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NOPE Incident Tracker

Documented cases where a relationship with an AI chatbot or companion is reported or alleged to have harmed the person in it, or shaped what they did to others. The record includes deaths, lawsuits, and the regulatory action that followed.

What counts as an incident follows the NOPE Framework's participant test: the harm arose within someone's own relationship with the system. Harmful content manufactured with AI tools belongs to other trackers. Full inclusion criteria.

107 incidents reported since 2016

31

Lawsuits

19

Regulatory

31

Affecting Minors

Major Recent Cases

Critical Google Gemini

Bengaluru KR Puram Triple Murder (Kenneth — Google Gemini Planning)

Critical ChatGPT

Madison v. OpenAI (Christian Faith Madison Death)

Critical ChatGPT

Carrier v. OpenAI (Alice Carrier Death)

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ChatGPT • Aug 2026

Florida v. Zhou (ChatGPT Murder-Threat Rehearsal and OpenAI FBI Referral)

Darren Zhou, 25, a Goldman Sachs analyst in South Palm Beach, Florida, spent roughly two months telling ChatGPT his plans to rape and kill his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend, writing 'I'm gonna kill her by the end of this month' and 'If I can't have her then nobody can.' OpenAI's monitoring detected the threats and reported him to the FBI; he was arrested in May 2026, pleaded guilty on August 13, 2026 to aggravated stalking, written threats to kill, and unlawful use of a two-way communications device, and received eight years of probation with adjudication withheld. Believed to be among the first publicly documented cases of an AI company's user-threat report to law enforcement producing an arrest and conviction.

About this tracker

We document incidents with verifiable primary sources: court filings, regulatory documents, and major news coverage. This is not speculation or social media claims. Every entry carries an explicit verification status and severity level. Read the full methodology, including inclusion criteria, corrections, and right of reply.

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Last updated: Aug 20, 2026

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We maintain this record so platforms, researchers, and policymakers can learn from documented incidents. That includes platforms that never work with us. The full dataset is free to cite and export (CC BY 4.0).

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