{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-09T06:36:06.097Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"voice_cloning","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2026","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"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-varese-province-elderly-mother-rushes-out-after-call-in-suspected-ai-cloned-daughter-voice","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'«Mamma, mi sono tagliata alla gola. Vieni ad aiutarmi». Una telefonata angosciante, una richiesta di soccorso dal tono drammatico.'; 'è corsa immediatamente a casa della figlia che abita nello stesso comune. Aperta la porta, col cuore ancora in gola, l'ha trovata tranquilla, seduta sul divano, senza alcuna ferita.'; 'È successo mercoledì 8 luglio.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'L'episodio, avvenuto mercoledì 8 luglio, ha immediatamente fatto scattare l'allarme.'; 'la figlia era tranquilla, seduta sul divano e soprattutto senza alcuna ferita.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On Wednesday 8 July 2026 a 71-year-old woman in Azzate received a landline call in what sounded like her daughter's voice saying she had a cut throat and asking for help; she ran to her daughter's home in the same town and found her unharmed.","causal_attribution":"The account comes from the daughter as told to La Prealpina; La Provincia di Varese republishes the same account (one origin)."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Lo racconta la figlia, di 43 anni, che si è rivolta ai carabinieri'; 'Voce clonata? «Sembrerebbe proprio di sì e mi hanno detto che non è stato il mio l'unico caso in zona in questi giorni».'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'qualcuno potrebbe aver clonato la sua voce utilizzando l’intelligenza artificiale.'; 'la 43enne ha risposto: «Sembrerebbe proprio di sì e mi hanno detto che non è stato il mio l’unico caso in zona in questi giorni».'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The daughter, who went to the carabinieri, said the caller's voice was her own and that it appeared to have been cloned, adding that she had been told it was not the only such case in the area in those days.","causal_attribution":"The cloning is the daughter's supposition and the newspapers' framing; who told her of other cases is not stated and no examination is reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Fare in modo che la persona allertata per il soccorso esca subito di casa, in modo da permettere ai ladri di agire indisturbati. Nel caso della 71enne, il rientro quasi contestuale del marito potrebbe aver rovinato il piano'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Il rientro quasi contemporaneo del marito avrebbe infatti impedito ai malviventi di approfittare dell’assenza della donna.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The newspapers present the call as a probable attempt to make the woman leave her house so that thieves could enter, and suggest her husband's return at about the same time may have foiled it; no theft is reported.","causal_attribution":"The aim is the newspapers' reconstruction, written in the conditional; no intrusion, theft or suspect is reported."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Mia madre andrà domani a sporgere denuncia e, con le indagini autorizzate dal magistrato, si potrà probabilmente risalire all'utenza'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'La madre dovrebbe presentare denuncia e gli eventuali accertamenti disposti dalla magistratura potrebbero consentire agli investigatori di risalire all’utenza dalla quale è partita la chiamata.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The mother was to file a formal complaint, and the newspapers say inquiries authorised by a magistrate could trace the calling number.","causal_attribution":"Stated by the daughter on 8 July 2026; whether the complaint was filed or the number traced is not reported."}],"effects":[{"label":"ran from home in fear after a call in a suspected cloned voice announcing her daughter's injury","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.prealpina.it/news/valli-e-laghi/517712/azzate-truffa-telefonica-con-voce-clonata-della-figlia.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read in Italian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Original local report quoting the daughter; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"daughter-account-prealpina-8-jul-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.laprovinciadivarese.it/mamma-mi-sono-tagliata-alla-gola-la-voce-della-figlia-e-clonata-anziana-di-azzate-corre-a-casa-e-scopre-la-truffa-411722/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"it","translation_note":"Read in Italian by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-09 and translated by the research agent (an AI) into English; no human translator or reviewer was involved. Republication of the same account three months later with the same quotations; HTTP 200.","independence_group":"daughter-account-prealpina-8-jul-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","relationships"],"unknowns":["Whether the voice was generated with an AI tool, by whom, and with what tool; no examination or investigator statement is reported.","Whether the mother filed the complaint and whether the calling number was traced.","Whether anyone attempted to enter the house; the burglary aim is the newspapers' reconstruction.","What the other cases in the area mentioned to the daughter were.","La Provincia di Varese writes that the call came 'nei giorni scorsi' in a 7 October 2026 article while also dating it to Wednesday 8 July; the record follows the 8 July date given by both papers."],"geography":{"basis":"Both newspapers place the call and the daughter's home in Azzate, province of Varese, Italy, and the report to the carabinieri there. Where the call originated is not stated. No court proceeding is reported.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IT"],"affected_person_countries":["IT"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (communicated_with, depicted_or_impersonated) at low severity with AI involvement suspected: a local newspaper quotes the impersonated daughter saying the voice on the call was hers and appeared cloned, the call's content (an injury and a plea for help) is described, and the mother's fright and rush from home follow from it; no loss or theft occurred. No tool is identified and no investigator confirms AI generation, which the record states. No person is named.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-09"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The call's content is described: a voice the mother took for her daughter's said she had a cut throat and asked her to come and help, and the mother ran out of her home in fear. The daughter told La Prealpina that the voice was her own and, asked whether it was cloned, said it appeared so and that she had been told of other cases in the area; both newspapers describe a possible scam by voice cloning through artificial intelligence. No investigator, examiner or tool identification confirms AI generation, so the status is suspected and the connection between the imitated voice and the mother's fright rests on the daughter's and the newspapers' account.","status":"suspected"},"person_relations":["communicated_with","depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Elderly woman in Varese province rushes out after a landline call in what sounded like her daughter's voice claiming injury; daughter suspects an AI voice clone","summary":"On Wednesday 8 July 2026 a 71-year-old woman in Azzate, in the province of Varese (Italy), answered a landline call in which a voice she took to be her daughter's said she had a cut throat and begged her to come and help. She ran to her daughter's home in the same town and found her unharmed on the sofa. The daughter, who went to the carabinieri, told La Prealpina that the caller's voice was her own and that it appeared to have been cloned, adding that she had been told it was not the only such case in the area in those days. The newspaper and La Provincia di Varese, which republished the account on 7 October 2026, present the call as a probable attempt to draw the woman out of her house so that thieves could enter, and suggest her husband's return at about the same time may have foiled it. No theft or loss is reported; the mother was to file a formal complaint. No investigator or examiner is reported to have confirmed that the voice was generated with AI.","incidentDate":"2026-07-08","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-07-08","aiSystem":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool, suspected by the impersonated daughter and described by both newspapers as a possible cloning of her voice through artificial intelligence; no tool is named and no investigator confirmation is reported","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool (suspected)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The mother, hearing what she took for her daughter's voice announcing an injury and begging for help, ran to the daughter's house in fear and found her unharmed (La Prealpina, La Provincia di Varese). No theft, loss or injury is reported.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person counted: the 71-year-old mother who received the call and ran to her daughter's home in fear (La Prealpina, La Provincia di Varese). The daughter, whose voice was imitated, reported the matter to the carabinieri; no harm to her is described and she is not counted. The other cases in the area mentioned to the daughter are not described and not counted.","victimAgeRange":"elderly","jurisdiction":"IT","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.prealpina.it/news/valli-e-laghi/517712/azzate-truffa-telefonica-con-voce-clonata-della-figlia.html","primarySourceLabel":"La Prealpina, 8 July 2026: Azzate, telephone scam with the daughter's cloned voice","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-09T03:17:31.94477+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T03:17:31.94477+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice_cloning","impersonation","phone_scam","elderly","italy","family"]}]}