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Florida Man Accused of Using Deepfake Video for False Emergency Reporting

Mar 24, 2026

In Seminole County, Florida, Alexis Martínez-Arizala is accused of using an AI-generated deepfake video to deceive a deputy. The three-secon...

AI Authorship Controversy: Hachette Cancels Publication of Mia Ballard's Shy Girl

Mar 19, 2026

Hachette Book Group reportedly cancelled U.S. publication of Mia Ballard's horror novel Shy Girl and decided against continuing the U.K. edi...

Deepfake Interview: Alleged AI-generated Impersonation of Tokyo IT Executive Kenbun Yoshii

Mar 19, 2026

Recent reports reveal a potential deepfake incident involving an AI-altered video, allegedly used by a job applicant to impersonate Japanese...

Meta's Alleged Incident: Unapproved AI Agent Exposes Sensitive Data

Mar 18, 2026

Reports suggest that an internal AI agent at Meta, resembling OpenClaw, posted unverified technical guidance to an internal forum without au...

AI-generated deepfake allegedly exploits Ashley James's likeness for weight loss pill promotion

Mar 14, 2026

An online advertisement, suspected to be an AI-generated deepfake, reportedly utilized the likeness of British broadcaster and former realit...

Sixth Circuit Sanctions Attorneys over Alleged AI-Generated Fake Citations in Court Briefs

Mar 13, 2026

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit imposed sanctions on attorneys Van Irion and Russ Egli following suspicions of more than two...

Grammarly's AI Expert Review Allegedly Used Journalists' and Authors' Names Without Consent

Mar 11, 2026

Grammarly's Expert Review feature, utilizing a large language model, is accused of generating editing suggestions under the names of journal...

Alleged Sexist Abuse by AI Model Prompts Criminal Complaint

Mar 10, 2026

An X user reportedly prompted xAI's Grok to generate a vulgar 'roast' directed at Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter. The model alle...

Purported AI-Generated Nude Images Reportedly Used to Extort Wichita Man in Kansas

Mar 10, 2026

A concerning incident involving an AI-generated image extortion scam was reported in Wichita, Kansas. A man received nude images depicting h...

Purported Deepfake Scam Ad Reportedly Used Lara Lewington and Martin Lewis to Promote Quantum AI Scheme

Mar 9, 2026

Scammers allegedly used a fraudulent deepfake video featuring Lara Lewington, coupled with the endorsement of Martin Lewis, to peddle a susp...

Purported Gemini-Generated AI Images Reportedly Claimed U.S. Delta Force Soldiers Were Captured by the IRGC

Mar 5, 2026

Reports indicate that misleading images, allegedly generated by Gemini, were circulated on various platforms such as X and Facebook in multi...

Purported AI-Generated Inland Revenue Scam Ads Reportedly Impersonated New Zealand Commissioner Peter Mersi in Alleged Fake Crypto Tax Webinar

Mar 5, 2026

New Zealand Inland Revenue issued a warning about a scam utilizing a suspected AI-generated image of Commissioner Peter Mersi, allegedly usi...

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.