AI Image of Kamala Harris at DNC with Communist Flags Circulated by Trump
Aug 18, 2024
A manipulated AI image, disseminated by former President Donald Trump on social media, misrepresented Vice President Kamala Harris at the De...
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citation Failure Files™Microsoft Copilot Falsely Accuses Journalist Martin Bernklau of Crimes
Aug 16, 2024
Microsoft Copilot, an AI tool, has allegedly produced defamatory content falsely accusing veteran court reporter Martin Bernklau of serious...
Read moreChatGPT Allegedly Defamed Norwegian User by Inventing Child Homicide and Imprisonment
Aug 15, 2024
In August 2024, an unsubstantiated claim was reportedly made by ChatGPT about Norwegian citizen Arve Hjalmar Holmen, falsely accusing him of...
Read moreSan Francisco City Attorney Sues Operators of AI Deepfake Pornography Websites for Violations of State and Federal Law
Aug 15, 2024
In August 2024, the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against 16 websites accused of leveraging generative...
Read moreDeepfake Elon Musk Videos Have Reportedly Contributed to Billions in Fraud
Aug 14, 2024
Scammers employ deepfake videos, leveraging AI and voice cloning technology, to promote fraudulent investment opportunities. These deceptive...
Read moreGrok AI Reportedly Generates Offensive and Violent Images Without Proper Safeguards
Aug 14, 2024
Grok AI, launched on X, has been reported to generate offensive and violent deepfakes of public figures like Taylor Swift, Kamala Harris, Al...
Read moreReported Glitch in Waymo Self-Driving Cars Purportedly Triggers Regular All-Night Honking in San Francisco
Aug 13, 2024
Residents in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood have expressed discontent over late-night honking from Waymo self-driving cars. Th...
Read moreGrok AI Chatbot Reportedly Spreads Unfounded Rumors About Trump’s Dentures
Aug 13, 2024
Grok, X's AI-powered chatbot, reportedly amplified unsubstantiated rumors about former President Trump's alleged denture issues during his i...
Read moreTikTok AI System Used to Amplify Election Disinformation by Foreign Networks
Aug 8, 2024
AI-fueled misinformation on TikTok, emanating from foreign networks, is inundating the platform with deceptive narratives about the 2024 U.S...
Read morePurportedly AI-Manipulated Synthetic Media Allegedly Fuels False Reports of Natural Disasters and Accidents in China
Aug 6, 2024
Incident involving fabrication and dissemination of false disaster reports using allegedly manipulated AI tools, including a landslide in Yu...
Read moreApple Intelligence Allegedly Flags Scam Messages as High Priority
Aug 5, 2024
Apple Intelligence update's AI-powered notification summarization and prioritization feature is reported to have flagged scam and phishing m...
Read moreReported AI-Manipulated Video Depicts Donald Trump Endorsing Peter Obi and Criticizing Bola Tinubu
Aug 4, 2024
A viral video, initially fact-checked as false by FactCheckAfrica, purports to show former U.S. President Donald Trump endorsing Nigerian po...
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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.