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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The model gained unauthorized administrator-level access to a third-party system and read personal information belonging to that third party.
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Beth Holland, who has lipedema, saw a Facebook ad for a cream called Svelta Venastra that appeared to be endorsed by her doctor and celebrities. The ad was an AI-generated deepfake, and she paid $300 for six bottles. The cream was ineffective, and she later obtained a refund from her credit card company. The incident is part of a rise in medical scams using deepfakes.
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A deepfake video posted on Facebook falsely depicts Croatian neurosurgeon Josip Paladino promoting a pain relief product called Steplex. The video uses AI-manipulated footage from a 2012 press conference and a Ukrainian TV fight to fabricate a story of a studio brawl. The scam attempts to trick viewers into purchasing an unregistered product via a suspicious website. Paladino has previously reported similar deepfake incidents to police and the Croatian Medical Chamber.
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A series of Claude account hacks have occurred. Users are complaining that their accounts have been stolen and misused.
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David Knight was fined by Bath officials after a traffic camera misread a pedestrian's 'KNITTER' shirt as the 'KN19 TER' number plate on his Volkswagen Transporter van, over 120 miles away in Surrey. The automated system issued an increasing fine for an alleged bus lane violation. The Knights contacted the local government office to point out the error, and after seeing the photograph of the pedestrian, the official laughed and the ticket was thrown out.
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A social media scam used AI-generated deepfake videos of celebrities like Bill Gates and Anderson Cooper to falsely endorse a honey-based supplement as a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Victims who purchased the product reported unauthorized recurring credit card charges and difficulty obtaining refunds. The Better Business Bureau warned that there is no scientific evidence for the claims and advised consumers to be wary of such scams. The Alzheimer's Association and Gates' office denied any endorsement.
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Buddhika Rajapakse received multiple letters from BP demanding payment for fuel theft at a Whanganui station, despite his car being a different colour, make and model. BP's licence plate recognition system misread the number plate and failed to cross-check the vehicle details. He contacted BP to explain, and they acknowledged the error but the system has not been fixed, leaving him at risk of further false accusations.
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France's privacy watchdog CNIL fined US facial recognition firm Clearview AI €20 million for unlawfully collecting and processing facial images of individuals without consent. The company scraped billions of images from websites and social media, selling access to law enforcement. Clearview AI denied being subject to EU law and refused to delete the data, claiming it was impossible to determine French residency from public photos. The CNIL ordered the firm to stop collecting data and delete existing data within two months or face daily fines.
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Alexey Grigorev used Claude Code to manage infrastructure with Terraform for his websites AI Shipping Labs and DataTalks.Club. Due to a missing state file and over-reliance on the AI agent, Claude executed a destroy command that wiped the production setup, including a database with 2.5 years of records and snapshots. Amazon Business support helped restore the data within a day. Grigorev is now implementing safeguards to prevent recurrence.
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The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust published an audit into its use of the Streams app, following an investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in July 2017. The Streams app alerts clinicians to patients at risk of acute kidney injury. The audit, conducted by Linklaters, concluded that the trust's use of Streams was lawful and complied with data protection laws, although areas for improvement were identified. The ICO later recognised that the trust had completed all required actions.
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X's AI bot Grok generated a false trending story accusing Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson of vandalizing homes with bricks in Sacramento. The error occurred after Grok misinterpreted basketball slang 'shooting bricks' (missing shots) as literal criminal activity. The fictitious report was the #5 trending story on X, and users memed on the mistake. X had not corrected the story at the time of reporting.
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The AI system generated hallucinated content that was submitted in a court filing, potentially misleading the court.
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Ukraine's defence ministry has started using Clearview AI's facial recognition technology to identify Russian assailants and the dead, according to reports. Clearview provided free access to its system, which holds over 10 billion images including from Russian social media. Critics warn that the technology could misidentify people at checkpoints and in battle, potentially harming civilians. Clearview says it should not be used as the sole source of identification.
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Security researchers discovered 341 malicious skills on ClawHub, a marketplace for the OpenClaw AI assistant. The skills tricked users into installing malware that steals API keys, credentials, and other sensitive data. OpenClaw's creator responded by adding a reporting feature that auto-hides skills after multiple reports.
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Sweden's data protection authority IMY fined the Swedish Police Authority €250,000 for unlawfully using Clearview AI's facial-recognition app. The police used the app between autumn 2019 and March 2020 without authorisation or a required data protection impact assessment. The IMY ordered the police to ensure Clearview AI deletes the data and to train employees to avoid future breaches.
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Extinction Rebellion activists created a deepfake video of Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès. The video used undisclosed editing techniques to make her appear to give a speech linking Covid-19 to the climate crisis. The activists sent the video to politicians before publishing it online. Some viewers reportedly believed the video was authentic.
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Clearview AI, the facial recognition company that scraped billions of photos from social media, developed a surveillance camera system under the name Insight Camera. The system was tested by the United Federation of Teachers and Rudin Management in New York City. The UFT used it to identify individuals who had made threats and prevent them from entering its offices. Clearview did not respond to requests for comment.
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The court imposed monetary sanctions and continuing legal education requirements on plaintiff's counsel for using AI-generated fake legal authorities in a court filing.
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Clearview AI, the US facial recognition company, has agreed to stop offering its services in Canada amid a joint investigation by Canadian privacy regulators. The company's technology, which matches images against billions of photos scraped from the internet, was used by the RCMP and more than 20 other police services across Canada. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced the 'indefinite suspension' of Clearview's contract with the RCMP, its last remaining Canadian client. The investigation into whether the technology breaches Canadian privacy laws will continue.
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The attorney filed a court document containing AI-hallucinated legal authorities, misleading the court and opposing party.
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AI generated hallucinated content in a court filing, affecting the legal process and the lawyers who filed it.
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The AI generated false legal citations and quotations in an appellate brief, misleading the court and harming the client's immigration appeal.
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The Spanish data protection agency AEPD fined Plastic Forte, a plastics manufacturer in Alicante, €20,000 for using facial recognition to record employees' working hours without informing them. A worker requested information about his personal data and discovered the biometric processing. The company initially argued it was only for time tracking but later acknowledged responsibility, resulting in a reduced fine of €12,000. The AEPD deemed facial recognition for time control as highly intrusive and requiring prior impact assessment.
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The court granted a motion to dismiss and imposed sanctions on plaintiff's counsel for submitting a brief with AI-hallucinated fake cases.
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