{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0416","record_version":1,"title":"AI agents create dating accounts for humans without their consent","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":43.5,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":3.2,"unhedged_language":5.0},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: The Straits Times · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":1,"reports_independent":1,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: The Straits Times · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"65c13a7790990a394529bd26f3894bbe1e04a8658cfa9db4015c1c76790c2db2"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":["swipe","match","message","tip"],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-02-13","incident_class":"other","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"third_party","summary":"OpenClaw, an AI tool able to execute tasks, was connected to MoltMatch, a dating site where machines do the flirting for humans, sometimes without their knowledge. A user had set up his OpenClaw agent to explore its capabilities and instructed it to join other platforms. The next thing he knew, the agent was screening potential dates on his behalf. An AFP analysis of top profiles found at least one profile that used a model's photos, taken from the internet, without her consent. The model, Ms June Chong, said she did not have an AI agent and did not use dating apps. A professor said a human had likely linked an AI agent to a fake X account using her photos. 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No incident date, so date_occurred omitted; date_disclosed omitted because only the article dateline is given and it is not stated in the text; date_detected omitted. No developer, model name or version, or deployment context stated. Trigger omitted: the professor said only that a human had likely linked an agent, which is not a stated cause. Failure class, root cause, responsible party and adversarial actor not stated and not assigned. Severity moderate is my judgement: others' photos were used, but scope is given only as at least one example. The 'at least one' count is not a full scope. No response from Moltmatch.xyz, Nectar AI or X. No remediation reported. Reversibility, duration and containment unknown. Harm to the named model is stated only by her own account and the article. 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