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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":"2024-moxie-embodied-shutdown-grief","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Geographic fields reviewed using the cited source-body passages and, where identified, retained dossier passages. Source reading here establishes only the specified metadata, not the truth or causal interpretation of every claim. Affected-person countries refer to reported location or residence, not citizenship or a complete residence history.","evidence":[{"kind":"source_body","locator":"Paragraph on Adero Harrison identifies a Florida family managing its child’s Moxie shutdown.","location":"https://pirg.org/articles/moxie-robot-open-source/","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]}],"court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"unresolved":["No court country established in this review. Regulatory authorities and police locations are not automatically courts."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-15","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://pirg.org/articles/moxie-robot-open-source/","notes":"Body read. At least one affected family is located; the complete distribution of owners remains unknown.","access":"read","language":"en"}]},"name":"Moxie companion-robot shutdown: children's grief after Embodied's collapse","summary":"On 26 November 2024 Embodied Inc. told families that it was closing after a lead investor withdrew from a funding round, and that Moxie, its $799 cloud-dependent conversational robot marketed to children aged 5-10 and to families of autistic children, would stop working 'within days'. Parents posted videos of children crying as they were told their robot friend was going to 'die'; the company offered no refunds and a scripted letter from the fictional 'Global Robotics Lab' to help explain the shutdown. A peer-reviewed CHI 2026 case study of the company's communications and users' reactions found that, with no offboarding design, the emotional burden of ending the bond was shifted onto parents. The servers went dark at the end of January 2025; a volunteer-built local server, OpenMoxie, let some owners keep a reduced version running.","incidentDate":"2024-11-26","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"product_change","reportedDate":"2024-12-09","aiSystem":"Moxie (Embodied Inc.)","aiProduct":"Moxie","aiCompany":"Embodied Inc.","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":["dependency_creation"],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress","financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Children who had bonded with the robot showed acute distress when told it would stop working, documented in parents' videos and accounts reported by Popular Science, Aftermath, Gizmodo, Axios, PIRG and others and analysed in a CHI 2026 case study. Families lost the $799 purchase price with no refund. No clinical outcomes were documented.","frameworkFacets":["P2c","P4d"],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"The record identifies one child through a named parent's account. Additional children and affected families are documented but not enumerated reliably.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US","platformType":"companion","outcomeType":"product_shutdown","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.popsci.com/technology/moxie-robot-offline/","primarySourceLabel":"Popular Science (Mack DeGeurin): 'I love you... goodbye:' What will happen when this companion robot suddenly dies?","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-05T11:55:06.391991+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:52.617316+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["companion","robot","children","minor","autism","shutdown","grief","embodied","moxie","attachment","us"]},{"id":"2025-israel-tira-chatgpt-knife-attack","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the 2026-09-15 metadata review and now supported by inspected bodies. JFeed (21 May 2025) and The Jerusalem Post (22 May 2025) both place the attempted stabbing at the police station in Tira, Israel, describe the accused as a 16-year-old from Tira and the intended target as a Border Police officer at that station, and report the indictment in the Lod District Juvenile Court, so event, affected-person and court countries are IL. This is a metadata review and does not verify the account of AI involvement.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"from Tira, Israel","location":"summary","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["IL"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'Approximately two months ago, he armed himself with a 10-centimeter knife and walked to the Tira police station.'","location":"https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/chatgpt-teen-terror-plot","supports":["event_countries"],"countries":["IL"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'filed an indictment in the Lod District Juvenile Court against a 16-year-old from Tira'","location":"https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/chatgpt-teen-terror-plot","supports":["court_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["IL"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'The teenager, from Tira, allegedly entered the police station with a 10cm blade on the night of March 5, 2025'","location":"https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-854966","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["IL"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'An indictment was filed at the Juvenile District Court in Lod, against a 16-year-old who broke into a police station'","location":"https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-854966","supports":["court_countries"],"countries":["IL"]}],"court_countries":["IL"],"event_countries":["IL"],"affected_person_countries":["IL"]},"unresolved":["Event date: the retained row records 2025-03-21 (day precision), but The Jerusalem Post gives the night of 5 March 2025 and JFeed says 'approximately two months' before 21 May 2025. The retained date is not supported by either inspected body; a date correction is a separate review task.","Charge wording: JFeed says the minor is charged with attempting serious bodily harm under aggravated circumstances classified as an act of terrorism; The Jerusalem Post's body says he 'has not been charged' with that offence as an act of terrorism, which reads as an editing error but is not reconciled here.","Both inspected reports rely on the State Prosecution's indictment (JFeed via Ynet); the indictment itself was not inspected.","The affected-person country records the accused's home town and the officer's duty station; no separate residence information for the officer is given.","The retained additional_sources date for The Jerusalem Post (2025-05-21) differs from the page's publication time (22 May 2025, 00:38 UTC); a date correction is a separate review task."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-25","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/chatgpt-teen-terror-plot","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (JFeed, 21 May 2025; html lang=en). Reports the indictment in the Lod District Juvenile Court 'as reported by Ynet', the accused's use of ChatGPT to research methods, the walk to the Tira police station about two months earlier and the attempted stabbing of a Border Police officer. Ynet itself was not inspected.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-854966","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-25 (The Jerusalem Post, 22 May 2025; html lang=en). Places the entry into the police station on the night of 5 March 2025, names the Juvenile District Court in Lod, and says the teenager discussed options and methods with ChatGPT before the attack.","access":"read","language":"en"}]},"name":"Israeli Border Police ChatGPT-Assisted Knife Attack Attempt","summary":"A 16-year-old from Tira, Israel, used ChatGPT to explore ways to execute a terrorist attack and seek operational planning advice. Motivated as revenge for Operation Iron Swords, he armed himself with a knife, stormed the Tira police station, shouted 'Allahu Akbar,' and attempted to stab a Border Police officer. The attack was thwarted and he was apprehended.","incidentDate":"2025-03-21","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-05-21","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":["third_party_harm_facilitation","delusion_reinforcement","minor_exploitation"],"harmOutcomes":["harm_to_others","legal_harm","loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A 16-year-old participant attempted to stab a police officer after using ChatGPT to explore attack methods and operational planning. He was apprehended and prosecuted.","frameworkFacets":["P1d","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The criminal case documents one arrested minor AI participant. The attack was thwarted without a documented injury to the intended target.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"IL","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/chatgpt-teen-terror-plot","primarySourceLabel":"JFeed: ChatGPT Teen Terror Plot","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-22T07:15:22.852777+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:06.833272+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["chatgpt","terrorism","knife-attack","minor","israel","lone-wolf","radicalization","violence","operation-iron-swords"]},{"id":"2025-finland-pirkkala-chatgpt-stabbing","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the 2026-09-15 metadata review and now supported by inspected source bodies: both GNET Insights and the University of Portsmouth record state that the stabbing occurred at a school in Pirkkala, Finland; the 14 July Insight names it as the Vähäjärvi school, injuring three female pupils. No court proceeding is described in the inspected sources, so no court country is recorded; police and prosecution locations are not courts. This is a metadata review and does not verify the underlying account.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"at Vähäjärvi school in Pirkkala, Finland","location":"summary","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["FI"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'On 20 May 2025, a stabbing incident occurred at a school in the town of Pirkkala, southern Finland, in which three female pupils, all under the age of 15, were injured.'","location":"https://gnet-research.org/2025/06/12/prompted-to-harm-analysing-the-pirkkala-school-stabbing-and-its-digital-manifesto/","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["FI"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'On 20 May 2025, a 16-year-old boy stabbed three of his female classmates at the Vähäjärvi school in Pirkkala, Finland.'","location":"https://gnet-research.org/2025/07/14/ai-at-the-centre-violent-extremist-exploitation-in-pirkkala/","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["FI"]}],"court_countries":[],"event_countries":["FI"],"affected_person_countries":["FI"]},"unresolved":["No court country: none of the inspected sources describes a prosecution, trial or court decision; the perpetrator's age (16) and Finnish juvenile procedure are not addressed in this pass.","All three cited sources are English-language secondary analyses citing Finnish reporting that this pass did not inspect (the 12 June piece links Yle and Helsingin Sanomat items; the 14 July piece names Iltalehti as the manifesto's recipient and links the English-language Helsinki Times); no Finnish-language original was added.","Full case_facts review deferred; this pass records source languages and geography only."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-21","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://gnet-research.org/2025/07/14/ai-at-the-centre-violent-extremist-exploitation-in-pirkkala/","notes":"Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (GNET Insight, 14 July 2025; html lang=en-GB). Analytical piece: attack at the Vähäjärvi school in Pirkkala; manifesto emailed to Iltalehti; 'reported use' of ChatGPT in planning. Secondary analysis, not primary reporting.","access":"read","language":"en-GB"},{"url":"https://gnet-research.org/2025/06/12/prompted-to-harm-analysing-the-pirkkala-school-stabbing-and-its-digital-manifesto/","notes":"Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (GNET Insight, 12 June 2025; html lang=en-GB). Analytical piece: stabbing in Pirkkala, southern Finland, three female pupils under 15 injured; manifesto 'allegedly written with the aid of ChatGPT' sent to a Finnish newspaper.","access":"read","language":"en-GB"},{"url":"https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publications/prompted-to-harm-analysing-the-pirkkala-school-stabbing-and-its-d/","notes":"Read live in English on 2026-09-21 (University of Portsmouth research portal; html lang=en, og:locale en_GB). Repository record of the 12 June 2025 GNET Insight with the same abstract; not an independent source.","access":"read","language":"en"}]},"name":"Finland Pirkkala School Stabbing (ChatGPT Manifesto)","summary":"A 16-year-old boy used ChatGPT to help write an attack manifesto with a 10-point attack sequence before stabbing three female students under age 15 at Vähäjärvi school in Pirkkala, Finland. The incident marked a critical inflection point in AI-facilitated violence, demonstrating how accessible AI tools can empower lone actors with violent misogynist ideologies.","incidentDate":"2025-05-20","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-06-12","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":["third_party_harm_facilitation","delusion_reinforcement","minor_exploitation","psychological_manipulation"],"harmOutcomes":["physical_injury","harm_to_others","legal_harm","loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A 16-year-old participant stabbed three girls at a Finnish school after using ChatGPT to help create a manifesto and ten-step attack sequence. He was arrested and prosecuted.","frameworkFacets":["P1d","P3c","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The criminal case documents one AI participant who was arrested and three students who were stabbed.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"FI","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://gnet-research.org/2025/07/14/ai-at-the-centre-violent-extremist-exploitation-in-pirkkala/","primarySourceLabel":"GNET Research: AI at the Centre - Violent Extremist Exploitation in Pirkkala","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-22T07:14:58.121301+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:01.766625+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["chatgpt","violence","school-attack","manifesto","incel","misogyny","minor","finland","stabbing","radicalization"]},{"id":"2023-replika-italy-gdpr","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Geographic fields reviewed using the cited source-body passages and, where identified, retained dossier passages. Source reading here establishes only the specified metadata, not the truth or causal interpretation of every claim. Affected-person countries refer to reported location or residence, not citizenship or a complete residence history.","evidence":[{"kind":"source_body","locator":"Italian paragraphs beginning “Il Garante della privacy ferma” and “Replika viola”: processing of Italian users’ personal data.","location":"https://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/9852506","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["IT"]}],"court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT"]},"unresolved":["No court country established in this review. Regulatory authorities and police locations are not automatically courts."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-15","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/9852506","notes":"Italian body and embedded official English translation read. Country relates to affected users/data rights. The Garante is a regulator, not a court.","access":"read","language":"it"}]},"name":"Replika Italy GDPR Ban and Fine","summary":"Italy's data protection authority (Garante) blocked Replika from processing Italian user data in February 2023 after finding the chatbot engaged in sexually suggestive conversations with minors. In May 2025, Replika was fined €5 million for GDPR violations.","incidentDate":"2023-02-02","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2023-02-02","aiSystem":"Replika","aiProduct":"Replika","aiCompany":"Luka, Inc.","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":["minor_exploitation","romantic_escalation"],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Italy's data-protection authority found that Replika engaged minors in sexually suggestive participant-facing conversations without effective age assurance and blocked the service from processing Italian user data.","frameworkFacets":["P1d","P2b","P2c","P5a","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"established","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"unquantified","affectedCountEvidence":"The regulator documents harmful sexualized interactions with minors but does not publish a reliable distinct-person count.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"IT","platformType":"companion","outcomeType":"regulatory_action","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/9852506","primarySourceLabel":"Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italian DPA)","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-11T11:26:29.042792+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:49.77617+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["regulatory","gdpr","italy","replika","fine","minor_exploitation","eu"]}]}