AI Voice Scam Targets Westchester Parents with Fake Kidnapping Ransom Calls
Jan 8, 2025
Scammers employed AI voice synthesis to imitate children's voices in a hoax kidnapping scenario, demanding ransom payments from parents with...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation Failure Files™AI-Generated Images of the Iconic Hollywood Sign Reportedly on Fire Circulating on Social Media
Jan 8, 2025
During the January 2025 Southern California wildfires, misleading AI-generated images of the iconic Hollywood Sign on fire were circulated o...
Read moreTesla's 'Actually Smart Summon' Feature Reportedly Linked to Multiple Parking Lot Collisions
Jan 7, 2025
The remote parking system of Tesla's 'Actually Smart Summon' feature, controlled via a smartphone app, has reportedly failed to detect obsta...
Read moreSydney High Schooler Allegedly Generated Deepfakes of Other Students
Jan 6, 2025
A Sydney student is accused of using AI to create explicit deepfake images of female classmates, which were circulated via false social medi...
Read moreAlleged Deepfake of New Zealand Endocrinologist Reportedly Promotes Misleading Diabetes Claim
Jan 6, 2025
A video purportedly showing University of Otago endocrinologist Sir Jim Mann advocating for a hemp gummy product for diabetes patients and d...
Read moreHong Kong Authorities Seize HK$34M in Alleged Deepfake Scam Targeting Victims in Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia
Jan 5, 2025
Hong Kong authorities apprehended a deepfake scam syndicate, allegedly defrauding victims in Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. The group empl...
Read moreAspiring Artist Cherelle Kozak Reportedly Targeted by AI-Powered Impersonation of Rapper Fat Joe
Jan 5, 2025
An aspiring artist in Austin, Texas, Cherelle Kozak, narrowly escaped falling victim to an AI-driven impersonation scam. The scammer, utiliz...
Read moreMeta AI Characters Allegedly Exhibited Racism, Fabricated Identities, and Exploited User Trust
Jan 3, 2025
Meta AI experiment involving AI-generated profiles on platforms like Instagram and Facebook raised concerns over fabricated identities, misl...
Read moreRussian Center for Geopolitical Expertise Allegedly Used AI to Target U.S. Candidates with Disinformation in 2024 Election
Dec 31, 2024
The Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise (CGE) is accused of leveraging AI to produce and disseminate deepfakes and disinformation...
Read moreAI-Generated Reading Summaries on Fable App Reportedly Wrote Biased and Offensive Commentary
Dec 29, 2024
Fable, a popular book-focused social app, employed OpenAI's API for AI-generated year-end reading summaries in December 2024. These summarie...
Read moreChatGPT Reportedly Referenced During Las Vegas Cybertruck Explosion Planning
Dec 27, 2024
Matthew Livelsberger, the suspect in the 2025 Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion, reportedly utilized ChatGPT to gather publicly available infor...
Read moreWaymo Robotaxi Allegedly Collides With Serve Robotics Delivery Bot in Los Angeles
Dec 27, 2024
A low-speed collision occurred between a Waymo robotaxi and a Serve Robotics delivery bot at a West Hollywood intersection on December 27th,...
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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.