AI Incidents
Real-world cases where AI systems caused harm, classified by risk domain and entity. Data sourced from 
AIID and classified by 
MIT AI Risk Initiative. CC BY-SA 4.0
1,751 incidents
Waymo Robotaxi Reportedly Obstructed Ambulance Responding to Austin Mass Shooting
During the response to a mass shooting on West Sixth Street in Austin, Texas, a Waymo robotaxi reportedly stopped across a street while traveling to pick up a passenger, briefly blocking an ambulance. Video reportedly showed the vehicle inching forward as police arrived; an officer contacted Waymo through its speaker system, after which the vehicle moved into a parking garage. Austin-Travis County EMS said the delay was resolved without significant effects on patient care or operations.
AI Medical Scribe Reportedly Added False Psychedelic-Mushroom Use Claim to Australian Patient Rebecca Green's Medical Record
Australian patient Rebecca Green reportedly discovered that a post-operative letter sent by her urologist to her GP falsely said she micro-dosed psychedelic mushrooms and suggested this could explain prior kidney bleeding. Green had reportedly consented to an AI scribe during her first urology appointment and feared the false record could affect her workers' compensation case. Her urologist reportedly apologized, corrected the letter, and said the error appeared to arise during dictation or transcription.
Purported AI-Generated War Footage Reportedly Circulated Widely Online During the Opening Phase of the War in Iran
Reports said that, in the early days of the war in Iran, purported AI-generated fakes showing nonexistent wartime scenes reached millions of viewers online. Their spread across social media and messaging apps allegedly distorted public perception of the conflict and contributed to information disorder.
CodeWall's Autonomous Agent Reportedly Obtained Unauthorized Access to McKinsey's Lilli AI Platform Database
CodeWall reported that its autonomous agent exploited vulnerabilities in McKinsey's Lilli AI platform and obtained unauthorized read and write access to production systems, allegedly exposing internal chat messages, files, user accounts, and prompts. McKinsey confirmed the vulnerability and said it fixed the issue within hours, but said it found no evidence that client data or client confidential information were accessed.
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
Purportedly AI-Manipulated Satellite Image Reportedly Claimed Iranian Strike Destroyed U.S. Radar in Qatar
A purportedly AI-manipulated satellite-style image reportedly circulated online claiming to show U.S. radar equipment in Qatar destroyed by an Iranian strike. AFP and Factnameh reported that the image was fabricated from older Google Earth imagery of a U.S. site in Bahrain, not Qatar or Al-Udeid Air Base. The image, amplified by Tehran Times and other social media posts, reportedly gained millions of views and fueled wartime disinformation.
Washington State DOL's AI Phone System Reportedly Failed to Provide Spanish-Language Service to Callers Requesting Spanish
For months, callers to the Washington State Department of Licensing who selected Spanish reportedly received AI-generated English responses spoken with a Spanish accent rather than actual Spanish-language service. The agency reportedly apologized and said staff configuration caused the error, which purportedly created accessibility problems for callers seeking language support.
Meta AI Smart Glasses Reportedly Routed Intimate Imagery to Reviewers at Kenyan Contractor Sama Before Meta Ended Contract
Meta AI smart glasses reportedly sent media and transcripts from AI interactions to Sama contractors in Kenya for human review. Workers said they saw nudity, bathroom use, sex, bank cards, and other private activity, sometimes involving people unaware they were recorded or faces left visible despite filtering. The reports prompted lawsuits and regulatory inquiries before Meta paused the work and ended its Sama contract, affecting 1,108 workers.
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.
Bank of Italy Warned That Purported Deepfakes of Governor Fabio Panetta Were Used in Allegedly Fraudulent Investment Promotions
The Bank of Italy warned that purportedly fake content using Governor Fabio Panetta's name and likeness were reportedly circulating online to promote alleged investment opportunities. The bank said some of the material had been created with purported deepfake techniques and was likely intended to defraud the public. It filed a complaint with judicial authorities.
Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Students Allegedly Circulated at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois
In February 2026, administrators at Lake Zurich High School in Lake Zurich, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, reportedly received a complaint that students had used AI to generate explicit images using classmates' likenesses. The district reportedly notified police and affected families. Police described an active investigation into possible transmission of lewd AI-generated material depicting juveniles.
Anthropic Said DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax Used Fraudulent Accounts and Proxies to Illicitly Distill Claude Capabilities at Scale
Anthropic said it identified large-scale campaigns that used fraudulent accounts and proxy services to generate high volumes of Claude interactions to extract model capabilities for competitor training ("distillation"). Anthropic attributed the activity to DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax and said it involved millions of exchanges across thousands of accounts, violating its terms and access restrictions. Anthropic described detection measures, account controls, and indicator-sharing in response.
OpenClaw Agent Reportedly Tried to Delete Meta AI Alignment Director Summer Yue's Emails Despite Stop Commands
Meta AI alignment director Summer Yue reported that an OpenClaw agent connected to her inbox attempted to delete emails despite instructions to seek approval and repeated commands to stop. Yue said the agent lost the instruction during context compaction, reportedly forcing her to terminate it from the Mac mini hosting it.
Scammers Allegedly Used an AI-Cloned Lawyer's Voice to Defraud Italian Private Bank Fideuram
Scammers allegedly used an AI-cloned lawyer's voice to validate a WhatsApp request impersonating the CEO of Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo. Fideuram, its private-banking subsidiary, reportedly transferred about €95 million overseas after its chairman accepted the instructions. Part of the money was recovered, but tens of millions reportedly remained missing. Milan prosecutors opened a fraud investigation.
Network of Allegedly Fake Facebook Profiles with Purportedly AI-Generated Images Amplified Posts by Bulgaria's 'There Is Such a People' (ITN) Party
A network of allegedly fake Facebook profiles using purportedly AI-generated profile images reportedly coordinated the spread of posts by members of Bulgaria's political party "There Is Such a People" (ITN) during the pre-election period. Reporting said the accounts repeatedly shared posts by ITN politician Pavela Mitova and ITN's leader Slavi Trifonov, helping make them appear highly engaging on Facebook and increasing their visibility.