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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. CanadaFabricated contentNovember 22, 2025

    Deloitte Canada — Fabricated Citations in C$1.6M Newfoundland and Labrador Health Workforce Plan

    Newfoundland and Labrador's Health Human Resources Plan, prepared by Deloitte and released by the province in May 2025 with workforce projections for 21 health occupations over ten years, cost the province about C$1.6 million.

  2. CanadaFabricated contentSeptember 26, 2025

    Reddy v Saroya: Alberta Court of Appeal holds lead counsel responsible for contractor's AI-fabricated citations

    In a civil-contempt appeal, the appellant's factum, drafted by a third-party contractor, cited cases that did not exist.

  3. AustraliaFabricated contentAugust 2025

    Deloitte Australia — Fabricated References and a Misstated Court Judgment in DEWR Assurance Review; A$97,587 Refunded on a ~A$440,000 Contract

    Deloitte Australia's independent assurance review of the Targeted Compliance Framework, the IT system the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations uses to automate welfare payment penalties, was found to contain references to acade…

  4. Minnesota, United StatesFabricated contentJanuary 10, 2025

    Kohls v. Ellison — Minnesota Federal Court Excludes Expert Declaration Containing AI-Hallucinated Citations

    In a First Amendment challenge to Minnesota's election deepfake law, the state Attorney General filed an expert declaration from a Stanford communication professor.

  5. Missouri, United StatesFabricated contentFebruary 13, 2024

    Kruse v. Karlen — Missouri Court of Appeals Sanctions Self-Represented Appellant for AI-Fabricated Citations

    Jonathan Karlen, a business owner representing himself in an appeal from an unpaid-wages judgment, filed an appellate brief in which only two of 24 case citations were genuine; he told the court an online consultant presenting as a Califor…

  6. United StatesFabricated contentNovember 27, 2023

    Sports Illustrated AI Articles — Fake Author Bios and AI-Generated Content

    On November 27, 2023, Futurism reported that Sports Illustrated had published product-review articles under author names that did not appear to belong to real people, with profile photos offered for sale on an AI-generated headshot site; a…

  7. United StatesIncorrect automated decisionFebruary 21, 2023

    Workday AI Hiring Screening — Mobley v. Workday Collective Action

    A private lawsuit filed in February 2023 alleges that Workday's AI applicant-screening tools disadvantaged applicants on the basis of race, age and disability.

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