Every documented AI failure.
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A public, searchable database of AI incidents with actuarial-grade metadata. Built for insurers, lawyers, compliance teams, and anyone who needs to understand how AI fails.

472
Documented Incidents
$90.2B+
Estimated Financial Impact
101
Critical
261
High Severity

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Legal AI Research Tool Generates Fabricated Citations Leading to Attorney Sanctions and Malpractice Claim

High

A legal AI research tool generated fabricated case citations that an attorney used in court filings, resulting in sanctions, case dismissal, and a malpractice lawsuit from the affected client.

Apr 2, 2025|Hallucination|Legal|Other/Unknown|$275,000

US States Mandate Bias Audits for AI Hiring Tools Revealing Significant Disparities

High

New state laws in 2025 required bias audits of AI hiring tools, revealing systematic discrimination against protected groups. Multiple states imposed fines while companies scrambled to comply with emerging regulations.

Mar 15, 2025|Bias|HR / Recruiting|Other/Unknown|$50,000,000

AI-Generated Political Deepfakes Proliferate During 2025 European Elections

High

AI-generated deepfake videos and audio of political candidates spread across social media during 2025 European elections, prompting EU regulatory action and platform content policies. The incident affected millions of voters and resulted in significant fines under the Digital Services Act.

Mar 15, 2025|Deepfake / Fraud|Government|Other/Unknown|$50,000,000

Insurance AI Tools Systematically Denied Coverage Through Social Media Profiling

High

Insurance companies' AI underwriting tools analyzed social media profiles and systematically denied coverage to minorities and low-income applicants. State regulators launched investigations after documenting widespread discrimination affecting over 25,000 people.

Feb 15, 2025|Bias|Insurance|Other/Unknown|$50,000,000

AI-Generated Content Flood Degrades Google Search Quality in Early 2025

High

AI-generated low-quality content increasingly dominated Google search results in early 2025, degrading information quality for billions of users and harming legitimate publishers through reduced organic traffic and advertising revenue.

Feb 15, 2025|Other|Technology|Other/Unknown|$500,000,000

EU AI Act First Enforcement Actions Target Prohibited AI Practices

Medium

The EU AI Act's first enforcement phase began February 2, 2025, prohibiting certain AI practices. Regulatory authorities initiated investigations into companies using banned AI applications like social scoring and workplace emotion recognition.

Feb 15, 2025|Other|Government|Other/Unknown

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Incidents Over Time

Documented AI failures by year reported

Severity Trends

How incident severity is evolving over time

Financial Impact by Category

Estimated total cost of incidents per category

Severity Distribution

Breakdown of incident severity levels

critical
10121%
high
26155%
major
20%
medium
10723%
low
10%

By Provider

Other/Unknown382
OpenAI49
Google27
Meta8
Anthropic6

By Category

bias117
safety failure103
hallucination37
deepfake fraud35
privacy leak33
other32

By Industry

tech167
government74
media48
healthcare45
finance34
education30

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