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Purported Deepfake Reportedly Circulated on Facebook Impersonating Thai PBS World Anchors and Business Figures to Solicit Investments

Aug 28, 2025

A deepfake video, purportedly created using AI technology, was spread on Facebook, impersonating Thai PBS World anchors and business figures...

Meta AI on Instagram Reportedly Facilitated Suicide and Eating Disorder Roleplay with Teen Accounts

Aug 28, 2025

Research by Common Sense Media and Stanford clinicians suggests Instagram's AI chatbot, integrated within Instagram and Facebook, produced u...

Anthropic Reportedly Identifies AI Misuse in Extortion Campaigns, North Korean IT Schemes, and Ransomware Sales

Aug 27, 2025

In August 2025, Anthropic released a revealing threat intelligence report showcasing misuse incidents involving its Claude models. The docum...

Houston Gun Store Co-Owner Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexually Explicit Deepfake Images of a Social Media Influencer

Aug 26, 2025

A Houston gun-store co-owner, Jorge Abrego, was arrested for allegedly using generative AI to create sexually explicit deepfake images of a...

Purportedly AI-Generated Nude Images of Middle School Students Reportedly Circulated at Louisiana School

Aug 26, 2025

Incident involving purportedly AI-generated explicit images depicting a 13-year-old student and other middle school students circulated at a...

Purportedly Taxpayer-Funded Deloitte Report for Australian Government Contains Alleged AI-Generated Citations and Fabricated Legal Quote

Aug 22, 2025

A $439,000 Deloitte report for the Australian Department of Employment and Workplace Relations on welfare compliance allegedly contained fab...

Malicious Nx npm Packages Reportedly Weaponize AI Coding Agents for Data Exfiltration

Aug 21, 2025

Reportedly, malicious versions of the Nx monorepo tool and plugins were published to npm after attackers compromised its CI workflow. The m...

Carter County, Montana Man Reportedly Charged for Creating AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

Aug 21, 2025

Authorities in Montana reportedly charged Shy Herbert McCutchan with felony counts of sexual abuse of children, alleging he used an AI tool...

Joann Fabrics Shoppers Reportedly Defrauded by AI-Generated Scam Sites, Part of Purported Wave of ~100,000 Fake Domains Across 194 Brands

Aug 20, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the landscape of retail, but not always for the better. A recent incident involving AI-generated s...

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko, Reportedly Flags Purported Deepfake Pump-and-Dump Network Using Social Media Ads

Aug 19, 2025

The New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko, has reportedly warned of a potential threat involving an AI-enabl...

Google AI Overviews Reportedly Misrepresented Pizza Specials at Stefanina's in Wentzville, Missouri

Aug 19, 2025

Family-owned Stefanina's in Wentzville, Missouri experienced an instance where Google's AI Overviews allegedly misrepresented pizza specials...

South Korean Actor Kim Seon-ho's Likeness Allegedly Misused in Purported Deepfake Impersonation Attempts Demanding Money

Aug 19, 2025

Fantagio Entertainment, the agency of actor Kim Seon-ho, has reportedly warned about deepfake scams involving his likeness and demanding mon...

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.