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Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Spiritual Leader Sadhguru Used in Investment Scam Allegedly Defrauding Bengaluru Woman of ₹3.75 Crore (~$425,000)

Feb 25, 2025

A Bengaluru woman was allegedly defrauded of ₹3.75 crore ($425,000 USD) after scammers used an AI-generated deepfake video of spiritual lead...

MyPillow Defense Lawyers in Coomer v. Lindell Reportedly Sanctioned for Filing Court Document Allegedly Containing AI-Generated Legal Citations

Feb 25, 2025

In February 2025, lawyers Christopher I. Kachouroff and Jennifer T. DeMaster, representing Mike Lindell, were reportedly sanctioned for usin...

Apple’s Voice Dictation Reportedly Substitutes ‘Trump’ for ‘Racist’ Due to Speech Recognition Bug

Feb 25, 2025

Apple's voice dictation on iPhone reportedly replaced the word 'racist' with 'Trump', due to a phonetic overlap in its speech recognition mo...

Character.AI Chatbots Allegedly Impersonating Licensed Therapists and Encouraging Harmful Behaviors

Feb 24, 2025

The American Psychological Association (APA) has raised concerns about AI chatbots on Character.ai, allegedly posing as licensed therapists....

Unauthorized AI-Generated Video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk Reportedly Appears on HUD Building Screens

Feb 24, 2025

An unauthorized satirical video, generated by AI, reportedly played on TV screens within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HU...

Alleged FraudGPT-Enabled Phishing Attack Spoofs ChatGPT Subscription Service to Steal Credentials

Feb 23, 2025

A reported phishing campaign is using AI-generated emails to impersonate OpenAI's ChatGPT Premium subscription service. The goal appears to...

AI-Powered Chinese Surveillance Campaign 'Peer Review' Used for Real-Time Monitoring of Anti-State Speech on Western Social Media

Feb 21, 2025

OpenAI recently discovered evidence of a Chinese state-sponsored AI surveillance system, named 'Peer Review'. This AI-powered tool, allegedl...

Edinburg, Texas Police Officer Arrested for Alleged Possession of CSAM, Including AI-Generated Deepfakes of Minors

Feb 20, 2025

A Texas Department of Public Safety staff sergeant from Edinburg, Preston Wade Pietrzykowski, was reportedly arrested on allegations of poss...

Kenya's Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'Oei Reportedly Shared AI-Generated Video Depicting Fareed Zakaria Praising Sudan Diplomacy

Feb 20, 2025

A deepfake video, allegedly generated using AI, was shared by Kenya's Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary (PS) Dr. Korir Sing’Oei, purported...

Nonconsensual Explicit AI-Generated Images of Up to 60 Gladstone Park Secondary College Students in Victoria, Australia, Reportedly Created and Circulated Online

Feb 20, 2025

Up to 60 female students from Gladstone Park Secondary College in Victoria, Australia reportedly experienced the creation and dissemination...

Cybercriminals Reportedly Exploited Google’s G.Co Subdomain and Spoofed Caller ID in AI-Driven Phishing Attack on Hack Club Founder

Feb 20, 2025

Google's G.Co subdomain was reportedly exploited in a sophisticated AI-driven phishing attack targeting Hack Club founder, Zach Latta. The c...

Two 16-Year-Old Students in Athens, Greece Allegedly Generated Nonconsensual Deepfake Pornography of Their Classmates

Feb 19, 2025

In Greece, two 16-year-olds were detained for creating nonconsensual deepfakes of their classmates using social media images. The incident u...

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.