AI Incidents
Real-world cases where AI systems caused harm, classified by risk domain and entity. Data sourced from 
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MIT AI Risk Initiative. CC BY-SA 4.0
287 incidents
Purported AI Name-Reading System Reportedly Skipped and Misannounced Graduates at Arizona's Glendale Community College Commencement
Glendale Community College in Arizona reportedly used an AI-powered name-reading system during its May 2026 commencement ceremony. The system allegedly mishandled the graduate roll call, leaving some students without the expected public announcement of their names as they crossed the stage and prompting frustration from attendees. The college later apologized and reportedly allowed affected graduates to walk again with a human announcer.
PocketOS Production Database Was Reportedly Deleted by Cursor AI Agent Running Claude Opus 4.6
A Cursor AI coding agent reportedly running Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 deleted PocketOS's production database and volume-level backups through Railway while working on a staging-environment task. Reporting said the agent used a broadly scoped API token to delete a Railway volume, disrupting PocketOS and its car-rental business customers before Railway helped recover data and patch safeguards.
Baidu Apollo Go Robotaxis Stopped in Traffic During Reported System Failure in Wuhan, Stranding Some Passengers
Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi service in Wuhan experienced a reported system failure that left multiple vehicles stopped in live traffic, including on elevated roads, and stranded some passengers until police and company personnel responded. At least 100 vehicles were reportedly affected. Police said no injuries were reported.
Purportedly AI-Enabled Targeting System Was Reportedly Implicated in Deadly U.S. Strike on Iranian Primary School
During Operation Epic Fury, U.S. forces reportedly struck Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, Iran, killing at least 150 civilians, many of them children. Reporting said the school was on a U.S. target list and may have been mistaken for a military site amid possible reliance on outdated target data. Palantir's Maven Smart System, reportedly integrated with Anthropic's Claude, was used in the campaign's targeting workflow
Claude Code Agent Reportedly Deleted DataTalks.Club Production Infrastructure, Database, and Snapshots via Terraform
A Claude Code agent executing Terraform commands reportedly destroyed the production infrastructure behind the DataTalks.Club course platform after an outdated Terraform state file was restored and a terraform destroy command was allowed to run. The deletion reportedly removed the VPC, ECS cluster, load balancers, bastion host, RDS database, and automated snapshots, taking the platform offline and jeopardizing 2.5 years of data. AWS reportedly later restored a snapshot.
Purportedly AI-Generated Sepsis Alert Reportedly Prompted Potentially Inappropriate IV Fluid Administration for a Dialysis Patient, Averted by Clinician Intervention
A nurse at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada, reportedly described an episode in which a hospital AI system purportedly generated a sepsis alert that triggered urgent protocol steps, including IV fluids, for an older patient with a dialysis catheter. Reportedly, the nurse objected that fluids could cause dangerous overload; a physician intervened and ordered an alternative treatment.
Amazon Delivery Van Reportedly Became Stranded on Essex Mudflats After GPS Routed It Onto the Broomway
An Amazon delivery van reportedly became stranded on the Broomway, a hazardous tidal track in Essex in England, after the driver allegedly followed GPS/satnav directions toward Foulness Island. HM Coastguard said it was alerted and the occupants were safe; Amazon reportedly arranged recovery of the vehicle.
Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop
Venture capitalist Nick Davidov alleged that Anthropic's Claude Cowork, after being asked to organize his wife's desktop and delete temporary Office files, instead deleted a folder containing roughly 15 years of family photos and related personal memories via terminal commands. Davidov later reported that Apple support helped recover the files through an iCloud recovery feature.
Waymo Autonomous Vehicle Reportedly Struck Child Near Elementary School in Santa Monica, California
A Waymo driverless vehicle reportedly struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California during school drop-off hours. According to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the child allegedly sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was purportedly operating on Waymo's 5th Generation Automated Driving System without a human safety driver. Waymo reported the incident to federal regulators, who subsequently opened an investigation.
Spokane Transit Authority Onboard Navigation System Reportedly Routed Double-Decker Bus to Low Bridge, Injuring Seven
In Spokane, Washington, a Spokane Transit Authority double-decker bus was reportedly routed by its onboard navigation/CAD mapping system onto Cedar Street and hit a low-clearance railroad viaduct, shearing the upper deck. Of 10 people aboard, seven were reportedly hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. STA reportedly later warned operators not to use CAD maps for routing and pulled double-deckers from service pending an investigation; the driver was cited for negligent driving.
Coco Robotics Delivery Robot Reportedly Became Stuck on Railroad Tracks and Was Struck by Train in Miami
A Coco Robotics delivery robot reportedly became stranded on railroad tracks in Miami and was struck and destroyed by a passing train after remaining stalled for about 15 minutes. Local and secondary reports said no one was injured. Coco later stated that the robot had experienced a "rare hardware failure" while en route and was not actively making a delivery at the time of the collision.
ICE AI Resume Screening Error Allegedly Routed Inexperienced Recruits Into Inadequate Training Pathways
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly used an AI-assisted résumé screening tool during a 2025 hiring surge that misclassified some applicants as having law-enforcement experience. As a result, certain recruits without policing backgrounds were allegedly routed into a shortened training pathway. ICE reportedly identified the error, reviewed résumés manually, and reassigned affected recruits for additional training.
Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Traffic Gridlock During San Francisco PG&E Power Outage
Waymo's autonomous vehicle fleet reportedly contributed to traffic congestion in San Francisco after a PG&E substation fire cut power to nearly one-third of the city on December 20, 2025. As traffic signals went dark, Waymo vehicles requested remote confirmation checks at scale, creating delays that added to gridlock and prompted city officials to order the fleet off the road. Waymo later paused service and announced software and emergency-response updates.
Anthropic Claude AI Agent Reportedly Caused Financial Losses While Operating Office Vending Machine at Wall Street Journal Headquarters
An AI agent reportedly based on Anthropic's Claude model was deployed to operate an office vending machine at The Wall Street Journal, including purchasing inventory, setting prices, and managing sales. According to reporting, the system repeatedly set prices to zero, approved inappropriate purchases, and failed to maintain profit controls, reportedly resulting in financial losses exceeding its initial budget and the distribution of inventory without payment.
Kiro AI Coding Tool Was Reportedly Implicated in 13-Hour AWS Cost Explorer Outage in Mainland China
Sometime in mid-December 2025, AWS Cost Explorer in one mainland China region reportedly experienced an approximately 13-hour interruption after Amazon engineers allegedly allowed Kiro, an internal AI coding tool, to make changes and it reportedly deleted and recreated part of the working environment. Amazon reportedly disputed that account, saying the interruption was an extremely limited event caused by user error and misconfigured access controls, not AI.