AI News Site Hoodline San Jose Erroneously Misidentifies San Mateo District Attorney as Murder Suspect
October 8, 2024
An AI-powered news site, Hoodline San Jose, falsely reported that the San Mateo County District Attorney had been charged with murder, which was an error resulting from misinterpreting a press release about a case the DA's office was prosecuting. The AI-generated article wrongly attributed the crime to the DA instead of the actual suspect.
- Alleged deployer
- hoodline-san-jose
- Alleged developer
- impress3
- Alleged harmed parties
- stephen-m.-wagstaffe, san-mateo-county-district-attorney, residents-of-san-mateo-county, general-public
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/825
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