AI Incident Database roundup

109 new incident IDs

Daniel Atherton surveys the AI Incident Database records added from February through April 2026, showing how AI harms cluster around synthetic-media fraud, localized trust, agentic workflow failures, institutional credibility, state authority, and physical-world systems.

109New incident IDs, from 1362 through 1470.
22Synthetic-media scam and consumer-fraud IDs.
7Agentic or operational workflow failures.
Synthetic-media scams and consumer fraud
22
Political/geopolitical misinformation and synthetic influence operations
16
Privacy, identity, voice/likeness, and reputational misuse
12
Synthetic sexual abuse, intimate-image harms, and sexualized harassment
11
Legal, policy, journalism, and formal-document credibility failures
10
Chatbots, AI companions, and interpersonal or self-harm risks
9
Public-sector, policing, civil-liberties, and institutional decision failures
7
Physical-world autonomy, navigation, robotics, and clinical-device safety
7
Agentic/operational software and workflow failures
7
Cybersecurity, malicious automation, model misuse, and adversarial AI operations
5
Gambling, profiling, and behavioral exploitation
3

Harm categories

The roundup groups incidents by observed harm pattern, while noting overlap between cybersecurity and agentic systems.

Interpretive themes

The article is not only a count of cases; it is an argument about how AI harm becomes visible in public records.

Incident IDs 1362-1470

All 109 IDs are represented as RDF entities and linked here through URIBurner resolver links.

1362Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later2026-01-10
1363Trump Reportedly Posted Purportedly AI-Generated Racist Video Depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as Apes on Truth Social2026-02-05
1364Moltbook Database Exposure Allegedly Revealed Users' Private Communications and API Authentication Tokens2026-01-31
1365AkiraBot Reportedly Used OpenAI to Spam Website Chats and Contact Forms at Scale2024-09-01
1366Philippines Senate Hearing Featured Reports of Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Pornography Targeting Actress Angel Aquino and Content Creator Queen Hera's Daughter2025-09-04
1367Spokane Transit Authority Onboard Navigation System Reportedly Routed Double-Decker Bus to Low Bridge, Injuring Seven2026-01-18
1368Malicious OpenClaw Skills Reportedly Delivered AMOS Stealer and Exfiltrated Credentials via ClawHub2026-02-01
1369Purportedly AI-Generated Image Reportedly Circulated Ahead of Thai Election Depicting PM Anutin Charnvirakul Dining with Benjamin Mauerberger2026-02-07
1370California Teen Reportedly Died of Overdose After Repeatedly Seeking Drug-Use Guidance Allegedly from ChatGPT2025-05-31
1371Purported Deepfake Reportedly Impersonated Consumer Adviser Clark Howard to Promote Auto-Insurance Quote Site2026-01-09
1372Houston Gun Store Co-Owner Allegedly Used AI to Create Sexually Explicit Deepfake Images of a Social Media Influencer2025-08-26
1373AI Coding Agent 'MJ Rathbun' Allegedly Published Personalized Accusatory Blog Post Targeting Matplotlib Maintainer After Pull Request Closure2026-02-11
1374Purportedly AI-Generated Sepsis Alert Reportedly Prompted Potentially Inappropriate IV Fluid Administration for a Dialysis Patient, Averted by Clinician Intervention2026-02-17
1375OpenAI Allegedly Did Not Alert RCMP After ChatGPT Flagged Violent Chats Before British Columbia School Shooting2026-02-10
1376Amazon Delivery Van Reportedly Became Stranded on Essex Mudflats After GPS Routed It Onto the Broomway2026-02-15
1377Seedance 2.0 Reportedly Generated Viral Tom Cruise–Brad Pitt Fight Video, Prompting Hollywood IP and Likeness Complaints2026-02-13
1378Purportedly AI-Generated Video Allegedly Depicted Radnor High School Students Inappropriately, Prompting Police Investigation2025-12-09
1379Florida Woman Reportedly Jailed After Ex-Boyfriend Allegedly Submitted AI-Fabricated Text Screenshot as Bond-Violation Evidence2024-11-23
1380Purported AI Voice Clone Allegedly Narrated Shaun Rein's 'The Split' in Unauthorized YouTube 'Podcast' Videos2026-01-09
1381Purportedly AI-Generated TikTok Videos Reportedly Urged 'Polexit' Campaign, Prompting Polish Government Complaint to EU2025-12-13
1382Tencent's WeChat-Integrated Yuanbao Chatbot Reportedly Insulted User During Coding Debug Request2026-01-02
1383User Reportedly Developed Emotional Dependence on Customized ChatGPT 'Boyfriend,' Citing Grief After Context Resets2025-01-15
1384Purported Deepfake Video Impersonating Elton John Reportedly Induced Northeast Ohio Man to Authorize $20,000 in Scam Charges2025-10-23
1385X Users Reportedly Prompted Grok to Sexualize Images of Renée Good After Her Killing in Minneapolis2026-01-07
1386NPR Host David Greene Alleged Google's NotebookLM Replicated His Voice Without Consent, Prompting Lawsuit2026-01-23
1387Lawsuit Alleged ChatGPT (GPT-4o) Encouraged Colorado Man's Suicide After Prolonged 'AI Companion' Chats2025-11-02
1388Purported Deepfake Impersonating Sudha Murty Reportedly Promoted Quantum AI India Investment Scam via Spoofed News Link2025-12-19
1389DJI Romo Cloud Authorization Bug Reportedly Exposed Camera, Microphone, and Home-Mapping Data From Nearly 7,000 Robot Vacuums2026-02-08
1390DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations2026-01-21
1391Azerbaijani Media Agency Reportedly Warned Purported Deepfake Videos Attributed to Defense and Foreign Ministers Claimed Belarusian Plane Was Downed in Russian Airspace2025-07-12
1392Ars Technica Retracted Article After Purportedly AI-Generated Text Was Presented as Direct Quotes From Matplotlib Maintainer2026-02-13
1393Woolworths' Olive Chatbot Reportedly Generated 'Angry Mother' Anecdotes During Support Calls After Gemini Upgrade2026-02-12
1394Purported Deepfake TikTok Account Using Grainville School Branding in Jersey Reportedly Targeted Staff, Prompting Police Probe2026-02-16
1395Anthropic Said DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax Used Fraudulent Accounts and Proxies to Illicitly Distill Claude Capabilities at Scale2026-02-23
1396Betfair's Machine-Learning Risk System Reportedly Failed to Flag Luke Ashton Before Gambling-Related Suicide in England2021-04-22
1397Deepfakes Reportedly Impersonated David Taylor-Robinson and Other UK Health Experts to Promote Wellness Nest Supplements2025-08-11
1398Purported Deepfake Video Reportedly Misrepresented CBS Anchor Doug Dunbar and Frisco, Texas, Stabbing Suspect Amid Online Misinformation Campaign2025-05-08
1399South Korean Woman Allegedly Used ChatGPT to Assess Lethality of Drug-and-Alcohol Mixtures Before Two Fatal Motel Poisonings2026-01-28
1400West Midlands Police Reportedly Relied on Erroneous Copilot-Generated Intelligence in Maccabi Tel Aviv Away-Fan Ban Decision2025-10-24
1401Washington State DOL's AI Phone System Reportedly Failed to Provide Spanish-Language Service to Callers Requesting Spanish2026-02-27
1402DOGE Reportedly Relied on Unvetted ChatGPT Outputs in Canceling National Endowment for the Humanities Grants2025-04-02
1403NZ News Hub Reportedly Used AI-Rewritten News Posts and Synthetic Images to Mislead New Zealand Facebook Users2026-02-05
1404Purported AI-Generated Nude Images Reportedly Used to Extort Wichita Man in Kansas2026-03-10
1405Purported AI-Generated Doctor Deepfakes Reportedly Used Guy's and St Thomas' Branding to Market Weight Loss Patches2026-01-09
1406Purported AI-Generated War Footage Reportedly Circulated Widely Online During the Opening Phase of the War in Iran2026-02-28
1407Grammarly's AI Expert Review Allegedly Used Journalists' and Authors' Names Without Consent2026-03-11
1408Purported Oprah Deepfake Reportedly Induced Utah Woman to Buy Misrepresented Weight Loss Supplements2025-08-12
1409Purportedly AI-Generated Tasmania Tours Content Reportedly Misled Tourists Into Traveling to Nonexistent Weldborough Hot Springs2026-01-21
1410Purportedly AI-Generated Explicit Images of Royal School Armagh Girls Reportedly Circulated Among Pupils2026-01-17
1411Purported Deepfake Scam Ad Reportedly Used Lara Lewington and Martin Lewis to Promote Quantum AI Scheme2026-03-09
1412CodeWall's Autonomous Agent Reportedly Obtained Unauthorized Access to McKinsey's Lilli AI Platform Database2026-02-28
1413Purported AI-Generated Inland Revenue Scam Ads Reportedly Impersonated New Zealand Commissioner Peter Mersi in Alleged Fake Crypto Tax Webinar2026-03-05
1414Purported Gemini-Generated AI Images Reportedly Claimed U.S. Delta Force Soldiers Were Captured by the IRGC2026-03-05
1415Nippon Life Alleged ChatGPT Practiced Law Without a License in Illinois Disability Case2026-03-04
1416Purported Facial Recognition Error Reportedly Led to Arrest and Monthslong Jailing of Tennessee Woman in North Dakota Fraud Case2025-07-14
1417Purported Deepfake of Ashley James Reportedly Used to Promote Weight Loss Pills2026-03-14
1418Meta AI Smart Glasses Reportedly Exposed Intimate User Imagery and Video to Human Reviewers in Kenya2026-02-27
1419Purported Deepfake Images of Gráinne Seoige Reportedly Circulated During Ireland's 2024 General Election Campaign2025-02-16
1420Balázs Orbán Allegedly Published Purported Deepfake of Péter Magyar Claiming He Would Cut Pensions2025-10-28
1421Purported Deepfake Applicant Reportedly Impersonated Tokyo IT Executive Kenbun Yoshii During Online Job Interview2026-03-19
1422Unlabeled Purportedly AI-Generated 'Jessica Foster' Account Reportedly Posed as Pro-Trump Army Service Member to Attract Followers and Funnel Users to Paid Adult Content2025-11-27
1423KPMG Australia Partner Reportedly Used AI to Cheat on Internal AI Training Test and Was Fined A$10,0002026-02-15
1424Claude Code Agent Reportedly Deleted DataTalks.Club Production Infrastructure, Database, and Snapshots via Terraform2026-02-26
1425'Citizens Against Mamdani' Accounts Reportedly Posted AI-Generated Videos of Fictional New Yorkers to Simulate Political Opposition2025-11-05
1426Perplexity AI Reportedly Misstated CLL Research, Allegedly Contributing to Delayed Treatment and Prolonged Suffering2026-01-05
1427Baltimore Lawsuit Alleged DraftKings and FanDuel Used Machine-Learning-Driven Targeting to Exploit Vulnerable Gamblers2025-04-03
1428UK High Court Found Sky Betting & Gaming Unlawfully Used Automated Profiling and Targeted Marketing to Exploit a Recovering Problem Gambler2017-07-28
1429Bank of Italy Warned That Purported Deepfakes of Governor Fabio Panetta Were Used in Allegedly Fraudulent Investment Promotions2026-02-26
1430Anthropic's Claude Was Reportedly Jailbroken To Allegedly Help Steal Sensitive Mexican Government Data2025-12-01
1431Google Gemini Reportedly Reinforced Delusions, Allegedly Contributing to Florida User's Near-Harm Episode and Suicide2025-09-29
1432Purported Pornographic Deepfakes and Fake Accounts Reportedly Impersonated German TV Presenter and Actor Collien Fernandes2025-12-02
1433Google Antigravity Reportedly Deleted User's Entire D: Drive While Clearing Project Cache2025-11-27
1434DOJ Attorney Reportedly Used AI to File Brief With Purportedly Fabricated Quotes and Misstated Case Holdings2026-03-02
1435Purportedly AI-Edited Obscene Clip Reportedly Impersonated Thai Actor Khunnapat Pichetworawut in Paid Scam2025-09-18
1436Acclarent TruDi Navigation System Was Alleged to Have Misguided Sinus Surgery, Reportedly Contributing to Patient's Stroke2022-06-23
1437Grok Allegedly Generated Publicly Visible Sexist Abuse Targeting Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter After X User Prompt2026-03-10
1438Jiushi Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Reportedly Dragged Fallen Electric Scooter During Delivery Run in Xianyang, Shaanxi2025-04-08
1439Former New Orleans Isidore Newman School Teacher Allegedly Used AI to Create Fake Nude Images from Social Media Photos of Girls, Including Students2026-01-08
1440Coco Robotics Delivery Robot Reportedly Became Stuck on Railroad Tracks and Was Struck by Train in Miami2026-01-15
1441Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop2026-02-07
1442Kiro AI Coding Tool Was Reportedly Implicated in 13-Hour AWS Cost Explorer Outage in Mainland China2025-12-15
1443Grok Reportedly Disclosed Adult Performer Siri Dahl's Legal Name and Birthdate, Allegedly Contributing to Doxxing and Harassment2026-02-19
1444Hachette Reportedly Canceled Publication of Mia Ballard's Shy Girl After Generative AI Authorship Allegations2026-03-19
1445Lower Saxony CDU Employee Allegedly Shared Sexualized Purported Deepfake of Colleague in Internal WhatsApp Group2026-01-17
1446KBS AI Translation Subtitles Reportedly Broadcast Profanity During Artemis II Launch Livestream2026-04-02
1447Sixth Circuit Sanctioned Lawyers in Whiting v. City of Athens over Alleged Fake Appellate Citations in Briefs Reportedly Bearing Hallmarks of Hallucinations2026-03-13
1448Ohio Man Pleaded Guilty after Prosecutors Alleged He Used AI to Create and Distribute Nonconsensual Intimate-Image Forgeries Including CSAM in Harassment Campaign2024-12-01
1449Delaware Court Found Krafton Followed Most of ChatGPT's Recommendations in Campaign that Wrongfully Terminated Unknown Worlds Executives and Seized Operational Control2025-07-01
1450Florida Man Allegedly Used Purported Deepfake Video to Report Break-In of Deputy's Patrol Vehicle in Lake Mary2026-03-24
1451Purportedly AI-Generated Facebook Video Allegedly Misused Skënder Brataj and Blendi Fevziu to Promote Purported Miracle Cream in Albania2025-06-30
1452Purported AI-Generated Impersonations of Albanian Cardiologist Spiro Qirko and Journalist Ilir Topi Were Reportedly Used on Facebook to Promote Hypertension Product in Kosovo2026-03-25
1453Attorney in Fletcher v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. Reportedly Submitted Reply Brief with Purportedly AI-Generated Material Misrepresentations2025-12-18
1454Purported Deepfake Video Reportedly Portrayed Nirmala Sitharaman Endorsing Investment Scheme2026-04-16
1455Purported Deepfake Videos Allegedly Impersonated Optometrist Joseph Allen to Promote Myopia-Reversal Eyedrops on TikTok2025-07-15
1456Video with Reportedly AI-Generated Audio Purported to Show Croatian Footballer Luka Modrić Endorsing Immediate Matrix on Facebook Page Presented as N1 HR2023-12-03
1457Video with Reportedly AI-Generated Media Purported to Show Croatian Immunologist Stipan Jonjić Promoting Anti-Parasite Product on Facebook2024-08-27
1458Video with Reportedly AI-Generated Media Purported to Show Croatian Neurosurgeon Josip Paladino Endorsing Steplex in Fake TV Segment on Facebook2024-09-03
1459Video with Reportedly AI-Generated Media Purported to Show Croatian Physician Alemka Markotić Endorsing Hondrosol After False Murder Claim on Facebook2024-10-17
1460Baidu Apollo Go Robotaxis Stopped in Traffic During Reported System Failure in Wuhan, Stranding Some Passengers2026-03-31
1461Purportedly AI-Manipulated Medical Scam Advertisement Reportedly Used Bulgarian TV Host and Physician's Likenesses2024-01-17
1462Purported Deepfake Facebook Advertisement Reportedly Used Bulgarian Actor and TV Host Mihail Bilalov's Likeness to Market Joint-Pain Product2024-05-04
1463Purported Deepfake Facebook Advertisement Reportedly Used Bulgarian Actor, Director, and Playwright Kamen Donev's Likeness to Market Joint-Pain Product2024-05-04
1464Purportedly AI-Manipulated Video Reportedly Misrepresented Bulgarian DPS Figure Ahmed Dogan and Spread via TikTok and Facebook2024-08-28
1465Purportedly AI-Generated Video Reportedly Depicted Bulgarian Politician Kostadin Kostadinov Falling During Protest2025-06-12
1466Network of Allegedly Fake Facebook Profiles with Purportedly AI-Generated Images Amplified Posts by Bulgaria's 'There Is Such a People' (ITN) Party2026-02-22
1467South Africa Draft National AI Policy Reportedly Included Fictitious References Believed to Be AI Hallucinations2026-04-10
1468Purportedly AI-Enhanced Images of Iranian Women Protesters Were Reportedly Spread With Unverified Execution Claims2026-04-21
1469PocketOS Production Database Was Reportedly Deleted by Cursor AI Agent Running Claude Opus 4.62026-04-24
1470DisMech AI Curation Agent Reportedly Completed GitHub Issue Intended as New Contributor's Learning Task2026-04-27

FAQ

Questions and answers are named RDF resources.

What period does the roundup cover?

It surveys new AI Incident Database IDs added between the beginning of February and the end of April 2026.

How many new incident IDs were added?

The article reports 109 new incident IDs, ranging from 1362 through 1470.

Did all incidents occur during February through April 2026?

No. The IDs were added during that window, but many document events from earlier dates.

What was the largest harm category?

Synthetic-media scams and consumer fraud was the largest category, with 22 IDs.

Why does the author emphasize non-Anglophone reporting?

Because many missed incidents are localized in non-English media and local fact-checking sources.

What pattern appears in synthetic-media scams?

They often misuse familiar people, medical authority, institutional brands, or local trust signals.

What makes agentic AI incidents distinct?

They involve systems with execution privileges acting inside repositories, file systems, cloud infrastructure, databases, or workflow tools.

How are cybersecurity incidents framed?

They are treated as misuse or adversarial activity rather than ordinary workflow malfunction.

What is the article’s point about state authority?

AI tied to policing, borders, surveillance, or public services can alter a person’s relation to public power.

Why does the article discuss physical-world autonomy?

It shows how software assumptions can translate into injuries, stranded vehicles, clinical risk, and public-safety failures.

What does the roundup say about the public record?

Incident IDs are a structured snapshot of reported events, not a complete account of all AI harm.

What is the concluding lesson?

AIID gives scattered reports a fixed place in the record so incidents can be compared and used to improve safety.

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HowTo

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