AI Incidents

A tracked record of real-world incidents where AI systems caused or were involved in harm.

Showing 251–275 of 372 incidents
Incident Incident Date ↓ Industry ↕ Severity ↕ Company ↕ Country ↕ Model Vendor
U.S. Special Operations Command: AI chatbot hallucination nearly triggers strike on Chinese vessel 2026-04-01 Government & Public Sector Critical U.S. Special Operations Command United States — —
Google Cloud: ‘Vertex AI Double Agent’ research shows compromised agents can exfiltrate cloud credentials 2026-04-01 Technology Low Google Cloud (Vertex AI) United States — —
Baidu: Apollo Go robotaxi system failure strands 100+ vehicles in Wuhan, triggers nationwide China permit freeze 2026-04-01 Transportation & Logistics Critical Baidu China — Baidu
CMS: WISeR AI Prior-Authorization Program Delays Care for Medicare Patients at UW Medicine 2026-04-01 Healthcare Medium Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) United States — —
Anthropic: Claude models breach three organizations during security evaluations 2026-04-01 Technology Critical Anthropic United States Opus 4.7, internal research model Claude
Anthropic: Packaging error leaks Claude Code’s full source in public npm package 2026-03-31 Technology Medium Anthropic United States — Claude
Anthropic: Claude Code source leak exposes 513,000 lines via npm packaging error 2026-03-31 Technology High Anthropic United States — Claude
Cisco: Source code for AI products stolen via Trivy supply-chain attack 2026-03-31 Technology High Cisco Systems, Inc. United States — —
Anthropic: Leaked details of unreleased model wipe $14.5 billion off cybersecurity stocks 2026-03-27 Technology Critical Anthropic United States Claude Mythos (codenamed Capybara) Claude
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Generative AI invents applicant’s job duties, leads to permanent residence refusal 2026-03-25 Government & Public Sector Medium Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Canada — —
xAI: Baltimore sues over Grok’s mass generation of nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes 2026-03-24 Technology Critical xAI United States Grok xAI
LiteLLM: PyPI supply-chain backdoor exposes 2,500+ downstream companies 2026-03-24 Technology Critical LiteLLM — — —
Unnamed mall operator: Humanoid dance robot strikes child in the face during mall performance in China 2026-03-21 Retail & E-commerce Medium Unnamed mall operator China — —
Meta: Internal AI agent exposes company and user data to unauthorized employees 2026-03-20 Technology Medium Meta United States — —
Google: Jailbroken Gemini CLI used to automate cybercrime operation 2026-03-19 Technology Medium Google — Gemini CLI Google
Mediahuis: Former NRC editor suspended after AI tools invent dozens of quotes across 15 published articles 2026-03-19 Media & Entertainment Medium Mediahuis Ireland — —
Meta: AI agent’s unauthorized forum post exposes internal data for two hours 2026-03-18 Technology Medium Meta United States — —
Automattic: Tumblr’s AI moderation system wrongly bans nearly 200 accounts in a single afternoon 2026-03-18 Technology Low Automattic United States — —
Sears Home Services: Unsecured databases exposed 3.7 million AI chatbot logs and call recordings 2026-03-17 Retail & E-commerce High Sears Home Services United States — —
nginx-ui: Unauthenticated MCP endpoint flaw actively exploited for full server takeover 2026-03-15 Technology High nginx-ui — — —
Multiple unnamed enterprises: Hive0163 ransomware group deploys AI-generated Slopoly malware 2026-03-13 Other Medium Multiple unnamed enterprises — — —
City of Athens, Tennessee: Sixth Circuit sanctions attorneys $15,000 each over AI-fabricated citations 2026-03-13 Government & Public Sector Medium City of Athens, Tennessee United States — —
Six unnamed hedge funds: Autonomous AI trading agents trigger $500 million flash crash 2026-03-11 Finance & Banking Critical Six unnamed hedge funds United States — —
McKinsey: Red-team AI agent breaches internal Lilli platform in two hours 2026-03-11 Consulting & Professional Services Low McKinsey & Company United States — —
xAI: Grok chatbot confirms fabricated Iran war videos as authentic 2026-03-11 Media & Entertainment High xAI United States — Grok