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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...

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...

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...

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...

Family Reportedly Discovers ChatGPT Logs Detailing Suicidal Ideation Prior to Daughter's Death

Aug 18, 2025

In August 2025, journalist Laura Reiley wrote an essay for The New York Times linking her daughter Sophie Rottenberg’s suicide to sustained...

Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT Reportedly Cited Fraudulent Cruise Hotline, Allegedly Enabling Successful Scam

Aug 15, 2025

Google's AI Overviews reportedly revealed a fraudulent customer service number for Royal Caribbean, which was also found on ChatGPT results....

Purported AI Monitoring Software Reportedly Flags Unsent Joke Threat, Leading to Arizona Student Suspension

Aug 14, 2025

An incident at Marana High School (Arizona) highlights the urgent need for safe and secure AI practices. An AI monitoring software, installe...

Purported Fictitious AI-Generated Citations in Supreme Court of Victoria Murder Case Filing Lead to Delay and King's Counsel Apology

Aug 13, 2025

Australian King's Counsel Rishi Nathwani reportedly submitted allegedly fabricated AI-generated citations in a Supreme Court of Victoria mur...

Purported Oprah Deepfake Reportedly Induced Utah Woman to Buy Misrepresented Weight Loss Supplements

Aug 12, 2025

A Utah resident, Lisa Swearingen, alleges that she was deceived into buying an ineffective weight loss supplement after viewing online ads f...

D.C. Court of Appeals Struck Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Brief After Attorney Used Google Generative AI Search Tool and Filed Four Nonexistent Case Citations

Aug 12, 2025

In Douglas v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., attorney Loishirl W. Hall acknowledged using Google's generative AI search tool to locate ca...

Deepfakes Reportedly Impersonated David Taylor-Robinson and Other UK Health Experts to Promote Wellness Nest Supplements

Aug 11, 2025

In the UK, deepfake videos reportedly impersonated health experts on TikTok and other platforms to promote supplements linked to Wellness Ne...

Alleged Marine Park Orca Attack on 'Jessica Radcliffe' Reportedly an AI-Generated Hoax

Aug 9, 2025

AI-generated orca attack video on 'Jessica Radcliffe' found to be a hoax. Fact-checkers discovered no evidence of Radcliffe or the attack....

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.