Incident 1251: Purportedly AI-Generated Hunting Regulation Errors Reportedly Lead to Idaho Citation and Multi-State Warnings from Wildlife Agencies

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Description: A hunter in Idaho was reportedly cited for hunting a day early after relying on an AI-generated search result that misrepresented state regulations, pulling information from a failed proposal. Wildlife agencies in Idaho, Wyoming, Illinois, and Maine later warned of similar AI errors.

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Alleged: Google and Google AI Overviews developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Wyoming Game and Fish Department , Unnamed hunter in Idaho , State wildlife agencies , Hunters , Epistemic integrity and Idaho Fish and Game.

Alleged implicated AI system: Google AI Overviews

Incident Stats

Incident ID

1251

Report Count

Incident Date

2025-10-15

Editors

Daniel Atherton

Applied Taxonomies

MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified

Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

3.1. False or misleading information

Risk Domain

Misinformation

Entity

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Unintentional

Incident Reports

Reports Timeline

Don't trust AI for hunting and fishing regulations; go to the source

idfg.idaho.gov

AI-generated information can be inaccurate

wgfd.wyo.gov

Ain’t nothing like the real thing: Officials warn against using AI for hunting regs

spokesman.com

idfg.idaho.gov · 2025

idfg-rphillips, Idaho Fish and Game post-incident response

Are you new school, cutting edge, and tech savvy? Beware, it could cost you a ticket if you’re getting your Idaho Fish and Game season dates and regulations from AI or search engine results. It’s better to be old school and check the printe…

wgfd.wyo.gov · 2025

Amanda Fry, Wyoming Game and Fish Department post-incident response

CHEYENNE --- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department would like to remind the public to refer to the agency website, regulations, and official resources when researching information for Game and Fish. Recently, a number of inaccurate AI-genera…

spokesman.com · 2025

There is at least one thing artificial intelligence is not ready to replace.

The humble hunting regulation booklet.

Earlier this month, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game issued a warning to hunters that they should not rely on AI to int…

Variants

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