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ChatGPT Reportedly Validated Autistic User's Faster-Than-Light Theory and Failed to Provide Grounding During Delusional Episode, Preceding Hospitalization

May 26, 2025

A user on the autism spectrum engaged in a discussion about faster-than-light travel with ChatGPT. The AI failed to provide grounding respon...

Purported AI-Generated Video Depicts Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso Delivering Speech on Western Exploitation

May 25, 2025

A video published on May 25, 2025, supposedly depicts Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré delivering a passionate speech against Western m...

Purported AI-Generated Video Portrays Pope Leo XIV Addressing Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso

May 23, 2025

A 36-minute deepfake video, allegedly generated by AI, went viral online purporting to show Pope Leo XIV delivering a speech to Burkina Faso...

Federal 'Make America Healthy Again' Report Released with Multiple Reportedly Erroneous and Unverifiable Citations

May 22, 2025

The federal 'Make America Healthy Again' (MAHA) report, released by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has sparked controversy due to mult...

Purported Unauthorized Deepfakes of Norman Swan and Others Circulated in Online Supplement Campaigns

May 21, 2025

In 2025, deepfake scam ads impersonating Norman Swan and other public figures were widely circulated on Meta platforms, promoting unverified...

ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used in Planning School Stabbing in Pirkkala, Finland, That Injured Three Pupils

May 20, 2025

In May 2025, a 16-year-old boy injured three 14-year-old girls at Vähäjärvi School in Pirkkala, Finland. Initial reports suggested the suspe...

New Jersey Man Cornelius Shannon Allegedly Published Hundreds of AI-Generated Deepfake Pornography Albums in TAKE IT DOWN Act Case

May 19, 2025

The Department of Justice filed one of the initial cases under the TAKE IT DOWN Act against New Jersey resident Cornelius Shannon. He is acc...

New Orleans Police Reportedly Used Real-Time Facial Recognition Alerts Supplied by Project NOLA Despite Local Ordinance

May 19, 2025

The Washington Post reports that New Orleans police received real-time facial recognition alerts from a privately operated network (Project...

AI Chatbot Allegedly Used to Research Explosive Materials in Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bombing

May 17, 2025

An unnamed AI chatbot is implicated in the 2025 Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing, where Guy Edward Bartkus and Daniel Park reportedly u...

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...

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.