AI Incidents

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

Showing 201–225 of 281 incidents
Incident Incident Date Industry Severity Company Country Model Vendor
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
Amazon, Perplexity: Federal court blocks Comet AI shopping agent over unauthorized account access 2026-03-10 Technology High Amazon, Perplexity United States Perplexity
UnitedHealth: Federal judge orders disclosure of AI algorithm used to deny Medicare Advantage claims 2026-03-09 Healthcare High UnitedHealth Group United States
DataTalks.Club: Claude Code runs terraform destroy, wipes 2.5 years of production data 2026-03-05 Education High DataTalks.Club Germany Claude
Amazon: AI coding agent triggers cascading order-system outages 2026-03-05 Retail & E-commerce High Amazon United States
OpenAI: Insurer sues over ChatGPT’s unauthorized practice of law 2026-03-04 Finance & Banking High Nippon Life Insurance Company of America United States OpenAI
Google: ‘Gemini Live’ Chrome flaw let malicious extensions hijack camera, mic, and local files 2026-03-02 Technology Low Google United States Google
Thames Valley Police: Facial recognition misidentifies Southampton software engineer as burglary suspect 100 miles away 2026-02-25 Government & Public Sector Medium Thames Valley Police United Kingdom
Google: ‘Silent’ Gemini API privilege change leaves 2,863 public API keys exposing private AI data 2026-02-25 Technology High Google United States Gemini
Independent developer: OpenClaw trading agent sends $250,000 in tokens to a stranger after losing track of its own wallet 2026-02-22 Finance & Banking Medium Independent developer
Independent developer: Autonomous AI trading agent sends $442,000 to a stranger 2026-02-22 Finance & Banking Medium United States
FortiGate Firewall Customers: AI-Orchestrated Campaign Breaches 600+ Devices Across 55 Countries 2026-02-19 Technology Critical Multiple organizations (600+ FortiGate firewall deployments) Global (55 countries)
Cline: Prompt injection in a GitHub issue title compromises AI coding agent’s npm package on 4,000 machines 2026-02-17 Technology High Cline Bot Inc. United States Claude
Workday: Federal court advances AI hiring age-discrimination class action 2026-02-17 Technology Critical Workday United States
University of Michigan: Student with anxiety and OCD sues over AI-cheating accusation 2026-02-16 Education Medium University of Michigan United States
Meta: OpenClaw AI agent deletes alignment director’s email inbox despite repeated stop commands 2026-02-14 Technology Medium Meta United States
Ars Technica: AI Tool Fabricates Quotes in Retracted Article on Rogue Agent’s Smear Campaign 2026-02-13 Media & Entertainment Medium Ars Technica United States Claude, OpenAI
Bondu: AI toy exposes 50,000 children’s chat transcripts via unsecured web console 2026-02-03 Technology High Bondu
Evoke Security: Cybersecurity firm nearly hires deepfake job candidate 2026-02-01 Technology Low Evoke Security United States
Yale University: Student sues over AI-cheating suspension flagged by GPTZero 2026-02-01 Education Medium Yale University United States
Moltbook: Misconfigured database exposes 1.5 million AI agent API keys 2026-02-01 Technology High Moltbook
Step Finance: AI Trading Agents Drain $27 Million Treasury, Platform Shuts Down 2026-01-31 Finance & Banking High Step Finance Spain
Codeway: Misconfigured Firebase database exposed 300 million AI chat messages 2026-01-29 Technology High Codeway Turkey Claude, OpenAI, Gemini
Adelphi University: Court overturns AI-detection cheating finding against student with autism 2026-01-28 Education Medium Adelphi University United States