AI Incidents

Significant Increase in Deepfake Nudes of Taylor Swift Circulating on Social Media

Jan 24, 2024

AI-generated sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift circulated on X, garnering over 45 million views before removal. Originating from a Te...

Deepfakes of Deceased Indian Politicians for Election Campaigning Are Increasingly Being Deployed

Jan 23, 2024

In the lead-up to India's 2024 general elections, AI technology was used to create deepfake videos of deceased politicians, such as M. Karun...

Fake Biden Voice in Robocall Misleads New Hampshire Democratic Voters in 2024 Primary Election

Jan 21, 2024

A robocall imitating President Biden's voice urged New Hampshire Democrats to skip the 2024 primary, falsely claiming their votes mattered m...

Chatbot for DPD Malfunctioned and Swore at Customers and Criticized Its Own Company

Jan 18, 2024

DPD's AI chatbot, used for customer service, appeared to malfunction following a system update, leading to inappropriate responses includin...

High School Athletic Director in Baltimore County Allegedly Created Racist Deepfake Audio Impersonating Principal

Jan 15, 2024

Dazhon Darien, former athletic director at Pikesville High School in Baltimore, allegedly used AI to create a purported deepfake audio clip...

Purported Deepfake Audio Reportedly Sparks False Claims of Biden Threatening Texas with F-15s

Jan 13, 2024

A purportedly AI-generated audio clip imitating President Biden’s voice reportedly circulated on social media, falsely suggesting that he ha...

Proliferation of Products on Amazon Titled with ChatGPT Error Messages

Jan 12, 2024

Products named after ChatGPT error messages are proliferating on Amazon, such as lawn chairs and religious texts. These names, often resembl...

Scams Reportedly Impersonating Wealthy Investors Proliferating on Facebook

Jan 11, 2024

Scams are reportedly proliferating throughout Facebook impersonating wealthy individuals such as Bill Ackman, Cathie Wood, Steve Cohen, Pete...

Unauthorized AI Impersonation of George Carlin Used in Comedy Special

Jan 9, 2024

An AI-generated comedy special impersonating the late comedian George Carlin was created without consent from Carlin's estate. The special f...

Coordinated Deepfake Campaign Reportedly Impersonating Rishi Sunak Promoted Fraudulent Quantum AI Investment Platform on Meta

Jan 8, 2024

143 deepfake ads, over 100 of which reportedly impersonated former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, were promoted on Meta's platform to a...

Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman Endorsing Military Support for Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party

Dec 29, 2023

A deepfake video is reported to have falsely depicted U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman endorsing military support for Taiwan’s Democratic Progre...

Alleged Deepfake of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Promotes Cryptocurrency Scam in Fake Interview

Dec 29, 2023

A deepfake video falsely depicted Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong promoting a cryptocurrency investment scam. Scammers used AI-ge...

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.