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Meta AI Reportedly Generated Purportedly False Claims Linking Activist Robby Starbuck to January 6th Riot, Prompting Defamation Lawsuit

Apr 28, 2025

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck reportedly filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta for its AI chatbot falsely implicating him in the Ja...

Fact-Checkers Identify Viral Photo of Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré with 'Wife and Children' as AI-Generated Composite

Apr 26, 2025

The controversial image, originally showcasing Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traoré with a fabricated family, was proven to be an AI-gen...

Alleged AI-Generated Photo of Burning Truck in Manila Reportedly Triggered Firefighter Response

Apr 26, 2025

Firefighters in Manila were reportedly called to a burning truck, following an alert triggered by an allegedly AI-generated photo. Upon arr...

Meta User-Created AI Companions Allegedly Implicated in Facilitating Sexually Themed Conversations Involving Underage Personas

Apr 26, 2025

Recent third-party testing unveiled concerning allegations against Meta's AI chatbot services on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Both off...

Reddit Moderators Report Unauthorized AI Study Involving Fabricated Identities by Purported University of Zurich Researchers

Apr 26, 2025

Researchers, who claimed to be affiliated with the University of Zurich, allegedly deployed an unapproved AI study on Reddit's r/ChangeMyVie...

Factum in Ko v. Li Allegedly Contains AI-Generated Case Law Citations

Apr 25, 2025

In the case of Ko v. Li, 2025 ONSC 2766, Justice FL Myers of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice raised concerns over potential use of gen...

Brazil's Social Security AI Tool Is Allegedly Rejecting Complex Claims Improperly

Apr 24, 2025

Brazil’s Meu INSS app, an AI tool used for social security claims, is under scrutiny for allegedly misgendering a claimant. Josélia de Brito...

Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Steven Bartlett Reportedly Used to Promote Fake WhatsApp Investment Group

Apr 23, 2025

In April 2025, a deepfake video of entrepreneur and BBC Dragon's Den investor Steven Bartlett circulated on Instagram. The video allegedly o...

Anthropic Report Details Claude Misuse for Influence Operations, Credential Stuffing, Recruitment Fraud, and Malware Development

Apr 23, 2025

In April 2025, Anthropic released a report disclosing several misuses of its Claude LLM, all detected in March. These included an 'influence...

Purported Deepfake Video Circulated Among Students Targets Orrington, Maine Educator

Apr 22, 2025

A public school teacher in Orrington, Maine found themselves the target of a purported deepfake video generated by AI. The manipulated conte...

Scammers Reportedly Use AI Tools to Impersonate Students and Obtain Federal Aid

Apr 22, 2025

California community colleges faced a significant surge in fraudulent applications between 2021 and 2025, accounting for approximately 34% o...

Alleged Deepfake Identity Scam Uses Miami Beach Realtor's Likeness to Defraud Victim in the United Kingdom in Purported Romance Scam

Apr 21, 2025

A reported deepfake scam involved the impersonation of Miami Beach realtor Andres Asion, using deepfake video technology to create convincin...

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.