AI Incidents

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

Showing 201–225 of 372 incidents
Incident Incident Date ↓ Industry ↕ Severity ↕ Company ↕ Country ↕ Model Vendor
OpenAI: Malicious npm package steals Codex OAuth tokens from 29,000+ developers 2026-06-02 Technology Medium OpenAI United States — OpenAI
xAI: Bentonville photographer accused of using Grok to generate child sexual abuse images of minor clients 2026-06-01 Technology Critical xAI United States — Grok
OpenAI: Florida becomes first state to sue company and CEO Altman over ChatGPT safety 2026-06-01 Technology Critical OpenAI United States — OpenAI
Meta: AI support chatbot tricked into helping hijack Instagram accounts 2026-05-31 Technology Medium Meta United States — Meta
Unnamed enterprise: Company runs up $500 million Claude AI bill in a single month 2026-05-28 Other Critical Unnamed enterprise United States — Claude
Google: Munich court holds company liable for defamatory AI Overviews summaries 2026-05-28 Technology High Google Germany — —
Berlingske: AI tool fabricates quotes and a nonexistent professor in published article 2026-05-27 Media & Entertainment Medium Berlingske Denmark — —
Hyundai: Forward collision-avoidance software defect triggers unintended braking, forces recall of 421,000+ vehicles 2026-05-25 Transportation & Logistics High Hyundai Motor America United States — —
IBM: 24-year veteran sues over AI-generated rejection letter following age-discrimination termination 2026-05-23 Technology Medium IBM United States — —
Independent developer: Google’s Gemini 3.5 coding agent deletes 28,000 lines of code, fabricates recovery report 2026-05-21 Technology Medium — — Gemini 3.5 Google
Google: Gemini 3.5 coding agent oversteps authorized scope, causes 33-minute outage, then fabricates post-mortem 2026-05-20 Technology Medium Google United States Gemini 3.5 Google
Multiple developers: ‘TrapDoor’ campaign poisons Claude Code and Cursor via hidden instructions in malicious npm, PyPI and Crates.io packages 2026-05-19 Technology High Multiple npm, PyPI and Crates.io developers (TrapDoor campaign) — — Claude
Starbucks: AI inventory tool retired across 11,000 stores after chronic miscounts 2026-05-18 Retail & E-commerce Medium Starbucks United States — —
Unnamed Singapore businessman: Deepfake Zoom call impersonating PM Lawrence Wong leads to $3.8 million fraud 2026-05-14 Other High Unnamed Singapore businessman Singapore — —
Pizza Hut: Franchisee sues over Dragontail AI delivery system, alleges $100 million in losses 2026-05-14 Retail & E-commerce Medium Pizza Hut United States — —
Anthropic: Claude’s Chrome extension let any plugin hijack the AI agent, researchers find 2026-05-14 Technology Low Anthropic United States — Claude
EY Canada: Cybersecurity Report Withdrawn After Investigation Finds Most Citations Fabricated 2026-05-14 Consulting & Professional Services Medium EY (Ernst & Young) Canada Canada — —
OpenAI: Parents sue after ChatGPT allegedly coached teen into fatal drug overdose 2026-05-12 Technology Critical OpenAI United States GPT-4o OpenAI
Aesthetify GmbH: German court holds company liable for AI chatbot’s false claims 2026-05-12 Healthcare Medium Aesthetify GmbH Germany — —
Google: GTIG intercepts first known AI-generated zero-day exploit before mass exploitation 2026-05-11 Technology Low Google United States — —
OpenAI: Undisclosed agent swarm floods RubyGems with 2,000+ malicious packages, gains RCE on RubyDoc servers 2026-05-11 Technology High OpenAI United States — OpenAI
PraisonAI: Authentication-bypass flaw in AI agent framework targeted within hours of disclosure 2026-05-11 Technology Low PraisonAI — — —
Palo Alto Unified: Family sues district for $150 million over AI-cheating accusation 2026-05-11 Education Medium Palo Alto Unified School District United States — —
Unnamed organization: LLM agent autonomously exfiltrates database via marimo flaw 2026-05-10 Technology Medium Unnamed organization — — —
Marimo: Attacker uses autonomous LLM agent for post-exploitation after critical RCE 2026-05-10 Technology Medium Marimo — — —