AI Incidents

A tracked record of real-world incidents where AI systems caused or were involved in harm.

Showing 201–225 of 470 incidents
Incident Incident Date ↑ Industry ↕ Severity ↕ Company ↕ Country ↕ Model Vendor
Loma Linda University Health: Patient file accidentally uploaded to external AI platform 2026-05-25 Healthcare Low Loma Linda University Health United States — —
Hyundai: Forward collision-avoidance software defect triggers unintended braking, forces recall of 421,000+ vehicles 2026-05-25 Transportation & Logistics High Hyundai Motor America United States — —
Microsoft: Copilot Cowork flaw lets indirect prompt injection exfiltrate SharePoint and OneDrive files 2026-05-26 Technology Low Microsoft United States — —
npm registry: Malicious ‘mouse5212-super-formatter’ package exfiltrated files from Claude users’ workspaces 2026-05-27 Technology Low Multiple developers (npm package victims) — — Claude
Berlingske: AI tool fabricates quotes and a nonexistent professor in published article 2026-05-27 Media & Entertainment Medium Berlingske Denmark — —
Unnamed enterprise: Company runs up $500 million Claude AI bill in a single month 2026-05-28 Other Critical Unnamed enterprise United States — Claude
Google: Munich court holds company liable for defamatory AI Overviews summaries 2026-05-28 Technology High Google Germany — —
Meta: AI support chatbot tricked into helping hijack Instagram accounts 2026-05-31 Technology Medium Meta United States — Meta
xAI: Bentonville photographer accused of using Grok to generate child sexual abuse images of minor clients 2026-06-01 Technology Critical xAI United States — Grok
OpenAI: Florida becomes first state to sue company and CEO Altman over ChatGPT safety 2026-06-01 Technology Critical OpenAI United States — OpenAI
OpenAI: Malicious npm package steals Codex OAuth tokens from 29,000+ developers 2026-06-02 Technology Medium OpenAI United States — OpenAI
Google: ‘Fake Context Alignment’ prompt injection lets ordinary notifications hijack Gemini Android assistant 2026-06-03 Technology Low Google United States Gemini Google
OpenAI: ‘AgentForger’ flaw could let a single link hijack ChatGPT Workspace agents 2026-06-04 Technology Low OpenAI United States ChatGPT (Workspace Agent Builder) OpenAI
Minas Gerais State Health Department: AI bed-allocation system delays ICU transfer, patient dies 2026-06-07 Healthcare Critical Minas Gerais State Health Department (Core-MG) Brazil — —
City of Aberdeen: Federal judge sanctions all four attorneys over AI-hallucinated citations, cancels trial 2026-06-08 Government & Public Sector Low City of Aberdeen, Mississippi United States — —
EBY: Influencer sues apparel company over AI-altered deepfake advertising video 2026-06-09 Retail & E-commerce Medium EBY United States — —
RFEF: Official Spain team store AI chatbot recommends counterfeit jerseys to fans 2026-06-09 Retail & E-commerce Low RFEF (Royal Spanish Football Federation) Spain — —
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office: AI-assisted facial recognition led to wrongful arrest 300 miles from home 2026-06-10 Government & Public Sector Medium Pinellas County Sheriff's Office / Jacksonville Sheriff's Office United States — —
BMW Toronto dealership: AI chatbot ‘Quinn’ offers customer inflated vehicle buy-back price 2026-06-11 Retail & E-commerce Low BMW Toronto dealership Canada — —
Unnamed developer: Autonomous AI agent runs up $6,531 AWS bill indexing hobbyist DN42 network 2026-06-11 Technology Medium Unnamed developer — — Claude
Novo Nordisk: Ransomware group exfiltrates 1.3TB of drug research, trial and AI model data 2026-06-11 Healthcare High Novo Nordisk Denmark — —
Google: Sues China-based cybercrime network over Gemini-powered phishing-as-a-service operation 2026-06-12 Technology High Google United States Gemini Google
Ollama: Exposed inference servers weaponized into autonomous exploitation framework 2026-06-12 Technology Medium Ollama United States GPT-4o-mini, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 2.0 Flash, Mistral 7B, DeepSeek-R1 8B, Qwen 3.5 4B, Llama 3.3 70B OpenAI, Claude, Google, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama
KPMG: Flagship AI Report Pulled After Investigation Finds Most Citations Fabricated 2026-06-12 Consulting & Professional Services Medium KPMG — — —
GitHub: AI-agent coding traffic surge forces Microsoft to route load through AWS 2026-06-12 Technology High GitHub United States — —