⚠️ AI Incidents
Documented real-world AI failures and harms — the cases that show why evals, guardrails and policy exist. Live from the AI Incident Database, refreshed hourly.
- DuckDuckGo's AI falsely claimed Donald Trump died of rabies — and it highlights a bigger AI problemAug 18, 2026
Google Search is increasingly filled with AI-generated answers, whether you asked for them or not. Even privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo now offers its own AI chatbot alongside traditional search results. Futurism first reported th ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- DuckDuckGo’s AI Feature Is Telling Users That Trump Died of Rabies Earlier This MonthAug 18, 2026
According to DuckDuckGo's AI search feature, US President Donald Trump passed away earlier this month from rabies. The top result claims that Donald Trump reportedly died of rabies on June 7, 2026, citing sources wkna49.com and abcnews.com ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Trump an Tollwut gestorben? Wie erfundene Meldungen KI-Suchmaschinen täuschenAug 18, 2026
Kurz erklärt: Was ist hier passiert? In einer Gruppe auf der Plattform Reddit erfanden Nutzer absichtlich eine falsche Geschichte: Donald Trump und JD Vance seien an Tollwut gestorben. Eine Nachrichtenseite namens WKNA 49 übernahm diese E ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- ‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion LawsuitAug 18, 2026
An expert witness testifying in a lawsuit about liability for a Houston explosion that killed three people and destroyed roughly 200 homes used ChatGPT to write significant portions of his "expert report." The man, who was hired by the indu ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risksAug 18, 2026
If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 9 8 8 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Laura Reiley knew that her only daughter, 29-year-old Sophie Rottenberg, was struggling. It was the fall ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win caseAug 18, 2026
A judge has identified what appears to be the first time a US plaintiff has attempted to hide text in court filings that only an artificial intelligence system can read in a bid to win a case. In a decision published last week, Connecticut ... (report_number: 7724)
- New Orleans Turned to AI to Field 911 Calls. Now Critics Say It May Miss Crucial Human CuesAug 18, 2026
Due to a personnel and employee shortage, 911 operations across the U.S. are turning to artificial intelligence to field calls. The Orleans Parish Communication District in Louisiana is one of the most recent districts in the country to ad ... (report_number: 7725)
- Better Hope You Don’t Need an Ambulance in New Orleans, Because the City’s 911 Operators Are Now AIAug 18, 2026
If you thought AI customer service bots were bad, just wait until you need to convince a large language model that yes, you have been involved in a car accident, actually. According to new reporting by the Shreveport Times, officials at th ... (report_number: 7726)
- Major U.S. City Is Handing Its 911 Calls Over To AIAug 18, 2026
New Orleans has become the first major city in the United States to put artificial intelligence on the front lines to field emergency calls. The Orleans Parish Communication District, which handles more than a thousand emergency calls ever ... (report_number: 7727)
- Researchers observe first ‘near-autonomous’ AI attack on government target in TaiwanAug 18, 2026
Suspected Chinese hackers used open-source artificial intelligence models to run a cyberattack against the Taiwanese government in the first publicly known case of an autonomous AI hack hitting a government target, according to research pub ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Inside a Multi-Agent AI Framework Used to Compromise Government Entities in AsiaAug 18, 2026
Executive Summary AI-enabled offensive operations are now at an inflection point. This is driven by the convergence of three curves: Model capability keeps climbing, and it climbs on open weights that puts frontier-adjacent reasoning in t ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Taiwan says it was targeted last month in AI-driven hacking campaignAug 18, 2026
TAIPEI/WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan detected AI-assisted cyberattacks on government agencies last month coming from overseas but the affected bodies successfully "handled" the incident, the Ministry of Digital Affairs said on Thu ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Taiwan says it was hit by ‘abnormal’ AI-assisted cyber-attackAug 18, 2026
Taiwan says it detected AI-assisted cyber-attacks on government agencies that came from overseas last month, a new kind of threat that has been reported as “first-of-a-kind breach”. The Ministry of Digital Affairs (MDA) said its cybersecur ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Connecticut judge says plaintiff hid messages for AI in court filingsAug 18, 2026
Aug 13 (Reuters) - A state judge in Connecticut said a plaintiff in a case before him included "hidden text" in court filings meant to serve as instructions to any AI system reviewing the documents. Judge Walter Spader, Jr. in Milford in ... (report_number: 7732)
- Israeli PR wants to answer your ChatGPT questionsAug 18, 2026
FIRST IN PI --- FARA FRIDAY: Israel has launched a new campaign to influence how large-language models like ChatGPT are answering questions about Gaza and the Israel Defense Forces amid declining public support for the country across the U. ... (report_number: 7733)
- Google Turns On Gemini A.I. for Students Using Its Classroom AppAug 18, 2026
Google turned on its Gemini chatbot this week for some elementary through high school students using its popular Classroom app for schools, escalating a race among U.S. tech giants to train students on their artificial intelligence tools. ... (report_number: 7734)
- Axios teams up with OpenAI to bring AI into local journalism, here’s what the deal meansAug 18, 2026
Axios and OpenAI have struck a three-year deal aimed at helping automate local journalism. As part of the partnership, OpenAI will support 13 local newspapers and provide access to its AI tools, while Axios will give the AI agent full acces ... (report_number: 7735)
- Axios Partners With OpenAI to “Automate” Local JournalismAug 18, 2026
Local journalism in the US has spent the better part of two decades on life support. First came widespread digitization, which guttered subscriptions and left newspapers and magazines in shambles. Then private equity swooped in, snapping u ... (report_number: 7736)
- You thought you were talking to AI. Police may see a digital diaryAug 18, 2026
In two investigations that have come to light in Israel in recent days, artificial intelligence has played an unusual role. It was not a tool that police used to search for suspects, but a repository of digital traces that the people at the ... (report_number: 7737)
- Boy, 17, asked AI for 'murder my family' fantasies, then killedAug 18, 2026
A Massachusetts teenager who used ChatGPT to craft disturbing stories about killing his family has been arrested for allegedly slaughtering his mother and younger brother inside their $1 million home. Arjun Aravind, 17, was detained Wedne ... (report_number: 7738)
- DPP urges investigation of AI video mimicking LaiAug 18, 2026
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday called for a judicial investigation into the potentially illegal use of artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate the voice of President William Lai (賴清德) in a video criticizing the governm ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- 《油不得你》疑AI合成賴總統聲音!製作人遭關切 刑事局回應了Aug 18, 2026
刑事局今天表示,針對員警赴「油不得你」影片的韋姓製作人家中了解影片內容,是因接獲檢舉影片疑用AI合成總統賴清德聲音,可能使民眾誤認為是總統發言,依法受理檢舉查證。 媒體報導,「油不得你」影片韋姓製作人遭警關切,藍營民代聲援喊遭「查水表」。 對此,刑事局晚間發布新聞資料表示,媒體報導刑事局員警赴韋姓民眾住處了解「油不得你」影片,此案是因警方接獲檢舉,指稱網路流傳「油不得你」影片,疑用AI深度偽造技術合成賴總統聲音,可能使一般民眾誤認為是總統本人發言。 刑事局表示,經受理檢 ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- AI仿賴清德聲音引爆藍綠交鋒 學者籲建立揭露機制防深偽濫用Aug 18, 2026
網路流傳以 AI模擬總統賴清德聲音的「油不得你」影片,引發執法與言論自由爭議。刑事警察局獲報偵辦,朝野則就警方作為與 AI 深偽(deepfake)的界線互槓,法律學者也提醒,AI仿造他人聲音除可能涉及刑責,更應建立揭露機制,避免誤導社會大眾。 警方稱依法查證 「油不得你」影片製作者韋姓民眾遭警方登門了解,刑事警察局 25日表示,本案是因接獲民眾檢舉,指稱網路流傳的影片疑似利用AI 深度偽造技術合成總統賴清德聲音,可能使一般民眾誤認為是總統本人發言,因此依法展開查證。 ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- 「油不得你」疑AI深偽賴清德聲音 刑事局報北檢指揮今分案Aug 18, 2026
「萊爾校長」與「風向株式會社」日前發布反毒油影片「油不得你」,在網路上引起討論。刑事局25日卻突然派員到製作人、國民黨前青年部主任韋淳祐家中「敲門」。刑事局聲稱,因接獲檢舉指影片疑似利用AI深度偽造技術合成總統聲音,才依法查證。刑事局日前也已報請台北地檢署指揮偵辦,今(28)日正式簽分「他字案」,案由為《刑法》偽造準私文書。 檢方指出,目前仍處於初步調查階段,尚無特定被告,後續將深入釐清影片製作與聲音合成過程是否涉有不法情事。 2警荷槍敲藍營小編家大門找人 \------ ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- EDITORIAL: Is it time for a deepfake law?Aug 18, 2026
A short political promotional video released on July 24, which allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic the voice of President William Lai (賴清德) in a criticism of the government’s handling of a cooking oil safety scandal, has be ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Taipei, Tainan mayors face legal complaintsAug 18, 2026
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) are both facing legal complaints over artificial intelligence (AI)-generated voice contro ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- WhatsApp scam costs Hong Kong man $1.27 million after criminals used AI voice notes to impersonate his father — experts say secret codewords are the best way to stay safeAug 18, 2026
A Hong Kong man was recently conned out of HK$10 million ($1.27 million) by scammers who used artificial intelligence (AI) on WhatsApp to impersonate his father and request the payments, highlighting the dangers of trusting increasingly rea ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Hong Kong raises alert on AI voices as 150 WhatsApp hijackings lead to HK$26m lossesAug 18, 2026
Hong Kong police have recorded 150 WhatsApp account hijacking cases in the past two weeks, with total losses exceeding HK$26 million (US$3.31 million), including one in which a victim was scammed out of HK$10 million by fraudsters impersona ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- 香港有騙徒偽裝受害者父親發訊息詐騙千萬港元Aug 18, 2026
香港中通社7月29日電 香港警方“守網者”社交平台29日發文指,近日有受害人收到來自其父親的WhatsApp語音訊息,不虞有詐多次轉賬,警方主動聯絡後才知曉受騙,累計損失逾1000萬港元。 據悉,騙徒先盜走受害人父親的WhatsApp賬戶,然後向受害人發送語音訊息,聲稱急需100萬港元轉賬予朋友。由於受害人認為該語音訊息的聲線及說話方式與其父親極其相似,因此信以為真,並按指示完成轉賬。騙徒更進一步以同樣方式聲稱朋友還需要200萬港元,受害人再次依從指示轉賬。 其後 ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- What NOT to Do on the Inca Trail: 16 Hard-Earned lessons from hiking to Machu Picchu for 30 years.Aug 18, 2026
Mistake #10: Trusting Only AI or Random Online Itineraries These days, people arrive with perfect PDFs and screenshots created by tools that have never gasped for air at 4,000 meters or checked a weather forecast in Quechua. Information i ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Oh Lord, AI Reporters Are Actually Breaking Big NewsAug 18, 2026
At last week's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, OpenAI gave a surprise talk with new details on a recent hacking incident, revealing that its rogue AI agents had chitchatted about their attack on a message board. It was a juicy d ... (report_number: 7749)
- Hollywood is hiring ‘slop janitors.’ The price is visible.Aug 18, 2026
Sadev Parikh is a visiting associate professor of law and technology at George Washington University Law School. As a scholar studying artificial intelligence regulation, I've found that policymakers too often debate the impacts of generat ... (report_number: 7750)
- 'Just Kidding!': Trump Posts AI Image Of Scenario Many Of His Critics Fear MostAug 18, 2026
President Donald Trump alluded once again to being elected to a third presidential term, framing it as a joke. "Just kidding!" Trump wrote Friday night alongside an apparent AI image bearing the words "TRUMP 2028" and "MAKE AMERICA GREAT A ... (report_number: 7751)
- Meta AI model hacks another company during testingAug 18, 2026
Aug 5 (Reuters) - Meta said on Wednesday one of its AI models hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, fanning concerns about how developers can contain increasingly capable AI systems after similar incidents at rivals Anthropi ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber testAug 18, 2026
Meta has become the latest AI company to confirm that one of its models hacked a real organization during cybersecurity testing, as similar incidents continue to emerge following OpenAI'sOpenAI's initial disclosure that its agents breached ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- AI models are breaking out of their cages. Their creators are scrambling.Aug 18, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO --- Staff members at ChatGPT maker OpenAI didn't notice for weeks after their AI systems made a chilling leap this spring. Instead of answering questions designed to test their cybersecurity capabilities, a group of AI model ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Everybody needs a personal AI policy. Just ask Hank Green.Aug 15, 2026
Everyone is wrong about Hank Green. In case you missed the controversy: The veteran YouTube star, writer, and science comms entrepreneur was recently "canceled" after he acknowledged using AI for research. "I have been relying too heavily ... (report_number: 7709)
- Hank has started using AI generated images in his educational videosAug 15, 2026
AIID editor's note: Please consult the full Reddit thread for Hank Green's response (as ecogeek), which provides important context for understanding how the AI-generated image came to be used in the video. EDIT: Hank has removed the image ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Yapay zeka videoları ile 33 kişiyi dolandırdılar. 15 milyon TL'lik vurgunAug 15, 2026
Yozgat'ta ürettikleri yapay zeka videoları ile 33 kişiyi yaklaşık 15 milyon lira dolandıran şüpheliler yakalandı. Edinilen bilgiye göre, Yozgat Emniyet Müdürlüğü Kaçakçılık ve Organize Suçlarla Mücadele ekipleri, Yozgat merkezli Antalya, H ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Kendini 'Trump'ın danışmanı' olarak tanıtan Türk vatandaşı gözaltına alındıAug 15, 2026
Beyaz Saray'dan bir yetkilinin Türkiye Today'e verdiği bilgiye göre, ABD'de vize dolandırıcılığı yaptığı iddia edilen Melih Göğebakan, 28 Temmuz'da düzenlenen operasyonda yakalandı. ABD Başkanı Donald Trump'ın siyasi danışmanı olduğunu öne ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Avrupa'yı İstanbul'dan dolandırdılar. Maslak'ta yapay zekalı vurgunAug 15, 2026
İstanbul Maslak'ta yapay zeka destekli yazılımlarla kurdukları çağrı merkezi üzerinden Avrupa ve Çekya vatandaşlarını dolandıran çete yakalandı. Adalet Bakanı Akın Gürlek, uluslararası suç organizasyonlarına, siber dolandırıcılık ağlarına ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Congresswoman denies staff used AI to write defense funding amendmentAug 15, 2026
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says her staff used AI for "spellcheck" in an amendment summary for a major defense bill, but denies it was used for the bill text itself and says "NO Legislation is ever drafted with AI." Luna issued the resp ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Chatbots are doing the work of Congress with little oversightAug 15, 2026
The amendment was one of hundreds filed this summer to an annual defense bill making its way through Congress. Along with her proposed change, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's office had sent a summary of what it would do. But the first line made ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attackAug 15, 2026
Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in one of his gym's coveted morning classes. It was a task he thought was well suited to this particular assistant because the booking form was online and because his assistant was not ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- When my AI agent hacked my gym, Mythos stopped feeling theoreticalAug 15, 2026
I recently built a bot to help me book popular gym classes. This was not a grand research project. It was a practical little automation. The classes fill up fast, I got tired of playing refresh roulette, and I figured an agent running on O ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Her childhood photo. Thousands of explicit images. One woman’s nightmare.Aug 15, 2026
When Jane Doe 4, as she is identified in legal filings, arrived at her parents' house in Wyoming to set up a family party earlier this year, the familiar street in her small hometown was filled with state and local law enforcement. A man w ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- No titleAug 13, 2026
... (report_number: 7694)
- Anthropic's AI hacked three companies during tests, highlighting growing security risksAug 13, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 (Reuters) - Anthropic said on Thursday some of its Claude AI models had hacked into the systems of three companies during cybersecurity tests, a disclosure that comes days after rival OpenAI revealed that one of its A ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Anthropic says its AI models hacked 3 organizations during testingAug 13, 2026
Anthropic said its artificial intelligence models hacked into three other organizations during testing, just days after ChatGPT maker OpenAI raised concerns over AI controls after it disclosed its rogue models hacked another company. Anthr ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Anthropic says it found 3 cases where AI programs hacked into real companiesAug 13, 2026
The AI company Anthropic says it has found three cases where its artificial intelligence programs left testing environments, accessed the internet and hacked into real companies. This comes after competitor, OpenAI, reported a similar incid ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Anthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 OrganizationsAug 13, 2026
Several of Anthropic's state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models recently broke into the systems of three outside organizations, the start-up said on Thursday, a surprise revelation nine days after a similar incident at the rival star ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Anthropic says its Claude models escaped a testing environment and hacked three real companiesAug 13, 2026
Anthropic has said that its Claude models broke out of what was supposed to be an isolated testing environment and gained unauthorized access to the systems of three real organizations. If that sounds familiar, it's because it's the second ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security testsAug 13, 2026
Anthropic said Thursday that an internal investigation uncovered three incidents in which its AI model Claude breached the systems of three organizations while conducting cybersecurity tests. The investigation, and disclosure, comes more th ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Anthropic’s Claude AI Broke Into Three Companies During Security TestsAug 13, 2026
Anthropic disclosed Thursday that three of its Claude models gained unauthorized access to the production systems of three organizations during cybersecurity testing --- not test servers or staging copies, but the live machines those compan ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Into 3 Organizations During Cybersecurity TestsAug 13, 2026
Anthropic disclosed on Thursday that its AI models gained unauthorized access to the systems of three different unnamed organizations during cybersecurity testing. The company says Claude reached the internet "from within or while interacti ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Anthropic says its models went rogue and hacked 3 companies during testingAug 13, 2026
Anthropic says it found multiple cases of Claude models gaining unauthorized access to other organizations' systems, the latest AI hacking incident to prompt concern and skepticism. In a blog post on Thursday, Anthropic said it proactively ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuitAug 13, 2026
Thierry Rignol is furious at Yale. Rignol paid Yale $208,500 in tuition for its Executive MBA program. But after he was accused of cheating, the school suspended him for a year and gave him an F in the course Sourcing and Managing Funds. ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Ex-Pikesville athletic director at center of AI case pleads guilty to child sex crimeAug 13, 2026
A former athletic director who used artificial intelligence to impersonate the principal of Pikesville High School and severely damage his reputation admitted Tuesday to sexually exploiting at least five children and faces up to 30 years i ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/6
- OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breachesAug 13, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - (This August 4 story has been refiled to correct the spelling of Anthropic in paragraph 8) An AI agent was caught creating fake online identities to gain unauthorized access to secure systems during tests o ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testingAug 13, 2026
You can access the full technical report here. AISI's role is to evaluate and understand the capabilities of frontier AI models, surfacing potential risks before they reach the public. To assess what these models can do, including whether ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- The perils of letting AI plan your next tripAug 13, 2026
An imagined town in Peru, an Eiffel tower in Beijing: travellers are increasingly using tools like ChatGPT for itinerary ideas -- and being sent to destinations that don't exist. Miguel Angel Gongora Meza, founder and director of Evolution ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- [Watch] The Cable Car From Kampung Kuak Hulu To Baling Doesn’t Exist, It’s All AIAug 13, 2026
A Threads user Dya (@dyaaaaaaa.\_) allegedly had to break bad news to an elderly couple who was duped by an AI video they saw online. The couple from Kuala Lumpur allegedly travelled all the way to Kampung Kuak Hulu, Perak, because they wa ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- #NSTviral: Elderly couple duped by AI-generated cable car videoAug 13, 2026
KUALA LUMPUR: A misleading video generated through artificial intelligence (AI) promoting a non-existent cable car in Kuak Hulu has caused an elderly couple from Kuala Lumpur to travel all the way to Perak, only to be disappointed upon arri ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Elderly duo travel across Malaysia for cable car ride seen in clip – only to find out it was all AIAug 13, 2026
Hoping to visit a cable car attraction featured in a social media clip, an elderly couple in Malaysia made the more than 300km journey from Kuala Lumpur to Perak before finding out that the video was AI-generated and that the ride did not e ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Os perigos de deixar que a IA organize sua próxima viagemAug 13, 2026
BBC News Brasil O fundador e diretor da empresa Evolution Treks Peru, Miguel Ángel Gongora Meza, se preparava para uma caminhada através dos Andes em uma cidade no interior do Peru, quando ouviu uma conversa curiosa. Dois turistas não acom ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- AI videos are tricking tourists into visiting places that don’t exist. That’s just the beginningAug 13, 2026
I can perfectly imagine the pain, confusion, and betrayal in the voice of the elderly Malaysian woman who, according to a hotel staff member, asked "Why do they do this to people?" when she found out that her dream holiday destination wasn' ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Terperdaya video AI, warga emas didakwa rugi ribuan ringgit ketika bercutiAug 13, 2026
KUALA LUMPUR: Dalam dunia digital yang semakin canggih, kecerdasan buatan (AI) kini mampu menjana video dan imej yang kelihatan sangat meyakinkan sehinggakan ramai tidak menyedari ia palsu. Tanpa sedar, pengguna mungkin mudah terpedaya, te ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Jangan terpedaya video AI kereta kabel Perak ke KedahAug 13, 2026
BALING -- Orang ramai dinasihatkan agar tidak terpedaya dengan kewujudan perkhidmatan kereta kabel yang kononnya menghubungkan Pengkalan Hulu, Perak ke Baling, Kedah seperti yang tular menerusi sebuah video di media sosial baru-baru ini. P ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- AI-generated ‘Baling-Pengkalan Hulu cable car’ dupes KL couple into 300km trip, officials explain viral news clip is fakeAug 13, 2026
BALING, July 4 --- Authorities have dismissed a viral video claiming the existence of a cable car linking Pengkalan Hulu in Perak to Baling in Kedah, saying it was generated using artificial intelligence (AI). Sinar Harian quoted Baling Di ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Malaysia couple travel hours to tour site after watching AI-created video, unaware it’s unrealAug 13, 2026
A Malaysian couple travelled for three hours from Kuala Lumpur to the country's state of Perak to visit a tourist spot that exists only in an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video. On June 30, a member of staff at a hotel in Perak s ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Urlaubsplanung mit ChatGPT: Fehlerhafte Informationen können lebensgefährlich seinAug 13, 2026
Gerade im Alltag vieler jüngerer Menschen haben sich KI-Tools wie ChatGPT bereits fest etabliert. In der Schule oder Uni helfen sie beim Verfassen von Hausaufgaben oder Bachelorarbeiten. Im Alltag helfen sie bei Einkaufslisten oder Plänen f ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Crece el número de turistas que planifican sus viajes con ChatGPT y también los destinos inventados por la IAAug 13, 2026
¿Has utilizado alguna vez ChatGPT para planificar tus vacaciones? Lo más probable es que sí y también es posible que la inteligencia artificial te haya dicho que vayas a un lugar presumiblemente turístico que no lo es... y, puede que ¡ni ex ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the skyAug 12, 2026
A day after Google unveiled a new feature that allowed users to create AI-generated satellite images with the click of a button on its Google Earth platform, the company announced it was removing the tool. "We've seen geospatial profession ... (report_number: 7681)
- Anthropic's Claude breached 3 orgs, uploaded PyPI malware during testsAug 8, 2026
Anthropic said today that during internal security testing, one of its Claude models built a malicious Python package and uploaded it to PyPI, where it ran on 15 real systems before the registry's automated defenses pulled it. The company ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Anthropic Finds Claude Breached Real Companies During Security EvaluationsAug 8, 2026
Anthropic disclosed that Claude models had accessed the real production infrastructure of three separate organizations during cybersecurity evaluations that were supposed to run in isolated, fictional environments. The company found the inc ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Safety Filters From OpenAI, Google, and Meta Missed Every Romance-Baiting ScriptAug 8, 2026
Researchers built an AI chatbot from commercially available tools, set it loose on 22 volunteers for seven days, and found it outperformed a trained human romance scammer at building trust and extracting behavioral compliance. That finding ... (report_number: 7674)
- Suzanne Nossel: ChatGPT and Claude Are Silently Applying Repressive Speech Laws to Users WorldwideAug 8, 2026
You ask Claude to write a protest poem about Xi Jinping. It refuses. You ask the same model to write one about King Charles. No problem. You are sitting in Sydney, where Australian law protects criticism of any foreign head of state equally ... (report_number: 7675)
- 3rd Circuit Revives Claim Hotels Conspired to Use AI to Hike RatesAug 8, 2026
Hotel guests have another chance to prove allegations that several Atlantic City casinos conspired to fix prices using a common algorithm after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit broke with other lower courts to revive the case ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- What a Distilled Model Inherits From Its TeacherAug 8, 2026
AIID editor's note: Please view the original source for the report's full visual formatting and presentation. \+45.45 DeepSeek V4 Flash censorship gap on China-sensitive prompts vs matched controls - 76 pairs - four judges 83.61% CTGT G ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Oregon veterinary hospital sues tech company, claims AI misdiagnosis led to dog’s deathAug 8, 2026
A veterinary hospital in The Dalles has sued an animal health technology company, alleging its artificial intelligence diagnostic service misidentified a cancerous tumor, leading to the death of an 11-year-old dog. The lawsuit, filed by Co ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- US court revives lawsuit claiming AI software fueled price-gouging by New Jersey casinosAug 8, 2026
July 29 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a proposed antitrust class action that alleges major casino operators in Atlantic City, New Jersey, used an AI-powered revenue management platform to coordinate on room price ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Potts Law Firm Announces A Second Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against xAIAug 8, 2026
More Filings Expected In The Coming Days As More Victims Come Forward LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Potts Law Firm has filed a second civil lawsuit against xAI, the company behind Grok AI, on behalf of another family who ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Comcast Pulls AI Ad After Blackburn Accuses Dark Money PAC of DefamationAug 7, 2026
Attorneys for Sen. Marsha Blackburn have threatened legal action over a dark-money political action committee ad that uses AI to accuse the senator and frontrunner in the Tennessee gubernatorial race of accepting bribes from Big Pharma. T ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Second major AI company says its systems hacked into other firmsAug 7, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO --- Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, said Thursday that artificial intelligence systems it was testing hacked into three outside companies undetected earlier this year. The disclosure comes just over a week after ChatG ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluationsAug 7, 2026
In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environment, and then gained unauthorized access t ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- 'Wave of the Future': Meta Faces Novel Suit for Allegedly Using AI Systems to Fire WorkersAug 6, 2026
Meta Platforms Inc. is facing a novel employment lawsuit alleging the social media giant made termination decisions based on artificial intelligence-fueled metrics that discriminated against people with disabilities. 26 anonymous current a ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Arkansas family sues xAI over use of Grok to create deepfake child sex abuse materialAug 6, 2026
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An Arkansas family is suing XAI, the artificial intelligence company owned by Elon Musk, after a Bentonville photographer allegedly used AI model "Grok" to turn pictures of their daughter and other clients into child se ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Attorney files lawsuit in NWA child sexual abuse material caseAug 6, 2026
BENTON COUNTY, Ark. --- We are hearing from the attorney who filed a lawsuit against a tech company over allegations of AI-generated child sexual abuse material in our area. He said he plans to file more lawsuits next week. Potts Law Firm ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Potts Law Firm Files Lawsuit Against xAI Following Alleged Creation of AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse MaterialAug 6, 2026
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Potts Law Firm has filed a civil lawsuit against xAI, the company behind Grok AI, on behalf of a family whose child was allegedly depicted in AI-generated child sexual abuse material. The la ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Google faces court battle over AI hallucinationsAug 6, 2026
Google will have to defend a lawsuit brought by Robby Starbuck over allegedly defamatory AI-generated statements, a Delaware court ruled on Friday. Last October, conservative activist Starbuck filed a lawsuit against Google over what he de ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Registered sex offender accused of having obscene AI-generated imagesAug 6, 2026
HILLSBORO, Ore. (KATU) --- A 69-year-old from Hillsboro was indicted by a federal grand jury of possessing images depicting the sexual abuse of children, the U.S. Attorney's Office -- District of Oregon said. Daniel Bostwick faces a charge ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Users' Claude creations are showing up in Google searchAug 6, 2026
Some of the shareable apps, tools and visualizations that Claude users make are appearing in Google search results. Why it matters: Most Claude users likely don't expect that the tools they're sharing with friends, coworkers or other inten ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Some people's chats with Claude AI found to be publicly available onlineAug 6, 2026
Hundreds of user conversations with Anthropic's popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude were found to have been available to essentially anyone online. Links to the chats, some of which included personal and work information, w ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- UK lawmaker suing Musk's xAI seeks order to stop Grok generating sexualised imagesAug 6, 2026
LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - A British lawmaker suing Elon Musk's xAI (SPCX.O), opens new tab over fake sexualised images of her created by the Grok AI platform said on Tuesday she was seeking a court order to prevent the chatbot being abl ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- OpenAI's rogue agent compromised a customer at a second tech firm, executive saysAug 6, 2026
WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - The rogue agent that escaped from OpenAI and went on a days-long hacking spree at the AI firm Hugging Face also compromised a customer at a second tech company --- New York-based Modal Labs --- according to a ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Walmart Lawsuit Claims Retailer Illegally Collects Illinois Residents’ Biometric Voiceprints From Phone CallsAug 6, 2026
Walmart faces a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the mega-retailer unlawfully collects, stores, and uses without consent the voiceprints of Illinois consumers who place a phone call to their local store. The 15-page lawsuit allege ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Parents sue Lancaster County school, companies over AI-generated nude imagesAug 6, 2026
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) --- A Midstate school is facing a lawsuit after hundreds of AI deepfake nude images of girls were created by two former male students. abc27 News' media partner LNP reported that parents of 13 of the girls affe ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- New AI law won’t apply in Lancaster Country Day School deepfake scandalAug 6, 2026
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) --- Senate Bill 1213 was signed into law and became Act 125 on Oct. 29, 2024. A former Lancaster Country Day School Student allegedly used artificial intelligence to create pornographic images of their female cl ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Lancaster Country Day ‘parts ways’ with Head of School, Board President amid AI deepfake scandalAug 6, 2026
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) --- The Lancaster Country Day School has announced they will "part ways" with its Head of School Matt Micciche and Board President Angela Ang-Alhadeff after a lawsuit alleges a former student made deepfake, porn ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
- Lancaster County parents call for change after deepfake pornographic images of over 50 female students createdAug 6, 2026
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)-- Parents are outraged after a student at Lancaster Country Day School allegedly created deepfake pornographic images of more than 50 female students. According to the school and a letter sent to the district b ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1
Source: AI Incident Database (Responsible AI Collaborative, CC BY-SA). See also our Policy Tracker.