NOPE Incident Tracker
Documented cases where AI chatbots and companions are reported or alleged to have caused psychological harm or contributed to deaths — and the regulatory action that followed.
118 incidents reported since 2016
31
Lawsuits
23
Regulatory
43
Affecting Minors
Timeline
2 of 118 incidents
Wang AI Face-Swap Defamation Conviction (Zhangjiagang, China)
A man surnamed Wang was criminally convicted of defamation in Jiangsu, China, for using AI deep-synthesis ('face-swap') technology to generate indecent images of a victim and fabricate sexual rumours about her, repeatedly spreading them online. The Zhangjiagang court convicted him of criminal defamation and the Suzhou Intermediate Court upheld it on appeal. Jiangsu's High Court named it a 2025 top-ten typical case — reported as China's first criminal precedent for AI deep-synthesis defamation.
Holmen v. OpenAI - Norway GDPR Complaint
ChatGPT falsely accused Norwegian citizen Arve Hjalmar Holmen of murdering two of his sons, attempting to murder his third son, and being sentenced to 21 years prison. Mixed real personal details with horrific fabrications. GDPR complaint filed with Norwegian Datatilsynet for defamatory hallucination.
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