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Purported AI-Manipulated Videos Depict Mauricio Macri Endorsing Manuel Adorni and Silvia Lospennato Withdrawing Before Buenos Aires Vote

May 17, 2025

Incidents of reported AI-generated deepfakes were circulated on X in the final hours before the Buenos Aires municipal election in May 2025....

Reported Use of Deepfake Video Impersonating Owen Wilson in Romance Scam with Fake Job Payments

May 16, 2025

In May 2025, a Reddit user shared a concerning incident where her mother fell victim to an AI-generated deepfake video of actor Owen Wilson....

Citation Errors in Concord Music v. Anthropic Attributed to Claude AI Use by Defense Counsel

May 15, 2025

In a recent filing in Universal Music Group et al. v. Anthropic, the defense counsel admitted errors in expert witness testimony submissions...

FBI Reports Ongoing Vishing and Smishing Campaign Allegedly Targeting Government Officials Using Purportedly AI-Generated Voices

May 15, 2025

On May 15, 2025, the FBI and IC3 issued a public alert regarding an ongoing vishing and smishing campaign that has been active since April 2...

Student Reportedly Files Complaint Over Professor's Undisclosed Use of Generative AI at Northeastern University

May 14, 2025

A student at Northeastern University has reportedly filed a complaint, alleging hypocrisy, after discovering their professor utilized genera...

Grok Chatbot Reportedly Inserted Content About South Africa and 'White Genocide' in Unrelated User Queries

May 14, 2025

The xAI's Grok chatbot allegedly inserted inflammatory, racially charged content about 'white genocide' in South Africa into unrelated conve...

Texas Homeowner Reportedly Spent $3,000 to Contest AI-Flagged Warning of Insurance Nonrenewal

May 13, 2025

Homeowners in Texas, including Tracy Gartenmann, have reported receiving warnings about potential insurance nonrenewals based on aerial imag...

Purported AI-Manipulated Videos of Cypriot Officials Circulated in Alleged Investment Fraud

May 12, 2025

Deepfake videos purportedly featuring Cypriot officials endorsing investment platforms have been circulated in an alleged scam, reportedly c...

Government‑Backed AI4Peat Mapping Tool Allegedly Misidentifies Granite Outcrops and Quarries as Peat

May 10, 2025

The UK's AI4Peat mapping project, a collaboration between Natural England and Microsoft, has allegedly misclassified peatland across England...

Serviceaide AI Platform Implicated in Health Data Exposure Affecting 483,000 Catholic Health Patients

May 9, 2025

An unsecured Elasticsearch database within the agentic AI infrastructure of Serviceaide exposed sensitive health data from 483,000 Catholic...

Purported Deepfake Video Reportedly Misrepresented CBS Anchor Doug Dunbar and Frisco, Texas, Stabbing Suspect Amid Online Misinformation Campaign

May 8, 2025

A tragic high school stabbing incident in Frisco, Texas was followed by the alleged circulation of a deepfake video on Instagram. The purpor...

Noodlophile Stealer Reportedly Distributed Through Allegedly Fraudulent AI Content Platforms

May 8, 2025

A recent incident involved the reported distribution of malware through allegedly fraudulent AI content platforms. The campaign, promoted vi...

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.