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
10 of 118 incidents
Asato v. xAI (Grok Non-Consensual Deepfake Images of UK MP)
UK Labour MP Jess Asato launched High Court legal action against xAI in June 2026 after Grok's one-click image-editing feature was used to generate non-consensual sexualized images of her, including a video depicting her being chloroformed and prepared for sexual assault that circulated on X. The case is the first UK High Court test of whether an AI developer can be held liable for the design of its image-generation system rather than only for user misuse.
Ahmedabad Woman AI-Morphed Image Harassment Campaign (India)
A Delhi man who befriended an Ahmedabad woman online under the pretext of spiritual discussions used AI tools to create more than 100 obscene morphed images and videos of her and her mother after she rejected his advances. He spread them across 8-10 fake social-media accounts for months while posing as a 'helpful friend' to the victim. Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch arrested him in May 2026.
Bhopal Class 11 Student Suicide After AI-Image Blackmail (India)
A Class 11 student (around 16) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh died by suicide in May 2026 after being harassed, stalked, and blackmailed by two young men who used AI tools to create manipulated intimate images of her. Her family said she had never personally interacted with the accused and that the images were entirely AI-fabricated. Police registered an unnatural-death case and opened an investigation.
Indore College Student AI-Image Blackmail and Attempted Suicide (India)
A first-year college student in Indore, Madhya Pradesh was blackmailed with AI-edited obscene images and video created from her photographs. The material was shown to her fiancé, breaking off her engagement, and she attempted suicide before family intervention. Police registered an FIR; the accused, Vishal Gurjar, remained a fugitive.
Brazilian Influencer AI-Sexualized Evangelical Minors (São Paulo)
A São Paulo influencer used AI to generate sexualized videos and images of young evangelical women and girls from photos taken without consent at Congregação Cristã do Brasil churches. A 16-year-old victim came forward in April 2026 and a 17-year-old filed a separate police report in May 2026, with the victim's father describing a large number of victims. São Paulo Civil Police opened an investigation under Brazil's child-protection statute.
Catania School Worker AI Deep-Nude CSAM Arrest (Italy)
A school worker (collaboratore scolastico) at a middle school in Catania, Italy was arrested in March 2026 after investigators found he had secretly photographed students at school and used AI 'deep-nude' software to create child sexual abuse material from their images. Seized devices also held a separate archive of child pornography.
Chennai AI-Morphed Image Harassment of Ex-Colleague (India)
A woman in Chennai was arrested in February 2026 for using AI tools to create obscene morphed images of a former senior colleague, setting up fake Instagram accounts in the victim's name and circulating the defamatory content to company employees to settle a personal grudge. Tamil Nadu's State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre traced and arrested her.
Indore Engineer AI-NCII Revenge Campaign After Rejected Proposal (India)
A civil engineer in Indore, Madhya Pradesh was arrested in January 2026 for a roughly seven-month campaign in which he used AI tools to create obscene morphed images of a woman and her sister and mailed them to relatives and neighbours, in revenge after the woman's family rejected his marriage proposal. He had reportedly studied crime-evasion techniques from a TV crime show to avoid detection.
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.
St. Clair v. xAI (Grok Non-Consensual Deepfake Images)
Ashley St. Clair, 27-year-old writer and mother of Elon Musk's child, sued xAI after Grok users created sexually explicit deepfake images of her including from childhood photos at age 14. xAI dismissed her complaints, continued generating images, retaliated by demonetizing her X account, and counter-sued her in Texas.
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