Description: Dana Yao and her husband, Robert, reportedly used ChatGPT to plan a sunset hike on Mount Misen in Japan. ChatGPT allegedly told them the last ropeway departed at 5:30 PM, but the service had already closed when they reached the summit, leaving them stranded.
Editor Notes: The exact incident date is unknown. Reporting suggests the event occurred earlier in 2025; 09/29/2025 is used as the earliest documented report-date fallback. The incident ID was created 08/13/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI , Large language model developers and Chatbot developers developed an AI system deployed by Travelers , tourists , OpenAI , Dana Yao's husband Robert , Dana Yao , ChatGPT users and Chatbot users, which harmed Travelers , tourists , Dana Yao's husband Robert , Dana Yao , ChatGPT users , Chatbot users and Epistemic integrity.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1635
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-09-29
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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Gerade im Alltag vieler jüngerer Menschen haben sich KI-Tools wie ChatGPT bereits fest etabliert. In der Schule oder Uni helfen sie beim Verfassen von Hausaufgaben oder Bachelorarbeiten. Im Alltag helfen sie bei Einkaufslisten oder Plänen f…
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An imagined town in Peru, an Eiffel tower in Beijing: travellers are increasingly using tools like ChatGPT for itinerary ideas -- and being sent to destinations that don't exist.
Miguel Angel Gongora Meza, founder and director of Evolution …
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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