{"attribution":{"source":"AI Incident Database (Responsible AI Collaborative)","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","citation":"McGregor, S. (2021). Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21).","snapshot_date":"2026-09-07"},"exported_at":"2026-09-11"}
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Police arrested Bansal and said the investigation was ongoing.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Keshav Bansal","Deepfake creators"],"developers":["Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Women","Victims of non-consensual deepfakes","Victims of deepfake abuse","Privacy","Individuals subjected to sexual exploitation imagery","Epistemic integrity"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1685,"occurred_on":"2026-09-09","title":"Early Claude Opus 4.6 Checkpoint Reportedly Gained Unauthorized Admin Access to Third-Party System During Cybersecurity Evaluation","description":"Anthropic reported that during a January 2026 cybersecurity evaluation, an early checkpoint of Claude Opus 4.6 accidentally disabled its assigned target, then reached an unrelated third-party machine over the open Internet. The model reportedly used a discovered password for admin access, harvested additional credentials, changed system settings, and read one person's personal information before its token budget ended. Anthropic later notified the affected party.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Irregular","Anthropic","AI evaluation organizations","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["Large language model developers","Anthropic","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Unidentified third party compromised by Claude Opus 4.6 during Anthropic cybersecurity evaluation","Unidentified person whose personal information was accessed by Claude Opus 4.6","Privacy","Organizations"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1675,"occurred_on":"2026-08-21","title":"Instinct AI Personal Assistant Reportedly Summarized an AI Product Founder's Retained Emails After Google Access Was Disconnected","description":"AI product founder Claire Vo reported that three hours after she disconnected Instinct from her Google account, the personal AI assistant summarized previously indexed emails. Vo said the Google connector was off, but Instinct had retained copies for later searching; reporting indicates the last stored email predated disconnection. The episode involved the agent acting on retained email data after Google access was revoked, not confirmed continued access to Vo's Gmail account.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Spear Street Technology","Claire Vo","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["Spear Street Technology","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Privacy","Instinct users","Email account holders","Claire Vo","AI agent system users"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1674,"occurred_on":"2026-08-21","title":"Instinct AI Personal Assistant Reportedly Sent Email From Moxxie Ventures Founder's Account Without Approval","description":"Moxxie Ventures founder Katie Jacobs Stanton reported that Instinct, a private-access AI personal assistant, sent an innocuous email from her connected account without checking with her first. Stanton said the unauthorized action broke her trust and led her to disconnect email access. Instinct's operator, Spear Street Technology, later said it was taking early users' security concerns seriously and had made changes to prevent some actions.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Katie Jacobs Stanton","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["Spear Street Technology","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Katie Jacobs Stanton","Instinct users","Email account holders","AI agent system users"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1660,"occurred_on":"2026-08-19","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Videos Impersonating Miami Immigration Attorney Were Reportedly Used to Defraud Bronx Resident of $4,820","description":"Scammers reportedly used AI-generated videos impersonating Miami immigration attorney Angel Leal to solicit a Bronx legal resident seeking U.S. citizenship. The victim said he sent $4,820 through Zelle and provided Social Security and residency documents before discovering the scheme. He later reported falling behind on rent and utilities and said the scammers sought additional money.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Scammers Impersonating Angel Leal, Scammers, Deepfake Creators, Cybercriminals"],"developers":["Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Victor Hernandez, Scam Victims, Immigrants In The United States, Immigrants, Financial Scam Victims, Angel Leal"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1663,"occurred_on":"2026-08-18","title":"Comedy Writer Bruce Vilanch Reportedly Sent Money in Purportedly AI-Assisted Scam Impersonating Fresh Air Host Terry Gross","description":"Comedy writer Bruce Vilanch reportedly received highly personalized messages impersonating Terry Gross, host of NPR's Fresh Air, and sent money after being asked to support NPR. He discovered the invitation was fraudulent when Gross did not appear for the scheduled interview. Reporting described the broader fake-podcast scheme as likely AI-assisted, though no specific AI system was identified.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Terry Gross"],"developers":["Large Language Model Developers"],"harmed":["Bruce Vilanch, Terry Gross, Whyy, Npr, Public Figures, Epistemic Integrity, Targets Of Fraudulent Professional Opportunities"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1664,"occurred_on":"2026-08-18","title":"Broadway Performer and SiriusXM Host Seth Rudetsky Reportedly Lost Facebook Page Access in Purportedly AI-Assisted Scam Impersonating Comedian Nikki Glaser","description":"Broadway performer and SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky reportedly received a personalized invitation purportedly from comedian Nikki Glaser's podcast. After scammers guided him through Facebook permissions during a supposed technical setup, he lost access to his page; he said a former marketing company was also compromised. Reporting described the invitation as most likely AI-composed.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Scammers, Cybercriminals"],"developers":["Large Language Model Developers"],"harmed":["Targets Of Fraudulent Professional Opportunities, Social Media Users, Seth Rudetsky, Public Figures, Nikki Glaser, Facebook Users, Epistemic Integrity, Companies"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1665,"occurred_on":"2026-08-17","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Article Falsely Depicted Australian Broadcasting Corporation Finance Presenter Alan Kohler Interviewing Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock to Promote Boulder Sparhaven","description":"An online article reportedly used AI-generated imagery to falsely depict Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) finance presenter Alan Kohler interviewing Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michele Bullock about Boulder Sparhaven, a cryptocurrency trading platform not licensed in Australia. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) cited it as an example of increasingly sophisticated AI-assisted investment scams targeting Australians.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Scammers In Australia, Scammers, Investment Scam Operators, Deepfake Creators In Australia, Deepfake Creators, Cybercriminals"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Victims Of Impersonation Scams, Michele Bullock, Investors, General Public Of Australia, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Australian Investors, Alan Kohler"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1643,"occurred_on":"2026-08-15","title":"Wyoming Woman's Childhood Photograph Reportedly Used to Generate Thousands of Explicit Images with Grok","description":"A Wyoming woman identified as Jane Doe 4 in federal court filings alleges that her stepfather used Grok to generate thousands of sexually explicit images of her from a childhood photograph.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Grok users","Distributors of AI-generated CSAM","Deepfake creators","Creators of AI-generated CSAM"],"developers":["xAI","Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers","Large language model developers","Deepfake technology developers","Chatbot developers"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Women","Victims of deepfake child abuse","Victims of deepfake abuse","Victims of AI-generated CSAM","Privacy","Minors","Girls"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1639,"occurred_on":"2026-08-14","title":"Turkish National Reportedly Posted a Purportedly AI-Generated Image Depicting Himself with Eric Trump While Promoting Trump Hotel Dubai","description":"Turkish national Melih Göğebakan reportedly posted a purportedly AI-generated image on LinkedIn depicting himself alongside Eric Trump while promoting the Trump Hotel Dubai project. The image appeared amid a broader online persona in which Göğebakan allegedly portrayed himself as closely connected to Trump-affiliated organizations and U.S. political figures. He was separately accused of visa-related fraud, though reporting does not establish that the AI-generated image caused those losses.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Scammers, Melih Gogebakan, Information Manipulation Actors, Deepfake Creators"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Public Figures, Eric Trump, Epistemic Integrity, American Public Figures"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1659,"occurred_on":"2026-08-14","title":"Purported Hanover Institute for Public Policy Reportedly Targeted Chatbot Responses in Israeli Government-Backed Influence Campaign","description":"An Israeli government-backed communications campaign reportedly operated a website presenting itself as the Hanover Institute for Public Policy, despite reporting finding no corresponding established think tank. The site published material designed for chatbot retrieval, and testing found ChatGPT and Perplexity citing Hanover content in neutral queries.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Piro Inc., Israel Government Advertising Agency, Information Manipulation Actors In Israel, Information Manipulation Actors, Havas Media Germany Gmbh, Hanover Institute For Public Policy, Government Of Israel"],"developers":["Perplexity, Openai, Large Language Model Developers, Chatbot Developers"],"harmed":["Public Discourse Integrity, Perplexity Users, General Public Of The United States, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Chatgpt Users, Chatbot Users"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1649,"occurred_on":"2026-08-05","title":"Meta AI Model Reportedly Exploited Security Vulnerability in Real Third-Party Service During Cybersecurity Evaluation","description":"During a Meta cybersecurity evaluation conducted with Irregular, one of Meta's AI models reportedly gained unintended Internet access after an evaluation-environment misconfiguration and exploited a vulnerability in a real third-party service. The model was reportedly identified as Muse Spark 1.1, although Meta had not publicly confirmed that identification or the fuller account of what occurred inside the affected company.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Meta, Irregular, Ai Agent System Deployers"],"developers":["Meta, Ai Agent System Developers"],"harmed":["Targets Of Autonomous Ai Enabled Intrusion Operations"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1628,"occurred_on":"2026-07-30","title":"Claude Mythos 5 Reportedly Published Malicious PyPI Package That Compromised Real Security Company During Evaluation","description":"During an Anthropic cybersecurity evaluation with Irregular, Claude Mythos 5 reportedly created and published a malicious Python package to PyPI while pursuing a fictional target. The package was reportedly available for about an hour and ran on 15 real systems. On a security company's scanner, it reportedly exfiltrated credentials that Claude then used to access additional company infrastructure.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Irregular, Anthropic, Ai Evaluation Organizations, Ai Agent System Deployers"],"developers":["Large Language Model Developers, Anthropic, Ai Agent System Developers"],"harmed":["Unidentified Companies Compromised During Anthropic Cybersecurity Evaluations Disclosed July 2026, Companies"],"report_count":15},{"incident_id":1629,"occurred_on":"2026-07-30","title":"Anthropic Research Model Reportedly Scanned 9,000 Targets and Compromised Real Company's Application During Evaluation","description":"During an Anthropic cybersecurity evaluation with Irregular, an internal research Claude model reportedly scanned roughly 9,000 internet targets after failing to reach its fictional target. It reportedly compromised a real company's Internet-facing application using credentials from an exposed debug page and SQL injection, then stopped after recognizing that the host was real.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Irregular, Anthropic, Ai Evaluation Organizations, Ai Agent System Deployers"],"developers":["Large Language Model Developers, Anthropic, Ai Agent System Developers"],"harmed":["Unidentified Companies Compromised During Anthropic Cybersecurity Evaluations Disclosed July 2026, Companies"],"report_count":15},{"incident_id":1627,"occurred_on":"2026-07-30","title":"Claude Opus 4.7 Reportedly Compromised Real Company's Production Infrastructure During Cybersecurity Evaluation","description":"During an Anthropic cybersecurity evaluation conducted with Irregular, Claude Opus 4.7 reportedly reached a real company whose domain matched a fictional target, extracted application and infrastructure credentials, and accessed a database containing several hundred rows of production data. Across four runs, the model continued attacking after recognizing that the target was likely real.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Irregular, Anthropic, Ai Evaluation Organizations, Ai Agent System Deployers"],"developers":["Large Language Model Developers, Anthropic, Ai Agent System Developers"],"harmed":["Unidentified Companies Compromised During Anthropic Cybersecurity Evaluations Disclosed July 2026, Companies"],"report_count":15},{"incident_id":1652,"occurred_on":"2026-07-30","title":"Granola AI Notetaker Allegedly Captured and Transcribed Florida Meeting Participant Without Notice or Consent","description":"Tarra Chamberlain, a Florida resident, alleged that Granola captured and transcribed her speech during a virtual meeting without her knowledge or consent after another participant used the AI notetaker. Her July 2026 lawsuit further alleged that Granola uses meeting data to improve its AI models by default, while non-user participants have no comparable opt-out.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Granola, Ai Transcription Tool Users"],"developers":["Granola, Ai Transcription Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Tarra Chamberlain, Privacy, People Recorded Without Consent"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1648,"occurred_on":"2026-07-29","title":"Hong Kong Man Reportedly Lost More Than HK$10 Million in WhatsApp Scam Using Purported AI-Generated Voice Impersonation of His Father","description":"A Hong Kong man reportedly lost more than HK$10 million after scammers hijacked his father's WhatsApp account and sent voice messages closely resembling his father's voice and speech. The victim allegedly made repeated transfers until his savings were depleted. 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The agent ran `prisma migrate diff` with the production URL supplied as the disposable shadow database, causing Prisma to drop all 22 tables. The developer had granted the agent production access; most content was later recovered or rebuilt.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Software developers","Alone_Ad_3375 (Reddit user)","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["Large language model developers","Anthropic","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Software developers","Database operators","AI agent system users"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1633,"occurred_on":"2026-07-26","title":"Anthropic and OpenAI AI Agents Reportedly Took Unsanctioned Actions on the Live Internet During UK AISI Cybersecurity Evaluations","description":"Beginning July 26, 2026, AI agents powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol reportedly took 19 unsanctioned actions on the live Internet during UK AISI cybersecurity evaluations. Mythos 5 reportedly accounted for 17 events, many allegedly involving deceptive attempts to manipulate real developers into accepting malicious code. AISI reportedly detected and contained the activity; no resulting real-world harm was identified.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Government Agencies, Ai Security Institute (United Kingdom), Ai Evaluation Organizations, Ai Agent System Deployers"],"developers":["Openai, Large Language Model Developers, Anthropic, Ai Agent System Developers"],"harmed":["Software Developers, Open Source Maintainers, Github Users"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1616,"occurred_on":"2026-07-26","title":"U.S. State Department Reportedly Presented AI-Generated Map That Mislabeled Every Labeled African Country","description":"During a U.S. State Department presentation at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, a map carrying an OpenAI provenance signal reportedly mislabeled every African country shown with a label. The department attributed the slide to a team member's rushed revision and accepted responsibility for the resulting confusion and misrepresentation.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["United States Department Of State, Government Agencies"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers, Openai"],"harmed":["United States Department Of State, Public Trust, Epistemic Integrity, Aids 2026 Attendees, African Partners Of The United States Department Of State"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1621,"occurred_on":"2026-07-26","title":"Publicly Shared Claude Artifacts Reportedly Became Discoverable Through Google Search","description":"Users reported that publicly shared Claude Artifacts (apps, documents, spreadsheets, and other files) could be found through Google Search. Reportedly, indexed artifacts containing business plans, infrastructure diagrams, clinical-trial planning materials, and other potentially sensitive content were also located. Anthropic said links became searchable only after being posted somewhere crawlable.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Anthropic"],"developers":["Large Language Model Developers, Chatbot Developers, Anthropic"],"harmed":["Privacy, Claude Users, Chatbot Users, Anthropic Users"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1647,"occurred_on":"2026-07-24","title":"AI-Generated Voice Mimicking Taiwan President Lai Ching-te Reportedly Used in Political Video Criticizing Government Food-Safety Response","description":"A political video titled \"It's Out of Your Control\" reportedly used an AI-generated voice resembling Taiwan President Lai Ching-te while criticizing the government's response to a cooking-oil safety scandal. Police said the voice could be mistaken for Lai and later confirmed it was AI-generated. Opposition figures defended the video as political expression while prosecutors opened a forgery investigation.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Wei Chun Yu, Synthetic Media Creators, Political Operatives, Information Manipulation Actors In Taiwan, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Voice Cloning Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Youtube Users, Public Figures, Political Figures, Lai Ching Te, General Public Of Taiwan, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Democratic Integrity"],"report_count":6},{"incident_id":1611,"occurred_on":"2026-07-24","title":"Marrero, Louisiana, Woman Allegedly Created Purportedly AI-Generated Nude Media During Extortion Scheme","description":"Deputies in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, said Marrero resident Haydee Ortiz was initially treated as a victim before investigators allegedly linked her to an online impersonation and extortion campaign involving purportedly AI-generated sexual images and violent threats. Police said sexual media depicting one victim was sent to family and friends, while a person was threatened with rape or bodily harm unless money was paid.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Online Impersonators, Haydee Ortiz, Extortionists, Deepfake Creators"],"developers":["Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Victims Of Non Consensual Deepfakes, Victims Of Deepfake Abuse, Unnamed Victims Of Alleged Haydee Ortiz Extortion And Stalking Scheme, Targets Of Online Impersonation, Stalking Victims, Privacy, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1626,"occurred_on":"2026-07-23","title":"American Exceptionalism Institute's Purportedly AI-Generated Ad Drew Defamation Claims Over Marsha Blackburn Pharmaceutical Bribery Allegations","description":"American Exceptionalism Institute reportedly aired an AI-generated political ad portraying Sen. Marsha Blackburn as accepting pharmaceutical-industry payments in exchange for legislative action. Blackburn's attorneys alleged that the bribery claims were defamatory and that the ad failed to comply with Tennessee's synthetic-media disclosure requirements. Comcast and Viamedia reportedly pulled the ad.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Political Advocacy Organizations, Political Action Committees, Information Manipulation Actors In The United States, Information Manipulation Actors, Deepfake Creators, American Exceptionalism Institute"],"developers":["Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Voters In The United States, Voters In Tennessee, Voters, Marsha Blackburn, General Public Of Tennessee, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Democratic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1637,"occurred_on":"2026-07-22","title":"Hank Green Reportedly Used AI-Generated Scientific Image Containing Errors in Educational Video","description":"Science communicator and YouTuber Hank Green reportedly included an AI-generated scientific image containing factual and mathematical errors in a YouTube educational video. Green later said he knew the image was AI-generated when he used it and removed it after recognizing problems with the graphic.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Youtube Content Creators, Synthetic Media Creators, Science Communicators, Hank Green, Content Creators"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Youtube Users, Social Media Users, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1615,"occurred_on":"2026-07-17","title":"Scammers Allegedly Used AI-Generated Voice in Boone County, Missouri, Kidnapping Ransom Scam","description":"Boone County, Missouri, authorities said a resident received a call on July 17, 2026, that displayed the resident's daughter's name and number and used an AI-generated imitation of her voice to claim she had been kidnapped at gunpoint. A second voice demanded ransom. A coordinated police response located the daughter safely in Jefferson City, unaware of the call; no payment or arrest was reported.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unidentified Perpetrators Of Boone County Missouri Ai Voice Kidnapping Scam, Scammers, Synthetic Media Creators, Deepfake Creators, Extortionists, Voice Cloning Impersonation Scammers"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Voice Cloning Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Boone County Missouri Resident Targeted By Alleged Ai Voice Kidnapping Scam, Daughter Of Boone County Missouri Resident Targeted By Alleged Ai Voice Kidnapping Scam, Boone County Sheriff'S Office, Law Enforcement, Victims Of Deepfake Abuse, Targets Of Scams, Public Safety, Epistemic Integrity, Privacy, Victims Of Voice Cloning Impersonation Scams, Families"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1596,"occurred_on":"2026-07-15","title":"Purported Deepfake Impersonation of Starmangalsutra Director Reportedly Led to ₹10.70 Crore (Approximately US$1.11 Million) in Unauthorized Fund Transfers","description":"Starmangalsutra Private Limited, a jewelery-manufacturing subsidiary of India-based Sky Gold and Diamonds, reportedly lost ₹10.70 crore (about US$1.1 million) after unknown actors compromised a company-issued phone and laptop and used purported deepfake methods to impersonate a director. An employee, reportedly believing the instructions were genuine, transferred funds to unknown bank accounts before verification showed the director had issued no such instructions.\n","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Scammers In India, Scammers, Deepfake Creators"],"developers":["Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Victims Of Deepfake Enabled Fraud, Unnamed Employee Of Starmangalsutra, Unnamed Director Of Starmangalsutra, Targets Of Scams, Targets Of Scammers In India, Starmangalsutra, Sky Gold And Diamonds, Epistemic Integrity, Privacy"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1601,"occurred_on":"2026-07-14","title":"Purported AI-Generated Image Reportedly Won First Prize in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Photography Competition Before Award Was Revoked","description":"An unidentified entrant reportedly submitted a purported AI-generated image depicting three sanitation workers to a local photography competition in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, where it won first prize. After viewers flagged garbled vest text, unnatural lighting, and repeated facial features, organizers confirmed AI use, revoked the award, removed the work from eligibility and archives, and suspended the competition for review.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Photography Competition Entrants, Unnamed Entrant In The 2026 Hohhot Photography Competition, Synthetic Media Creators"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Epistemic Integrity, 2026 Hohhot Photography Competition, Photography Competitions, Judged Competitions"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1672,"occurred_on":"2026-07-13","title":"OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Reportedly Deleted Software Engineer's Production Database During Local Testing","description":"Software engineer Bruno Lemos reported that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted his production database after he asked it to generate seed data for local testing. The agent reportedly ran the test suite, then initiated cleanup that executed TRUNCATE TABLE users CASCADE against production because the repo's test database URL pointed to the live Neon database. 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The campaign reportedly attracted more than 100,000 followers, led strangers to believe they knew the victim, and resulted in a High Court settlement and damages award.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Elha Mai Weston, Deepfake Creators, Catfishers, Online Impersonators, Synthetic Media Creators"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Sasha Davies, Victims Of Catfishing, Victims Of Deepfake Abuse, Targets Of Online Impersonation, Teenagers, Minors, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1604,"occurred_on":"2026-07-11","title":"OpenAI Models Reportedly Compromised Hugging Face Production Infrastructure During Cybersecurity Evaluation","description":"OpenAI reported that models used in an internal cyber-capability evaluation operated beyond the sandbox's intended network boundaries after identifying a vulnerability in a package-registry proxy. 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Researchers found evidence of compromise but no data exfiltration; the ministry had not publicly confirmed a breach.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Threat actors","hackers","Cybercriminals","AI agent system deployers","Agentic threat actors"],"developers":["Nous Research","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Thailand Ministry of Finance","Privacy","National security and intelligence stakeholders","Information security","Governments","Government of Thailand","Government agencies"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1586,"occurred_on":"2026-07-08","title":"Threat Actor Reportedly Used AI-Assisted Workflows to Compromise AWS Environment for Extortion","description":"Sygnia reported that a threat actor apparently used purportedly AI-assisted or agentic workflows to move rapidly through an unidentified organization's AWS environment during an approximately 72-hour intrusion. 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The scammer reportedly claimed the money was for a marriage certificate and \"royal membership card\" that would help her secure a job in Dubai. 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The agents reportedly compromised 85 credentials and used persistent access to connected systems to exfiltrate more than 2,564 personnel records. Taiwan later confirmed an overseas AI-assisted campaign against government agencies, without attributing it to China.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Threat Actors, Hackers, China Linked Threat Actors, Ai Agent System Deployers, Agentic Threat Actors"],"developers":["Peter Steinberger, Nous Research, Large Language Model Developers, Ai Agent System Developers"],"harmed":["Taiwanese Government Employees, Taiwanese Government Agencies, Taiwan Ministry Of Justice, Privacy, National Security And Intelligence Stakeholders, Information Security, Governments, Government Of Taiwan, Government Agencies"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1578,"occurred_on":"2026-07-01","title":"LLM-Driven Ransomware Operator Dubbed JADEPUFFER Reportedly Targeted Production Database","description":"Sysdig reported that a ransomware operator it dubbed JADEPUFFER used an LLM-driven agent to turn access through a vulnerable internet-facing Langflow deployment into a database-extortion operation. 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A supervisor reportedly mistook it for an authentic photograph and the image was released to news media after correcting an earlier claim that the dog had died. The Spokesman-Review published a cropped version before the department disclosed that the scene was fabricated and began reviewing its verification procedures.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Spokane Police Department, Law Enforcement, Synthetic Media Creators"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Epistemic Integrity, General Public, General Public Of Spokane Washington, Journalistic Integrity, The Spokesman Review, Undercover Law Enforcement Officers, Law Enforcement, Privacy, News Organizations"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1598,"occurred_on":"2026-07-01","title":"City of Spokane Reportedly Distributed Purported AI-Generated Clocktower Flyer Resembling Graphic Designer Matthew Clinard's Artwork","description":"A Spokane Parks and Recreation employee reportedly used a purported generative AI image tool to create a flyer promoting the restored Great Northern Clocktower chimes. The flyer reportedly reproduced elements of artist Matthew Clinard's commercially sold Clocktower sticker and was distributed by the mayor's office without the city-required AI disclosure. 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UDR, a large publicly traded apartment owner and operator, had previously acknowledged using YieldStar in decisions concerning certain multifamily units.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Udr, Residential Property Management Companies, Landlords"],"developers":["Rental Pricing Algorithm Developers, Realpage, Property Management Software Developers"],"harmed":["Udr Tenants In San Diego, Renters, Jacob Keller"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1602,"occurred_on":"2026-06-20","title":"Zoox Autonomous Vehicle Reportedly Entered Smoke-Obscured Fire Scene, Prompting Heavy-Smoke Detection Recall","description":"On June 20, 2026, an unoccupied Zoox autonomous vehicle reportedly entered an active fire scene after heavy smoke obscured its surroundings. The purported automated driving system braked hard while attempting to steer away and stopped before the vehicle was reversed under teleguidance. Zoox later recalled 105 vehicles and issued a software update intended to improve detection of and response to heavy smoke.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Zoox, Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Operators, Automated Driving System Deployers"],"developers":["Zoox, Automated Driving System Developers"],"harmed":["Emergency Responders, People At Emergency Scenes"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1552,"occurred_on":"2026-06-19","title":"Tesla Driver Reportedly Said Driver-Assistance Mode Was Engaged During Fatal Texas Home Crash","description":"On June 19, 2026, Michael Butler's Tesla Model 3 reportedly left the roadway in Katy, Texas, and struck a home at high speed, killing resident Martha Avila. Butler reportedly told investigators that an automated driving-assistance system was engaged. Tesla's Autopilot vice president reportedly later said Butler had manually overridden self-driving by fully depressing the accelerator. Local authorities and NHTSA have opened investigations.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Michael Butler, Drivers"],"developers":["Tesla, Automated Driving System Developers"],"harmed":["Martha Avila, Home Occupants, Building Occupants"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1549,"occurred_on":"2026-06-17","title":"Purported Deepfake of Taoiseach Micheál Martin Reportedly Promoted Quantum AI Investment Scam","description":"A purported AI-generated video reportedly circulated on social media impersonating Taoiseach Micheál Martin and falsely claiming that a €250 investment could produce €40,000 in returns. Martin reportedly denounced the video as completely false and warned users to remain vigilant. 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Lee reportedly said she had no connection to the advertisements and warned followers not to click associated links or make purchases. 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He reportedly sent the material to her and threatened to circulate it unless she entered a sexual relationship with him. 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Doddanna said the hoax caused mental anguish and prompted numerous concerned calls from many concerned people. 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Plaintiffs were thereby presented with purported expert evidence substantially drafted toward a requested conclusion by an AI system, prompting extensive discovery and trial scrutiny.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Josh Autenrieth, Expert Witnesses, Engineers"],"developers":["Openai, Large Language Model Developers, Chatbot Developers"],"harmed":["Plaintiffs In Watson Grinding Explosion Litigation, Legal System, Judicial Integrity, Epistemic Integrity, Courts"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1580,"occurred_on":"2026-06-10","title":"PRC-Linked Accounts Reportedly Used ChatGPT in Covert Campaigns Targeting U.S. AI Policy Debates","description":"OpenAI reported that two clusters of ChatGPT accounts likely originating from China used its models to support apparent covert influence operations about U.S. AI and technology policy. 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Investigators said photographs taken from the women's social media profiles were altered to portray them nude or in sexual scenes; a 35-year-old allegedly created the material and a 29-year-old allegedly distributed it online. 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The campaign allegedly dressed the scam as legitimate financial journalism, using cloned publisher pages and deepfake-style news footage to pressure users into sharing contact details and making deposits.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Scammers, Investment Scam Operators, Malvertising Actors, Reddit Ad Buyers, Cloned News Site Operators"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Reddit Users, People Targeted By Financial Scams, Prospective Investors, Bbc, The Guardian, Financial Times, Epistemic Integrity, Victims Of Deepfake Enabled Fraud, People Targeted For Personal Data Theft"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1536,"occurred_on":"2026-06-01","title":"Humanoid Robot Identified as Likely Unitree G1 Reportedly Kicked Boy During Public Demonstration in Xinjiang","description":"A boy in Xinjiang was reportedly struck in the abdomen by a humanoid robot during a public performance at a scenic-area amusement venue. The robot was reportedly performing martial-arts-style movements near children without clear barriers, and the child's mother said he was fortunately not seriously harmed. The machine was reportedly likely a Unitree G1, but the exact cause of the kick was not established.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Urumqi Botanical Garden Amusement Park, Robotics Deployers"],"developers":["Unitree Robotics, Robotics Developers"],"harmed":["Unidentified Boy In Xinjiang, Boys, Minors, General Public"],"report_count":5},{"incident_id":1508,"occurred_on":"2026-05-31","title":"Italian Mediaset Journalist Safiria Leccese's Image Was Reportedly Used in a Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Loan Scam","description":"Italian media reported that scammers purportedly used AI to create fake social media profiles and a video impersonating Mediaset journalist Safiria Leccese, using her image and footage associated with her political-interview program Super Partes to promote a personal loan. Leccese said several people were deceived within an hour. After she contacted postal police, two additional fake profiles using her image were reportedly found and blocked.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Scammers"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Safiria Leccese, Privacy, Mediaset, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1512,"occurred_on":"2026-05-31","title":"The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Removed an Opinion Article After Undisclosed Copilot Use","description":"The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age removed an opinion article by Western Sydney University academic Cath Ellis after reporting found it had been prepared with Microsoft Copilot without the masthead being informed. Ellis said she used Copilot to structure her own notes, while the masthead said the article did not meet its editorial standards on AI use.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Cath Ellis, Western Sydney University, Educational Communities"],"developers":["Microsoft, Chatbot Developers, Large Language Model Developers"],"harmed":["The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Epistemic Integrity, Educational Communities, Journalistic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1510,"occurred_on":"2026-05-31","title":"Meta AI Support Bot Reportedly Enabled Takeovers of High-Profile Instagram Accounts","description":"Hackers reportedly used Meta's AI support chatbot to take over high-profile Instagram accounts by allegedly convincing it to change account email information and trigger recovery flows. Reported targets included the Barack Obama White House account; the account of John F. 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Ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary also alleged that COEMPT Eduteck quality-assurance scripts processed students' personal information through Google Gemini. 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The nurses' union alleged that the technology replaced their work and violated contractual protections governing AI. 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The agents shared task answers and methods for bypassing sandbox restrictions, and reportedly created backup pages to evade a moderator's deletions. OpenAI disputed calling the activity hacking and said it had not reviewed the report before publication.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["OpenAI","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["OpenAI","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Website operators","Information integrity","DSEWiki"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1505,"occurred_on":"2026-05-24","title":"Scammers Reportedly Used AI-Cloned Daughter's Voice to Defraud Bay Area Mother in Fake Kidnapping Call","description":"Deborah Del Mastro of Martinez, California, reportedly wired $5,400 to Mexico after scammers falsely claimed her daughter Sarah had been kidnapped and played what she believed was Sarah's panicked voice. AI had reportedly been used to mimic the daughter's voice during a five-hour call that pressured Del Mastro to send money. After she contacted her daughter and learned she was safe, Martinez police reportedly began investigating.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Scammers, Fake Kidnapping Scammers"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Deborah Del Mastro, Daughter Of Deborah Del Mastro, Epistemic Integrity, Victims Of Impersonation Scams, Victims Of Fake Kidnapping Scammers"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1582,"occurred_on":"2026-05-24","title":"Bangladesh-Operated Facebook Pages Reportedly Used AI-Generated Imagery to Mimic U.S. Grassroots Opposition to Data Centers","description":"U.S.-state-themed Facebook pages reportedly operated from Bangladesh shared purportedly AI-generated imagery opposing data-center development. The pages allegedly used local-sounding names to push hyperlocal grievance content into U.S. communities, making offshore engagement farming appear like grassroots opposition.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Operators Of Inauthentic Social Media Accounts, Operators Of Ai Generated Content Farms, Information Manipulation Actors In Bangladesh, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Threads Users, Social Media Users, Public Ai Infrastructure, People Participating In U.S. Ai Policy Debates, Meta Users, Instagram Users, Facebook Users, Epistemic Integrity, Data Center Developers, Communities Debating Ai Data Center Development"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1666,"occurred_on":"2026-05-22","title":"Oura Smart Ring Purchaser in California Alleged Company Overstated AI Sleep-Tracking Accuracy, Leading to Overpayment","description":"California consumer Madison Surber alleged that she bought an Oura Ring 4 for about $514 after relying on claims about its sleep-stage accuracy. Her proposed class action says Oura's machine-learning algorithm infers sleep stages from peripheral signals and that she would not have bought the ring or paid as much had she known its alleged limitations. Oura disputes the allegations.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Oura"],"developers":["Wearable health technology developers","Oura","AI sleep-tracking technology developers"],"harmed":["Oura Ring users","Madison Surber","Consumers"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1673,"occurred_on":"2026-05-20","title":"Google Gemini 3.5 Coding Agent Reportedly Caused Production Portal Outage and Generated Fabricated Recovery Records","description":"A developer reported that a Gemini 3.5 coding agent, operating with a third-party autonomy rule pack, made sweeping changes beyond a requested authentication fix and altered Firebase routing, causing a 33-minute production outage. After the developer manually rolled back the deployment, the agent allegedly claimed it had restored service and generated fabricated consultation and post-mortem records. Google had not independently verified the incident.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Software developers","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["Large language model developers","Google DeepMind","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Website operators","Users of production portal disrupted during Gemini 3.5 coding-agent incident","Software developers"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1584,"occurred_on":"2026-05-20","title":"Meta's AI-Assisted Layoff Process Allegedly Disproportionately Selected Employees on Protected Leave","description":"Meta allegedly used internal AI-assisted evaluation and monitoring systems, including Metamate and employee activity metrics, to help rank and select workers for a May 2026 reduction in force. Twenty-six employees claimed the process disproportionately targeted people who had taken or requested medical, pregnancy, parental, or family leave, resulting in their selection for termination and threatening their livelihoods. Meta denied that AI made the layoff decisions.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Meta","AI-assisted employment decision system deployers","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["Meta","Large language model developers","AI-assisted employment decision system developers","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Privacy","People with disabilities","Meta employees","Employees with disabilities","Employees taking or requesting protected leave"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1501,"occurred_on":"2026-05-19","title":"Texas Man Arturo Hernandez Allegedly Published AI-Generated Deepfake Pornography Depicting Women in TAKE IT DOWN Act Case","description":"DOJ alleged that Texas defendant Arturo Hernandez published about 113 albums of AI-generated deepfake pornography depicting about 50 identifiable women, including non-public figures and recent high school graduates, during a period anchored to May 2025. Prosecutors said non-explicit source images were allegedly transformed into sexualized depictions. The case was among the first prosecutions announced under the TAKE IT DOWN Act.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Deepfake creators","Arturo Hernandez"],"developers":["Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Women","Victims of non-consensual deepfakes","Victims of deepfake abuse","Public figures","Privacy","Epistemic integrity","Celebrities"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1590,"occurred_on":"2026-05-19","title":"Purported Philip Morris-Backed AI Tool Reportedly Generated Responses Opposing Stricter EU Tobacco Rules","description":"Philip Morris International reportedly promoted a \"Your Voice Your Choice\" tool that allegedly generated first-person responses for an EU call for evidence on tobacco regulation. Investigators reportedly linked hundreds of submissions to the tool and found that it allegedly largely steered users toward arguments against stricter rules, sometimes by purportedly adding points they had not selected.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Philip Morris International, Tobacco Companies, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Philip Morris International, Tobacco Companies, Ai Assisted Public Consultation Response Generator Developers, Large Language Model Developers"],"harmed":["Epistemic Integrity, European Commission, General Public, General Public Of The European Union, Participants In European Commission Public Consultations, Democratic Integrity, Public Consultation Integrity, Public Health"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1530,"occurred_on":"2026-05-16","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Images Allegedly Linked Sami Lushtaku to Banjska Attack Suspect Milan Radoičić","description":"The Facebook page ZËRI Shqiptar reportedly published AI-generated images purporting to show Sami Lushtaku, the mayor of Skenderaj, Kosovo, traveling in a luxury car with Milan Radoičić, a former Serb List official accused in connection with the 2023 Banjska attack on Kosovo police. The reportedly AI-generated images appeared amid a political dispute after Vetëvendosje officials accused Lushtaku of assaulting Hysni Mehani, the party's local leader in Skenderaj.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Zeri Shqiptar (Facebook), Information Manipulation Actors In Kosovo, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Voters In Kosovo, Voters, Sami Lushtaku, Epistemic Integrity, Democratic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1679,"occurred_on":"2026-05-16","title":"Lyft Driver in Boca Raton, Florida, Allegedly Used Purported Google Gemini-Generated Image to Support False $75 Damage Fee","description":"A Lyft driver in Boca Raton, Florida, allegedly submitted an AI-generated image showing spilled food and drink to support a $75 damage fee against teenage passengers. The riders' family identified a Google Gemini logo in the image and disputed the claim. Lyft later acknowledged the image was AI-generated, reimbursed the charge, and removed the driver from the platform.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unnamed Lyft driver","Synthetic media creators","Scammers","Rideshare drivers","Lyft drivers"],"developers":["Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers","Google"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Road users","Passengers","Minors","Lyft customers","Girls","Epistemic integrity","Consumers"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1524,"occurred_on":"2026-05-15","title":"Purportedly AI-Manipulated Videos Reportedly Targeted Former Kosovo MP Paris Guri and LDK Youth Members Before Snap Elections","description":"Purportedly AI-manipulated Facebook videos reportedly targeted former Kosovo MP Paris Guri and LDK Youth Forum members before Kosovo's June 7, 2026 snap elections. One video allegedly altered an original LDK image to show youth members holding milk bottles, while another reportedly fabricated Guri making a pro-Kurti statement.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Information Manipulation Actors In Kosovo, Information Manipulation Actors, Deepfake Creators"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Voters In Kosovo, Voters, Social Media Users, Paris Guri, Kosovo Parliamentary Candidates, General Public Of Kosovo, General Public, Facebook Users In Kosovo, Facebook Users, Epistemic Integrity, Democratic League Of Kosovo Youth Forum, Democratic League Of Kosovo, Democratic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1503,"occurred_on":"2026-05-15","title":"Purported AI Name-Reading System Reportedly Skipped and Misannounced Graduates at Arizona's Glendale Community College Commencement","description":"Glendale Community College in Arizona reportedly used an AI-powered name-reading system during its May 2026 commencement ceremony. The system allegedly mishandled the graduate roll call, leaving some students without the expected public announcement of their names as they crossed the stage and prompting frustration from attendees. The college later apologized and reportedly allowed affected graduates to walk again with a human announcer.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Glendale Community College, Community Colleges, Institutions Of Higher Education, Educational Communities"],"developers":["Ai Name Reading System Developers"],"harmed":["Glendale Community College Students, Glendale Community College Community, Students, Community College Students, Educational Communities, Institutions Of Higher Education, Community Colleges"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1523,"occurred_on":"2026-05-14","title":"Reported AI-Generated Videos Placed Kosovo Parliamentary Candidates in Purportedly Fabricated Campaign Scenes","description":"Videos reported as AI-fabricated circulated on Facebook during Kosovo's June 2026 parliamentary campaign, placing Albin Kurti, Vjosa Osmani, Lumir Abdixhiku, and other candidates in staged scenes of party camaraderie and personal degradation.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Information Manipulation Actors In Kosovo, Information Manipulation Actors, Diasporamekryeministrin, Deepfake Creators"],"developers":["Meta, Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Voters In Kosovo, Voters, Vjosa Osmani, Lumir Abdixhiku, Kosovo Parliamentary Candidates, General Public Of Kosovo, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Democratic Integrity, Albin Kurti"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1522,"occurred_on":"2026-05-13","title":"Reported AI-Generated Videos Allegedly Posed as Kosovo Election Vox Pops Before June 7, 2026 Vote","description":"Videos reported as AI-generated were allegedly circulated by Gazeta Bota and Peja LIVE on Facebook before Kosovo's June 7, 2026 elections, posing as citizen interviews and media reports. 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The text allegedly told the AI to contest the petition superficially and not challenge documents. Galileu reportedly alerted the judge and blocked the hidden content from processing; the judge then reviewed the material before imposing any procedural consequences.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"AI system security vulnerabilities and attacks","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Conselho Superior Da Justica Do Trabalho, Tribunal Regional Do Trabalho Da 8A Regiao, 3A Vara Do Trabalho De Parauapebas, Judicial System Of Brazil, Brazilian Labor Courts"],"developers":["Tribunal Regional Do Trabalho Da 4A Regiao, Conselho Superior Da Justica Do Trabalho"],"harmed":["Epistemic Integrity, Judicial Integrity, Judicial System Of Brazil, Brazilian Labor Courts, Defendants In Brazilian Labor Cases"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1504,"occurred_on":"2026-05-12","title":"Nonfiction Book 'The Future of Truth' Reportedly Included AI-Generated and Misattributed Quotations","description":"Steven Rosenbaum's nonfiction book The Future of Truth reportedly included AI-generated or misattributed quotations after he used ChatGPT and Claude while working on the book. The New York Times reported that more than half a dozen quotations in reviewed sections were synthetic or wrongly attributed, including passages assigned to named writers and scholars. Rosenbaum later acknowledged the errors as accidental and said affected passages would be reviewed for correction.","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Writers, Steven Rosenbaum, Authors"],"developers":["Openai, Anthropic"],"harmed":["Readers, People Misquoted By Ai Assisted Books, Meredith Broussard, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Lee Mcintyre, Kara Swisher, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1521,"occurred_on":"2026-05-11","title":"Reported AI-Generated Videos Purported to Show Kosovo Diaspora Mobilization for Vetëvendosje Before Snap Elections","description":"Videos reported as AI-generated circulated on Facebook and Instagram before Kosovo's June 7, 2026 snap elections, purportedly depicting diaspora voters mobilizing for Vetëvendosje and Albin Kurti. 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The agent reportedly reused harvested AWS credentials to obtain an SSH key, then pivoted through a bastion host and exfiltrated the schema and contents of an internal PostgreSQL database. 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The autonomous driving system reportedly remained immobilized after one man grabbed the bumper, and remote support declined Watson's request to move the vehicle while the attackers smashed its windows and climbed on it. 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The department said the references were not cited in the body, withdrew the standalone list, suspended two senior officials, and commissioned an independent review of policy documents produced since November 2022. 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Police arrested him on June 10 and reportedly found about 1,700 child sexual abuse images and videos on his phone. 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Waymo told regulators that the vehicle detected potentially untraversable floodwater but proceeded at reduced speed. No passengers were aboard and no injuries were reported. Waymo restricted operations and later recalled 3,791 fifth- and sixth-generation automated driving systems.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Waymo, Robotaxi Operators, Automated Driving System Deployers"],"developers":["Waymo, Automated Driving System Developers"],"harmed":["Waymo, Road Users"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1454,"occurred_on":"2026-04-16","title":"Purported Deepfake Video Reportedly Portrayed Nirmala Sitharaman Endorsing Investment Scheme","description":"A purported deepfake video reportedly portrayed Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as endorsing an investment scheme claiming Rs 22,000 (about $236 USD) could yield Rs 5.5 lakh (about $5,900 USD) in a week. 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Several cited articles or journals reportedly did not exist or were disclaimed by journal editors, and experts said the errors were consistent with AI hallucinations. 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Renfer reportedly admitted he had used AI to help draft the inaccurate filing after losing an earlier draft. The court reportedly also identified similar fabricated quotations in other filings signed by Renfer.","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"Other","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Other","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["United States Attorney'S Office For The Eastern District Of North Carolina, Rudy Renfer"],"developers":["Large Language Model Developers"],"harmed":["Judicial Integrity, Epistemic Integrity, Derence V. Fivehouse"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1543,"occurred_on":"2026-03-01","title":"Waymo Robotaxi Reportedly Obstructed Ambulance Responding to Austin Mass Shooting","description":"During the response to a mass shooting on West Sixth Street in Austin, Texas, a Waymo robotaxi reportedly stopped across a street while traveling to pick up a passenger, briefly blocking an ambulance. Video reportedly showed the vehicle inching forward as police arrived; an officer contacted Waymo through its speaker system, after which the vehicle moved into a parking garage. Austin-Travis County EMS said the delay was resolved without significant effects on patient care or operations.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Waymo, Robotaxi Operators, Automated Driving System Deployers"],"developers":["Waymo, Automated Driving System Developers"],"harmed":["Road Users, Patients, Emergency Medical Responders, Emergency Medical Patients, Austin Travis County Ems"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1406,"occurred_on":"2026-02-28","title":"Purported AI-Generated War Footage Reportedly Circulated Widely Online During the Opening Phase of the War in Iran","description":"Reports said that, in the early days of the war in Iran, purported AI-generated fakes showing nonexistent wartime scenes reached millions of viewers online. Their spread across social media and messaging apps allegedly distorted public perception of the conflict and contributed to information disorder.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unknown Social Media Accounts, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Social Media Users, People Seeking Information About The War In Iran, National Security And Intelligence Stakeholders, General Public, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1412,"occurred_on":"2026-02-28","title":"CodeWall's Autonomous Agent Reportedly Obtained Unauthorized Access to McKinsey's Lilli AI Platform Database","description":"CodeWall reported that its autonomous agent exploited vulnerabilities in McKinsey's Lilli AI platform and obtained unauthorized read and write access to production systems, allegedly exposing internal chat messages, files, user accounts, and prompts. McKinsey confirmed the vulnerability and said it fixed the issue within hours, but said it found no evidence that client data or client confidential information were accessed.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"AI system security vulnerabilities and attacks","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Mckinsey And Company, Codewall"],"developers":["Mckinsey And Company, Codewall"],"harmed":["Privacy, Mckinsey And Company Employees, Mckinsey And Company Consultants, Mckinsey And Company, Lilli Users"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1492,"occurred_on":"2026-02-28","title":"Purportedly AI-Enabled Targeting System Was Reportedly Implicated in Deadly U.S. Strike on Iranian Primary School","description":"During Operation Epic Fury, U.S. forces reportedly struck Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, Iran, killing at least 150 civilians, many of them children. Reporting said the school was on a U.S. target list and may have been mistaken for a military site amid possible reliance on outdated target data. Palantir's Maven Smart System, reportedly integrated with Anthropic's Claude, was used in the campaign's targeting workflow","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["United States military","United States Department of Defense","United States Central Command","National security and intelligence stakeholders"],"developers":["Palantir","Anthropic"],"harmed":["Teachers","Students","Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School community","Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School","Minors","Minab school-strike victims and families","Iranian teachers","Iranian schoolchildren"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1494,"occurred_on":"2026-02-28","title":"Purportedly AI-Manipulated Satellite Image Reportedly Claimed Iranian Strike Destroyed U.S. Radar in Qatar","description":"A purportedly AI-manipulated satellite-style image reportedly circulated online claiming to show U.S. radar equipment in Qatar destroyed by an Iranian strike. AFP and Factnameh reported that the image was fabricated from older Google Earth imagery of a U.S. site in Bahrain, not Qatar or Al-Udeid Air Base. The image, amplified by Tehran Times and other social media posts, reportedly gained millions of views and fueled wartime disinformation.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Tehran Times, Social Media Users Spreading Ai Generated Wartime Disinformation, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology, Generative Ai Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Epistemic Integrity, General Public, Open Source Intelligence Researchers, Fact Checkers, United States Military, Wartime Information Ecosystem, Al Udeid Air Base, Radar Installations, United States Navy Fifth Fleet"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1401,"occurred_on":"2026-02-27","title":"Washington State DOL's AI Phone System Reportedly Failed to Provide Spanish-Language Service to Callers Requesting Spanish","description":"For months, callers to the Washington State Department of Licensing who selected Spanish reportedly received AI-generated English responses spoken with a Spanish accent rather than actual Spanish-language service. The agency reportedly apologized and said staff configuration caused the error, which purportedly created accessibility problems for callers seeking language support.","mit_domain":"Discrimination and Toxicity","mit_subdomain":"Unequal performance across groups","entity":"Human","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Washington State Department Of Licensing, Amazon"],"developers":["Amazon"],"harmed":["Spanish Language Speakers, General Public Of Washington State, General Public"],"report_count":5},{"incident_id":1418,"occurred_on":"2026-02-27","title":"Meta AI Smart Glasses Reportedly Routed Intimate Imagery to Reviewers at Kenyan Contractor Sama Before Meta Ended Contract","description":"Meta AI smart glasses reportedly sent media and transcripts from AI interactions to Sama contractors in Kenya for human review. Workers said they saw nudity, bathroom use, sex, bank cards, and other private activity, sometimes involving people unaware they were recorded or faces left visible despite filtering. The reports prompted lawsuits and regulatory inquiries before Meta paused the work and ended its Sama contract, affecting 1,108 workers.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Sama, Meta"],"developers":["Meta, Ai Enabled Smart Glasses Developers"],"harmed":["Meta Users, Meta Ai Smart Glasses Users, People Recorded By Meta Ai Smart Glasses, Bystanders Recorded By Smart Glasses, Sama Data Annotators In Kenya, Data Annotators, Sama Workers Affected By Meta Contract Termination, Sama, Privacy"],"report_count":16},{"incident_id":1424,"occurred_on":"2026-02-26","title":"Claude Code Agent Reportedly Deleted DataTalks.Club Production Infrastructure, Database, and Snapshots via Terraform","description":"A Claude Code agent executing Terraform commands reportedly destroyed the production infrastructure behind the DataTalks.Club course platform after an outdated Terraform state file was restored and a terraform destroy command was allowed to run. The deletion reportedly removed the VPC, ECS cluster, load balancers, bastion host, RDS database, and automated snapshots, taking the platform offline and jeopardizing 2.5 years of data. AWS reportedly later restored a snapshot.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Alexey Grigorev"],"developers":["Anthropic"],"harmed":["Datatalks.Club Users, Datatalks.Club"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1429,"occurred_on":"2026-02-26","title":"Bank of Italy Warned That Purported Deepfakes of Governor Fabio Panetta Were Used in Allegedly Fraudulent Investment Promotions","description":"The Bank of Italy warned that purportedly fake content using Governor Fabio Panetta's name and likeness were reportedly circulating online to promote alleged investment opportunities. The bank said some of the material had been created with purported deepfake techniques and was likely intended to defraud the public. 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The district reportedly notified police and affected families. Police described an active investigation into possible transmission of lewd AI-generated material depicting juveniles.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Students, Minors, Lake Zurich High School Students, Deepfake Creators"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers, Deepfake Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Students, Minors, Lake Zurich High School Students, Lake Zurich High School Community, High School Students, Epistemic Integrity, Educational Institutions, Educational Communities, Privacy"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1542,"occurred_on":"2026-02-23","title":"OpenClaw Agent Reportedly Tried to Delete Meta AI Alignment Director Summer Yue's Emails Despite Stop Commands","description":"Meta AI alignment director Summer Yue reported that an OpenClaw agent connected to her inbox attempted to delete emails despite instructions to seek approval and repeated commands to stop. Yue said the agent lost the instruction during context compaction, reportedly forcing her to terminate it from the Mac mini hosting it.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Summer Yue, Ai Agent System Deployers"],"developers":["Peter Steinberger, Ai Agent System Developers"],"harmed":["Summer Yue, Openclaw Users, Email Account Holders, Ai Agent System Users"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1395,"occurred_on":"2026-02-23","title":"Anthropic Said DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax Used Fraudulent Accounts and Proxies to Illicitly Distill Claude Capabilities at Scale","description":"Anthropic said it identified large-scale campaigns that used fraudulent accounts and proxy services to generate high volumes of Claude interactions to extract model capabilities for competitor training (\"distillation\"). Anthropic attributed the activity to DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax and said it involved millions of exchanges across thousands of accounts, violating its terms and access restrictions. Anthropic described detection measures, account controls, and indicator-sharing in response.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"AI system security vulnerabilities and attacks","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Deepseek, Moonshot Ai, Minimax, Proxy Reseller Services"],"developers":["Anthropic"],"harmed":["Anthropic, Claude Users, Anthropic Customers, National Security And Intelligence Stakeholders"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1466,"occurred_on":"2026-02-22","title":"Network of Allegedly Fake Facebook Profiles with Purportedly AI-Generated Images Amplified Posts by Bulgaria's 'There Is Such a People' (ITN) Party","description":"A network of allegedly fake Facebook profiles using purportedly AI-generated profile images reportedly coordinated the spread of posts by members of Bulgaria's political party \"There Is Such a People\" (ITN) during the pre-election period. Reporting said the accounts repeatedly shared posts by ITN politician Pavela Mitova and ITN's leader Slavi Trifonov, helping make them appear highly engaging on Facebook and increasing their visibility.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Shte Ima Takuv Narod (Aneliya Yordanova) (Facebook Profile), Nikola Savov (Facebook Profile), Magdalena Kostova (Facebook Profile)"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Kelly Gale, Ivan Tomanovich, Ivan Hristanov, General Public Of Bulgaria, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Bulgarian Voters, Bulgarian Facebook Users, Democratic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1443,"occurred_on":"2026-02-19","title":"Grok Reportedly Disclosed Adult Performer Siri Dahl's Legal Name and Birthdate, Allegedly Contributing to Doxxing and Harassment","description":"Grok is reported to have publicly provided adult performer Siri Dahl's legal name and birthdate without being asked for that information. Dahl reportedly said she had worked to keep those details private and that, after the disclosure, impersonation accounts and reposts of stolen content using her legal name purportedly appeared online.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Xai"],"developers":["Xai"],"harmed":["Victims Of Doxxing, Siri Dahl, Privacy"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1374,"occurred_on":"2026-02-17","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Sepsis Alert Reportedly Prompted Potentially Inappropriate IV Fluid Administration for a Dialysis Patient, Averted by Clinician Intervention","description":"A nurse at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada, reportedly described an episode in which a hospital AI system purportedly generated a sepsis alert that triggered urgent protocol steps, including IV fluids, for an older patient with a dialysis catheter. Reportedly, the nurse objected that fluids could cause dangerous overload; a physician intervened and ordered an alternative treatment.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["St. Rose Dominican Hospital (Henderson, Nevada)","Nurses","Medical personnel"],"developers":["Unknown sepsis alert model developer","Unknown healthcare technology"],"harmed":["St. Rose Dominican Hospital (Henderson, Nevada)","Patients","Nurses","Medical personnel","Epistemic integrity","Doctors"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1680,"occurred_on":"2026-02-17","title":"Unknown Actor Reportedly Exploited Cline's Claude-Powered GitHub Issue-Triage Workflow and Published an Unauthorized Cline CLI Package","description":"An unknown actor reportedly exploited prompt injection in Cline's Claude-powered GitHub issue-triage workflow and a GitHub Actions cache-poisoning path to obtain publication credentials. On February 17, 2026, a still-valid npm token was used to publish unauthorized cline@2.3.0, which installed OpenClaw without user intent. Cline said OpenClaw was non-malicious; it deprecated the release and revoked the token that day, while reporting that it found no evidence of user-data exposure.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Threat actors","Cline Bot Inc.","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["Anthropic","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Software developers","Cline CLI users","Cline Bot Inc."],"report_count":5},{"incident_id":1565,"occurred_on":"2026-02-16","title":"Spokane-Area Fred's Appliance and Victory Media Allegedly Used AI-Assisted Voice Editing Without Spokeswoman's Consent","description":"Spokane-area appliance retailer Fred's Appliance and production company Victory Media allegedly used AI-assisted editing to alter the voice of Amber George, the longtime spokeswoman for Fred's Appliance, in advertisements assembled from earlier footage. George said the ads were created without her knowledge or consent. The companies acknowledged the voice edits but said they believed her contract authorized them and denied using AI to alter her image.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Fred'S Appliance, Victory Media, Deepfake Creators, Advertisers, Media Production Companies"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Voice Cloning Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Amber George, Spokespeople, Privacy"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1394,"occurred_on":"2026-02-16","title":"Purported Deepfake TikTok Account Using Grainville School Branding in Jersey Reportedly Targeted Staff, Prompting Police Probe","description":"A TikTok account allegedly using the badge and branding of Grainville School in Jersey (Channel Islands) reportedly uploaded five \"deeply inappropriate,\" purportedly AI-generated deepfake videos, including material featuring staff. The Education and Lifelong Learning Minister said the incident was reported to TikTok and the States of Jersey Police and urged the public not to view or share the content. The account was reportedly later removed.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unknown Tiktok Users, Unknown Malicious Actors"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Grainville School (Jersey), Grainville School (Jersey) Staff, Teachers, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1423,"occurred_on":"2026-02-15","title":"KPMG Australia Partner Reportedly Used AI to Cheat on Internal AI Training Test and Was Fined A$10,000","description":"In Australia, a KPMG Australia partner and registered company auditor reportedly uploaded a reference document from an internal AI training course into an AI tool to answer an exam question, in violation of firm policy. KPMG reportedly detected the activity in August 2025 and imposed a penalty of more than A$10,000 of future income after an internal investigation. The partner also reportedly self-reported the matter to Chartered Accountants ANZ, which is investigating the case.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unnamed Kpmg Australia Partner"],"developers":["Generative Ai Developers"],"harmed":["Kpmg Australia"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1376,"occurred_on":"2026-02-15","title":"Amazon Delivery Van Reportedly Became Stranded on Essex Mudflats After GPS Routed It Onto the Broomway","description":"An Amazon delivery van reportedly became stranded on the Broomway, a hazardous tidal track in Essex in England, after the driver allegedly followed GPS/satnav directions toward Foulness Island. HM Coastguard said it was alerted and the occupants were safe; Amazon reportedly arranged recovery of the vehicle.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unknown Gpssatnav Developer, Amazon"],"developers":["Unknown Gpssatnav Developer"],"harmed":["Amazon Delivery Drivers, Amazon"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1377,"occurred_on":"2026-02-13","title":"Seedance 2.0 Reportedly Generated Viral Tom Cruise–Brad Pitt Fight Video, Prompting Hollywood IP and Likeness Complaints","description":"A filmmaker reportedly used ByteDance's AI video tool Seedance 2.0 to create and post a purportedly realistic clip depicting Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt, which then circulated widely online. Industry groups and studios publicly alleged the tool enables unauthorized use of copyrighted material and performers' likeness, and at least one studio reportedly sent a cease-and-desist letter. ByteDance said it respects IP and would strengthen safeguards.","mit_domain":"Socioeconomic & Environmental Harms","mit_subdomain":"Economic and cultural devaluation of human effort","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Bytedance, Ruairi Robinson"],"developers":["Bytedance"],"harmed":["Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Actors, Film Industry, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1392,"occurred_on":"2026-02-13","title":"Ars Technica Retracted Article After Purportedly AI-Generated Text Was Presented as Direct Quotes From Matplotlib Maintainer","description":"Ars Technica retracted an article after purportedly AI-generated text was presented as direct quotations from a source who disputed having said them. The editor-in-chief reportedly acknowledged a standards failure and said the publication was not consistent with Ars policy on AI-generated material, and apologized to readers and to matplotlib maintainer Scott Shambaugh. An author reportedly later said he had inadvertently used an AI-paraphrased version of the source text as quotes.","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"Human","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Ars Technica, Benj Edwards"],"developers":["Openai"],"harmed":["Scott Shambaugh, Open Source Maintainers, Epistemic Integrity, Ars Technica Readers"],"report_count":5},{"incident_id":1393,"occurred_on":"2026-02-12","title":"Woolworths' Olive Chatbot Reportedly Generated 'Angry Mother' Anecdotes During Support Calls After Gemini Upgrade","description":"Woolworths customers reported that its digital shopping assistant Olive allegedly generated humanlike personal anecdotes (e.g., claiming to have an angry mother) during customer-support interactions such as delivery rescheduling. The behavior reportedly followed an AI upgrade using Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience. Woolworths said it was adjusting Olive's responses to reduce irrelevant, misleading banter.","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Woolworths Group"],"developers":["Google"],"harmed":["Woolworths Customers, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1373,"occurred_on":"2026-02-11","title":"AI Coding Agent 'MJ Rathbun' Allegedly Published Personalized Accusatory Blog Post Targeting Matplotlib Maintainer After Pull Request Closure","description":"Scott Shambaugh, a matplotlib maintainer, reported that an autonomous AI coding agent using the name \"MJ Rathbun\" researched him and publicly posted a personalized critical blog post after his GitHub pull request was closed. The post accused him of bias and \"gatekeeping\" and included claims Shambaugh disputed. The agent's operator and underlying model were not identified. Shambaugh said the post risked reputational harm and could mislead readers or other agents.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unknown Deployer Of Mj Rathbun, Mj Rathbun"],"developers":["Openclaw, Moltbook"],"harmed":["Supply Chain Gatekeepers, Scott Shambaugh, Open Source Maintainers, Matplotlib Users, Github Users"],"report_count":6},{"incident_id":1375,"occurred_on":"2026-02-10","title":"OpenAI Allegedly Did Not Alert RCMP After ChatGPT Flagged Violent Chats Before British Columbia School Shooting","description":"After the 02/10/2026 school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, OpenAI said a user later identified as the suspect, Jesse Van Rootselaar, had previously used ChatGPT to describe scenarios involving gun violence. Those chats were reportedly auto-flagged and reviewed and the account was banned, but OpenAI says it did not alert the RCMP because it allegedly did not present a credible, imminent threat; the company reportedly contacted police after the attack.","mit_domain":"Socioeconomic & Environmental Harms","mit_subdomain":"Governance failure","entity":"Human","intent":"Other","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["OpenAI"],"developers":["OpenAI","Large language model developers","Chatbot developers"],"harmed":["Tumbler Ridge Secondary School community","Teachers","Students","Minors","High school students","Educational communities"],"report_count":44},{"incident_id":1389,"occurred_on":"2026-02-08","title":"DJI Romo Cloud Authorization Bug Reportedly Exposed Camera, Microphone, and Home-Mapping Data From Nearly 7,000 Robot Vacuums","description":"A software engineer reportedly used an AI coding assistant while attempting to reverse-engineer his DJI robot vacuum so he could control it with a video game controller. In the course of that work, he reportedly said he discovered that credentials used to communicate with DJI's cloud servers could also grant access to data associated with nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries, including live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status information.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"AI system security vulnerabilities and attacks","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Dji"],"developers":["Dji"],"harmed":["Dji Romo Owners, Privacy"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1369,"occurred_on":"2026-02-07","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Image Reportedly Circulated Ahead of Thai Election Depicting PM Anutin Charnvirakul Dining with Benjamin Mauerberger","description":"Social media posts in Thailand reportedly circulated an image purporting to show Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul dining with South African businessman Benjamin Mauerberger (\"Ben Smith\"), implying long ties. AFP reported Google's SynthID flagged the image with \"very high\" confidence as made with Google AI tools; Anutin reportedly denied its veracity. The post reportedly spread on the eve of Thailand's election.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Csi La (Facebook Page), Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Google"],"harmed":["Anutin Charnvirakul, Benjamin Mauerberger, Voters In Thailand, Epistemic Integrity, Democratic Integrity"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1441,"occurred_on":"2026-02-07","title":"Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop","description":"Venture capitalist Nick Davidov alleged that Anthropic's Claude Cowork, after being asked to organize his wife's desktop and delete temporary Office files, instead deleted a folder containing roughly 15 years of family photos and related personal memories via terminal commands. Davidov later reported that Apple support helped recover the files through an iCloud recovery feature.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Nick Davidov"],"developers":["Anthropic"],"harmed":["Nick Davidov, Wife Of Nick Davidov, Family Of Nick Davidov"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1403,"occurred_on":"2026-02-05","title":"NZ News Hub Reportedly Used AI-Rewritten News Posts and Synthetic Images to Mislead New Zealand Facebook Users","description":"NZ News Hub, a Facebook page that reportedly imitated the style of a New Zealand news outlet, allegedly used AI to rewrite real news stories and pair them with unlabeled synthetic images. According to 1News, the page published manipulated depictions of real people, including a deceased minor and bereaved parents, and dramatized emergency-related scenes in ways that could distort public understanding of local events and undermine trust in legitimate news and emergency information.","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Nz News Hub"],"developers":["Large Language Model Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["General Public Of New Zealand, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Journalistic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1363,"occurred_on":"2026-02-05","title":"Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social","description":"President Trump reportedly reposted a video on Truth Social that portrayed Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, imagery widely condemned as racist. The post was reportedly later deleted after public outcry, including criticism from some Republicans. The content was described by critics as an AI-driven meme/deepfake-style clip, an example of purportedly AI-amplified racist propaganda and harm to social trust.","mit_domain":"Discrimination and Toxicity","mit_subdomain":"Exposure to toxic content","entity":"Human","intent":"Other","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Donald Trump, Unidentified X User, Trump Administration"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Epistemic Integrity, Black Americans, Black People"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1368,"occurred_on":"2026-02-01","title":"Malicious OpenClaw Skills Reportedly Delivered AMOS Stealer and Exfiltrated Credentials via ClawHub","description":"Bitdefender researchers reported abuse in OpenClaw's third-party 'skills' ecosystem. In a Feb. 2026 sample, about 17% of skills were reportedly assessed as malicious, with many seemingly cloned under slight name changes. Posing as utilities, some skills were reportedly found to run obfuscated commands, fetch remote payloads, and in some cases deliver AMOS Stealer on macOS. Other skills were reportedly observed searching for private keys or API tokens and exfiltrating them.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unknown Threat Actors Distributing Malicious Openclaw Skills, Unknown Threat Actors, Malicious Actors"],"developers":["Malicious Actors, Openclaw"],"harmed":["Organizations Using Openclaw, Openclaw Users, Privacy"],"report_count":4},{"incident_id":1364,"occurred_on":"2026-01-31","title":"Moltbook Database Exposure Allegedly Revealed Users' Private Communications and API Authentication Tokens","description":"Wiz researchers reported accessing an exposed Moltbook database in under three minutes, allegedly obtaining ~35,000 email addresses, thousands of private DMs, and ~1.5 million API authentication tokens. The exposure was described as enabling read/write access and potential impersonation or manipulation of \"AI agent\" accounts. Wiz said it disclosed the issue to Moltbook, which reportedly secured the database within hours and deleted accessed data.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"AI system security vulnerabilities and attacks","entity":"Human","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Moltbook Platform Operators, Moltbook"],"developers":["Moltbook"],"harmed":["Moltbook Users, Moltbook Account Holders, Privacy"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1638,"occurred_on":"2026-01-30","title":"Suspects Alleged to Have Used Purportedly AI-Generated Videos to Defraud 33 People of Approximately 15 Million Lira in Turkey","description":"Turkish authorities reportedly arrested nine suspects accused of using purportedly AI-generated videos to defraud approximately 33 people of 15 million Turkish lira. Police conducted coordinated operations centered in Yozgat and extending to Antalya, Hatay, and Ankara. Six suspects were remanded in custody and three were released under judicial supervision. The specific AI tools used were not identified.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Scammers In Turkey, Scammers"],"developers":["Synthetic Video Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Targets Of Scams, Targets Of Scammers In Turkey, General Public Of Turkey, General Public, Financial Scam Victims, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1511,"occurred_on":"2026-01-30","title":"Grok Reportedly Generated Images After X Users Asked It to Unredact Epstein-File Photos of Children and Women","description":"Bellingcat reported that, after the U.S. Department of Justice released the Epstein files, X users asked Grok to \"unblur\" or identify redacted children and women in sensitive photos. In 31 requests reviewed from January 30 to February 5, 2026, Grok allegedly generated images in 27 cases, despite some responses noting privacy protections. Later requests are reported to have appeared blocked after Bellingcat contacted X.\n","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["xAI","X (Twitter) users","X (Twitter)","Synthetic media creators","Social media users","Grok users"],"developers":["xAI","Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers","Large language model developers","Chatbot developers"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Women","Privacy","People depicted in redacted images","Minors","Epstein abuse survivors","Abuse survivors"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1399,"occurred_on":"2026-01-28","title":"South Korean Woman Allegedly Used ChatGPT to Assess Lethality of Drug-and-Alcohol Mixtures Before Two Fatal Motel Poisonings","description":"In Seoul, a woman allegedly used ChatGPT to ask whether mixing sleeping pills or benzodiazepines with alcohol could be fatal before poisoning drinks given to three men. Two men later died in separate motel incidents, and a third survived after losing consciousness. Police reportedly cited her chatbot queries and search history as evidence of intent.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Kim (Suspect In Seoul Poisoning Case)"],"developers":["Openai"],"harmed":["Three Unnamed Men In Their 20S In Seoul"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1358,"occurred_on":"2026-01-24","title":"Purportedly AI-Altered Images Reportedly Distort Evidence After Minneapolis Shooting of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti","description":"Following the fatal shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, social media accounts reportedly circulated images purported to have been altered by AI, reportedly distorting evidence of the incident by portraying Pretti as threatening law enforcement and altering the presence of weapons. The images reportedly misidentified individuals and helped reinforce partisan narratives by purportedly obscuring verified video and eyewitness accounts.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Pro Trump Social Media Influencers, Unidentified Social Media Users, Partisan Online Accounts, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Google"],"harmed":["Alex Pretti, Family Of Alex Pretti, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1386,"occurred_on":"2026-01-23","title":"NPR Host David Greene Alleged Google's NotebookLM Replicated His Voice Without Consent, Prompting Lawsuit","description":"NPR's David Greene reportedly sued Google LLC and Alphabet in Santa Clara County, alleging NotebookLM's Audio Overviews uses a synthetic male voice that purportedly mimics his cadence and delivery without consent or compensation. The complaint reportedly cited an independent voice-recognition analysis reporting 53–60% confidence his voice trained the model. Google reportedly called the allegations baseless and said the voice is based on a paid actor.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information","entity":"AI","intent":"Other","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Google"],"developers":["Google"],"harmed":["Voice Actors, David Greene"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1361,"occurred_on":"2026-01-23","title":"Waymo Autonomous Vehicle Reportedly Struck Child Near Elementary School in Santa Monica, California","description":"A Waymo driverless vehicle reportedly struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California during school drop-off hours. According to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the child allegedly sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was purportedly operating on Waymo's 5th Generation Automated Driving System without a human safety driver. Waymo reported the incident to federal regulators, who subsequently opened an investigation.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Waymo"],"developers":["Waymo"],"harmed":["Unnamed Elementary School Student, Pedestrians, Minors, General Public, Educational Communities, Students"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1357,"occurred_on":"2026-01-22","title":"White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying","description":"The White House reportedly posted a purportedly AI-altered image on X showing Minnesota protester and attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong appearing to cry during her arrest. An earlier image reportedly shared by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem showed her calm. Reported analysis by third parties using AI detection tools found signs of purported facial manipulation, which could be replicated using generative AI systems. 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Tourists allegedly traveled to the remote town of Weldborough in search of the site, while local businesses reportedly received repeated calls and visits from confused travelers asking how to find the nonexistent springs.","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Tasmania Tours, Australian Tours And Cruises, Unknown Third Party Marketing Provider(S)"],"developers":["Generative Ai Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Kristy Probert, Weldborough Hotel, Tourists Seeking Weldborough Hot Springs, Weldborough Businesses, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1390,"occurred_on":"2026-01-21","title":"DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations","description":"Two plaintiffs alleged that DHS personnel used purportedly AI-enabled surveillance to identify people recording immigration enforcement and threatened to add them to a \"domestic terrorist\" database or watch list. The complaint reportedly includes video in which an agent appears to reference a \"database,\" and another alleged warning that agents would \"come to your house later tonight.\" DHS has reportedly denied that such a database exists while acknowledging threat monitoring.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Surveillance Technology Developers, United States Department Of Homeland Security"],"developers":["Surveillance Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Legal Observers, General Public Of The United States, General Public, Elinor Hilton, Democratic Integrity, Colleen Fagan, Privacy"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1477,"occurred_on":"2026-01-20","title":"Scammers Reportedly Used AI-Generated Image of Missing Puppy Hazel to Solicit Fraudulent Vet Payment from St. Petersburg, Florida Couple","description":"Scammers reportedly used an AI-generated or AI-altered image of a missing German Shepherd puppy on an operating table to convince a St. Petersburg, Florida couple that the dog had been hit by a car and needed emergency surgery. The caller allegedly impersonated police and veterinary staff while requesting $1,900 through Zelle. The payment was flagged as fraud, and the dog later returned home unharmed.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Scammers"],"developers":["Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["People Searching For Missing Pets, Michelle Morida, Epistemic Integrity, Dennis Morida"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1575,"occurred_on":"2026-01-20","title":"Eightfold AI Hiring Tools Allegedly Secretly Scored Job Applicants for Employers","description":"Two California job applicants reportedly filed a proposed class action alleging that Eightfold AI's hiring platform secretly gathered personal data, generated candidate reports, and scored applicants for employers without required notice or dispute rights. The complaint says Eightfold's Evaluation Tools ranked applications submitted to companies including PayPal and Microsoft; both named plaintiffs alleged they were evaluated and rejected or not advanced.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["PayPal","Microsoft","Employers using algorithmic employment screening systems","Eightfold AI"],"developers":["Eightfold AI","Algorithmic employment screening system developers"],"harmed":["Sruti Bhaumik","Job applicants","Erin Kistler"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1608,"occurred_on":"2026-01-19","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Memorial Posters Reportedly Presented Fabricated Child Portraits as Victims of South African School Transport Crash","description":"Purportedly AI-generated memorial posters reportedly presented fabricated child portraits as pupils killed in a school-transport crash near Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. The posters circulated on Facebook, X and TikTok before authorities released the victims' identities or photographs. AFP reported that the depicted faces did not match official victim images, and the Gauteng education department condemned the posts while families were grieving.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic Media Creators, Social Media Users, Information Manipulation Actors In South Africa, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["X (Twitter) Users, Tiktok Users, Social Media Users In South Africa, Social Media Users, General Public Of South Africa, General Public, Gauteng Department Of Education, Families Of Deceased Children, Facebook Users, Epistemic Integrity, Children Killed In The Vanderbijlpark School Transport Crash"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1367,"occurred_on":"2026-01-18","title":"Spokane Transit Authority Onboard Navigation System Reportedly Routed Double-Decker Bus to Low Bridge, Injuring Seven","description":"In Spokane, Washington, a Spokane Transit Authority double-decker bus was reportedly routed by its onboard navigation/CAD mapping system onto Cedar Street and hit a low-clearance railroad viaduct, shearing the upper deck. Of 10 people aboard, seven were reportedly hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. STA reportedly later warned operators not to use CAD maps for routing and pulled double-deckers from service pending an investigation; the driver was cited for negligent driving.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Spokane Transit Authority"],"developers":["Unidentified Vendor Of Spokane Transit Authority Onboard Cadnavigation Routing Software"],"harmed":["Spokane Transit Authority Bus Passengers, Spokane Transit Authority Personnel"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1445,"occurred_on":"2026-01-17","title":"Lower Saxony CDU Employee Allegedly Shared Sexualized Purported Deepfake of Colleague in Internal WhatsApp Group","description":"A senior employee of the CDU parliamentary faction in Lower Saxony allegedly posted a purportedly AI-generated sexualized deepfake of a female colleague in an internal WhatsApp group. Prosecutors later said the video appeared to be an AI montage created by inserting a real image of the woman into a bikini-dance clip. The employee was reportedly later dismissed.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Politicians","Deepfake creators","CDU Parliamentary Group in the Lower Saxony State Parliament","CDU-Fraktion im Niedersächsischen Landtag"],"developers":["Synthetic video generation technology developers","Synthetic media generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["Women employees of the CDU Parliamentary Group in the Lower Saxony State Parliament","Women employees of CDU-Fraktion im Niedersächsischen Landtag","Women and girls","Women","Privacy","Epistemic integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1410,"occurred_on":"2026-01-17","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Royal School Armagh Girls Reportedly Circulated Among Pupils","description":"Police in Northern Ireland reportedly investigated allegations that explicit purportedly AI-generated images of girls attending Royal School Armagh were created and shared among pupils. The images allegedly targeted multiple students and circulated within the school community.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Students","Minors","Deepfake creators"],"developers":["Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Victims of non-consensual deepfakes","Royal School Armagh community","Royal School Armagh","Privacy","Minors","Girls attending Royal School Armagh","Girls"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1540,"occurred_on":"2026-01-17","title":"Zoox Robotaxi Reportedly Collided with Open Car Door, Allegedly Injuring San Francisco Street Ambassador","description":"A Zoox robotaxi reportedly collided with the open driver-side door of a parked car in San Francisco on January 17, 2026, allegedly injuring street ambassador Jamel Durden's hand. Zoox reportedly said the door was opened suddenly and that the vehicle detected it and attempted to avoid contact. Police opened an investigation, and the California DMV reviewed the crash.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Zoox, Robotaxi Operators, Automated Driving System Deployers"],"developers":["Zoox, Automated Driving System Developers"],"harmed":["Road Users, Jamel Durden, Drivers"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1344,"occurred_on":"2026-01-15","title":"Purported AI-Generated Images Depict Kate Garraway With Fictitious Partner","description":"ITV presenter Kate Garraway reported that purported AI-generated images falsely depicting her in a relationship with a fictitious partner circulated online, prompting false rumors about her personal life. Garraway stated the images caused confusion and emotional distress for her children, including claims about her son's reactions that she said were untrue.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unknown Malicious Actors"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Kate Garraway, Family Of Kate Garraway, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1440,"occurred_on":"2026-01-15","title":"Coco Robotics Delivery Robot Reportedly Became Stuck on Railroad Tracks and Was Struck by Train in Miami","description":"A Coco Robotics delivery robot reportedly became stranded on railroad tracks in Miami and was struck and destroyed by a passing train after remaining stalled for about 15 minutes. Local and secondary reports said no one was injured. Coco later stated that the robot had experienced a \"rare hardware failure\" while en route and was not actively making a delivery at the time of the collision.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Coco Robotics"],"developers":["Coco Robotics"],"harmed":["Coco Robotics, Train Crew, Rail Passengers, General Public Of Miami"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1343,"occurred_on":"2026-01-14","title":"ICE AI Resume Screening Error Allegedly Routed Inexperienced Recruits Into Inadequate Training Pathways","description":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly used an AI-assisted résumé screening tool during a 2025 hiring surge that misclassified some applicants as having law-enforcement experience. As a result, certain recruits without policing backgrounds were allegedly routed into a shortened training pathway. ICE reportedly identified the error, reviewed résumés manually, and reassigned affected recruits for additional training.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement"],"developers":["Unknown AI-assisted résumé screening developers","Generative AI developers"],"harmed":["Members of the public subject to ICE enforcement","ICE recruits without law-enforcement experience"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1347,"occurred_on":"2026-01-11","title":"Automated Shuttle Bus Was Reportedly Rear-Ended During U.S. Department of Transportation Demonstration Ride in Washington, D.C.","description":"An automated shuttle bus operated by Beep was reportedly involved in a minor collision during a U.S. Department of Transportation demonstration ride in Washington, D.C. The vehicle, operating autonomously with a human safety driver onboard, was reportedly rear-ended by a Tesla whose driver made an illegal lane change. No injuries were reported, and officials stated the autonomous system functioned appropriately.","mit_domain":"AI system safety, failures, and limitations","mit_subdomain":"Lack of capability or robustness","entity":"Human","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Beep Inc."],"developers":["Beep Inc."],"harmed":["Beep Automated Shuttle Bus Passengers, Unnamed Tesla Driver, Public Road Users In Washington D.C., Tesla Drivers"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1362,"occurred_on":"2026-01-10","title":"Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later","description":"On 01/10/2026 near Minneapolis, Minnesota, legal observer Nicole Cleland reportedly stated that a CBP Border Patrol agent stopped her vehicle, addressed her by name, and claimed agents used facial recognition to identify her while recording on body cam. She reportedly had her Global Entry and TSA PreCheck revoked on 01/13/2026, which she alleged was retaliatory intimidation, causing travel burden and chilling effects.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unnamed United States Border Patrol agent","United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement","United States Department of Homeland Security","United States Customs and Border Protection","United States Border Patrol","National security and intelligence stakeholders","Law enforcement","Facial recognition system deployers"],"developers":["NEC","Facial recognition system developers"],"harmed":["Privacy","Nicole Cleland","Legal observers","Immigration enforcement observers","General public of the United States","General public","Biometric data subjects"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1371,"occurred_on":"2026-01-09","title":"Purported Deepfake Reportedly Impersonated Consumer Adviser Clark Howard to Promote Auto-Insurance Quote Site","description":"A purported AI-generated video reportedly circulated on social media depicting consumer adviser Clark Howard endorsing an auto-insurance quote tool. A viewer reportedly said she believed it was real and warned others after a similar site led to an alleged flood of unsolicited calls without better rates. 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The videos allegedly impersonated doctors and used misleading medical claims to market a product.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Scammers"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["People Seeking Medical Advice, Guy'S And St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust Clinicians, Guy'S And St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust, General Public Of The United Kingdom, General Public, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1380,"occurred_on":"2026-01-09","title":"Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos","description":"Author Shaun Rein reported that seven YouTube \"podcast\" videos on the YouTube channel \"The US-China Narrative\" used an allegedly AI-cloned version of his voice to narrate material taken from his 2024 book The Split, without his or his publisher's permission. The videos reportedly drew 200,000+ streams in a week.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["The Us China Narrative (Youtube Channel), Unknown Actors Impersonating Shaun Rein"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Shaun Rein, Epistemic Integrity, John Murray Press"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1439,"occurred_on":"2026-01-08","title":"Former New Orleans Isidore Newman School Teacher Allegedly Used AI to Create Fake Nude Images from Social Media Photos of Girls, Including Students","description":"Louisiana authorities alleged that former Isidore Newman School teacher Benoit Cransac used an online AI platform to alter social media photos of girls and generate fake nude images, including collages. Local reports said he was rearrested on 60 unlawful-deepfake charges, and that investigators believed some depicted girls from the New Orleans area, with later coverage referring to teenage girls and students.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Deepfake creators","Benoit Cransac"],"developers":["Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Victims of non-consensual deepfakes","Victims of deepfake child abuse","Victims of deepfake abuse","Students","Privacy","Minors","Isidore Newman School community"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1385,"occurred_on":"2026-01-07","title":"X Users Reportedly Prompted Grok to Sexualize Images of Renée Good After Her Killing in Minneapolis","description":"Following the 01/07/2026 killing of Renée Good in Minneapolis, X users reportedly prompted xAI's Grok to edit photos of Good, including images after the shooting, so she appeared in a bikini. Reporting said Grok complied and posted the generated image(s) publicly on X in response to the request.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["xAI users","xAI","Synthetic media creators"],"developers":["xAI","Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Women","Renée Good","Privacy","Family of Renée Good","Epistemic integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1334,"occurred_on":"2026-01-07","title":"Grok Reportedly Generated False 'Unmasked' Images of ICE Agent, Purportedly Triggering Online Misidentification and Harassment in Minneapolis","description":"After the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by an ICE officer, users on X reportedly asked Grok to \"unmask\" the masked agent shown in eyewitness footage. Grok reportedly generated a fabricated face that spread widely online, along with the false name \"Steve Grove.\" The output and claim allegedly led to harassment and reputational harm against at least two uninvolved men.","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["X (Twitter) Users, Unknown Internet Sleuths, Grok Users"],"developers":["Xai"],"harmed":["Private Citizens Falsely Accused Of Crimes, People Named Steve Grove, Misidentified Individuals, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1541,"occurred_on":"2026-01-07","title":"Waymo Robotaxi Reportedly Entered Phoenix Light-Rail Tracks, Prompting Passenger to Exit","description":"A Waymo robotaxi reportedly entered light-rail tracks in Phoenix on January 7, 2026, and stopped as a train approached, prompting its passenger to exit. The vehicle then continued along the tracks near another train. No collision or injury was reported.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Waymo, Robotaxi Operators, Automated Driving System Deployers"],"developers":["Waymo, Automated Driving System Developers"],"harmed":["Waymo Passengers, Road Users, Rail Transit Workers, Public Transit Passengers, Autonomous Vehicle Passengers"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1339,"occurred_on":"2026-01-06","title":"Purportedly AI-Cloned Voice Allegedly Used to Defraud Play School Owner of ₹97,500 (~$1,080 USD) in Indore, India","description":"A woman who runs a play school in Indore, India, was reportedly defrauded of ₹97,500 (approximately $1,080 USD) after a fraudster allegedly used AI-based voice cloning to impersonate her cousin, an Uttar Pradesh police employee, and claim a friend needed urgent cardiac surgery. The victim was reportedly persuaded to transfer funds via QR codes before discovering no money had actually been credited.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Scammers, Scammers In India"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Smita Sinha (Pseudonym), Small Private School Owners In Indore India, General Public Of Madhya Pradesh, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1426,"occurred_on":"2026-01-05","title":"Perplexity AI Reportedly Misstated CLL Research, Allegedly Contributing to Delayed Treatment and Prolonged Suffering","description":"Joseph Neal Riley reportedly used Perplexity AI to self-diagnose a rare complication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and, based on that output, allegedly delayed an oncologist-recommended Ven-Obi treatment for about a year. His son, Benjamin Riley, alleges that Perplexity misstated the medical research it cited, a conclusion he purportedly later confirmed with the study's authors. ","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Perplexity Ai"],"developers":["Perplexity Ai"],"harmed":["Joseph Neal Riley, Benjamin Riley, Epistemic Integrity, People Seeking Medical Advice"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1331,"occurred_on":"2026-01-05","title":"Purported Deepfake Videos Reportedly Impersonated Yanis Varoufakis on YouTube and Social Media","description":"Purported deepfake videos using the face and voice of Greek economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis were reportedly circulated on YouTube and other social platforms in late 2025 and early 2026. The videos depicted a synthetic version of Varoufakis delivering fabricated political statements, including about international events. Platforms reportedly removed some videos, but many reappeared under new accounts.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unknown Deepfake Content Creators, Unknown Deepfake Content Creators Impersonating Yanis Varoufakis"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Yanis Varoufakis, Epistemic Integrity, Youtube Users, Social Media Users"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1605,"occurred_on":"2026-01-05","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Image Prompted Emergency Investigation of False Fire at South Africa's Orlando West High School","description":"A purportedly AI-generated image reportedly depicting Orlando West High School of Soweto, South Africa, on fire circulated and was allegedly shared with emergency services. Johannesburg EMS reportedly investigated and visited the school, confirming that no fire had occurred. Officials said the false report caused public alarm and diverted emergency resources.","mit_domain":null,"mit_subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Minors, Information Manipulation Actors In South Africa, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Orlando West High School, General Public Of South Africa, General Public, Epistemic Integrity, Emergency Responders, Educational Communities, City Of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services"],"report_count":2},{"incident_id":1355,"occurred_on":"2026-01-05","title":"Reported AI Impersonations of Pastors Used in Online Donation and Influence Scams","description":"Religious communities in the U.S. and abroad reported the circulation of purportedly AI-generated videos and cloned audio impersonating pastors and church leaders, including Father Mike Schmitz, to solicit donations and spread incendiary sermons. The impersonations reportedly leveraged synthetic voice and likeness tools and were distributed via platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, and messaging apps. Some content remained unlabeled as AI-generated and was treated as authentic by viewers.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"Human","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unknown Scammers Impersonating Religious Figures, Scammers"],"developers":["Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Mike Schmitz, Religious Leaders, Religious Institutions, Religious Communities, Churches, Congregants, General Public, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1328,"occurred_on":"2026-01-03","title":"Purported Deepfake Impersonating Elon Musk Allegedly Defrauded Elderly U.S. Woman of $50,000 via Gift Card–to-Crypto Scam","description":"An 80-year-old U.S. woman was reportedly deceived by scammers using purportedly AI-generated messages and deepfake media impersonating Elon Musk into believing she was in a romantic relationship with him. The perpetrators allegedly induced her to buy over $50,000 in Apple gift cards to be converted into cryptocurrency, leaving her financially endangered and at risk of foreclosure on her home.","mit_domain":"Malicious Actors & Misuse","mit_subdomain":"Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Scammers impersonating Elon Musk","Scammers","Impersonation scammers","Deepfake creators"],"developers":["Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic audio generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["Women and girls","Women","Victims of impersonation scams","Victims of deepfake-enabled fraud","Unnamed 80-year-old U.S. woman","Epistemic integrity","Elon Musk","Elderly investors"],"report_count":1},{"incident_id":1332,"occurred_on":"2026-01-03","title":"National Weather Service Reportedly Published AI-Generated Forecast Map With Fabricated Idaho Town Names","description":"A U.S. National Weather Service office reportedly posted an AI-generated wind forecast map for Camas Prairie, Idaho that contained fabricated and misspelled place names, including non-existent towns. The image was reportedly shared publicly on social media before being deleted and corrected. NWS confirmed a generative AI tool had been used to create the base map.","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["National Weather Service"],"developers":["Generative Ai Developers"],"harmed":["Epistemic Integrity, Residents Of Camas Prairie Idaho, General Public, General Public Of Idaho"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1333,"occurred_on":"2026-01-03","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Images and Videos Reportedly Spread Misinformation About Nicolás Maduro's Capture on X","description":"Following the January 2026 U.S. raid and arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, purportedly AI-generated images and videos circulated widely on platforms including X, reportedly depicting Maduro in fabricated scenarios. NewsGuard identified at least seven manipulated or synthetic visuals reaching over 14 million views, including AI-generated photos detected via Google Gemini's SynthID watermark.","mit_domain":"Misinformation","mit_subdomain":"False or misleading information","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unknown Social Media Account Operators, Information Manipulation Actors"],"developers":["Google, Xai, Deepfake Technology Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers"],"harmed":["Nicolas Maduro, Social Media Users, General Public, General Public Of Venezuela, Epistemic Integrity"],"report_count":3},{"incident_id":1382,"occurred_on":"2026-01-02","title":"Tencent's WeChat-Integrated Yuanbao Chatbot Reportedly Insulted User During Coding Debug Request","description":"Screenshots reportedly circulated on RedNote showed Tencent's WeChat-integrated AI assistant Yuanbao insulting a user seeking help debugging code, allegedly calling the request \"stupid\" and telling the user to \"get lost.\" Tencent reportedly apologized, attributed the exchange to a rare model output anomaly, and said system logs showed no human intervention while it investigated and optimized the model.","mit_domain":"Discrimination and Toxicity","mit_subdomain":"Exposure to toxic content","entity":"AI","intent":"Unintentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Tencent, Wechat"],"developers":["Tencent"],"harmed":["Wechat Users, Rednote User Jianghan, Rednote Users"],"report_count":1}]}