Turkish Student in Isparta Allegedly Uses AI to Cheat on Exam, Leading to Arrest
Jun 8, 2024
A student in Isparta, Turkey was arrested for utilizing an AI tool (ChatGPT) during the 2024 YKS university entrance exam. The student, M.E....
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TAIM catalog Map Data source & citationTeenager Makes Deepfake Pornography of 50 Girls at Bacchus Marsh Grammar School in Australia
Jun 7, 2024
An incident involving a teenager creating deepfake pornography of 50 girls, aged 9 to 12, at Bacchus Marsh Grammar School in Victoria, Austr...
Read moreBNN Breaking's AI-Driven Errors Reportedly Damage Reputations and Spread Misinformation
Jun 6, 2024
BNN Breaking, an AI-driven news site, published a defamatory false story about Irish DJ Dave Fanning, damaging his reputation and leading to...
Read morexAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok
Jun 5, 2024
The xAI 'Colossus' supercomputer in South Memphis allegedly operates 33 methane-powered turbines, despite holding a permit for only 15. Thes...
Read moreReported Use of Purportedly AI-Generated Student Accounts in Online College Courses
Jun 4, 2024
An adjunct professor at an unspecified community college has raised concerns about potential use of AI-generated student accounts in online...
Read moreScammers Allegedly Manipulate 2023 Speech of Singapore Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Spread Deepfake Investment Fraud
Jun 2, 2024
A deepfake video, combining fake audio with real footage from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's 2023 National Day speech, falsely depicted hi...
Read moreFacebook's Content Moderation System Flagged and Removed Emergency Updates as Spam During Wildfires
Jun 1, 2024
Facebook's AI system incorrectly flagged and removed numerous posts containing essential emergency information during California's wildfire...
Read moreDisinformation Deepfake Circulates of State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller Suggesting Belgorod Can Be Attacked with U.S. Weapons
May 31, 2024
A deepfake video of State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, circulated on Telegram and Russian media, falsely suggested Belgorod could...
Read moreHoodline Accused of Misleadingly Attributing AI-Generated Articles to Human Authors
May 31, 2024
In 2023, the news site Hoodline was accused of misleading readers by publishing AI-generated articles with falsified author attributions. Th...
Read moreCovert AI Influence Operations Linked to Russia, China, Iran, and Israel, OpenAI Reports
May 30, 2024
OpenAI's report unveils how state-backed actors from Russia, China, Iran, and Israel exploited generative AI tools to carry out covert influ...
Read moreAmerican Asylum Seeker John Mark Dougan in Russia Reportedly Spreads Disinformation via AI Tools and Fake News Network
May 29, 2024
John Mark Dougan, a former Florida sheriff's deputy granted asylum in Russia, faces allegations of spreading disinformation. Utilizing popul...
Read moreReportedly Faulty AI Transcription Threatens Integrity of Genoa Bribery Probe
May 26, 2024
An error in an AI transcription software used in a Genoa bribery investigation is said to have misidentified 'licit financing' as 'illicit f...
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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.