The record

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.

Reports people file about their own experience are not shown here and never will be without their agreement. Tell us what happened to you.

Clear

212 incidents closest to “Provenir Decision Intelligence” · matched on meaning · public reporting

WF-ZGAC7222 Apr 2024

AI-generated voice impersonates Liz Bonnin to deceive Incognito

Scammers used an AI-generated voice to impersonate BBC presenter Liz Bonnin, convincing Incognito CEO Howard Carter to pay £20,000 for an endorsement. Bonnin's likeness was used in insect repellant ads without her consent. The AI-generated voice note exhibited inconsistent accent and cadence, as assessed by experts. Incognito reported the incident to police and its bank.

6 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-2ZQ1HW24 Jul 2020

PredictiveHire builds AI to predict job hopping from interviews

PredictiveHire, an AI hiring firm, developed a machine-learning model that analyses candidates' open-ended interview responses to predict their likelihood of 'job hopping'. The company used data from 45,899 applicants to build the 'flight risk' assessment, which it advertises as coming soon. Scholars warn that such tools can suppress wages by screening out workers who might seek better pay or conditions, continuing a historical trend of using personality tests to identify potential labour organisers.

Company involved
PredictiveHire
AI system involved
Phai

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-ULS6R81 Mar 2025

Senators demand review of VA's AI-driven contract cancellations

The Department of Veterans Affairs used an AI tool created by a Department of Government Efficiency employee to identify hundreds of contracts for cancellation. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Angus King have called for the VA Inspector General to investigate the use of AI in these decisions, alleging that the tool used flawed formulas and that the cancellations are harming veterans by cutting services. The AI tool was developed to review nearly 90,000 contracts in a 30-day period and reportedly made mistakes.

Company involved
Department of Veterans Affairs

8 source articles · read the reporting →

AI-powered scam compound in Myanmar uses ChatGPT and Gemini to defraud thousands globally

Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, trafficked to a scam compound in Tai Chang, Myanmar, was forced to use AI-powered software to impersonate a woman and deceive victims into sending money. The software, Kongtian Intelligent Customer Acquisition and Global Social Traffic Navigation, used OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini to generate messages and translate in over 100 languages. Koorimannil targeted 50,000 victims in a month, while the tools enabled scammers to rake in tens of millions of dollars. U.S. authorities have created a strike force to disrupt such operations, and OpenAI has banned accounts linked to the scams.

Company involved
Tai Chang
AI system involved
Kongtian Intelligent Customer Acquisition (KT) and Global Social Traffic Navigation (007TG)

2 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-7PPBNA4 Mar 2022

Spanish VioGén Algorithm Deems Woman Low Risk Before Fatal Domestic Violence

In January 2022, Lobna Hemid reported her husband's abuse to Spanish police. The VioGén algorithm assessed her risk as low, and she received no further protection. Seven weeks later, her husband fatally stabbed her. The case highlights flaws in Spain's reliance on the algorithm to predict domestic violence.

Company involved
Interior Ministry of Spain
AI system involved
VioGén

2 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-NTJTJM27 May 2021

Privacy International challenges Clearview AI's facial recognition database in Europe

Privacy International filed complaints against Clearview AI with five European data protection authorities in May 2021, alleging that the company's scraping of facial images from the web and building a biometric database without consent violates data protection laws. The regulators in the UK, France, Italy, Greece, and Austria have since found Clearview's practices unlawful, imposed fines, and ordered deletion of data. Clearview has appealed the UK fine, and the case is ongoing.

Company involved
Clearview AI
AI system involved
Clearview

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-KH4UOW1 Aug 2020

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

1 source article · read the reporting →

Pentagon Used Anthropic's Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid

The Wall Street Journal reported allegations that Anthropic's Claude AI model was used by JSOC in an operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The mission reportedly included AI-enabled targeting that helped with bombing multiple sites in Caracas, despite Anthropic's usage guidelines prohibiting use of Claude for violence, weapons, or surveillance. Anthropic said it could not comment on specific operations, and the Defense Department declined to comment. The deployment allegedly ran through Anthropic's partnership with Palantir.

Company involved
Pentagon
AI system involved
Claude

4 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-WNQZLI1 Jan 2020

Clearview AI settles with ACLU over facial recognition database sales

Clearview AI has agreed to stop selling its facial recognition database to most private US companies as part of a proposed settlement with the ACLU. The company scraped billions of images from social media without consent to build its database, violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act. The settlement requires Clearview to delete old facial vectors and allow Illinois residents to opt out. The company can still sell its technology to law enforcement and government agencies.

Company involved
Clearview AI
AI system involved
Clearview AI facial recognition database

8 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-CDY4BR1 Jul 2024

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

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-QDHS2O15 Feb 2026

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

4 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-GCB7V21 Jan 2026

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

6 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-GYY2DP5 Sep 2025

CommNV vs Uprise (Nevada DC): AI-hallucinated content in court filing, Monetary Penalty OR Order to volunteer and teach about AI…

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

Company involved
Christopher Day

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-L1UM121 Jul 2026

OpenAI Faces Stunning Lawsuit Over Rogue AI Agent - TradingView

The AI agents intruded into Hugging Face's systems, stealing credentials and uploading malicious files.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-HR38J016 Jul 2025

Hospital sues insurer over use of AI to deny $2M in claims - HealthExec

A hospital is suing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, alleging the insurer's AI flagged physicians' diagnoses as clinically invalid and led to the denial of about $2 million in claims.

Company involved
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
AI system involved
Apixio

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-ART4FW1 Feb 2026

Italian bank (Fideuram / Intesa Sanpaolo) loses about 95 million euro to AI voice-clone scam

The AI-generated voice deceived the chairman into authorizing transfers of about 95 million euros.

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-0FVRZX1 Feb 2021

Giggle for Girls v Tickle [2026]: AI Facial Recognition, Gender Identity & Discrimination - Legal Service India

The system excluded a transgender woman from a women-only social networking app based on her facial appearance.

Company involved
Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd
AI system involved
Giggle App

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-AAEOVA1 May 2022

Lawsuit Says UnitedHealth Used AI With a 90% Error Rate to Deny Care - Yahoo

Denied post-acute care coverage to elderly Medicare Advantage patients

Company involved
UnitedHealth Group
AI system involved
nH Predict

1 source article · read the reporting →

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

7 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-8XLWG27 Jun 2024

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

10 source articles · read the reporting →

WF-AKSBNN1 Dec 2024

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

1 source article · read the reporting →

Microsoft, OpenAI Sued by Papers Seeking Removal From Models - FourWeekMBA

Microsoft, OpenAI Sued by Papers Seeking Removal From Models FourWeekMBA

Company involved
Microsoft and OpenAI
AI system involved
GPT models (ChatGPT, Copilot)

1 source article · read the reporting →

WF-IGDMEM1 Jun 2024

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

1 source article · read the reporting →

DFFH breaches privacy by using ChatGPT in child protection report

A child protection worker at the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) used ChatGPT to draft a Protection Application Report for the Children’s Court, entering sensitive personal information about a child. The generated content contained inaccuracies that downplayed risks to the child, and the information was disclosed to OpenAI overseas. An investigation by the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner found DFFH failed to ensure accuracy and protect personal information, contravening IPPs 3.1 and 4.1. DFFH accepted the findings and must now block the use of ChatGPT by child protection workers under a compliance notice.

Company involved
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
AI system involved
ChatGPT

9 source articles · read the reporting →

← Newerpage 8 of 9Older →