{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0504","record_version":1,"title":"Buna ISD student accused of creating AI deepfake explicit image of peer","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":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":1,"reports_independent":0,"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":"Publisher not yet named · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"931d1beecaee2b8a1f55da13cdf24b1531fd9f23ad5fa47a1e86c089fbd3930a"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"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":"2026-04-24","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"human_misuse","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"A Buna ISD student in Texas was arrested after using AI to alter an image of another student so that it appeared the peer was nude. The altered image was posted to a public Snapchat story and removed by the student after a few minutes, but at least one person secured screenshots. Sheriff's investigators arrived at the high school with evidence on April 24, and after questioning the student admitted the act. He was charged with a Class A misdemeanor for unlawful production or distribution of deep fake sexually explicit media. The sheriff said the superintendent and staff cooperated completely and do not believe the image was created on school property. The student is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"moderate","severity_because":"Test: data of others touched with a bounded scope stated. The image of another student was posted publicly, and the source states it remained only a few minutes.","harm_class":["privacy"],"affected_description":"another Buna student","protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.ktre.com/2026/04/24/buna-isd-student-accused-production-deep-fake-explicit-media/","publisher":"KTRE","date":"2026-04-24","type":"press","title":"Buna ISD student accused of creating deep-fake explicit picture of fellow student - KTRE","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"}],"per_field_confidence":{"event.incident_class":"C","event.trigger":"C","context.industry":"C","impact.harm_class":"C","impact.affected_description":"C","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.detection_method":"D","context.country":"D","system.developer":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"During the interview, and after questioning, Davis admitted to altering an image of another Buna student, to make it appear that that person was nude, by using AI and posting it on a public story on Snapchat and then removing it."}],"event.trigger":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"During the interview, and after questioning, Davis admitted to altering an image of another Buna student, to make it appear that that person was nude, by using AI and posting it on a public story on Snapchat and then removing it."}],"context.industry":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A Buna ISD student has been arrested, accused of creating AI deep-fake media of other students."}],"impact.harm_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"During the interview, and after questioning, Davis admitted to altering an image of another Buna student, to make it appear that that person was nude, by using AI and posting it on a public story on Snapchat and then removing it."}],"impact.affected_description":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"During the interview, and after questioning, Davis admitted to altering an image of another Buna student, to make it appear that that person was nude, by using AI and posting it on a public story on Snapchat and then removing it."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The image only remained on Snapchat for a few minutes before it was taken down by Davis."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The image only remained on Snapchat for a few minutes before it was taken down by Davis."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"A Buna ISD student has been arrested, accused of creating AI deep-fake media of other students."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"During the interview, and after questioning, Davis admitted to altering an image of another Buna student, to make it appear that that person was nude, by using AI and posting it on a public story on Snapchat and then removing it."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The image only remained on Snapchat for a few minutes before it was taken down by Davis."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"According to the sheriff’s office, during the posting of this image on Snapchat, screenshots were secured by at-least one individual."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"He was arrested and transported to the Jasper County Jail and charged with a Class A Misdemeanor- Unlawful Production/Distribution of Deep Fake Sexually Explicit Media."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The sheriff noted that the superintendent and her staff cooperated completely with the investigation, and that they do not believe the image was created on school property."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Davis is innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"The source does not name any AI system, model, developer, harness or deployment setting, so no system fields are given. The source does not state when the image was made, so date_occurred is omitted; the year 2026 for the April 24 date is taken from the article date and the copyright line. The detection method is not stated. No AI safeguard or control is mentioned, so no controls or remediations are listed. event.agent_involved is set to false as a judgement: the source describes a person using AI to edit an image, with no autonomous agent. The sheriff's view that the image was not created on school property is reported as stated, not verified. Severity moderate is my judgement under the stated test (another student's image touched, scope bounded to a few minutes). The victim is not named and the student's name appears only inside source quotes, not in the record text. Impact counts, damages and records are not stated and are left out. The source says the student is accused and presumed innocent, and the record reflects that. 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