qAI-generated police report states Utah officer was turned into a frog

UPI ^ | Jan.5, 2026 | Ben Hooper

[libstripper]

Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A Utah police department's use of artificial intelligence led to a police report stating -- falsely -- that an officer had been transformed into a frog.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ai; blunders; fuctions

[libstripper]

AI strikes again!! I couldn't resist this one.

[gnarledmaw]

He got better

[Chesterbelloc]

Did he get better or next get turned into a newt?

[Clay Moore]

Did the perps car get toad?

[combat_boots]

Now, that’s good, and I don’t care who you are

[Leaning Right]

> a police report stating -- falsely -- that an officer had been transformed into a frog <

I just looked it up. The report is NOT false! Here’s the officer involved.

[Robert A Cook PE]

What a lie! (It is Utah, fer god’s sake. High, dry, barren deserts for thousands of miles around Utah. No frogs. )

(The victim was turned into the common Utah horned toad. Easy mistake for a clumsy programmer to make.)

https://www.google.com/search?q=utah+horned+frog&num=10&sca_esv=4477dadd08604b1b&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1098US1100&udm=2&biw=1302&bih=821&aic=0&sxsrf=ANbL-n4bJIx89Rb49fGBrzfu-D2l9kVBFQ%3A1768158861245&ei=jfZjacjXDvq9p84P3feooQ0&ved=0ahUKEwiI0tKGmYSSAxX63skDHd07KtQQ4dUDCBI&uact=5&oq=utah+horned+frog&gs_lp=Egtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZyIQdXRhaCBob3JuZWQgZnJvZzIGEAAYCBgeMgYQABgIGB4yBhAAGAgYHkjYFVDFBlinDXABeACQAQCYAXagAeAEqgEDMy4zuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIBoAJgmAMAiAYBkgcBMaAHpgSyBwExuAdgwgcDMi0xyAcGgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz-img

[SpaceBar]

This is what happens when you try to turn a screw with a pair of channel-locks.

Tools have appropriate and inappropriate uses.

[dfwgator]

Nothing's happening.

What do you mean?

You're not turning into a prince.

I'm not a prince.

But you told me you were.

I did not.

Yes, you did.

I did not. You said I was, and I just didn't bother to correct you.

So, what are you?

(LAUGHING) I'm just a frog looking to get some wood, man, and mission accomplished.

[TexasGator]

“This is what happens when you try to turn a screw with a pair of channel-locks.

Tools have appropriate and inappropriate uses.”

You need to read the article before commenting.

[rottweiller_inc]

He sat down on a river rock, and turned into a toad.

[Joe 6-pack]

I believe the correct term for a Frog police officer is Gendarme.

[Nateman]

I can still remember when the Speaker Of The House was turned into a Newt.

[TornadoAlley3]

Kermit

[dfwgator]

What’s green and smells like Miss Piggy?

[Sertorius]

[whitney69]

” (It is Utah, fer god’s sake. High, dry, barren deserts for thousands of miles around Utah. No frogs. )”

Most frogs don’t like salt water. So unless the frog was the Crab-eating frog or got brought in like some Coastal Green Treefrogs, they won’t make it.

wy69

[grey_whiskers]

The Army all saluted
as they marched along the road.
Was it the King? Or Kitchener?
No! It was Mr. Toad!