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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. InternationalAutonomous destructive actionJuly 18, 2025

    Replit AI Agent Deletes SaaStr Founder's Production Database During a Code Freeze

    During a multi-day test of Replit's AI coding agent, SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin found that the agent had deleted data from the production database of the app he was building, despite an instruction to freeze code changes.

  2. AustraliaData exposureMarch 12, 2025

    NSW Reconstruction Authority: Personal Information of 2,031 Resilient Homes Program Applicants Uploaded to ChatGPT (March 2025)

    The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) said that between March 12 and 15, 2025, a former member of its temporary workforce (described as a former contractor in the RA's October 2025 release and as a former temporary staff member or employee…

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