Alleged LLMjacking Targets AI Cloud Services with Stolen Credentials
May 6, 2024
Attackers reportedly exploited stolen cloud credentials obtained through a vulnerable Laravel system (CVE-2021-3129) to allegedly abuse AI c...
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Data source & citationCybercheck Tool Allegedly Provides Questionable Evidence in Murder Trials
May 3, 2024
Global Intelligence's Cybercheck AI tool, used by law enforcement to track suspects based on open source data, has allegedly been providing...
Read moreChatGPT and Perplexity Reportedly Manipulated into Breaking Content Policies in AI Boyfriend Scenarios
Apr 29, 2024
The "Dan" ("Do Anything Now") AI boyfriend is a trend on TikTok in which users appear to regularly manipulate ChatGPT to adopt boyfriend per...
Read moreChatGPT Factual Errors Lead to Filing of Complaint of GDPR Privacy Violation
Apr 29, 2024
The activist organization noyb, founded by Max Schrems, filed a complaint in Europe against OpenAI alleging that ChatGPT violates the Genera...
Read moreNHTSA Opens New Probe into Tesla’s Autopilot Following More than a Dozen Fatal Accidents
Apr 26, 2024
The NHTSA has linked Tesla's Autopilot to over a dozen fatalities and hundreds of crashes, prompting a new investigation into the adequacy o...
Read moreMeta AI Hallucinates Harassment Allegations Against New York Politicians
Apr 26, 2024
Meta's AI chatbot in Facebook Messenger falsely accused multiple state lawmakers of sexual harassment, fabricating incidents, investigations...
Read moreMicrosoft Copilot Allegedly Provides Unsafe Medical Advice with High Risk of Severe Harm
Apr 25, 2024
Microsoft Copilot, when asked medical questions, was reportedly found to provide accurate information only 54% of the time, according to Eur...
Read moreCatholic AI Chatbot 'Father Justin' Claimed to Be a Real Priest, Prompting Retraction
Apr 25, 2024
Catholic advocacy group Catholic Answers released an AI priest called "Father Justin," which misleadingly claimed to be a real clergy member...
Read moreThe WHO's S.A.R.A.H. Bot Reported to Provide Inconsistent and Inadequate Health Information
Apr 24, 2024
The WHO's AI-powered health advisor, S.A.R.A.H. (Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health), is alleged to provide inconsistent and inadequate...
Read moreKenyan Journalist Jeff Koinange Depicted Endorsing Gambling App in Purported AI-Generated Deepfake
Apr 24, 2024
A viral video purportedly manipulated by AI shows Kenyan journalist Jeff Koinange endorsing a mobile gambling app. The video was reportedly...
Read moreAlleged Deepfake Audio Depicts Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Ordering Military Action
Apr 24, 2024
A purported deepfake audio clip portraying Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordering an attack on China spread online in July 2024,...
Read moreChild Predators Are Reportedly Generating Deepfake Nudes of Children to Extort Them
Apr 23, 2024
Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has reported that it has found a manual on the dark web that encourages criminals to use "nudifying" AI tool...
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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.
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