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AI failures

Documented cases where AI, or an automated system doing the same job, caused harm, a loss, a sanction or a retraction. Each case is checked against court records, regulator releases or established reporting. Each carries a lesson: the control that was missing, what would likely have prevented it, and what would have caught it sooner.

Last checked Reviewed twice a month

What the cases show

16%

of verified failures name the organization’s own review or monitoring among those who found the error. In the rest, only outsiders are recorded: a court, a client, a journalist, a researcher or the people affected.

The control that was missing

Counted across the cases with a reviewed lesson. A case can lack more than one control. Choose one to see its cases.

  1. Checking AI output against its sources37%
  2. Testing before use35%
  3. Monitoring and escalation19%
  4. Controls over input data17%
  5. A review that can actually catch the error17%
  6. A named owner and disclosure of AI use13%
  7. Oversight of suppliers' AI use13%
  8. Limits on what the system may decide or commit to11%
  9. Evidence behind claims about AI7%
  10. A way for affected people to challenge the decision6%
  11. Least access and separation from production4%
  12. Confirming requests through a separate channel2%

Fabricated contentHarmful outputIncorrect automated decisionOtherMisrepresented AI capabilityModel failureUnauthorized commitmentAutonomous destructive actionData exposureIdentity deception

What the cases teach

Where

World
World map: choose a countryFiji: no recordsTanzania: no recordsWestern Sahara: no recordsCanada: see its recordsUnited States: see its recordsKazakhstan: no recordsUzbekistan: no recordsPapua New Guinea: no recordsIndonesia: no recordsArgentina: no recordsChile: no recordsDR Congo: no recordsSomalia: no recordsKenya: no recordsSudan: no recordsChad: no recordsHaiti: no recordsDominican Republic: no recordsRussia: no recordsBahamas: no recordsFalkland Islands (Malvinas): no recordsNorway: no recordsGreenland: no recordsFrench Southern Territories: no recordsTimor-Leste: no recordsSouth Africa: no recordsLesotho: no recordsMexico: no recordsUruguay: no recordsBrazil: no recordsBolivia: no recordsPeru: no recordsColombia: no recordsPanama: no recordsCosta Rica: no recordsNicaragua: no recordsHonduras: no recordsEl Salvador: no recordsGuatemala: no recordsBelize: no recordsVenezuela: no recordsGuyana: no recordsSuriname: no recordsFrance: no recordsEcuador: no recordsPuerto Rico: no recordsJamaica: no recordsCuba: no recordsZimbabwe: no recordsBotswana: no recordsNamibia: no recordsSenegal: no recordsMali: no recordsMauritania: no recordsBenin: no recordsNiger: no recordsNigeria: no recordsCameroon: no recordsTogo: no recordsGhana: no recordsCôte d’Ivoire: no recordsGuinea: no recordsGuinea-Bissau: no recordsLiberia: no recordsSierra Leone: no recordsBurkina Faso: no recordsCentral African Republic: no recordsCongo: no recordsGabon: no recordsEquatorial Guinea: no recordsZambia: no recordsMalawi: no recordsMozambique: no recordsEswatini: no recordsAngola: no recordsBurundi: no recordsIsrael: no recordsLebanon: no recordsMadagascar: no recordsPalestine: no recordsThe Gambia: no recordsTunisia: no recordsAlgeria: no recordsJordan: no recordsUnited Arab Emirates: no recordsQatar: no recordsKuwait: no recordsIraq: no recordsOman: no recordsVanuatu: no recordsCambodia: no recordsThailand: no recordsLaos: no recordsMyanmar: no recordsVietnam: no recordsNorth Korea: no recordsSouth Korea: no recordsMongolia: no recordsIndia: see its recordsBangladesh: no recordsBhutan: no recordsNepal: no recordsPakistan: no recordsAfghanistan: no recordsTajikistan: no recordsKyrgyzstan: no recordsTurkmenistan: no recordsIran: no recordsSyria: no recordsArmenia: no recordsSweden: no recordsBelarus: no recordsUkraine: no recordsPoland: no recordsAustria: no recordsHungary: no recordsMoldova: no recordsRomania: no recordsLithuania: no recordsLatvia: no recordsEstonia: no recordsGermany: no recordsBulgaria: no recordsGreece: no recordsTürkiye: no recordsAlbania: no recordsCroatia: no recordsSwitzerland: no recordsLuxembourg: no recordsBelgium: no recordsNetherlands: no recordsPortugal: no recordsSpain: no recordsIreland: no recordsNew Caledonia: no recordsSolomon Islands: no recordsNew Zealand: see its recordsAustralia: see its recordsSri Lanka: no recordsChina: no recordsTaiwan: no recordsItaly: no recordsDenmark: see its recordsUnited Kingdom: see its recordsIceland: no recordsAzerbaijan: no recordsGeorgia: no recordsPhilippines: no recordsMalaysia: no recordsBrunei Darussalam: no recordsSlovenia: no recordsFinland: no recordsSlovakia: no recordsCzechia: no recordsEritrea: no recordsJapan: no recordsParaguay: no recordsYemen: no recordsSaudi Arabia: see its recordsN. Cyprus: no recordsCyprus: no recordsMorocco: no recordsEgypt: no recordsLibya: no recordsEthiopia: no recordsDjibouti: no recordsSomaliland: no recordsUganda: no recordsRwanda: no recordsBosnia and Herzegovina: no recordsNorth Macedonia: no recordsSerbia: no recordsMontenegro: no recordsKosovo: no recordsTrinidad and Tobago: no recordsSouth Sudan: no recordsHong Kong: see its records
United States
Map of the United States: choose a stateAlabama: no recordsAlaska: no recordsArizona: no recordsColorado: no recordsFlorida: see its recordsGeorgia: no recordsIndiana: no recordsKansas: no recordsMaine: no recordsMassachusetts: no recordsMinnesota: see its recordsNew Jersey: no recordsNorth Carolina: no recordsNorth Dakota: no recordsOklahoma: no recordsPennsylvania: no recordsSouth Dakota: no recordsTexas: see its recordsWyoming: see its recordsConnecticut: no recordsMissouri: see its recordsWest Virginia: no recordsIllinois: no recordsNew Mexico: no recordsArkansas: no recordsCalifornia: see its recordsDelaware: no recordsDistrict of Columbia: no recordsHawaii: no recordsIowa: no recordsKentucky: no recordsMaryland: see its recordsMichigan: see its recordsMississippi: no recordsMontana: no recordsNew Hampshire: no recordsNew York: see its recordsOhio: no recordsOregon: no recordsTennessee: no recordsUtah: no recordsVirginia: no recordsWashington: no recordsWisconsin: no recordsNebraska: no recordsSouth Carolina: no recordsIdaho: see its recordsNevada: no recordsVermont: no recordsLouisiana: no recordsRhode Island: no records

Records12–45–910 or moreNone

International or several countries

Records that match

  1. InternationalFabricated contentJune 12, 2026

    KPMG Withdraws Agentic AI Report After Audit Finds Only 5 of 45 Citations Accurate

    KPMG's October 2025 report 'Total Experience: Redefining Excellence in the Age of Agentic AI' was examined by GPTZero, which found that only five of its 45 citations accurately pointed to real sources; 28 carried paraphrased titles or inve…

  2. United StatesMisrepresented AI capabilityMarch 24, 2026

    Air AI — FTC Bans Company from Marketing Business Opportunities; $18M Judgment

    On March 24, 2026, the FTC announced a settlement with Air AI, five related companies and their owners over its August 2025 complaint alleging they misled entrepreneurs and small businesses with false claims about business growth, earnings…

  3. United StatesMisrepresented AI capabilityApril 28, 2025

    Workado (Formerly Content at Scale AI): FTC Final Order Over Unsupported "98 Percent" Accuracy Claim for Its AI Content Detector (2025)

    On April 28, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced an administrative complaint and proposed consent order against Workado, LLC, formerly Content at Scale AI, an Arizona company that sold an AI Content Detector meant to tell whether…

  4. United StatesMisrepresented AI capabilityMarch 18, 2024

    SEC Charges Delphia and Global Predictions for False AI Claims ('AI-Washing')

    On March 18, 2024, the SEC announced settled charges against two investment advisers, Delphia (USA) Inc.

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