Description: A 67-year-old farmer in Chuzhou, Anhui, reportedly used an AI-generated weed-and-pest-control plan to spray about 150 mu (25 acres) of sesame by drone. By the next day, the crop had largely withered. Agricultural technicians said the recommended mixture included fomesafen, a herbicide unsuitable for blanket application to sesame. The specific AI product and model have not been publicly confirmed.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Chatbot developers and Large language model developers developed an AI system deployed by Wu (Chuzhou farmer) and Chatbot users, which harmed Wu (Chuzhou farmer) , Chatbot users , Farmers , Farmers in China and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Chatbots , Large language models and AI-assisted agricultural decision-making
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1654
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2026-07-10
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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Farmer's Misguided Trust in AI Leads to Devastating Losses of 150 Mu of Sesame Seeds Multiple Parties Respond
A farmer in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, surnamed Wu, sought help from Litchi News. He explained that he had sprayed pesticides based …
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IT Home August 9th news: According to Litchi News, Mr. Wu, a 67-year-old farmer in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, gradually went from being skeptical to completely reliant on AI software after using it for over a year, consulting the AI for every…
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A 67-year-old farmer in Chuzhou, China, lost his entire sesame crop after following weed and pest-control advice generated by an AI app. According to Taiwanese outfit CTWANT, the farmer, Wu, had been using the technology for about a year an…
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