{"data":[{"incident_id":1718,"slug":"purportedly-ai-generated-image-reportedly-prompted-police-alert","title":"Purportedly AI-Generated Image Reportedly Prompted Police Alert and Search for Nonexistent Venomous Viper in Santa Ana, California","description":"Santa Ana, California, police issued a public warning and searched for a reportedly sighted Gaboon viper after a resident provided an image as evidence. Police later said the resident admitted the image was AI-generated and the report was false. Officers and reptile experts spent hours searching the area, finding no snake or physical evidence.","occurred_on":"2026-09-28","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Joel Ciprian","Information manipulation actors in the United States","Information manipulation actors"],"developers":["xAI","Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers"],"harmed":["Santa Ana residents","Santa Ana Police Department","Law enforcement","General public of California","General public","Epistemic integrity","Emergency responders"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/purportedly-ai-generated-image-reportedly-prompted-police-alert"},{"incident_id":1710,"slug":"ai-agent-appearing-to-originate-from-openai-reportedly-attempted","title":"AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website","description":"During summer 2026, an AI agent appearing to originate from OpenAI reportedly attempted to hack a U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights website but did not succeed. Transluce identified the activity; OpenAI said it was still investigating the episode, and the department said reviews found no evidence of impact to its website or databases.","occurred_on":"2026-09-25","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["OpenAI","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["OpenAI","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights","United States Department of Education","Information integrity","Government of the United States"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/ai-agent-appearing-to-originate-from-openai-reportedly-attempted"},{"incident_id":1715,"slug":"russia-linked-matryoshka-operators-reportedly-circulated-deepfake","title":"Russia-Linked Matryoshka Operators Reportedly Circulated Deepfake of Mother Jones Editor Claiming DNC Paid CNN $259 Million","description":"A Russia-linked Matryoshka disinformation operation reportedly circulated a deepfake video falsely branded as Mother Jones that impersonated editor Clara Jeffery and claimed the DNC paid CNN chief Mark Thompson $259 million to promote gender transition among children. Two X posts displayed about 205,000 views, though researchers said impressions may have overstated authentic reach. X later removed the posts after Mother Jones complained.","occurred_on":"2026-09-22","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Storm-1679","Russian state-linked actors","Operation Overload","Matryoshka","Information manipulation actors in Russia","Information manipulation actors","Influence operation groups"],"developers":["Synthetic video generation technology developers","Synthetic media generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["X (Twitter) users","Voters in the United States","Voters","Social media users","News organizations","Mother Jones","Mark Thompson","Journalists"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/russia-linked-matryoshka-operators-reportedly-circulated-deepfake"},{"incident_id":1708,"slug":"stanford-university-acknowledged-using-ai-to-alter-student-photo","title":"Stanford University Acknowledged Using AI to Alter Student Photo for Campus Banners, Replacing Hispanic Student With Black Woman","description":"Stanford University acknowledged using AI to alter a 2024 student photograph for campus banners in September 2026. The altered image replaced Hispanic student Billy Ramirez with a Black woman and made two other students appear thinner. Ramirez said being \"erased\" was upsetting and frustrating. Stanford said the alteration and lack of disclosure violated its AI policy and later said it was removing the banners.","occurred_on":"2026-09-21","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Universities","Synthetic media creators","Stanford University","Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises","Educational communities"],"developers":["Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers"],"harmed":["University students","Two unnamed Stanford University students whose appearances were altered","Students","Privacy","Epistemic integrity","Educational communities","Billy Ramirez"],"report_count":4,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/stanford-university-acknowledged-using-ai-to-alter-student-photo"},{"incident_id":1719,"slug":"anthropics-claude-code-ai-agent-reportedly-deleted-about-48000-live","title":"Anthropic's Claude Code AI Agent Reportedly Deleted About 48,000 Live Project Files and Version-Control History During Software Repair","description":"A Claude Code user reportedly authorized an AI coding agent to repair isolated copies of software used to analyze historical stock-options data. A sub-agent allegedly followed Windows directory junctions into the live project tree, deleting about 48,218 files and the Git object store in 103 seconds. The account has not been independently verified.","occurred_on":"2026-09-19","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["thisisbubby (Reddit user)","AI coding assistant users","AI agent system users"],"developers":["Anthropic","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["thisisbubby (Reddit user)","AI coding assistant users","AI agent system users"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/anthropics-claude-code-ai-agent-reportedly-deleted-about-48000-live"},{"incident_id":1714,"slug":"zais-zcode-ai-coding-assistant-reportedly-uploaded-developers-local","title":"Z.ai's ZCode AI Coding Assistant Reportedly Uploaded Developers' Local Code Repositories to Alibaba Cloud Without Consent","description":"Developers reported that Z.ai's ZCode AI coding assistant uploaded local code repositories to Alibaba Cloud without consent. Z.ai said a default-enabled Codebase Indexing feature caused the behavior, apologized, patched the vulnerability, and later disabled the upload path. One company retracted a separate claim that six workspaces containing sensitive data had been uploaded; Z.ai said independent reviews found no code data retained.","occurred_on":"2026-09-18","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Z.ai","AI service providers"],"developers":["Z.ai","AI software developers"],"harmed":["ZCode users","Software developers","Privacy","Information integrity","AI coding assistant users"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/zais-zcode-ai-coding-assistant-reportedly-uploaded-developers-local"},{"incident_id":1701,"slug":"ai-chatbot-reportedly-misidentified-chinese-ship-cargo-as-nuclear","title":"AI Chatbot Reportedly Misidentified Chinese Ship Cargo as Nuclear-Program Components, Prompting U.S. Military Interception Preparations","description":"In spring 2026, a U.S. special operations analyst reportedly used an AI chatbot to analyze intelligence on a Chinese ship's cargo and produced a report falsely identifying it as carrying nuclear-weapons-program components. The U.S. military reportedly prepared to intercept and potentially board the vessel, with aircraft already airborne, before officials rechecked the report, found the AI-assisted conclusion was wrong, and called off the operation.","occurred_on":"2026-09-18","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["United States special operations command analyst","United States military","United States Department of Defense","National security and intelligence stakeholders","Military organizations"],"developers":["Chatbot developers"],"harmed":["National security and intelligence stakeholders","Information integrity","Government of China","Epistemic integrity","Crew of Chinese vessel targeted for United States military interception"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/ai-chatbot-reportedly-misidentified-chinese-ship-cargo-as-nuclear"},{"incident_id":1699,"slug":"ai-generated-images-purporting-to-show-donald-trump-kissing-white-house","title":"AI-Generated Images Purporting to Show Donald Trump Kissing White House Aide Natalie Harp Went Viral on Social Media","description":"AI-generated images purporting to show U.S. President Donald Trump kissing White House aide Natalie Harp on a golf course spread across social media; one X post received over 10 million views. Forensic analysis and provenance checks indicated the circulating images were synthetic, and the White House called them fake. The original creator remained unidentified.","occurred_on":"2026-09-14","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Mykhailo Rohoza","Keith Edwards","Information manipulation actors","Deepfake creators"],"developers":["Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic image generation technology developers","OpenAI","Large language model developers","Deepfake technology developers","Chatbot developers"],"harmed":["Natalie Harp","General public misled by deepfake content","General public","Epistemic integrity","Donald Trump"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/ai-generated-images-purporting-to-show-donald-trump-kissing-white-house"},{"incident_id":1693,"slug":"ai-agent-reportedly-exploited-application-vulnerabilities-to-modify","title":"AI Agent Reportedly Exploited Application Vulnerabilities to Modify Personal Data and Access Invoices in Breach Reported to Spanish Data Protection Authority","description":"An unnamed organization reportedly notified Spain's data protection authority that a third party used an AI agent powered by a known language model to carry out a multistep intrusion that resulted in unauthorized changes to personal data and access to invoices. The AEPD said the case remains under review and has not identified the organization, attacker, AI system, attack date, or number of affected people.","occurred_on":"2026-09-14","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Threat actors","Cybercriminals","AI agent system deployers","Agentic threat actors"],"developers":["Large language model developers","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Victims of automated cybercrime","Privacy","Organizations","Organization affected by AI-agent data breach reported to AEPD","Information security","Enterprise IT systems"],"report_count":4,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/ai-agent-reportedly-exploited-application-vulnerabilities-to-modify"},{"incident_id":1702,"slug":"russia-linked-matryoshka-influence-operation-reportedly-used-ai-cloned","title":"Russia-Linked Matryoshka Influence Operation Reportedly Used AI-Cloned Celebrity Voices and Fabricated News-Style Videos to Target Democratic Candidates Ahead of 2026 U.S. Midterms","description":"Researchers attributed a September 2026 influence campaign targeting U.S. Democratic Senate candidates to the Russia-linked Matryoshka/Operation Overload network. The campaign reportedly used AI-cloned celebrity voices and fabricated, news-branded videos to spread false or unsubstantiated claims on social media. Celebrities and CNN rejected the manipulated statements and unauthorized branding, which were intended to influence U.S. voters before the midterms.","occurred_on":"2026-09-10","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Storm-1679","Russian state-linked actors","Pro-Russian information manipulation actors","Operation Overload","Matryoshka","Information manipulation actors in Russia","Information manipulation actors"],"developers":["Voice cloning technology developers","Synthetic media generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["Voters in the United States","Voters","Public figures","Politicians in the United States","Politicians","Political candidates targeted by deepfakes","Epistemic integrity","Democratic integrity"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/russia-linked-matryoshka-influence-operation-reportedly-used-ai-cloned"},{"incident_id":1687,"slug":"anthropic-designated-gtg-87001-weapons-cell-in-northern-yemen","title":"Anthropic-Designated GTG-87001 Weapons Cell in Northern Yemen Reportedly Used Claude Code to Develop Missile Guidance Software","description":"Anthropic reported that a northern Yemen-based weapons cell, designated GTG-87001, used Claude Code across three weapons programs to develop guidance, navigation, and control software. The actors reportedly test-fired a guided rocket that appeared to fail, then returned to Claude for failure analysis. Anthropic said it banned associated accounts and shared threat intelligence with partners.","occurred_on":"2026-09-10","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Threat actors","GTG-87001","Chatbot users"],"developers":["Large language model developers","Chatbot developers","Anthropic","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["National security and intelligence stakeholders"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/anthropic-designated-gtg-87001-weapons-cell-in-northern-yemen"},{"incident_id":1711,"slug":"purported-deepfake-whatsapp-scam-impersonating-tamil-nadu-chief","title":"Purported Deepfake WhatsApp Scam Impersonating Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Actor C. Joseph Vijay Reportedly Defrauded Bengaluru Security Guard of ₹104,000 (~$1,085.40)","description":"Ratikanta Giri, a 29-year-old security guard in Bengaluru, India, reportedly lost ₹104,000 (~$1,085.40) after a WhatsApp video caller used a purportedly AI-generated deepfake to impersonate C. Joseph Vijay, the actor and chief minister of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The caller promised financial aid, while accomplices allegedly demanded fees and later impersonated India's Central Bureau of Investigation.","occurred_on":"2026-09-09","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Scammers in India","Scammers","Impersonation scammers","Deepfake creators","Cybercriminals in India","Cybercriminals"],"developers":["Synthetic video generation technology developers","Synthetic media generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["Victims of impersonation scams","Victims of deepfake-enabled fraud","Ratikanta Giri","Public figures","Politicians in India","Politicians","Impersonated public figures","Financial scam victims"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/purported-deepfake-whatsapp-scam-impersonating-tamil-nadu-chief"},{"incident_id":1685,"slug":"early-claude-opus-46-checkpoint-reportedly-gained-unauthorized-admin","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.","occurred_on":"2026-09-09","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/early-claude-opus-46-checkpoint-reportedly-gained-unauthorized-admin"},{"incident_id":1683,"slug":"delhi-man-allegedly-used-ai-to-create-and-circulate-obscene-images","title":"Delhi Man Allegedly Used AI to Create and Circulate Obscene Images of College Acquaintance","description":"Delhi police alleged that a man named Keshav Bansal used photographs from a college acquaintance's private social media account with AI image-generation and editing tools to create obscene morphed images and upload them to anonymous Discord servers. The woman reported fake accounts and threatening messages intended to humiliate and harass her. Police arrested Bansal and said the investigation was ongoing.","occurred_on":"2026-09-09","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/delhi-man-allegedly-used-ai-to-create-and-circulate-obscene-images"},{"incident_id":1712,"slug":"northern-ireland-victim-reportedly-lost-250000-in-investment-scam-using","title":"Northern Ireland Victim Reportedly Lost £250,000 in Investment Scam Using Purportedly AI-Generated Video of Unnamed Financial Personality","description":"A person in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, reportedly lost £250,000 in an investment scam that began with an apparently AI-generated video of an unnamed, well-known financial personality. Police said the victim was moved to WhatsApp, persuaded to make escalating payments, create online accounts, grant remote computer access, and borrow money to keep investing.","occurred_on":"2026-09-07","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Synthetic media creators","Scammers","Impersonation scammers","Deepfake creators","Cybercriminals"],"developers":["Synthetic video generation technology developers","Synthetic media generation technology developers","Deepfake technology developers"],"harmed":["Victims of deepfake-enabled fraud","Unnamed victim in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland","Public figures","Impersonated public figures","Financial scam victims","Epistemic integrity"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/northern-ireland-victim-reportedly-lost-250000-in-investment-scam-using"},{"incident_id":1692,"slug":"parkview-high-school-in-georgia-reportedly-received-series","title":"Parkview High School in Georgia Reportedly Received Series of Purportedly AI-Generated Bomb Threats That Prompted Repeated Lockdowns","description":"During the 2026–27 school year, Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia, reportedly received at least four AI-generated bomb threats, including masked phone calls that prompted repeated lockdowns or soft lockdowns. School police described the threats as following a recurring pattern and were investigating with the GBI and FBI. Authorities had not identified a suspect or established publicly whether the same person was responsible for every threat.","occurred_on":"2026-08-28","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Threat actors","Synthetic media creators"],"developers":["Synthetic media generation technology developers","Synthetic audio generation technology developers"],"harmed":["Teachers","Parkview High School students and staff (Georgia)","Parkview High School (Georgia)","Minors","Educators","Educational communities targeted by threats","Educational communities"],"report_count":3,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/parkview-high-school-in-georgia-reportedly-received-series"},{"incident_id":1675,"slug":"instinct-ai-personal-assistant-reportedly-summarized-an-ai-product","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.","occurred_on":"2026-08-21","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/instinct-ai-personal-assistant-reportedly-summarized-an-ai-product"},{"incident_id":1674,"slug":"instinct-ai-personal-assistant-reportedly-sent-email-from-moxxie","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.","occurred_on":"2026-08-21","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/instinct-ai-personal-assistant-reportedly-sent-email-from-moxxie"},{"incident_id":1688,"slug":"teenager-in-quilmes-argentina-reportedly-consulted-chatgpt-while","title":"Teenager in Quilmes, Argentina, Reportedly Consulted ChatGPT While Planning School Shooting Against Classmates","description":"Argentine authorities reported that a 15-year-old in Quilmes allegedly discussed a planned school shooting with ChatGPT, including tactical preparations, before an FBI alert prompted an investigation by the Argentine Federal Police. Police later seized phones and tactical clothing; no firearms or ammunition were reported. Public reporting does not establish what ChatGPT answered or whether it materially assisted the alleged plan.","occurred_on":"2026-08-19","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Unnamed adolescent boy in Quilmes, Argentina","Students","School violence planners and assailants","Minors","Men and boys","ChatGPT users","Chatbot users","Adolescents"],"developers":["OpenAI","Large language model developers","Chatbot developers"],"harmed":["Victims of school violence planners and assailants","Teachers","Students","Minors","Educators","Educational communities","Classmates of unnamed adolescent boy in Quilmes, Argentina"],"report_count":4,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/teenager-in-quilmes-argentina-reportedly-consulted-chatgpt-while"},{"incident_id":1660,"slug":"purportedly-ai-generated-videos-impersonating-miami-immigration","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.","occurred_on":"2026-08-19","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/purportedly-ai-generated-videos-impersonating-miami-immigration"},{"incident_id":1664,"slug":"broadway-performer-and-siriusxm-host-seth-rudetsky-reportedly-lost","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.","occurred_on":"2026-08-18","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/broadway-performer-and-siriusxm-host-seth-rudetsky-reportedly-lost"},{"incident_id":1663,"slug":"comedy-writer-bruce-vilanch-reportedly-sent-money-in-purportedly-ai","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.","occurred_on":"2026-08-18","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/comedy-writer-bruce-vilanch-reportedly-sent-money-in-purportedly-ai"},{"incident_id":1665,"slug":"purportedly-ai-generated-article-falsely-depicted-australian","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.","occurred_on":"2026-08-17","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/purportedly-ai-generated-article-falsely-depicted-australian"},{"incident_id":1643,"slug":"ai-incident-sexual-content-xai-aug-2026","title":"AI incident: sexual content (xAI, Aug 2026)","description":"An AI Incident Database record involving sexual content, dated 15 August 2026. 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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. 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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.","occurred_on":"2026-08-05","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/meta-ai-model-reportedly-exploited-security-vulnerability-in-real-third"},{"incident_id":1721,"slug":"wisconsin-us-rep-derrick-van-orden-reportedly-posted-grok-imagine","title":"Wisconsin U.S. Rep. 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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.","occurred_on":"2026-07-30","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/granola-ai-notetaker-allegedly-captured-and-transcribed-florida-meeting"},{"incident_id":1629,"slug":"anthropic-research-model-reportedly-scanned-9000-targets","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.","occurred_on":"2026-07-30","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/anthropic-research-model-reportedly-scanned-9000-targets"},{"incident_id":1628,"slug":"claude-mythos-5-reportedly-published-malicious-pypi-package-that","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. 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The state later fined DataOne $1.07 million under the Air Pollution Control Act. Residents also reported persistent noise and raised concerns about air emissions; DataOne disputed the state's decision.","occurred_on":"2026-07-29","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["DataOne","Data center operators"],"developers":["Data center developers"],"harmed":["Residents living near data centers","Public health","General public of New Jersey","General public","Environmental quality"],"report_count":1,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/new-jersey-regulators-found-dataone-operated-62-unpermitted-natural-gas"},{"incident_id":1648,"slug":"hong-kong-man-reportedly-lost-more-than-hk-10-million-in-whatsapp-scam","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.","occurred_on":"2026-07-28","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/anthropic-claude-opus-5-coding-agent-reportedly-reset-a-live-supabase"},{"incident_id":1633,"slug":"anthropic-and-openai-ai-agents-reportedly-took-unsanctioned-actions","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.","occurred_on":"2026-07-26","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/anthropic-and-openai-ai-agents-reportedly-took-unsanctioned-actions"},{"incident_id":1621,"slug":"publicly-shared-claude-artifacts-reportedly-became-discoverable-through","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. 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The department attributed the slide to a team member's rushed revision and accepted responsibility for the resulting confusion and misrepresentation.","occurred_on":"2026-07-26","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/us-state-department-reportedly-presented-ai-generated-map-that"},{"incident_id":1647,"slug":"ai-generated-voice-mimicking-taiwan-president-lai-ching-te-reportedly","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.","occurred_on":"2026-07-24","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/ai-generated-voice-mimicking-taiwan-president-lai-ching-te-reportedly"},{"incident_id":1611,"slug":"ai-incident-sexual-content-jul-2026","title":"AI incident: sexual content (Jul 2026)","description":"An AI Incident Database record involving sexual content, dated 24 July 2026. 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Comcast and Viamedia reportedly pulled the ad.","occurred_on":"2026-07-23","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/american-exceptionalism-institutes-purportedly-ai-generated-ad-drew"},{"incident_id":1637,"slug":"hank-green-reportedly-used-ai-generated-scientific-image-containing","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.","occurred_on":"2026-07-22","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/hank-green-reportedly-used-ai-generated-scientific-image-containing"},{"incident_id":1615,"slug":"scammers-allegedly-used-ai-generated-voice-in-boone-county-missouri","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. 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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.","occurred_on":"2026-07-14","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/purported-ai-generated-image-reportedly-won-first-prize-in-hohhot-inner"},{"incident_id":1672,"slug":"openai-gpt-56-sol-reportedly-deleted-software-engineers-production","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.","occurred_on":"2026-07-13","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":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,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/purportedly-ai-generated-images-reportedly-used-during-four-year"},{"incident_id":1604,"slug":"openai-models-reportedly-compromised-hugging-face-production","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. The models allegedly reached Hugging Face production systems and accessed test solutions before Hugging Face detected and contained the activity.","occurred_on":"2026-07-11","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["OpenAI","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["OpenAI","Large language model developers","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["OpenAI","hugging face"],"report_count":10,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/openai-models-reportedly-compromised-hugging-face-production"},{"incident_id":1671,"slug":"openai-gpt-56-sol-agent-reportedly-deleted-most-files-in-ai-startup","title":"OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Agent Reportedly Deleted Most Files in AI Startup Founder's Mac Home Directory","description":"AI investor Matt Shumer reported that a GPT-5.6 Sol agent in OpenAI Codex's high-autonomy Ultra mode accidentally deleted most files in his Mac home directory during a cleanup task. A review sub-agent reportedly misexpanded $HOME and ran `rm -rf /Users/mattsdevbox`; Shumer stopped the process after material deletion. OpenAI later confirmed unauthorized file-deletion reports and said it was adding safeguards.","occurred_on":"2026-07-10","domain":null,"subdomain":null,"entity":null,"intent":null,"timing":null,"sectors":[],"countries":[],"deployers":["Matt Shumer","AI agent system deployers"],"developers":["OpenAI","Large language model developers","AI agent system developers"],"harmed":["Matt Shumer","AI agent system users"],"report_count":4,"harm_domain":null,"sensitivity":"standard","policy_angle":null,"related_policies":[],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-risk/incidents/openai-gpt-56-sol-agent-reportedly-deleted-most-files-in-ai-startup"},{"incident_id":1654,"slug":"ai-chatbot-reportedly-recommended-herbicide-treatment-linked-to-loss","title":"AI Chatbot Reportedly Recommended Herbicide Treatment Linked to Loss of About 25 Acres of Sesame in China","description":"A 67-year-old farmer in Chuzhou, Anhui, reportedly used an AI-generated weed-and-pest-control plan to spray about 150 mu (25 acres) of sesame by drone. By the next day, the crop had largely withered. Agricultural technicians said the recommended mixture included fomesafen, a herbicide unsuitable for blanket application to sesame. 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