO was only discovered when the employee later checked with the corporation’s head office.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to the police, the worker first suspected a phishing email purportedly from the company's UK-based chief financial officer but set aside those doubts after the video call because the other participants looked and sounded like colleagues the worker recognised; the fraud was discovered when the employee later checked with head office.","causal_attribution":"Police account of how the faked participants overcame the worker's doubts."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A spokesperson for London-based Arup told CNN on Friday that it notified Hong Kong police in January about the fraud incident, and confirmed that fake voices and images were used.' and 'However, we can confirm that fake voices and images were used,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'confirming that at the beginning of the year it had “notified the police about an incident of fraud in Hong Kong”. It confirmed that fake voices and images were used.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Arup confirmed in May 2024 that it was the company involved, that it had notified Hong Kong police about the fraud at the start of 2024 (in January, according to CNN), and that fake voices and images were used; it said the incident was still under investigation.","causal_attribution":"The company's own confirmation that faked voices and images were used in the fraud."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'posing as senior officers of the company requesting to transfer money to designated bank accounts' and 'the employee then transferred a total of HK$200m to five local bank accounts via 15 transactions.' and 'It said no arrests had been made so far but the investigation was ongoing'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A Hong Kong police statement quoted by the Guardian said the employee was deceived of some HK$200 million after receiving video conference calls from someone posing as senior officers of the company, and the Guardian reports that Chan said the money went to five local bank accounts in 15 transactions; the statement said no arrests had been made so far and the investigation was ongoing.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the transfers."}],"effects":[{"label":"company lost HK$200 million after its finance worker was deceived by a deepfake video call, according to police","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). CNN report of the Hong Kong police press briefing, published 4 February 2024.","independence_group":"hong-kong-police-briefing-feb-2024"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/tech/arup-deepfake-scam-loss-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). CNN report of Arup's emailed statement, published 17 May 2024; it also recaps the police account.","independence_group":"arup-statement-may-2024"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/17/uk-engineering-arup-deepfake-scam-hong-kong-ai-video","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). Guardian report of Arup's statement and a Hong Kong police statement, published 17 May 2024.","independence_group":"arup-statement-may-2024"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","finance"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how the police established that the call participants were deepfakes.","The dates of the call and the transfers; the sources date only the report to police (January 2024).","Whether anyone has been arrested or charged for this fraud since May 2024, when police said no arrests had been made, and whether any money was recovered.","Whether the worker faced any personal consequence."],"geography":{"basis":"Event: the fraud was reported to and investigated by Hong Kong police, and the deceived worker was an employee in Hong Kong (CNN; Guardian). The company is London-based, which does not locate the event. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["HK"],"affected_person_countries":["HK"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated, communicated_with): Hong Kong police said the colleagues on the video call that led a finance worker to remit HK$200 million were deepfake recreations, and Arup confirmed that fake voices and images were used. The technical basis is not disclosed. The worker is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Hong Kong police, investigating the fraud, said the other participants in the video call that persuaded the finance worker to remit HK$200 million were deepfake recreations of company staff, including the chief financial officer (CNN, February 2024). Arup, the company that reported the fraud to police, separately confirmed that fake voices and images were used (CNN and the Guardian, May 2024). The faked participants impersonated colleagues toward the worker and gave the instructions on the call (depicted_or_impersonated, communicated_with). Neither the police nor Arup identifies the tool or discloses the technical basis for calling the recreations deepfakes.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Hong Kong: police say an Arup finance worker sent HK$200 million after a video call with deepfake CFO and colleagues; firm confirms fake voices and images","summary":"Hong Kong police said at a press briefing reported by CNN on 4 February 2024 that a finance worker at a multinational firm had been duped into attending a video call with what appeared to be the company's UK-based chief financial officer and other staff, all of whom were deepfake recreations, and had then remitted a total of HK$200 million (about US$25.6 million). In May 2024 the British engineering firm Arup confirmed to CNN and the Guardian that it was the company involved, that it had notified Hong Kong police in January 2024, and that fake voices and images were used. The worker was not named.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2024-02-04","aiSystem":"Deepfake video and voice recreations of the company's chief financial officer and other staff presented in a video conference call (tool not identified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to Hong Kong police, a finance worker deceived by a video call with deepfake recreations of the firm's CFO and colleagues remitted HK$200 million to fraudsters; Arup confirmed it was the company and that fake voices and images were used.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The loss fell on the company. The sources describe the finance worker as the person deceived but report no personal loss or other consequence for the worker, so no person count is given (zero placeholders).","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"HK","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html","primarySourceLabel":"CNN, 4 February 2024: Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake 'chief financial officer'","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-22T03:10:49.091739+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T03:10:49.091739+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake-video-call","executive-impersonation","business-fraud","hong-kong","police-statement","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2023-greater-manchester-prosecutors-say-man-used-ai-to-turn-photos-of-real-children-into-abuse-images-sold-to-order-jailed","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"used a computer programme and AI technology to alter photographs of real children to create sexual abuse images","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"A student who used AI technology \"in the worst possible way\" to turn photographs of real children into \"depraved\" indecent images has been jailed for 18 years.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The CPS says the man used a computer programme and AI technology to alter photographs of real children to create sexual abuse images.","causal_attribution":"The prosecuting authority, which examined the evidence from his seized devices, attributes the images to AI technology; the BBC court report repeats it, partly quoting the CPS, so it is one prosecution origin. The tool is not named."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"accepted requests from individuals who wanted him to create explicit images depicting children being harmed both sexually and physically, which he either sold in exchange for money or shared to others for free. Some of these computer-generated images requested used images of real children.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The court heard he took requests from people who wanted him to create explicit images of children being harmed both sexually and physically.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the CPS, he accepted requests in encrypted chatrooms to create explicit images of children being harmed, sold or shared them, and some of the requested images used images of real children; he admitted making around 5,000 pounds over 18 months.","causal_attribution":"Prosecution account of how the AI-altered images were commissioned and distributed."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"previously pleading guilty to a total of 16 charges relating to child sexual abuse offences. ... On 28 October 2024, he was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment with an additional 6 years on extended licence.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"who pleaded guilty to 16 child sexual abuse offences, also encouraged the rape of children in online chatrooms.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"He pleaded guilty to 16 child sexual abuse offences, including three counts of encouraging the rape of a child under 13, and on 28 October 2024 was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court to 18 years' imprisonment with an additional six years on extended licence.","causal_attribution":"Court outcome; the encouragement offences concern chatroom messages, not the AI images."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The misuse of emerging technology to create this material is a serious crime which can have a real impact on victims. Real children are being victimised through the creation of this content.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The CPS prosecutor said real children are victimised through the creation of such content.","causal_attribution":"Prosecutor's statement of harm; no individual child's experience is described."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"after he was first arrested in June 2023 by Greater Manchester Police, and a number of his digital devices were seized and examined.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"His offences were uncovered when he began speaking to an undercover police officer in May last year.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Greater Manchester Police arrested him in June 2023 and examined his devices; the BBC court report says the offences were uncovered when he spoke to an undercover officer.","causal_attribution":"Investigation chronology; the BBC's 'May last year' (2023) is the court report's wording."}],"effects":[{"label":"real children's photographs altered with AI into sexual abuse images sold to order","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/man-who-used-ai-technology-create-child-sexual-abuse-images-jailed","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-20; HTTP 200. Crown Prosecution Service press release of 28 October 2024; no translation needed.","independence_group":"cps-28-oct-2024"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6l241z5mjo","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-20; HTTP 200. BBC court report of the sentencing hearing, quoting the judge, the prosecutor, the police and the CPS.","independence_group":"bbc-court-report-28-oct-2024"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool and computer programme were used.","How many real children were depicted and whether any were identified or informed.","When the 18-month period of selling began; the sources date only the June 2023 arrest and the 2023 and 2024 pleas."],"geography":{"basis":"The case was investigated by Greater Manchester Police and sentenced at Bolton Crown Court, United Kingdom (GB). The images were made and traded online and the BBC says some requests came from abroad; the sources do not say where the depicted children live or where the images were made, so no event or affected-person country is recorded.","court_countries":["GB"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the Crown Prosecution Service says the man used AI technology to alter photographs of real children into sexual abuse images he made to order and sold, and the BBC court report gives the same account of the 2024 sentencing. No child is identified; the defendant is not named in the record.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-20"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Crown Prosecution Service, which brought the case after police examined his seized devices, says the man used a computer programme and AI technology to alter photographs of real children into sexual abuse images that he made to order and sold or shared; the BBC court report of the sentencing gives the same account. The AI-altered depictions of real children are the abuse material at the centre of the offences. The tool is not named in the sources read.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"UK prosecutors say a Greater Manchester man used AI tools to turn photos of real children into sexual abuse images he sold to order; jailed for 18 years in 2024","summary":"The Crown Prosecution Service said on 28 October 2024 that a man from Bolton had been sentenced at Bolton Crown Court to 18 years' imprisonment with an additional six years on extended licence after pleading guilty to 16 child sexual abuse offences. According to the CPS, he used a computer programme and AI technology to alter photographs of real children into sexual abuse images, which he made to order for people in encrypted chatrooms and sold or shared, and some of the requested images used images of real children. The CPS says he admitted making about 5,000 pounds over 18 months. He was arrested by Greater Manchester Police in June 2023. The BBC court report says the offences were uncovered when he spoke to an undercover officer. He also admitted encouraging the rape of children under 13 in chatrooms.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2024-10-28","aiSystem":"A computer programme and AI technology that, according to the CPS, the man used to alter photographs of real children into sexual abuse images (tool not named in the sources read)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the CPS, a man used AI technology to alter photographs of real children into sexual abuse images that he made to order and sold or shared in chatrooms; prosecutors say real children are victimised through such content.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"No count: the CPS says some requested images used images of real children but gives no number of children depicted. The '60 characters' in the BBC court report are characters he described, not a count of real children.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/man-who-used-ai-technology-create-child-sexual-abuse-images-jailed","primarySourceLabel":"Crown Prosecution Service, 28 Oct 2024: Man who used AI technology to create child sexual abuse images jailed","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-20T03:18:07.543351+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T03:18:07.543351+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai_altered_images","child_sexual_abuse_material","images_made_to_order","guilty_plea","united_kingdom"]},{"id":"2026-england-former-social-media-employee-finds-ai-altered-image-of-herself-in-ex-employer-ad-first-person","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'My former role at a brand was in social media and I regularly created content to feature in organic and paid media. Majority of the content was taken on my phone in my own home'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The poster says she worked in social media for a brand, regularly creating content for its organic and paid media, much of it filmed on her own phone at home.","causal_attribution":"Poster's account."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'It’s been 4 months since I worked there and recently I came across a social media ad that uses an image of me and it’s been made with AI. The original image is a still taken from a video I made while working there'; 'The still is the same image however my eyes are a different colour and tattoos are gone'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The poster says that about four months after leaving she came across a social media ad using an image of her made with AI: a still from a video she filmed while employed, altered so that her eyes are a different colour and her tattoos are gone.","causal_attribution":"Poster's account; the AI alteration is her inference from the changed image. No employer statement was retrieved."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'It was used with ChatGPT, I know that’s the only ai they used plus I can tell'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In a reply the poster says the alteration was done with ChatGPT, which she identifies as the only AI tool the company used.","causal_attribution":"Poster's inference; the tool is not otherwise established."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I feel incredibly uncomfortable that my image was put through AI for these purposes'; 'It’s pretty upsetting to see a version of yourself on the internet'; 'it was in general something I opposed to openly without getting people’s consent'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The poster says she finds the use of her altered image upsetting and disturbing, and that she had opposed using people's images without consent while at the company.","causal_attribution":"Poster's account of her own reaction."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'I have seen other ads with me being reused since I left which I expected for a while, but they haven’t been altered'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The poster says she expected content she made to be reused in ads after she left, and that other reused ads have not been altered.","causal_attribution":"Poster's account; distinguishes the altered ad from ordinary reuse."}],"effects":[{"label":"AI-altered image of a former employee used in an ex-employer's ad without her consent (poster's account)","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1wzqiel/former_job_made_ai_ad_with_my_image_uk/","kind":"forum_post","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-08: full self-text and the 36 comments retrieved through the arctic_shift archive API by post ID, 13 of them replies by the poster. The poster handle is not recorded.","independence_group":"reddit-legaladviceuk-ex-employer-ai-ad-poster"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","privacy"],"unknowns":["The employer and brand, and the platforms on which the ad ran.","The tool actually used; ChatGPT is the poster's inference.","When the ad was created and first shown; the poster says only that she came across it recently, about four months after leaving.","Whether the employer responded to any request to stop using the altered image.","The contractual position on content the poster made during her employment."],"geography":{"basis":"The poster states \"This is in England\", which places her former employment and the ad she saw in the UK. No court proceedings; the ACAS conciliation she mentions concerns her dismissal and is not a court.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["GB"],"affected_person_countries":["GB"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the public-forum rule as a concrete first-person account of an AI-altered likeness used in a former employer's advertisement without the person's consent, with the alteration and the ChatGPT identification attributed to the poster as her inference. Described with attribution and without corroboration; the employer is not named, the poster's handle is not recorded, and details of her dismissal are omitted.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-08"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The poster says a still from her own video was put through AI and used in her former employer's social media ad with her eye colour changed and her tattoos removed, and in a reply identifies the tool as ChatGPT because it was the only AI tool the company used and she can tell from the image. The AI system's output, an altered depiction of the poster, is the artifact in the ad, and the poster connects seeing that altered version of herself to her discomfort and distress. The identification of AI and of ChatGPT rests on the poster's inference from the altered image and her knowledge of the company's tools; no employer statement or ad metadata was retrieved, so the status is suspected.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Former social-media employee in England says her ex-employer's ad uses an AI-altered still of her, eye colour changed and tattoos removed (first-person)","summary":"In a public post to r/LegalAdviceUK created on 7 October 2026, a person who says she worked in social media for a brand in England, creating content for its organic and paid media, writes that about four months after leaving she came across a social media ad using an image of her that had been made with AI. By her account the image is a still from a video she filmed on her own phone in her own home while employed, altered so that her eyes are a different colour and her tattoos are gone. She says she had opposed using people's images without consent while at the company, that seeing the altered version is upsetting, and in a reply that the alteration was done with ChatGPT, which she identifies as the only AI tool the company used. The employer is not named and did not respond in the thread. The account is the poster's alone and uncorroborated.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-07","aiSystem":"An AI image tool that, by the poster's account, her former employer used to alter a still from her video for a social media ad; in a reply she identifies it as ChatGPT (\"the only ai they used plus I can tell\")","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The poster says an AI-altered version of her image, with changed eye colour and removed tattoos, was used in her former employer's social media ad without her consent, which she describes as upsetting and disturbing (first-person account, uncorroborated).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person counted: the poster, whose altered likeness she says appears in the ad. The alteration was the former employer's use, so the poster is counted under others' use rather than as a direct user.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1wzqiel/former_job_made_ai_ad_with_my_image_uk/","primarySourceLabel":"r/LegalAdviceUK, 7 October 2026: \"Former job made AI ad with my image uk\"","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-08T03:27:59.814816+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T03:27:59.814816+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["first-person","reddit","likeness","advertising","image-alteration","workplace","england","data-protection"]},{"id":"2026-thailand-hai-arpaporn-ai-faked-face-voice-gambling-website-ads-cyber-police-raid","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'มาปลอมแปลงใบหน้าและเสียงของ'; 'เพื่อสร้างคลิปโฆษณาชักชวนประชาชนสมัครสมาชิก เว็บออนไลน์ สร้างความเข้าใจผิดว่าเจ้าตัวเป็นผู้แนะนำเว็บไซต์ ทั้งที่ไม่มีส่วนเกี่ยวข้องแต่อย่างใด'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ซึ่งใบหน้าและเสียงของบุคคลในคลิปถูกตัดต่อด้วยเทคโนโลยี AI เพื่อให้ผู้ชมเข้าใจว่าบุคคลดังกล่าวคือนักร้องลูกทุ่งชื่อดัง'; 'โดยที่ไม่ได้รับความยินยอมจากบุคคลตัวจริงแต่อย่างใด'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Cyber police say a network used AI to fake Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan's face and voice in advertising clips urging people to sign up to an online gambling website, giving the false impression that she recommended it although she had no involvement.","causal_attribution":"Police account relayed by Manager Online; Komchadluek's description matches it (one chain). No tool or forensic detail is reported."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ทำเอานักร้องลูกทุ่งตัวแม่ต้องไปหาตำรวจไซเบอร์ โดยพบการกระทำความผิดบนแอปพลิเคชันเฟซบุ๊ก ปรากฎคลิป Reels'; 'ได้โพสต์วิดีโอคลิปโฆษณาชักชวนให้ผู้ชมเข้าเล่นพนันออนไลน์'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The clips were Facebook Reels urging viewers to gamble online, and the singer went to the cyber police.","causal_attribution":"Komchadluek's account; the singer is not quoted about the clips."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'คลิปดังกล่าวเชื่อมโยงไปยังเว็บไซต์ KFC888'; 'เว็บไซต์มีเงินหมุนเวียนเฉลี่ยประมาณ 120 ล้านบาทต่อเดือน'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police traced the clips to the website KFC888, which offered online lottery, foreign stock-index lottery and sports betting, with turnover estimated at about 120 million baht a month.","causal_attribution":"Police figures relayed by Manager Online."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'เจ้าหน้าที่ได้ขอหมายค้นเข้าตรวจค้นเป้าหมาย 2 จุดในกรุงเทพมหานคร'; 'จากกรณีนำข้อมูลหรือภาพที่สร้างขึ้นด้วย AI ซึ่งอาจก่อให้เกิดความเสียหายแก่บุคคลอื่นเข้าสู่ระบบคอมพิวเตอร์'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Police searched two locations in Bangkok, seized computers and documents, and summoned an authorised person of a payment-gateway company to acknowledge charges including a Computer Crime Act offence over AI-created data or images that may damage others.","causal_attribution":"Police action as relayed by Manager Online; no court step is reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"her face and voice were faked with AI in advertising clips for an illegal gambling website, as if she endorsed it","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://mgronline.com/news1/detail/9690000063627","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"th","translation_note":"Read live in Thai on 2026-10-04 (Manager Online, 2 July 2026); the article cites the Royal Thai Police, the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau and its Division 1 as its information source. The article uses the word for online gambling websites in a softened form ('เว็บออนไลน์'); the illegal activities it lists are online lottery, foreign stock-index lottery and sports betting. Researcher translation. Manager Online calls her 'พี่ฮาย' (an honorific that does not mark gender); Komchadluek calls her 'แม่ฮาย' (Mother Hai) and 'ลูกทุ่งตัวแม่', so she/her is used.","independence_group":"thai-ccib-kfc888-statement-2026-07"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.komchadluek.net/entertainment/619240","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"th","translation_note":"Read live in Thai on 2026-10-04 (Komchadluek entertainment section, 1 July 2026). Its account of the clips matches the police account and is treated as the same chain. The page also reports an unrelated message the singer received about underwear, which is not used. Researcher translation. Komchadluek calls the singer 'แม่ฮาย' (Mother Hai) and 'ลูกทุ่งตัวแม่', so she/her is used.","independence_group":"thai-ccib-kfc888-statement-2026-07"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and who made the clips.","How many people saw the clips or joined the website after seeing them, and whether any lost money.","Whether anyone has been charged in court and whether the singer filed a formal complaint."],"geography":{"basis":"Thai cyber police searched two locations in Bangkok linked to the website and its payment gateway (Manager Online). Neither source says where the clips were made or where the singer lives; no affected-person country is recorded. No court step is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["TH"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case: Thai cyber police say AI was used to fake a well-known singer's face and voice in clips promoting an illegal gambling website, and they searched premises and summoned a company's authorised person to acknowledge charges. She is a public figure and is named as the sources do. One police-derived chain (Manager Online; Komchadluek).","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Manager Online, citing the Royal Thai Police and the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, says the network used AI to fake the singer's face and voice in advertising clips, and the charges in the summons include a Computer Crime Act offence over AI-created data or images. Komchadluek says the face and voice in the clips were altered with AI. No tool is named. The clips depicted and impersonated the singer (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Thailand: cyber police say an illegal gambling website, KFC888, used AI to fake the face and voice of luk thung singer Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan in advertising clips that urged people to sign up, as if she endorsed it; two Bangkok premises searched and a company representative summoned to acknowledge charges, reported 1 to 2 July 2026","summary":"Manager Online reported on 2 July 2026, citing the Royal Thai Police and its Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, that cyber police had moved against a large online gambling network after finding that it used AI to fake the face and voice of Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan, a well-known luk thung singer, in advertising clips that urged people to join the website. The clips gave the false impression that she recommended the site, although she had no involvement. Police traced the clips to the website KFC888, which offered online lottery, foreign stock-index lottery and sports betting, with turnover estimated at about 120 million baht a month. They searched two locations in Bangkok, a residence believed to be linked to the site's executives and an electronic payment-gateway company, seized computers and documents, and summoned an authorised person of the company to acknowledge charges including a Computer Crime Act offence over AI-created images that may damage others. Komchadluek reported on 1 July that the singer went to the cyber police after Facebook Reels clips altered with AI used her face and voice without her consent.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-01","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI technology used to fake Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan's face and voice in advertising video clips for the KFC888 gambling website, per the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau","aiProduct":"Unidentified video and voice-cloning tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["reputational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Cyber police say AI was used to fake the singer's face and voice in clips promoting an illegal gambling website, creating the false impression that she endorsed it; Komchadluek reports she went to the cyber police and that the clips used her likeness without consent (Manager Online; Komchadluek).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person, Hai Arpaporn Nakhonsawan, whose face and voice were faked (Manager Online; Komchadluek). People who saw the clips or joined the website are not counted; no losses are reported. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"TH","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"investigation_opened","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://mgronline.com/news1/detail/9690000063627","primarySourceLabel":"Manager Online, 2 July 2026: Cyber police pursue 2.5-billion-baht website that used AI to fake Hai Arpaporn's face","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:55.628533+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:29:55.628533+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-faked-voice","celebrity-impersonation","online-gambling","facebook-reels","public-figure","thailand","thai-language"]},{"id":"2025-georgian-medic-ukraine-ai-nude-images-russian-telegram","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Grunnen er innleggene de har sett på russiske Telegram-kanaler.'; 'er tatt til fange og befinner seg i Russland'; 'Noen hevder at hun er blitt voldtatt eller drept, mens andre publiserer manipulerte nakenbilder av henne.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Russian Telegram channels posted claims that the medic had been captured and was in Russia, or had been raped or killed, and some channels published manipulated nude images of her.","causal_attribution":"TV 2's account, based on its interview with the medic."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'For det første er de laget av russere. For det andre er de KI-genererte.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to TV 2, the posts were made by Russians and were AI-generated.","causal_attribution":"TV 2's statement; how it established that the posts were AI-generated or made by Russians is not reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'slutter ikke å ringe, og meldingene tikker inn'; 'I den andre enden er bekymrede familie og venner. De lurer på hva som har skjedd.'; 'Hun hadde ikke mobildekning og kjempet mot de russiske styrkene.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Worried family and friends called and sent messages after seeing the posts, while the medic was in the trenches without mobile coverage when the images were shared.","causal_attribution":"TV 2's account, based on its interview with the medic."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Det gjorde meg så sint og rasende'; 'Det var tusenvis av kontoer som delte bildene, og situasjonen føltes håpløs.'; 'Jeg kan ikke skrive til hver eneste'; 'og be dem slette bildene'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Thousands of accounts shared the images; the medic told TV 2 that it made her angry and furious and that she cannot write to every one of them to ask them to delete the images.","causal_attribution":"The medic's own account to TV 2; the number of accounts is TV 2's statement."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Jeg har sluttet å bry meg om det, men i begynnelsen var det verst.'; 'Da vi var i grå sone i krigen, hadde vi ikke dekning på flere dager. Da spredte inleggene veldig mye'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The medic said the posts spread most at the beginning, when they had no coverage for several days in the grey zone, and that she has since stopped caring about it.","causal_attribution":"The medic's own account to TV 2."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Men selv om hun forlot frontlinjen'; 'Bilder og videoer av henne spres fortsatt, inkludert KI-genererte nakenbilder.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to TV 2, images and videos of the medic, including AI-generated nude images, are still spreading after she left the front line.","causal_attribution":"TV 2's statement; the AI attribution is TV 2's and the tool is not named."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'BBC skriver at det er mange ukrainske kvinnelige soldater som opplever det samme.'; 'Innleggene skal til sammen ha fått over 65 millioner visninger, ifølge BBC.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"TV 2 relays a BBC report that many Ukrainian female soldiers experience the same and that the posts together have had more than 65 million views.","causal_attribution":"BBC reporting as relayed by TV 2; the BBC report was not read for this record. Context only; these soldiers are not counted in this case."}],"effects":[{"label":"depicted in AI-generated nude images that Russian Telegram channels spread with claims that she had been captured, raped or killed","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"angry and furious at images shared by thousands of accounts, which she cannot ask each sharer to delete","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/kjemper-mot-russernes-ki-krig-de-laget-nakenbilder-av-meg/19255480/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"no","translation_note":"Read live in Norwegian (Bokmål) on 2026-10-03 (TV 2, 26 September 2026, by journalist Aysun Yazici); based on TV 2's interview with the medic, and relays a BBC report for the wider pattern. Researcher translation.","independence_group":"tv2-no"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","work"],"unknowns":["When the posts were first made (TV 2 places the first wave while she was at the front, before December 2025) and over what period they spread.","Which Telegram channels posted them and which tool made the images.","How TV 2 established that the posts were AI-generated and made by Russians.","Whether the images were reported to Telegram or removed."],"geography":{"basis":"TV 2 says the medic served on the Ukrainian side in Ukraine and was in the trenches without mobile coverage when the images were shared, so Ukraine is where she was when the posts first spread. TV 2 reports that she later left Ukraine; the record lists only the country where she was when the posts first spread. The channels are described as Russian, but no source states where the posts were made or viewed, so no event country is recorded. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["UA"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): Russian Telegram channels spread nude images of a combat medic that TV 2 says were AI-generated, with claims that she had been captured, raped or killed, and she described her reaction to TV 2. One source, TV 2's interview; all claims reported. The medic is named in the source and is not named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-03"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"TV 2 states in its own voice that the posts were made by Russians and were AI-generated ('KI-genererte'), and that AI-generated nude images of the medic are still spreading. It also calls the images manipulated. TV 2 does not name the tool or say how it established that the material was AI-generated, and the images were not inspected. The images depicted the medic (depicted_or_impersonated).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Russian Telegram channels spread AI-generated nude images of a Georgian combat medic serving on the Ukrainian side, with claims that the medic had been captured, raped or killed; thousands of accounts shared them, TV 2 reports","summary":"The Norwegian broadcaster TV 2 reported on 26 September 2026 that Russian Telegram channels had posted claims that a Georgian doctor serving as a combat medic on the Ukrainian side had been captured and was in Russia, or had been raped or killed, and that some channels published manipulated nude images of her. TV 2 states that the posts were made by Russians and were AI-generated. Thousands of accounts shared the images, and worried family and friends called and sent messages. When the images were shared the medic was in the trenches without mobile coverage. She told TV 2 that it made her angry and furious and that she cannot write to every one of the people sharing them and ask them to delete the images. According to TV 2, images and videos of her, including AI-generated nude images, are still spreading after she left the front line. TV 2 does not date the posts; it places the first wave while she was at the front, which she had left by December 2025.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-26","aiSystem":"AI-generated ('KI-genererte') posts and nude images of the medic spread on Russian Telegram channels, per TV 2; the tool is not named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Russian Telegram channels spread AI-generated nude images of a combat medic serving on the Ukrainian side, with claims that she had been captured, raped or killed; she told TV 2 that it made her angry and furious, and TV 2 says the images are still spreading.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the medic depicted in the images (TV 2). Family and friends who called are not counted, and the other Ukrainian female soldiers in the BBC report relayed by TV 2 are context and are not counted here. Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/kjemper-mot-russernes-ki-krig-de-laget-nakenbilder-av-meg/19255480/","primarySourceLabel":"TV 2, 26 September 2026: Kjemper mot russernes KI-krig: – De laget nakenbilder av meg","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T03:17:51.015605+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T03:17:51.015605+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","ai-generated-imagery","ncii","telegram","war-propaganda","disinformation","ukraine-war","norwegian-language","depicted-or-impersonated"]},{"id":"2026-uk-trades-college-staff-member-reported-manipulated-undressing-video","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'works for a UK college that trains students aged 16 to 19 in trades like construction.'; 'This winter, she says, school administrators told her that a student filed a report claiming two videos were circulating among his classmates.'; 'One appeared to be real, and it showed her having a conversation with a student.'; 'The other one, they said, appeared to be a manipulated version of the first. But instead of talking to the student, it showed her taking her clothes off and dancing around in what was either underwear or a bikini.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'WIRED spoke with three other teachers who allege that their students made sexualized photos and videos of them, likely using AI.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A staff member at a UK college that trains 16-to-19-year-olds in trades says administrators told her this winter that a student had reported two videos circulating among classmates: one apparently real video of her talking with a student, and a second that appeared to be a manipulated version showing her taking her clothes off and dancing in underwear or a bikini.","causal_attribution":"Her account of what administrators told her; the AI attribution is not established in the reporting."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'She says she had several of those conversations with the student she suspected had created the video. The student denied it when questioned by administrators and soon dropped out of the school.'; '(The college did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment.)'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The student she suspected of creating the video denied it when questioned by administrators and soon dropped out; the college did not respond to WIRED.","causal_attribution":"Who made the video is unresolved: she suspected a student, who denied it."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Afterward, the college gave her permission to step away from the class for a few weeks and took steps to educate students about the danger of creating or distributing deepfakes. But when she returned, she says, the atmosphere had chilled.'; 'It makes me reflect as well on those conversations'; 'It makes you question everything'; 'definitely made me a bit more cautious, a bit more vigilant when it comes to folks.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The college gave her permission to step away from the class for a few weeks and educated students about creating or distributing deepfakes; she says the episode made her question her earlier conversations with the student, that the atmosphere had chilled when she returned, and that it has made her more cautious and vigilant.","causal_attribution":"Her own description of the effect on her; the college's actions are known through her."}],"effects":[{"label":"a manipulated video showing her taking her clothes off was reported to be circulating among students","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"she stepped away from the class for a few weeks and says the atmosphere had chilled on her return and she is now more cautious","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wired.com/story/teachers-deepfake-ai-students-content/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-02 (HTTP 200; WIRED, Caroline Haskins, 24 August 2026); visible text and the page JSON-LD articleBody saved and compared with the 2026-09-30 fetch (article text unchanged). Her account is given in her own words and in WIRED's paraphrase; WIRED identifies her by first name only; the college did not respond to WIRED.","independence_group":"wired-haskins-teachers-deepfakes-2026-08-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","education","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which college, and where in the UK.","The date, beyond this winter in an August 2026 report.","Who made the manipulated video and with what tool.","How widely the video circulated and whether it was removed.","The college's position; it did not respond to WIRED."],"geography":{"basis":"WIRED says she works for a UK college and that administrators told her a student had reported the videos circulating among his classmates. No nation within the UK, town or college is named. 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She says administrators told her this winter that a student had reported two videos circulating among classmates: one apparently real, showing her talking with a student, and one that appeared to be a manipulated version showing her taking her clothes off and dancing in underwear or a bikini. The student she suspected denied making it when questioned and soon dropped out. The college let her step away from the class for a few weeks and educated students about deepfakes; she says the atmosphere had chilled when she returned and that the episode has made her more cautious. 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The student shown in the original conversation video is not described as harmed and is not counted. Exact count 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"internal_action","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wired.com/story/teachers-deepfake-ai-students-content/","primarySourceLabel":"WIRED, 24 August 2026: They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started (Caroline Haskins)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:16:41.734192+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:16:41.734192+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","sexualised-imagery","college","education-staff","harassment","united-kingdom","depicted-or-impersonated","first-person-via-journalist"]}]}