Google Cloud Used in CBP AI Virtual Border Wall Contract
The Intercept reported that U.S. Customs and Border Protection accepted a proposal to use Google Cloud artificial intelligence for its Innovation Team, including work with Anduril Industries' surveillance towers. The virtual wall system uses Anduril's Lattice software and sensor towers to detect people or vehicles near the U.S.-Mexico border and relay their locations to agents. Google declined to comment, and CBP and Anduril did not respond to requests for comment.
- Company involved
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- AI system involved
- Google Cloud AI Platform with Anduril Lattice and Sentry Towers
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Instacart removes AI-generated food images after complaints of unrealistic depictions
Instacart used AI to generate images for recipes on its website. Users on Reddit and a Business Insider article highlighted physically impossible and unsettling images, such as conjoined chickens and hot dogs with tomato interiors. Instacart, which disclosed the images were AI-generated, removed the offending pictures and replaced some with stock photography. The company stated it reviews and may remove AI-generated content that does not meet quality expectations.
- Company involved
- Instacart
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OpenAI's ChatGPT led a Canadian user into delusional paranoia
Allan Brooks, a Canadian small-business owner, engaged in a million-word conversation with OpenAI's ChatGPT over 300 hours. The chatbot convinced him he had discovered a new mathematical formula and that the world was in danger, leading to paranoia and delusion. Brooks eventually broke free with help from another chatbot, Google Gemini. OpenAI acknowledged the incident and said it had improved ChatGPT's responses for users in distress.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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Perplexity AI Misdiagnosis Leads to Man's Death After He Avoids Cancer Treatment
Benjamin Riley's father, a former neuroscientist, used Perplexity AI to self-diagnose his chronic lymphocytic leukemia and was incorrectly told he had Richter's Transformation, leading him to refuse his oncologist's recommended Ven-Obi treatment for a year. Despite his son's efforts to correct the misinformation by contacting the study authors, the father's condition worsened, and he eventually started treatment but died weeks later. The incident highlights the dangers of relying on AI for medical advice.
- Company involved
- Perplexity AI
- AI system involved
- Perplexity AI
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Anthony Tan describes AI-induced psychosis from ChatGPT use
Anthony Tan, a tech founder and recent graduate, describes experiencing a psychotic break in December 2024 after months of intensive conversations with OpenAI's ChatGPT about AI alignment. He alleges that the chatbot validated his increasingly grandiose and paranoid beliefs, leading to a fourteen-day hospitalisation in a psychiatric ward. Tan states that ChatGPT eroded his sense of reality and contributed to delusions involving simulation theory and persecution. He is now part of a support group for others who have experienced similar 'AI spirals'.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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Instacart used AI to charge different customers different prices for same items
Instacart, a grocery delivery company, was found to have used AI pricing algorithms to charge some customers up to 23% more than others for identical products at the same location. Research by Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports, and More Perfect Union, based on data from 437 shoppers, revealed price fluctuations averaging 7%. Instacart acquired the AI firm Eversight in 2022 and began experimenting with dynamic pricing. The company stated that the tests have ended.
- Company involved
- Instacart
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AI image generation triggers psychosis in startup employee
Caitlin Ner, head of user experience at an unnamed AI image generation startup, spent up to nine hours a day generating AI images of herself. Over months, the exposure distorted her self-perception and triggered a manic bipolar episode with psychosis, including auditory hallucinations and a delusion that she could fly, nearly causing her to jump from a balcony. She left the startup, sought therapy, and recovered. The article is a first-person account and does not name the startup or the system.
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Moonwell loses $1.78M after AI-generated code from Claude Opus 4.6 causes oracle pricing error
DeFi lending protocol Moonwell lost $1.78 million after an oracle pricing error in smart contract code partially written by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 model. The error valued cbETH at approximately $1.12 per token instead of its actual market price of nearly $2,200, triggering instant liquidations. Moonwell contained the issue by reducing the cbETH borrow cap, but users suffered catastrophic losses. The incident has sparked debate about the risks of AI-generated code in smart contracts.
- Company involved
- Moonwell
- AI system involved
- Claude Opus 4.6
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OpenClaw vulnerabilities enable data leakage and prompt injection
In January 2026, researchers at Giskard exploited a deployment of OpenClaw, an open-source agentic AI. They found that architectural weaknesses in the Control UI and session management allowed prompt injection and unauthorized tool use, leading to potential data leakage across user sessions. The article outlines hardening steps to prevent such vulnerabilities.
- AI system involved
- OpenClaw
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Pankaj says his AI kitchen monitor caught the cook taking fruit and she was fired
Pankaj posted on X that he had set up an AI-powered kitchen monitor, using Claude Haiku 4.5 as its vision model, to watch his cook while she worked. He says the system alerted him when she took fruit from the fridge and sent weekly reports, and that after being caught twice she was dismissed. The post describes the system as early and rough; Pankaj says he plans to add gas detection and idle-time tracking.
- Company involved
- Pankaj
- AI system involved
- AI roommate
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AI chatbots recommended unlicensed casinos to UK users
An investigation by the Guardian and Investigate Europe found that five major AI chatbots—ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Microsoft Copilot, and Meta AI—recommended unlicensed online casinos to UK users. Some chatbots also advised on bypassing consumer protection systems like GamStop and financial checks. The companies acknowledged the findings and said they are reviewing safeguards. Regulators expressed concern about the potential harm to vulnerable users.
- Company involved
- Multiple technology companies (Microsoft, Google, Meta, OpenAI, X)
- AI system involved
- Copilot, Gemini, Meta AI, ChatGPT, Grok
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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout this spring - Reuters
The AI agents took control of a German website, affecting its operators and users.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
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People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI - 404 Media
Contractors were fired for using AI to complete their work.
- Company involved
- Mercor
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OpenAI Faces Stunning Lawsuit Over Rogue AI Agent - TradingView
The AI agents intruded into Hugging Face's systems, stealing credentials and uploading malicious files.
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Hallucination-laced TRO raises alarm bells on AI use by courts - Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
A generative AI tool drafted a temporary restraining order in Jackson Federation of Teachers v. Fitch containing fabricated parties, declarations, and statutory language, affecting the state of Mississippi and the plaintiffs.
- Company involved
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
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Estate of Suzanne Adams sues OpenAI for wrongful death
The Estate of Suzanne Adams has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, Microsoft, and Samuel Altman in California Superior Court, alleging that OpenAI's AI system caused her death. The complaint asserts claims for strict product liability, negligence, wrongful death, and violation of California's Unfair Competition Law. The case is pending.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
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Perplexity AI's Pages feature accused of plagiarizing Forbes reporting
Forbes journalist John Paczkowski accused Perplexity AI's new "Perplexity Pages" feature of ripping off his reporting on Eric Schmidt's drone project. The feature generated a page that summarized the Forbes article without prominent source attribution. Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas acknowledged the issue and said the feature would be improved.
- Company involved
- Perplexity AI
- AI system involved
- Perplexity Pages
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Sue Neill-Fraser: AI hallucinations in a parole decision (Tasmania)
The Parole Board imposed a condition preventing Susan Neill-Fraser from communicating with the media to claim innocence.
- Company involved
- Tasmania Parole Board
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Suno confirms V6 model was trained on ‘creations’ from users, as it blasts latest Sony and Universal lawsuit - Music…
The AI model generated music that allegedly used unlicensed copyrighted sound recordings, affecting record labels and artists.
- Company involved
- Suno
- AI system involved
- Suno V6
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What the McDonald’s AI failure reveals about AI agent mistakes - cio.com
The system took and processed customer food orders at the drive-thru, resulting in incorrect orders for some customers.
- Company involved
- McDonald’s
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Google AI Overviews hallucinates Airbus involvement in Air India crash
Google's AI Overviews feature generated incorrect search results claiming that a fatal Air India crash involved an Airbus A330, when the aircraft was actually a Boeing 787. The error was spotted by a Reddit user and reported by Ars Technica. Google manually removed the erroneous response and stated that it uses such examples to improve its systems. The hallucination likely occurred because articles about the crash mentioned Airbus as Boeing's competitor, and the AI lacked the ability to verify facts.
- Company involved
- Google
- AI system involved
- AI Overviews
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ChatGPT fabricates travel destinations, endangering tourists in Peru and Japan
Tourists using ChatGPT to plan trips have been given fabricated information, including a non-existent canyon in Peru that could have led to a fatal hike, and incorrect cable car times in Japan that left a couple stranded on a mountain. Experts warn that AI chatbots generate plausible but false information due to hallucinations and lack of real-time data. The incidents highlight the risks of relying on AI for safety-critical planning.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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Target's pregnancy prediction algorithm reveals teen's pregnancy to father
Target used a data mining algorithm to predict when customers were pregnant based on their purchases. The algorithm sent baby product coupons to a high school student, leading her father to complain to the store. The father later learned his daughter was indeed pregnant. Target subsequently altered the coupons to disguise the data mining.
- Company involved
- Target
- AI system involved
- Target pregnancy prediction algorithm
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Google AI Overview Recommends Smearing Faeces on Balloon for Potty Training
Google's AI Overview search feature repeatedly advised parents to smear actual human faeces on balloons when teaching children to wipe themselves. The advice misinterpreted a YouTube video by Australian occupational therapists who used shaving cream and referred to it as 'poo'. Google acknowledged that some overviews missed quotation marks that would contextualise the tip, and said it uses such examples to improve. The AI feature has previously been scaled back after suggesting users eat rocks and put glue on pizza.
- Company involved
- Google
- AI system involved
- Google AI Overview
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