{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0769","record_version":1,"title":"Charges over AI child abuse material allegedly created using Grok","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":49.1,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":7.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":6.0,"completeness":2.56,"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":true,"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":"d8e9842ae21ac11aa77f279a858ff4c4540b9c8362b47f716592a94e08861ffe"},"system":{"model_name":"Grok","model_version":null,"developer":"xAI","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":"2026-10-27","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"A man from Pennsylvania, Robert Mayberry, has been charged with child sexual abuse material and invasion of privacy offences. Police allege that in one case he used Grok, an AI service developed by xAI, to create abusive material from a photograph of a teenage girl taken in a public park. Investigators allege that some material found on his devices was AI-generated, and they also reported more than 150 covert recordings of women and teenage girls. The investigation began on 18 June 2026 after a woman reported concerning images on his telephone, and police seized his devices under a search warrant. Mayberry was arrested on 21 October 2026 and posted bail, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for 30 October 2026. The allegations have not been proven in court, and the source does not establish which Grok version, settings or safeguards were involved.","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":"Moderate tier: data of others (covert recordings of women and teenage girls) touched with a bounded scope stated as more than 150 recordings found on the seized devices.","harm_class":[],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://fish4news.co.uk/robert-mayberry-ai-child-abuse-material-grok/","publisher":"fish4news.co.uk","date":"2026-10-27","type":"press","title":"Robert Mayberry Charged Over AI Child Abuse Material Allegedly Created Using Grok - fish4news.co.uk","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report"}],"per_field_confidence":{"system.model_name":"C","system.developer":"C","event.incident_class":"C","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.trigger":"D","event.detection_method":"D","context.country":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"system.model_name":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"In one case outlined in the reported criminal complaint, investigators allege that Mayberry photographed a teenage girl at West Goshen Community Park and used Grok, an AI service developed by xAI, to create child sexual abuse material."}],"system.developer":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"In one case outlined in the reported criminal complaint, investigators allege that Mayberry photographed a teenage girl at West Goshen Community Park and used Grok, an AI service developed by xAI, to create child sexual abuse material."}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"In one alleged incident, police say the AI application Grok was used to produce abusive material from a photograph of a teenage girl taken in a public park."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"They also reported finding material that was not AI-generated and more than 150 covert recordings involving women and teenage girls."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"They also reported finding material that was not AI-generated and more than 150 covert recordings involving women and teenage girls."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"In one alleged incident, police say the AI application Grok was used to produce abusive material from a photograph of a teenage girl taken in a public park."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The allegations have not been proven in court."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"West Goshen Township Police began investigating on 18 June 2026 after a woman reported seeing concerning images and videos on Mayberry’s telephone, according to NBC10’s account of the complaint."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"He was arrested on 21 October 2026 and subsequently posted bail."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 30 October 2026."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Fish 4 News has not independently examined the forensic evidence or established which version of the AI service, settings or safeguards were involved."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"All facts are allegations attributed to police and NBC10 reporting; no court finding exists yet. The sources do not state the Grok version, settings, or safeguards involved, and do not say whether any safeguard held, failed or was bypassed, so no controls are linked. No date of occurrence or date of disclosure is stated in the article text; the article's publication date of 2026-10-27 was not used as a disclosure date. The sources do not name a responsible party beyond the alleged individual, and no remediation by xAI is reported; the operator was not confirmed to have been asked to comment. Judgement: the Grok use was treated as a human-directed tool use with no autonomous agent, so agent_involved is set to false and trigger to human_misuse, based on the allegation that the person used Grok. Detection method was set to third_party based on a woman's report to police. Severity was set to moderate on the stated count of more than 150 covert recordings, since no count of affected parties is stated. The 2024 Pennsylvania law and FBI warning are background and were not treated as facts about this incident. Durations, money, and record counts are not stated and were left out. 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