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Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

Jul 13, 2026

A Welsh teenager reportedly endured a nearly four-year online impersonation campaign in which another teenager created fake social media accounts using her photographs and, later, AI-generated images depicting her. The campaign reportedly attracted more than 100,000 followers, le...

Purportedly AI-Generated Facebook Pages Allegedly Targeted Australian Rules Football Club Geelong Cats With Fabricated Harmful Claims

Jul 8, 2026

Purportedly AI-generated Facebook pages reportedly published false stories about the Geelong Football Club, including fabricated criminal al...

Threat Actor Reportedly Used AI-Assisted Workflows to Compromise AWS Environment for Extortion

Jul 8, 2026

Sygnia reported that a threat actor apparently used purportedly AI-assisted or agentic workflows to move rapidly through an unidentified org...

Discord's Automated Moderation System Reportedly Wrongfully Banned More Than 8,000 Users Over Benign Images

Jul 7, 2026

Discord reportedly wrongfully banned more than 8,000 accounts after its automated image-moderation workflow flagged harmless uploads, includ...

Waymo Robotaxi Reportedly Caught Fire After Driving Over Firework in San Francisco

Jul 4, 2026

An unoccupied Waymo robotaxi reportedly drove over a small firework near the 1200 block of Connecticut Street in San Francisco on July 4, 20...

Purported Deepfake Impersonating Dubai Crown Prince Reportedly Used to Defraud Filipino Domestic Worker

Jul 3, 2026

A Filipino domestic worker identified as "Maria" reportedly paid ₱100,000 (about $1,625) after a scammer deployed purportedly manipulated re...

LLM-Driven Ransomware Operator Dubbed JADEPUFFER Reportedly Targeted Production Database

Jul 1, 2026

Sysdig reported that a ransomware operator it dubbed JADEPUFFER used an LLM-driven agent to turn access through a vulnerable internet-facing...

Purportedly AI-Powered KT Platform Used in Forced Scamming Operation

Jun 29, 2026

AP reported that traffickers at Myanmar's Tai Chang scam compound forced a man named Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil to use the AI-powered KT pl...

Storm-1516 Reportedly Spread Fabricated Narratives Targeting Firebird Data Center in Armenia

Jun 24, 2026

Firebird reported that Storm-1516, a Russian influence operation, targeted Firebird's NVIDIA-powered data center under construction in Hrazd...

Tesla Driver Reportedly Said Driver-Assistance Mode Was Engaged During Fatal Texas Home Crash

Jun 19, 2026

On June 19, 2026, Michael Butler's Tesla Model 3 reportedly left the roadway in Katy, Texas, and struck a home at high speed, killing reside...

Purported AI-Generated Advertisements Reportedly Falsely Depicted Lee Ji-hye Endorsing Food and Clothing Products

Jun 17, 2026

Purported AI-generated advertisements reportedly circulated online using South Korean singer and broadcaster Lee Ji-hye's likeness to falsel...

Purported Deepfake of Taoiseach Micheál Martin Reportedly Promoted Quantum AI Investment Scam

Jun 17, 2026

A purported AI-generated video reportedly circulated on social media impersonating Taoiseach Micheál Martin and falsely claiming that a €250...

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.