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AI Incidents

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Large-Scale Mental Health Crises Allegedly Associated with ChatGPT Interactions

Oct 27, 2025

OpenAI reported internal data indicating that approximately hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users weekly may be experiencing symptoms such...

Purportedly AI-Generated Fake Videos of Louvre Heist Reportedly Circulated Widely Online

Oct 26, 2025

Following the October 19, 2025 jewel heist at the Louvre, questionable deepfakes allegedly circulated online, claiming to show the robbery....

West Midlands Police Reportedly Relied on Erroneous Copilot-Generated Intelligence in Maccabi Tel Aviv Away-Fan Ban Decision

Oct 24, 2025

West Midlands Police reportedly used intelligence, potentially generated using AI tools like Microsoft Copilot, that contained errors in the...

AI Training Dataset for Detecting Nudity Allegedly Found to Contain CSAM Images of Identified Victims

Oct 24, 2025

An AI nudity dataset, NudeNet, reportedly contained Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), including images of identified victims. The dataset...

Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Investment Ads Defrauded 5,000 Swedish Investors of 500 Million SEK

Oct 24, 2025

In 2025, approximately 5,000 Swedish investors lost an estimated 500 million SEK (~$52.5 million USD) to a deepfake investment scam that cir...

Purported Deepfake Mimicking RTÉ Broadcast Falsely Announced Irish Presidential Candidate Catherine Connolly's Withdrawal

Oct 22, 2025

A deepfake video, resembling an RTÉ broadcast, circulated falsely announcing the withdrawal of Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connol...

Google's Bard, Gemini, and Gemma AI Systems Allegedly Generated Defamatory Claims About Activist Robby Starbuck, Prompting Lawsuit

Oct 22, 2025

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck filed a defamation lawsuit against Google, alleging its AI systems Bard, Gemini, and Gemma generated fa...

Virginia Candidate John Reid Reportedly Used AI-Generated Deepfake of Opponent Ghazala Hashmi in Simulated Political Debate

Oct 21, 2025

Republican Virginia lieutenant governor candidate John Reid reportedly held a 40-minute mock debate against an AI-generated version of Democ...

Alleged False Positive by Omnilert AI Gun Detection System Prompts Police Search at Baltimore County High School

Oct 20, 2025

A student at Kenwood High School in Baltimore County, Maryland experienced a false alert from the Omnilert-operated AI gun detection system....

AWS Outage Reportedly Caused AI-Enabled Eight Sleep Smart Beds to Overheat and Malfunction

Oct 20, 2025

The recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on October 20, 2025 reportedly triggered malfunctions in AI-enabled Eight Sleep 'Pod' smart beds...

Purportedly AI-Generated 'King Trump' Fighter Jet Video Allegedly Posted by President Depicts Defecation Attack on 'No Kings' Protesters

Oct 19, 2025

President Donald Trump shared a controversial video on Truth Social, apparently generated by an AI account. The clip depicted him crowned as...

Purported Deepfake Video Allegedly Shows Conservative MP George Freeman Leaving Party for Reform UK

Oct 18, 2025

A purported deepfake video featuring UK Conservative MP George Freeman falsely announced his defection to the Reform UK party. This syntheti...

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.