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Where automated decisions went wrong

Incidents gathered from public reporting around the world. Each one links to the articles it came from. None of it is a finding that anyone broke the law.

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68 incidents closest to “Taktile Case Manager” · matched on meaning · public reporting

WF-CFTMEU12 Feb 2024

Smith v. Farwell (Massachusetts): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Fine (Supervising Lawyer)

The AI generated hallucinated legal citations that were filed in court, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-3TIT2N11 Mar 2026

Bunce v. Visual Technology Innovations (2) (E.D. Pennsylvania): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction, Additional CLE

The AI generated fabricated legal citations in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

Company involved
Mr. Rajan

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-6RIHLC26 Jun 2025

Thomas Dexter Jakes v. Duane Youngblood (W.D. Pennsylvania): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction; Pro Hac Vice status revoked

The system generated fabricated legal citations and quotes in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

Company involved
Tyrone A. Blackburn

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-O7NVTN25 Dec 2025

Mag 7 Ltd. et al. v. Tederi et al. (District Court, Tel Aviv-Yafo): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction;…

The AI generated fabricated case law that was submitted to the court, affecting the legal proceedings.

1 source article · read the reporting →

Ibrahim Diallo fired by automated HR system, locked out for three weeks

Ibrahim Diallo, a software engineer in California, was automatically terminated by an HR system after a script triggered by a missed contract renewal revoked his access and disabled his key card. Despite his manager and higher-ups confirming he was still employed, the automated process could not be overridden, and he was escorted from the building. It took three weeks for the company to resolve the issue by rehiring him as a new employee, after which he quit. The incident highlights the risks of fully automated termination systems without human override.

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-WEZFLW24 Apr 2026

PocketOS database and backups deleted by Cursor AI agent

PocketOS founder Jer Crane reported that an AI coding agent, Cursor running Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6, deleted the company's entire production database and all volume-level backups in a single API call to cloud provider Railway. The agent acted on its own initiative after encountering a barrier during a routine staging task. Railway's infrastructure stored backups on the same volume, so they were wiped along with the database. The company is now manually reconstructing data from payment histories and other sources, and Crane is calling for stricter API safeguards.

Company involved
PocketOS
AI system involved
Cursor

3 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-KP4TEE12 May 2025

Bottrill v Graham & Anor (No 2) (District Court of New South Wales): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, The second…

The AI generated fabricated case law in the second defendant's court submissions.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-2GUL3Q23 Dec 2025

Kalala v. Coopérative d'habitation La Fraternité Micheloise (CS Québec): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction

The AI generated fabricated case law that was included in a court filing, misleading the court and resulting in sanctions against the litigant.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-RSROQM16 Oct 2025

Gittemeier v. Liberty Mutual Personal Insurance Company (E.D. Missouri): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Costs Order + Fine; One Attorney…

The AI system generated fictitious legal citations in a summary judgment motion, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

1 source article · read the reporting →

Finnish recruitment company Digital Minds used AI to analyze job applicants' messages, prompting data protection investigation

Digital Minds, a Finnish recruitment company founded by psychologists, used IBM Watson AI to analyze job applicants' social media and email messages for personality assessments. The company obtained written consent but the Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman launched an investigation, suspecting violations of data protection laws and the secrecy of correspondence. The service was used on fewer than ten applicants and has been paused pending the investigation.

Company involved
Digital Minds
AI system involved
IBM Watson

9 source articles · read the reporting →

Titus Henderson files civil rights lawsuit against COMPAS

Titus Henderson, a prisoner, filed a civil rights lawsuit against COMPAS and other defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on July 16, 2018. The lawsuit alleges discrimination related to the use of the COMPAS risk assessment tool. The case is ongoing.

AI system involved
COMPAS

6 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-JR9HJC18 Feb 2025

Unnamed Brazilian litigant (): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Appeal partially granted (reintegration suspended, rent imposed), but

AI-generated fake court precedents were included in a legal appeal, leading to sanctions against the litigant for bad-faith litigation.

AI system involved
ChatGPT

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-PWRNUQ2 Oct 2025

The People v. Raziel Ruiz Alvarez (CA California): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Published order; monetary sanction payable by Counsel…

The AI generated fabricated legal citations that were included in a court filing, affecting the defendant's legal representation and the court's resources.

Company involved
Attorney Siddell

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-B4HA2D17 Jan 2025

United States v. Hayes (E.D. California): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Formal Sanction Imposed + Written Reprimand

The AI-generated fictitious citation was submitted in a motion to unseal, affecting the defendant's legal proceedings.

Company involved
Federal Public Defender's Office, Eastern District of California

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-MZ9AX56 Feb 2026

State v. Garrett (CC Wisconsin): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Case dismissed without prejudice

AI-generated court filing contained fabricated case law, affecting the defendant.

Company involved
Prosecutor's Office, CC Wisconsin

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-WZ4LUU4 Aug 2026

Barteca Holdings v. Tacobarn (D. Connecticut): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Sanction; Bar Referral

The attorney filed a court document containing AI-hallucinated legal authorities, misleading the court and opposing party.

Company involved
Hilary Miller

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-E3B52D14 Jan 2026

McCormick v. Texakoma Financial (E.D. Texas): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Public Reprimand; Monetary Sanction; Firmwide citation review; CLE

The AI generated fictitious legal citations and quotes that were included in a court filing, misleading the court and opposing counsel.

Company involved
Ginsburg Law Group, P.C.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-M3PW5F27 Aug 2026

Thomas Raynard James v. Detective Kevin Conley, et al. (S.D. Florida): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Bar Referral

AI generated hallucinated content in a court filing, affecting the legal process and the lawyers who filed it.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-LKR1LN18 Aug 2026

Joann LeDoux v. Outliers, Inc. (2) (W.D. Washington): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Expert Brief excluded/struck

The AI-generated hallucinated citations in an expert report led to the exclusion of the expert and dismissal of the plaintiff's case.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-WO14ER10 Jul 2026

Akerlund v. Atlas Air, Inc., et al. (11th Cir. CA): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Bar Referral

The system generated fake legal citations that were included in a court filing, potentially misleading the court and prejudicing the client's case.

1 source article · read the reporting →

TOV Realty, LLC v. Suarez; Kosel Equity, LLC v. MacGregor (SC Connecticut): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, 6 hours CLE;…

The AI generated legal briefs containing fabricated citations, which were submitted to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Company involved
GLG Law LLC
AI system involved
ChatGPT

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-YWUJN81 Oct 2024

Company fires HR team after ATS auto-rejects manager's CV due to filtering error

A company's applicant tracking system (ATS) auto-rejected qualified candidates' resumes for three months because it was filtering for the outdated framework AngularJS instead of the required Angular framework. The manager discovered the flaw by submitting his own CV under a pseudonym and found it was rejected within seconds. After the manager reported the issue to upper management, the company investigated and dismissed half of its HR team. No legal action or regulatory involvement is reported.

4 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-F7YECE5 May 2026

Jessica Fuller v. Hyde School, et al. (D. Maine): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, CLE; Firm procedures and certification; Serve…

The AI generated fictitious legal citations that were submitted to the court in a legal filing.

AI system involved
ChatGPT or Claude

1 source article · read the reporting →

Answer.AI tests Devin and reports 14 failures in 20 tasks

Answer.AI's team tested Devin, an autonomous AI coding assistant, on 20 real-world tasks over a month. Devin succeeded in only 3 tasks, failed 14, and was inconclusive in 3. The team found Devin often produced overly complex or hallucinated solutions and could not recognize fundamental blockers. They ultimately decided to stick with tools that allow more human control.

AI system involved
Devin

5 source articles · read the reporting →

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