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Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonating Elon Musk and Dragon’s Den Allegedly Used in Cryptocurrency Investment Scam Targeting Canadian Victims

Dec 21, 2025

Canadian investors suffered a combined loss of $2.3 million due to deepfake videos, allegedly generated by AI, impersonating Elon Musk and D...

Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage

Dec 20, 2025

A PG&E substation fire in San Francisco on December 20, 2025 caused nearly one-third of the city to lose power. With traffic signals going d...

Purported Deepfake Impersonating Sudha Murty Reportedly Promoted Quantum AI India Investment Scam via Spoofed News Link

Dec 19, 2025

A deepfake video, falsely representing Rajya Sabha MP and Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty, was circulated on social media. The de...

Google AI-Generated Search Summary Reportedly Falsely Implicated Canadian Musician in Sexual Offenses, Leading to Concert Cancellation

Dec 19, 2025

An AI-generated Google search summary falsely implicated Canadian musician Ashley MacIsaac in sexual offenses, potentially due to mistaken i...

Anthropic Claude AI Agent Reportedly Caused Financial Losses While Operating Office Vending Machine at Wall Street Journal Headquarters

Dec 18, 2025

An AI agent, reportedly utilizing Anthropic's Claude model, was deployed to manage an office vending machine at The Wall Street Journal. The...

Grok AI Reportedly Generated Fabricated Civilian Hero Identity During Bondi Beach Shooting

Dec 15, 2025

An AI system, Grok, allegedly fabricated and perpetuated a false civilian hero identity, 'Edward Crabtree', during the Bondi Beach shooting...

Florida Couple Reportedly Loses $45,000 in Alleged AI-Generated Elon Musk Impersonation Scam

Dec 15, 2025

A Florida couple allegedly lost approximately $45,000 in a deepfake scam involving AI-generated videos of Elon Musk. The scammers reportedly...

Purportedly AI-Generated TikTok Videos Reportedly Urged 'Polexit' Campaign, Prompting Polish Government Complaint to EU

Dec 13, 2025

Purportedly AI-generated TikTok videos showcasing young women in patriotic attire were reportedly propagating the concept of Poland leaving...

Purportedly AI-Generated 'Eric Langford' Missing Boy Scout Hoax Circulating Across Multiple Social Media Platforms

Dec 13, 2025

A purportedly AI-generated fictional story falsely claimed that a Boy Scout named Eric Langford disappeared in New York in 1989 and reappear...

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) AI Chatbot 'Charlie' Reportedly Gave Incorrect Tax Filing Guidance at Scale

Dec 12, 2025

The AI-powered system, Charlie the Chatbot, deployed by the CRA, has reportedly been offering incorrect or incomplete tax guidance on a larg...

Reported Viral AI-Generated Photo Purportedly Shows Donald Trump Using a Walker

Dec 11, 2025

An AI-manipulated photo, allegedly depicting U.S. President Donald Trump using a walker, spread across social media in December 2025. This d...

Purportedly AI-Generated Video Allegedly Depicted Radnor High School Students Inappropriately, Prompting Police Investigation

Dec 9, 2025

An allegedly AI-generated video, containing content deemed inappropriate, has sparked an investigation by Radnor High School authorities and...

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.