{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-02T08:07:39.977Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"weight-loss","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":2,"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-chengdu-man-followed-ai-made-weight-loss-plan-lost-20-kg-in-45-days-and-was-treated-in-intensive-care","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"为快速瘦身，他全程依靠AI规划减脂方案，每天严格对照数据执行","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"34岁小伙靠AI瘦了40斤 却让他进了重症监护室 ... 借助AI工具制定了一整套“科学”减肥方案","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"A 34-year-old man who wanted to lose weight quickly relied on AI throughout to plan his fat-loss regime and followed it strictly every day, according to the treating hospital's account to the press.","causal_attribution":"Hospital and patient account relayed by two mainland outlets; the AI conversation and the plan itself are not shown."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"“当时我觉得AI算出来的方案特别科学，精准到每一口食物的热量、每小时的运动消耗，照着做肯定能健康瘦下来。”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The man told Upstream News he had thought the plan the AI calculated was very scientific, precise down to the calories in each mouthful and the energy burned each hour, and that following it would make him lose weight healthily.","causal_attribution":"The patient's own words, in one outlet."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"按照AI规划 ... 每日爬楼梯一个半小时，每周2至3场羽毛球，每场持续两三个小时 ... 晚餐只吃一盒酸奶","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"根據AI規劃 ... 每天花1.5小時爬樓梯、每週打2至3次羽球，每次2至3小時 ... 晚餐只吃一盒優格","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Following the AI plan, he climbed stairs for an hour and a half every day, played two to three badminton sessions a week of two to three hours each, and ate strictly limited meals, with only a pot of yoghurt for dinner.","causal_attribution":"Regime as described in the hospital account; the Taiwan report says it compiled mainland reports. The Sohu/Jinguan report gives two badminton sessions a week."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"短短45天，他的体重骤降40斤","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"坚持了一个半月，他成功减了40斤。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In 45 days his weight fell by 40 jin (about 20 kg).","causal_attribution":"Figure from the hospital and patient account."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"2026年2月2日，他患上感冒，依旧硬撑着完成当日全部健身任务 ... 半夜他浑身滚烫、陷入昏迷，家人发现后强行将其送医","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"今年2月2日，他感冒了，但还是咬牙完成了当天的健身计划","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"On 2 February 2026 he caught a cold but still completed that day's workout; that night he had aches, chills, fever and difficulty urinating, took cold medicine and lay down, and around midnight became unconscious and was taken to hospital by his family.","causal_attribution":"Sequence as described by the hospital account; his decision to exercise while ill is his own."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"经诊断，他患上尿源性脓毒症、脓毒性休克，并发多器官功能障碍综合征 ... “再晚几个小时送来，人就没了。”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"被转入ICU继续救治，几天过后，他平稳度过危险期","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The hospital diagnosed urosepsis and septic shock with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; staff told his family that had he been brought in a few hours later he would have died. He was resuscitated, moved to intensive care and passed the danger period after a few days.","causal_attribution":"Clinical facts as reported by the treating hospital through the press; no medical record or case report was inspected."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"长期熬夜让免疫系统持续低效运转，过度节食造成身体能量匮乏，高强度运动不断损伤肌肉、催生炎症，多重压力直接把免疫系统推向崩溃边缘 ... 患者本身还有肾结石，减脂期间补水严重不足，诱发尿路感染、尿路梗阻，小小的感冒只是引爆重症的导火索","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"重断食让身体能量严重不足、皮质醇水平升高进一步压制免疫功能","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The hospital's deputy head of critical care medicine attributed the illness to several combined stresses: long-term late nights, excessive dieting and high-intensity exercise, together with kidney stones he already had and too little water during the diet, which led to a urinary infection and obstruction; the cold was only the trigger.","causal_attribution":"The doctor names the diet and exercise load of the AI-planned regime among several causes; late nights were a long-standing habit, and the kidney stones pre-dated the diet. The AI's share cannot be separated from these."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"“AI只会执行算法、统计数据，它没有人体体感，没办法综合判断人的身体极限。AI是辅助工具，但自己才是身体的主人。","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"AI可以是你的工具，但你才是自己身体的主人","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The doctor said AI only executes algorithms and counts data, has no sense of the body and cannot judge a person's physical limits, and that AI is an aid while people remain in charge of their own bodies.","causal_attribution":"The treating doctor's general assessment."},{"id":"c9","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"彻底改掉熬夜习惯，更换工作 ... 但身体已落下心肌炎、肾结石反复发作、脱发等后遗症 ... 7月3日，他到医院复诊","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"將面臨心肌炎、腎結石反覆發作及掉髮等症狀","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"After discharge he changed jobs and stopped working late; at a follow-up visit on 3 July 2026 his weight was stable, but he was left with myocarditis, recurring kidney stones and hair loss.","causal_attribution":"After-effects as reported by the hospital account; their link to each cause is not separated."}],"effects":[{"label":"urosepsis, septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction needing resuscitation and intensive care (hospital account)","claim_id":"c6","direction":"negative"},{"label":"lasting after-effects: myocarditis, recurring kidney stones and hair loss (hospital account)","claim_id":"c9","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://m.gmw.cn/2026-08/05/content_1304543679.htm","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh-CN","translation_note":"Read on 2026-11-02 (HTTP 200). Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator was involved. Guangming Online relay (5 Aug 2026, 18:55) of an Upstream News report whose reporter interviewed the patient and the hospital's critical care doctor.","independence_group":"chengdu-treating-hospital-account-aug-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.sohu.com/a/1059219690_355475","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh-CN","translation_note":"Read on 2026-11-02 (HTTP 200). Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator was involved. Sohu page of Chengdu Daily's Jinguan News (5 Aug 2026, 20:45), credited to a hospital correspondent and a reporter; it draws on the same hospital account.","independence_group":"chengdu-treating-hospital-account-aug-2026"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://health.setn.com/news/1885055","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh-TW","translation_note":"Read on 2026-11-02 (HTTP 200). Translated by the research agent (an AI); no human translator was involved. SETN Health (Taiwan, 6 Aug 2026), which says it compiled mainland media reports; it adds no independent reporting.","independence_group":"chengdu-treating-hospital-account-aug-2026"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["Which AI product he used, what he asked it and whether the plan came from one answer or repeated sessions.","When the 45 days of dieting took place relative to his collapse on 2 February 2026.","Whether the AI plan said anything about rest, hydration, illness or medical supervision.","How much of the illness the hospital attributes to the AI-planned regime as against his long-standing late nights and pre-existing kidney stones."],"geography":{"basis":"Upstream News (via Guangming Online) says he was transferred to a Chengdu hospital, where he was treated; SETN describes him as a man in Sichuan, China. The event is placed in China on the hospital where he was treated and the reports' description of him.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":["CN"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a case of AI health advice acted on: two mainland outlets reporting the treating Chengdu hospital's account say a man followed an AI-made diet and exercise plan, lost about 20 kg in 45 days and then developed urosepsis, septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction needing intensive care, which the hospital's critical care doctor attributes partly to that regime. One origin, the hospital and the patient it put forward; every claim is reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-11-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Upstream News and Chengdu Daily's Jinguan News, reporting the treating hospital's account, say the man used an AI tool to draw up his weight-loss plan and followed it daily: an hour and a half of stair-climbing a day, two to three long badminton sessions a week and three small meals. The man said he trusted the plan the AI calculated. The hospital's critical care doctor attributes his sepsis and organ failure partly to the excessive dieting and high-intensity exercise of that regime, together with long-standing late nights, pre-existing kidney stones and low water intake. The AI product is not named and the plan itself is not shown.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Chengdu hospital says man who followed an AI-made weight-loss plan lost 20 kg in 45 days, then developed sepsis with multi-organ failure","summary":"On 5 August 2026 Upstream News and Chengdu Daily's Jinguan News relayed a Chengdu hospital's account of a 34-year-old man who used an AI tool to plan a rapid weight loss. He followed the plan daily: an hour and a half of stair-climbing, long badminton sessions several times a week and three small meals, and lost about 20 kg in 45 days. On 2 February 2026 he exercised through a cold, collapsed that night and was diagnosed with urosepsis, septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction; he was resuscitated and treated in intensive care. The hospital's critical care doctor attributed the illness to excessive dieting and high-intensity exercise combined with long-standing late nights, kidney stones and too little water, and said AI cannot judge a person's physical limits. He was left with myocarditis, recurring kidney stones and hair loss. The AI product is not named.","incidentDate":"2026-02-02","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-08-05","aiSystem":"An unnamed AI tool the man used to draw up his diet and exercise plan, as described by the treating hospital and the patient to Chinese media","aiProduct":"Unidentified weight-loss planning tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["medical_deterioration","hospitalization"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A Chengdu hospital says a man who followed an AI-made diet and exercise plan developed urosepsis, septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction needing intensive care, with lasting myocarditis, recurring kidney stones and hair loss (hospital and patient account).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person counted: the man who used the AI tool, described by the treating hospital.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"assistant","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://m.gmw.cn/2026-08/05/content_1304543679.htm","primarySourceLabel":"Guangming Online (Upstream News), 5 Aug 2026: man used AI plan, lost 40 jin in 45 days, nearly died of organ failure","firstPublishedAt":"2026-11-02T03:05:28.521241+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T03:05:28.521241+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-health-advice","weight-loss","sepsis","china","communicated-with"]}]}