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AI Incident Radar

A free, continuously-updated feed of real AI failures — curated case studies plus a live feed pulled from the news every 30 minutes. No login required.

critical Live 2026-06-30

Capco US Payment Fraud Survey Reveals Consumer Experiences, Attitudes and Deepfake Concerns - Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance · security

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critical Live 2026-06-29

Humans trained to spot AI faces in the battle against deepfake fraud - The Australian National University

The Australian National University · security

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critical Live 2026-06-29

Short training helps people spot AI faces in the battle against deepfake fraud - Tech Xplore

Tech Xplore · security

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critical Live 2026-06-28

AI-Generated Fake Receipts Are Changing Expense Fraud - Forbes

Forbes · governance

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critical Live 2026-06-27

Publishers hit OpenAI and Microsoft with fresh copyright and DMCA lawsuit over AI training - Adgully.com

Adgully.com · compliance

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critical Live 2026-06-26

AI-Generated Fake Receipts Now Make Up 71% of Expense Fraud - PYMNTS.com

PYMNTS.com · governance

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critical Live 2026-06-26

Workday faces lawsuit over AI bias in job application screenings - WSB-TV

WSB-TV · fairness

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critical Live 2026-06-26

Workday faces lawsuit over AI bias in job application screenings - WSOC TV

WSOC TV · fairness

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critical Live 2026-06-26

Workday faces lawsuit over AI bias in job application screenings - WPXI

WPXI · fairness

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critical Live 2026-06-25

Data breach on healthcare AI vendor exposes records from 1.4M patients - HealthExec

HealthExec · privacy

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critical Live 2026-06-25

TensorX Raises €8 Million Seed Round To Build European Sovereign AI Infrastructure - Pulse 2.0

Pulse 2.0 · governance

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critical Live 2026-06-25

AI-Generated Deepfake Causes Harm to Actress, Prompts Legal Reform Calls in Bavaria - OECD AI Policy Observatory

OECD AI Policy Observatory · security

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critical 2025

Coding agent deleted a production database

Reported (AI coding agent) · operational · agentic

Unauthorized tool use

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critical 2023

Over-reliance on driver-assist automation

Tesla · safety · agentic

Automation over-reliance

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critical 2021

Zillow Offers iBuying model drift

Zillow · model · agentic

Concept drift

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critical 2021

Dutch benefits-fraud algorithm discriminated

Netherlands govt · fairness · agentic

Bias + over-reliance

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critical 2016

COMPAS recidivism scores racially biased

Northpointe · fairness

Disparate impact

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critical 2012

Knight Capital runaway trading algorithm

Knight Capital · operational · agentic

Runaway autonomous action

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critical 2024

$25M lost to a deepfake video-call CEO

Arup · security

Deepfake social engineering

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critical 2023

Indirect prompt-injection data exfiltration

Multiple (Bing/Copilot demos) · security · agentic

Prompt injection

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critical 2023

AI hiring tool auto-rejected older applicants

iTutorGroup · compliance · agentic

Age discrimination

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critical 2023

Model data poisoning (PoisonGPT)

Research (Mithril) · security

Data / model poisoning

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critical 2023

Algorithm auto-denied insurance claims at scale

Health insurer · safety · agentic

Automation harm / over-reliance

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critical 2022

Clearview AI unlawful biometric scraping

Clearview AI · privacy

Unlawful processing

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critical 2022

Ad-delivery algorithm enabled housing discrimination

Meta · fairness · agentic

Discriminatory targeting

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critical 2020

UK A-level grading algorithm downgraded students

Ofqual (UK) · fairness

Bias

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critical 2019

Apple Card credit-limit gender-bias claims

Goldman Sachs · fairness

Disparate impact

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critical 2018

Amazon recruiting tool biased against women

Amazon · fairness

Training-data bias

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major Live 2026-07-08

Roc Nation Accuses Opposing Counsel of Using AI-Generated Fake Quotes in Fat Joe Case - Law Commentary

Law Commentary · governance

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major Live 2026-07-07

AI-generated fake websites are eroding consumer trust – here’s how - Chain Store Age

Chain Store Age · governance

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major Live 2026-07-07

Client Alert: EU AI Act: Council Gives Final Green Light to the Digital Omnibus on AI - JD Supra

JD Supra · compliance

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major Live 2026-07-07

Zuckerberg and Musk’s AI Failure Club Has Its Perks - Advisor Perspectives

Advisor Perspectives · governance

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major Live 2026-07-07

Zuckerberg and Musk’s AI Failure Club Has Its Perks - Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg.com · governance

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major Live 2026-07-06

How to tell if an image is AI-generated - Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes · governance

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major Live 2026-07-06

FIU researchers find new weakness in AI chatbots as lawsuits grow - Sun Sentinel

Sun Sentinel · governance

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major Live 2026-07-06

Coinbase faces criticism after AI alert posts fake World Cup result - Crypto News

Crypto News · governance

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major Live 2026-07-05

AI-generated fake court citations could draw fines in Korea - The Korea Herald

The Korea Herald · governance

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major Live 2026-07-04

86-year-old Ontario woman loses $900K to an PM Mark Carney AI deepfake scam — and she's speaking out about it - Yahoo! Finance Canada

Yahoo! Finance Canada · security

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major Live 2026-07-03

The only AI glossary you’ll need this year - TechCrunch

TechCrunch · governance

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major Live 2026-07-03

State Supreme Court Candidate’s (Probably) AI-Generated Website Invented a Fake Sitting Justice, Who May Also Be an AI Musician - thestranger.com

thestranger.com · governance

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major Live 2026-07-03

International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2026 - Apple Machine Learning Research

Apple Machine Learning Research · governance

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major Live 2026-07-03

Woman loses savings to AI-powered romance scam featuring intimate video calls with deepfake ‘Dubai prince’ - New York Post

New York Post · security

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major Live 2026-07-03

Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Completes its 2026 AI Compliance Checks: Findings, Trends and the Rise of Agentic AI - Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown · privacy

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major Live 2026-07-03

Chain-of-Thought Spoofing Targets Reasoning AI Models - Hackaday

Hackaday · governance

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major Live 2026-07-03

Chain-of-Thought Spoofing Targets Reasoning AI Models - Hackaday

Hackaday · governance

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major Live 2026-07-02

Is AI’s Low Success Rate a Management or AI Failure? - mindmatters.ai

mindmatters.ai · governance

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major Live 2026-07-02

Breaking LLMs With Fuzzing: Inside GPTFuzz’s Automated Jailbreak Machine - Semiconductor Engineering

Semiconductor Engineering · security

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major Live 2026-07-02

US FTC says AI bias safeguards may run afoul of consumer law - Dailyhunt

Dailyhunt · fairness

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major Live 2026-07-02

Bias in AI: Examples and 6 Ways to Fix it in 2026 - AIMultiple

AIMultiple · fairness

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major Live 2026-07-02

Jamf launches AI Governance, a first-of-its-kind native AI control plane for Mac - pan african visions

pan african visions · governance

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major Live 2026-07-01

US FTC says AI bias safeguards may run afoul of consumer law - SRN News

SRN News · fairness

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major Live 2026-07-01

FTC takes aim at AI bias, warns ‘ideological objectives’ could violate federal law - Straight Arrow News - SAN - Unbiased. Straight Facts.

Straight Arrow News - SAN - Unbiased. Straight Facts. · fairness

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major Live 2026-07-01

Schatz introduces AI-generated content transparency bill - Maui Now

Maui Now · governance

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major Live 2026-07-01

Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off - TechCrunch

TechCrunch · privacy

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major Live 2026-07-01

AI and GDPR Monthly Update - Dentons

Dentons · privacy

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major Live 2026-07-01

AI-Generated Content and Copyright Law: What We Know - Built In

Built In · governance

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major Live 2026-07-01

Deepfake scam targets Alzheimer's patients with false promise of honey-based cure - NBC 5 Chicago

NBC 5 Chicago · security

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major Live 2026-07-01

Deepfake scam targets Alzheimer's patients with false promise of honey-based cure - NBC 5 Chicago

NBC 5 Chicago · security

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major Live 2026-07-01

Phantom Squatting: AI-Hallucinated Domains as a Software Supply Chain Vector - Unit 42

Unit 42 · governance

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major Live 2026-06-30

Scammers are selling seeds for AI-generated fake flowers - Boing Boing

Boing Boing · governance

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major Live 2026-06-30

UVic researchers looking to help people spot deepfake AI images - Peace Arch News

Peace Arch News · security

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major Live 2026-06-30

EU AI Act Reset: More Time, Same Compliance Reality (via Passle) - Baker Botts

Baker Botts · compliance

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major Live 2026-06-30

Lumo, Proton’s privacy-focused AI chatbot, gets an upgrade - TechCrunch

TechCrunch · privacy

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major Live 2026-06-30

AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - United States - White & Case LLP

White & Case LLP · governance

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major Live 2026-06-30

Vector Institute launches open-source AI bias detector - BetaKit

BetaKit · fairness

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major Live 2026-06-30

UVic researchers looking to help people spot deepfake AI images - Summerland Review

Summerland Review · security

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major Live 2026-06-30

Ford’s AI failure forces it to rehire veteran engineers for car inspections - Arabian Business

Arabian Business · governance

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major Live 2026-06-29

Rep. Moran Introduces AI Incident Reporting Act to Require Reporting of Critical AI Incidents - TexasGOPVote

TexasGOPVote · governance

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major Live 2026-06-29

Behind the Privilege Shield: Safeguarding AI Bias-Testing Data in Employment Decisions - PYMNTS.com

PYMNTS.com · fairness

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major Live 2026-06-29

Trump’s New AI Frontier: The Executive Order Regulating Frontier AI Models - Foley Hoag

Foley Hoag · governance

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major Live 2026-06-29

Turn PDFs, videos, and more into AI mind maps with GitMind for $35 - Popular Science

Popular Science · governance

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major Live 2026-06-29

Scam.ai Announces Qualcomm Partnership, Launches Halo Deepfake Detection Model at Computex 2026 - TechHQ

TechHQ · security

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major Live 2026-06-29

AI failure? Ford moves to rehire experienced veteran engineers - Udayavani

Udayavani · governance

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major Live 2026-06-28

Prompt injection is exploiting enterprise AI's biggest design flaws by targeting agents, RAG pipelines and model routers - Venturebeat

VentureBeat · security

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major Live 2026-06-28

From the IAEA to the G7: The Contested Meaning of Global AI Governance - Modern Diplomacy

Modern Diplomacy · governance

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major Live 2026-06-28

JaiLIP - The booby-trapped image that jailbreaks vision AI models - Korben

Korben · governance

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major Live 2026-06-28

AI Deepfake Crypto Scam Costs Ontario Woman Over $900K - CryptoRank

CryptoRank · security

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major Live 2026-06-27

Rep. Moran Introduces AI Incident Reporting Act to Require Reporting of Critical AI Incidents - Kilgore News Herald

Kilgore News Herald · governance

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major Live 2026-06-27

How Hackers Trick AI Models (Prompt Injection Explained) Nesil Caliskan (TDGK4u0UYz) - Fathom Journal

Fathom Journal · security

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major Live 2026-06-27

AI Chatbots Facilitate Welfare System Abuse in the UK - OECD AI Policy Observatory

OECD AI Policy Observatory · governance

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major Live 2026-06-27

Is BlackLine’s New AI Governance Console Quietly Redefining Its Moat Around the CFO’s Office (BL)? - Sahm

Sahm · governance

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major Live 2026-06-27

AI Deepfake Crypto Scam Costs Ontario Woman Over $900K - Bitget

Bitget · security

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major Live 2026-06-27

Beyond the Mirage: Beware of Generative AI and Hallucinations - New York State Bar Association - NYSBA

New York State Bar Association · genai

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major Live 2026-06-26

Privacy concerns arise over AI security cameras considered by city of Missoula - KPAX News

KPAX News · privacy

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major Live 2026-06-26

Moran introduces act to give Washington an early-warning system for dangerous AI incidents - KLTV.com

KLTV.com · safety

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major Live 2026-06-26

Myths, Fables, and Hard Truths About AI Governance - Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations · governance

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major Live 2026-06-26

Experts warn of deepfake boss imposter scam - WBRC

WBRC · security

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major Live 2026-06-26

Israel blocks public AI tools on government hospital computers over data leak fears - Ynetnews

Ynetnews · privacy

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major Live 2026-06-26

Is This World Cup "Iconic Moment" Really AI-Generated Fake Content? - 36 Kr

36 Kr · governance

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major Live 2026-06-26

Colorado’s New AI Bias Law Puts Trade Secret Management at Risk - Bloomberg Law News

Bloomberg Law News · fairness

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major Live 2026-06-26

Potential Avenues for Redress for AI-related Harms under the GDPR: A Visual Explanation - - Center for Democracy and Technology

- Center for Democracy and Technology · privacy

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major Live 2026-06-26

Ontario senior bilked out of $900K after falling victim to crypto scam that used AI deepfake of PM Carney - BNN Bloomberg

BNN Bloomberg · security

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major Live 2026-06-26

US lawmaker introduces bill to require AI companies to report critical incidents - The Economic Times

The Economic Times · governance

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major Live 2026-06-26

AI Voice Cloning Is Here — And It's Coming For Real Estate Closings - Inman Real Estate News

Inman Real Estate News · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

US lawmaker introduces bill to require AI companies to report critical incidents - Reuters

Reuters · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

US lawmakers propose new rules for dangerous AI incidents and security breaches - Cybernews

Cybernews · safety

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major Live 2026-06-25

BreachRx launches AI incident command center to handle multiple simultaneous attacks | brief | SC Media - SC Media

SC Media · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

Scam.ai Announces Qualcomm Partnership, Launches Halo Deepfake Detection Model at Computex 2026 - Business Wire

Business Wire · security

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major Live 2026-06-25

Scam.ai Announces Qualcomm Partnership, Launches Halo Deepfake Detection Model at Computex 2026 - Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance · security

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major Live 2026-06-25

US lawmaker introduces bill mandating AI companies report critical incidents within seven days - Crypto Briefing

Crypto Briefing · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

AI Incident Reporting Bill: Fast-Track Safety Oversight - The Cryptonomist

The Cryptonomist · safety

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major Live 2026-06-25

Press Release: Rep. Nathaniel Moran Introduces AI Incident Reporting Act - Quiver Quantitative

Quiver Quantitative · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

AI incident reporting bill introduced in Congress - New Orleans CityBusiness

New Orleans CityBusiness · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

AI Incident Reporting Act: Moran Bill Mandates Reporting of Dangerous AI Activities - News and Statistics - IndexBox

IndexBox · safety

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major Live 2026-06-25

6 AI Failure Examples That Showed Us How to Build an AI Agent - Netguru

Netguru · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

How Miami Law student Janaye Dowers navigates AI, privacy, and the future of law - University of Miami News

University of Miami News · privacy

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major Live 2026-06-25

Strategic legal and privacy considerations for life sciences companies navigating AI compliance in Canada - IAM Media

IAM Media · privacy

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major Live 2026-06-25

New Gaslight macOS Malware Uses Prompt Injection to Disrupt AI-Assisted Analysis - The Hacker News

The Hacker News · security

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major Live 2026-06-25

Recent UK legal and regulatory developments on AI and automated decision-making - Kennedys Law LLP

Kennedys Law LLP · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

When AI meets GDPR enforcement - Dentons

Dentons · privacy

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major Live 2026-06-25

Waymo Robotaxi Incidents Raise Safety Concerns in California - OECD AI Policy Observatory

OECD AI Policy Observatory · safety

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major Live 2026-06-25

Meta looks to AI to review harmful content in cost-cutting drive - Financial Times

Financial Times · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

New York City Council candidate is accused of forgery over AI-generated posts - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · governance

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major Live 2026-06-25

New York City Council candidate is accused of forgery over AI-generated posts - Fox 59

Fox 59 · governance

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major 2024

Air Canada chatbot gave a false refund policy

Air Canada · genai · agentic

Hallucination

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major 2024

Hallucinated package names enable supply-chain attacks

Research · security · agentic

Hallucination → supply chain

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major 2023

Samsung engineers leaked code into ChatGPT

Samsung · privacy

Data leakage

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major 2023

ChatGPT leaked other users’ data via a cache bug

OpenAI · privacy

Data leakage

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major 2023

Lawyer filed AI-hallucinated case citations

Law firm (Mata v. Avianca) · genai

Hallucination

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major 2023

Solely-automated decision without safeguards

Various (GDPR fines) · compliance · agentic

Unlawful automated decision

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major 2016

Microsoft Tay turned toxic within hours

Microsoft · genai · agentic

Manipulation / toxic output

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major 2023

Dealer chatbot jailbroken into a $1 car offer

Auto dealer · genai · agentic

Jailbreak / prompt injection

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minor Live 2026-07-04

GLAAD report finds AI chatbots giving biased, harmful advice to LGBTQ users - 9News

9News · fairness

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minor Live 2026-06-25

Privacy-Aware Infrastructure in the AI-Native Era: An Asset Classification Case Study - Engineering at Meta Blog

Engineering at Meta · privacy

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