AI Incidents

Apple Intelligence Allegedly Flags Scam Messages as High Priority

Aug 5, 2024

Apple’s AI notification summarization and prioritization feature, part of the Apple Intelligence update, has reportedly flagged scam and phi...

Reported AI-Manipulated Video Depicts Donald Trump Endorsing Peter Obi and Criticizing Bola Tinubu

Aug 4, 2024

A widely circulated video reportedly falsely depicts Donald Trump endorsing Nigerian politician Peter Obi and criticizing President Bola Tin...

Norwegian Student Reportedly Used AI-Generated Deepfake Videos in Spanish Coursework at University of South-Eastern Norway

Aug 2, 2024

A student at the University of South-Eastern Norway reportedly submitted multiple deepfake videos for Spanish coursework, featuring an AI-ge...

South Korean Fraud Ring Allegedly Used Deepfake Identities to Traffic Victims into Cambodia Scam Operations

Aug 1, 2024

Authorities in Vietnam arrested three South Korean men alleged to have used purported deepfake identities in a cross-border romance scam sch...

AI-Generated Fake 'True Crime' Video About Non-Existent Littleton Murder Goes Viral

Jul 30, 2024

An AI-generated "true crime" video on YouTube falsely depicted a Littleton man's "secret gay love affair" and murder by his stepson. The 25-...

TikTok Network Amplifies AI-Generated Nazi Propaganda and Hate Speech

Jul 29, 2024

A coordinated neo-Nazi network on TikTok used AI-generated media, including Hitler speeches, to spread Nazi propaganda and extremist content...

Deepfake of Kamala Harris Saying Damaging Comments Circulates on X and Is Amplified by Elon Musk

Jul 26, 2024

The X user @MrReaganUSA uploaded a deepfake of Kamala Harris saying damaging comments about Joe Biden and her own qualifications for the pre...

SearchGPT Reportedly Misleads Users with Incorrect Festival Dates in Demo

Jul 25, 2024

OpenAI’s prototype AI tool, SearchGPT, provided incorrect dates for An Appalachian Summer Festival in Boone, North Carolina during a demonst...

Sichuan Province Beset by Numerous Fabricated AI-Generated Reports of Disasters and Crises

Jul 23, 2024

In Sichuan, AI tools were reportedly used to create and disseminate false reports across various cities, including fabricated stories of lan...

AI Chatbots Reportedly Inaccurately Conveyed Real-Time Political News

Jul 22, 2024

Over a week of back-to-back, significant breaking political news stories, including the Trump rally shooting and Biden’s campaign withdrawal...

False Election Data on Kamala Harris Reportedly Circulated via Grok AI Chatbot

Jul 21, 2024

After President Joe Biden stepped aside as a presidential candidate on July 21, 2024, the AI chatbot Grok on X reportedly falsely informed u...

Purported AI-Generated Video Depicting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Using Drugs Shared by Rodrigo Duterte Supporters and Amplified by China-Linked Spamouflage

Jul 21, 2024

A purported deepfake video depicting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. using drugs was released by Rodrigo Duterte ally Claire "Maha...

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.