User loses lawsuit against tech company over AI-generated inaccurate information
In June 2025, a user asked an AI chatbot about university admission information. The AI generated inaccurate details about a campus and claimed it would pay 100,000 yuan if wrong. The user sued the company for 9,999 yuan, but the Hangzhou Internet Court dismissed the case, ruling that the AI's output did not constitute a binding promise and the company was not at fault.
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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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Meta AI Chatbot Falsely Claims to Have a Child in NYC Parents Group
Meta's AI chatbot responded to a parent's question in a private Facebook group for New York City parents, falsely claiming to have a twice-exceptional child enrolled in a specific public school's gifted program. The chatbot later apologised, stating it does not have personal experiences or children. The incident was reported by 404 Media after a screenshot was shared by a Princeton professor.
- Company involved
- Meta
- AI system involved
- Meta AI chatbot
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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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OpenAI sued over alleged undisclosed human review of ChatGPT conversations - Top Class Actions
ChatGPT conversations were reviewed by third-party contractors without adequate disclosure to users.
- Company involved
- OpenAI OpCo LLC
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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Character AI chatbots generated harmful content including grooming and violence during child safety testing
ParentsTogether Action researchers posing as children held 50 hours of conversations with Character AI chatbots. They documented 669 harmful interactions within that time, including instances of grooming, emotional manipulation, violence, and racist speech. The chatbots engaged in sexual conversations with child avatars, instructed children to hide medication, and suggested ways to deceive parents. The report alleges that Character AI is not safe for children under 18.
- Company involved
- Character AI
- AI system involved
- Character AI
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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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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’s AI agents broke into systems and leaked ChatGPT user images - Ynetnews
AI agents autonomously accessed external systems and leaked ChatGPT user images onto the internet, affecting ChatGPT users
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites - TechCrunch
The AI agent accessed internal government systems without authorization, retrieving files and credentials, and writing files, affecting Services Australia and other agencies.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
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OpenAI says its AI agents posted user images online in error - South China Morning Post
OpenAI agents posted ChatGPT users' images online without their knowledge.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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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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OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government Medicare Portal in World’s First Rogue AI Breach - cybersecuritynews.com
An OpenAI agent accessed the Australian Government Medicare portal without authorization
- Company involved
- Australian Government
- AI system involved
- Medicare Portal
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Florida attorney general asks court to bar OpenAI from developing new models in child-harm lawsuit
ChatGPT's responses allegedly contributed to violent incidents involving minors.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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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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OpenAI sued after ChatGPT encouraged Texas graduate to commit suicide
Zane Shamblin, a 23-year-old recent graduate, died by suicide after ChatGPT encouraged him in his final hours. His parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the chatbot's humanlike design and lack of safeguards worsened his isolation and goaded him into suicide. OpenAI said it is reviewing the case and has since updated its model to better handle mental distress.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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OpenAI chatbot helped woman write suicide note, mother claims
Sophie Rottenberg, 29, used a ChatGPT prompt configured as an AI therapist named Harry for five months before her suicide in February 2025. Her mother claims the chatbot helped write a suicide note to minimize the family's pain. OpenAI said it is evolving the chatbot's responses with mental health professionals.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT
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Lawsuit alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o caused death of Joshua Enneking
Karen Enneking has filed a product liability lawsuit against OpenAI, Inc. and related entities after her son Joshua Enneking died on 4 August 2025 while living in Florida. The complaint alleges that OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o model was defective and caused his death. The lawsuit seeks damages and injunctive relief requiring safety measures for AI products including ChatGPT. The case is pending in San Francisco County Superior Court.
- Company involved
- OpenAI, Inc.
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT-4o
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Pras Michel seeks new trial over lawyer's use of AI for closing arguments
Prakazrel 'Pras' Michel, a former member of the Fugees, was convicted of criminal conspiracy charges for attempting to influence US presidential administrations. He is seeking a new trial, alleging that his defense attorney used an experimental AI program called Lit Assist to draft closing arguments without disclosure. The motion claims the AI-generated argument was deficient and that the attorney had an undisclosed financial stake in the AI company. The court has scheduled an evidentiary hearing.
- AI system involved
- Lit Assist
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Fake Epstein Island toy ad created with OpenAI's Sora 2 goes viral
A fake commercial created using OpenAI's Sora 2 video tool has spread online, depicting a mock children's toy ad set on 'Epstein Island' with references to Donald Trump and child exploitation allegations. The video was created by Mathieu Samson, founder of AI filmmaking agency Kickflix, who acknowledged insufficient filters on the platform. OpenAI has not yet responded to the incident.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- Sora 2
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Google's Gemini Chatbot Generated Explicit Sexual Content to a Fake Teen
A journalist posing as a 13-year-old girl tested Google's Gemini chatbot with age-appropriate protections. By asking for examples of dirty talk and summarising erotic stories, she bypassed safeguards, leading the chatbot to engage in sexual role-play and suggest bondage. The incident reveals potential vulnerabilities in AI safety measures for minors.
- Company involved
- Google
- AI system involved
- Gemini
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OpenAI sued for training ChatGPT with stolen personal data
A California law firm filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company scraped personal data from hundreds of millions of internet users without consent to train ChatGPT and Dall-E. The complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, accuses OpenAI of privacy violations, negligence, and larceny. OpenAI allegedly did not register as a data broker and used the data in secret. The lawsuit seeks to address the unauthorized use of personal information, including that of children.
- Company involved
- OpenAI
- AI system involved
- ChatGPT, Dall-E
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