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AI News Site Hoodline San Jose Erroneously Misidentifies San Mateo District Attorney as Murder Suspect

AI Incident Database · article · Oct 15, 2024 · UTC

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.

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incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2024-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.

Observed changes

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2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z

  • publishedAt: Not provided2024-10-15T00:00:00.000Z