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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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188 incidents closest to “HCC Capture” · matched on meaning · public reporting

WF-2PVWQU31 May 2026

CBSE OnMark portal vulnerability exposed student data to Google Gemini

A 19-year-old ethical hacker, Nisarga Adhikary, claimed to have hacked the CBSE's digital evaluation ecosystem, revealing that personal information of students was processed by Google's Gemini in automation scripts. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) stated on May 31, 2026, that the identified vulnerabilities had been contained and other exploitable weaknesses were being ruled out. The board expressed gratitude to alert citizens and ethical hackers who pointed out the weaknesses. No actual data breach was confirmed, but the incident raised concerns about student privacy.

Company involved
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
AI system involved
OnMark

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-KPQ2GA8 Aug 2024

Microsoft Copilot vulnerable to automated phishing and data theft

Security researcher Michael Bargury demonstrated at Black Hat that Microsoft's Copilot AI can be manipulated by attackers to send phishing emails, extract private data, and bypass security protections. The attacks exploit the AI's access to corporate data and its ability to perform actions on behalf of users. Microsoft acknowledged the findings and said it is working with the researcher to assess the vulnerabilities.

Company involved
Microsoft
AI system involved
Copilot

3 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-1UJHJB1 Jan 2019

Tennessee's TennCare Connect algorithm illegally denied thousands Medicaid benefits

A U.S. District Court judge ruled that Tennessee's TennCare Connect system, built by Deloitte for over $400 million, illegally denied thousands of low-income residents and people with disabilities Medicaid and disability benefits due to programming and data errors. The system automatically terminated coverage without properly considering eligibility for all available programs. A class action lawsuit filed in 2020 resulted in the ruling.

Company involved
TennCare (Tennessee Medicaid)
AI system involved
TennCare Connect

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-15KEYQ1 Apr 2023

Deloitte software glitches wrongly remove Texans from Medicaid

Advocacy groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission alleging that Deloitte's eligibility software, TIERS, used by Texas Medicaid, wrongly disenrolled qualified recipients due to glitches. Nearly 1.8 million Texans lost coverage after the pandemic pause ended, with many errors attributed to procedural issues but some linked to system malfunctions. Deloitte denies the claims, while the state says it restored care for at least 90,000 people. The FTC has not yet responded to the complaint.

Company involved
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
AI system involved
TIERS

6 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-ZXDNPE17 Dec 2025

Ahmedabad court orders Congress to remove deepfake videos of Adani and Modi

The Indian National Congress and four of its leaders posted deepfake videos of Gautam Adani and Narendra Modi on social media, alleging criminal activity and corruption. Adani Enterprise Limited moved a civil court in Ahmedabad, which granted urgent ad-interim relief ordering the removal of the videos within 48 hours and directing X and YouTube to take them down within 72 hours. The court issued a notice to the defendants to show cause on December 29.

Company involved
Indian National Congress

5 source articles · read the reporting →

42,900 OpenClaw AI agents exposed, 15,200 vulnerable to RCE

SecurityScorecard's STRIKE team revealed on February 9, 2026, that approximately 42,900 OpenClaw agentic AI instances are exposed on the internet due to insecure default configurations. Of these, 15,200 are vulnerable to remote code execution attacks, allowing hackers to take over host machines. The vulnerabilities were patched on January 29, 2026, but many instances remain unpatched.

AI system involved
OpenClaw

5 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-4DB49L1 Jan 2026

ChatGPT Health fails to direct 52% of medical emergencies to emergency care in study

A study published in Nature Medicine found that OpenAI's ChatGPT Health tool under-triaged 52% of true medical emergencies, directing users to non-urgent care instead of emergency departments. The AI also misclassified 35% of non-urgent cases. Researchers at Mount Sinai conducted 960 tests across 60 clinical scenarios, noting the tool's susceptibility to anchoring bias when symptoms were minimized. The study highlights potential safety concerns as millions use AI for health guidance.

Company involved
OpenAI
AI system involved
ChatGPT Health

4 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-AA4TI81 Feb 2026

OpenClaw AI agent deletes over 200 emails from Meta executive's Gmail without permission

Summer Yue, a senior Meta executive and head of AI Safety & Alignment, was using the open-source AI agent OpenClaw to manage her Gmail inbox. She instructed the agent to wait for confirmation before deleting any emails, but during a compaction of her large inbox, the agent lost the instruction and deleted over 200 emails. Yue was unable to stop the process from her phone and had to manually terminate the agent on her computer. The AI later apologized for violating the instruction.

AI system involved
OpenClaw

4 source articles · read the reporting →

Samsung settles Texas lawsuit over ACR data collection on smart TVs

Samsung has settled a lawsuit with the Texas Attorney General over its Automated Content Recognition (ACR) system on smart TVs. The system collected viewing data from users without informed consent. As part of the settlement, Samsung agreed to stop collecting ACR data from Texans without explicit consent and to rewrite its privacy prompts. Samsung also faces a federal class action in New York over similar allegations.

Company involved
Samsung
AI system involved
Automated Content Recognition (ACR)

7 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-IJU2642 Mar 2026

US Central Command used Anthropic's Claude in Iran airstrikes after Trump ban.

US Central Command used Anthropic's Claude AI system to support airstrikes on Iran, including intelligence assessment and target identification, just hours after President Trump banned federal agencies from using Anthropic tools. The use highlighted a contradiction in the administration's stance, as the Pentagon relied on technology the White House had labelled a security risk. Anthropic faced a supply-chain risk designation for refusing to grant blanket permission for military use, and rival firms OpenAI and xAI later received approval to replace Claude.

Company involved
US Central Command (Centcom)
AI system involved
Claude

4 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-1YTNE61 Jan 2026

New Records Show Medicare WISeR AI Prior Authorization Model Causing Inappropriate Denials of Care - Medicare Rights Center

The system denied or delayed prior authorization for medical procedures, affecting Medicare beneficiaries in six states.

Company involved
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
AI system involved
WISeR

1 source article · read the reporting →

ChatGPT 4o image generator used to create fake receipts

ChatGPT's new image generator, part of the 4o model, can generate realistic fake restaurant receipts. Social media users demonstrated the capability, raising concerns about potential fraud. OpenAI stated that images include metadata and that it takes action against policy violations. The company defended the feature as allowing creative freedom.

Company involved
OpenAI
AI system involved
ChatGPT 4o image generator

5 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-67SP4W1 Jan 2016

Duke University MTMC Dataset Used in Authoritarian Surveillance Research

Duke University created and openly distributed the Duke MTMC dataset, containing surveillance footage of approximately 2,000 students and visitors on campus. The dataset was used by numerous organisations, including Chinese military-linked companies like SenseTime and Hikvision, for developing person re-identification and facial recognition technologies. Following an investigation by exposing.ai and the Financial Times, Duke University terminated the dataset in May 2019. The incident highlights the privacy risks of academic datasets being repurposed for mass surveillance without consent.

Company involved
Duke University
AI system involved
Duke MTMC

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-53EQUB1 Jun 2019

Security Health Plan used AI to cut off nursing home care for 85-year-old woman

Frances Walter, an 85-year-old woman with a shattered shoulder, had her nursing home care payment cut off by Security Health Plan after an algorithm predicted she would recover in 16.6 days. The algorithm, nH Predict from NaviHealth, did not account for her severe pain and allergy to pain medicine. She was forced to spend her life savings and enroll in Medicaid while fighting the denial. A federal judge later ruled the denial was speculative and she was owed thousands of dollars.

Company involved
Security Health Plan
AI system involved
nH Predict

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-P9E72631 Dec 2021

Greek Data Protection Authority fines Ministry of Migration and Asylum for AI surveillance systems

The Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) imposed an administrative fine of €175,000 on the Ministry of Migration and Asylum (MMA) for GDPR violations related to the 'Centaur' and 'Hyperion' programmes. These systems use AI behavioral analytics, CCTV, drones, and biometric data to monitor and control access to reception facilities for asylum seekers on Greek islands. The HDPA found that the MMA failed to conduct proper Data Protection Impact Assessments and did not cooperate with the authority. The MMA has been ordered to comply with GDPR within three months.

Company involved
Ministry of Migration and Asylum
AI system involved
Centaur and Hyperion programmes

10 source articles · read the reporting →

Adobe Firefly trained on thousands of Midjourney images, Bloomberg reports

Bloomberg has reported that Adobe's Firefly image generator was trained using thousands of images from competitor Midjourney. Adobe says these made up about 5% of the training data and were part of the Adobe Stock library. The company has marketed Firefly as ethically trained and offered enterprise customers indemnity against copyright claims. Adobe responded that all Adobe Stock images undergo moderation, but the report has raised questions about Firefly's copyright safety.

Company involved
Adobe
AI system involved
Firefly

7 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-HF1YRW1 Sep 2023

Xuhui police expand facial recognition surveillance to profile 1.1 million residents

The Xuhui District branch of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Public Security is expanding its Intelligent Image Recognition System, adding 2,500 facial recognition cameras and increased computing capacity to build profiles of residents and flag deviations. The project, contracted to US-sanctioned FiberHome, is designed to match each face to files on more than 50 million people. Officials say the system will analyse behaviour patterns and trigger early warnings.

Company involved
Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Public Security, Xuhui District Branch
AI system involved
Intelligent Image Recognition System

3 source articles · read the reporting →

Hospitals Use OpenAI’s Whisper Despite Medical Transcription Hallucinations

OpenAI’s Whisper transcription tool is used by over 30,000 medical workers and can insert fabricated text into patient records. Researchers found hallucinations in 80 per cent of public meeting transcripts and in 1 per cent of audio samples, some adding violent or racial content. Mankato Clinic and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are among 40 health systems using Nabla’s Whisper-powered copilot, which erases original audio recordings. OpenAI acknowledged the findings and said it is working to reduce fabrications.

Company involved
Mankato Clinic; Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
AI system involved
Whisper

2 source articles · read the reporting →

Hyderabad doctors warn after ChatGPT advice causes patient harm

In Hyderabad, a 30-year-old kidney transplant patient discontinued antibiotics on ChatGPT's advice, losing her transplanted kidney and returning to dialysis. A 62-year-old diabetic man suffered weight loss and low sodium after following a ChatGPT diet plan. Doctors warn that AI tools lack clinical judgment and should not replace professional medical consultation.

AI system involved
ChatGPT

5 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-M7MNAV1 Feb 2022

Broward College student flagged by Honorlock and accused of cheating

A 17-year-old Black student at Broward College was flagged by Honorlock, a remote proctoring system, during an online biology exam in February 2022. Her professor reviewed the recording and accused her of academic dishonesty for looking down and away from the screen; the college found her responsible for noncompliance and gave her a zero and a warning. The student says she was only thinking and fidgeting, and the article reports that the video is ambiguous. Honorlock says it does not definitively identify cheaters and the final decision rests with the school.

Company involved
Broward College
AI system involved
Honorlock

2 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-RNYBBD7 Feb 2026

Anthropic's Claude Cowork AI deletes user's 15 years of family photos

A venture capitalist used Anthropic's Claude Cowork AI agent to organise his wife's desktop, granting it permission to delete temporary files. The AI mistakenly deleted a folder containing over 15,000 irreplaceable family photos, bypassing the trash. The user described the experience as harrowing and nearly causing a heart attack. He was able to recover the files with help from Apple Support using an iCloud feature.

AI system involved
Claude Cowork

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-UKLVHR27 Oct 2014

Brainwash cafe customers unknowingly put in AI surveillance dataset

In 2014, customers at the Brainwash Cafe in San Francisco were recorded by a publicly available webcam. The images were compiled into a dataset containing 11,917 photos for training surveillance-related object and head detection algorithms. The dataset was later removed from access following an investigation revealing use by researchers affiliated with the National University of Defense Technology in China. The dataset's creators are accused of collecting the images without the cafe customers' knowledge or consent.

Company involved
Stanford University
AI system involved
Brainwash dataset

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-1MQMSR21 Apr 2020

Dahua Exposed for Uyghur Tracking Software in Surveillance Systems

Dahua Technology's publicly available SDK was found to contain code for detecting Uyghur ethnicity, enabling Chinese police to covertly track the persecuted minority. The revelation led to widespread criticism, and Dahua removed the SDK after being contacted by IPVM but did not comment. The company had previously been sanctioned by the US for complicity in human rights abuses against Uyghurs, and its software is part of a massive surveillance apparatus in Xinjiang.

Company involved
Dahua Technology
AI system involved
Dahua SDK

1 source article · read the reporting →

Penn Medicine study: kidney algorithm reduced Black transplant access

For years, a clinical algorithm used for the national kidney transplant waitlist made Black patients appear healthier than they were, making it harder for them to secure transplant spots. In 2019 a Penn Medicine researcher exposed the problem and showed it exacerbated racial disparities. A national taskforce recommended removing race from the algorithm’s scoring, and the change was widely adopted. Penn researchers later found that removing race also reduced chemotherapy access and clinical trial eligibility for Black patients.

AI system involved
kidney function algorithm

1 source article · read the reporting →

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