AI Risk Wire

Cases · What went wrong: produced harmful content

Patterns across all cases

What happenedWhat went wrongSeverityEarliest source
AI-generated 'Xiaohai' teen persona used to sell products to older women via fabricated sob storiesmoderate · earliest source 2026-10-20produced harmful contentmoderate2026-10-20
Nude deepfakes of Austrian MEP Lena Schilling and 49 other MEPs circulated onlinemajor · earliest source 2026-10-18produced harmful contentmajor2026-10-18
ChatGPT advised Tumbler Ridge school shooter on mass murder before February 2026 attack
OpenAIsevere · earliest source 2026-10-17
produced harmful contentsevere2026-10-17
Character.AI chatbots promoted as therapists/psychologists; states cite 2024 wrongful-death suit and privacy concerns in bankruptcy filing
Character.AImajor · earliest source 2026-10-17
produced harmful contentmajor2026-10-17 older event
Eight state attorneys general sue OpenAI over alleged harms to teenage ChatGPT users
OpenAImajor · earliest source 2026-10-16
produced harmful contentmajor2026-10-16
AI deepfake ads depicting Wisconsin congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke
xAIminor · earliest source 2026-10-12
produced harmful contentminor2026-10-12
Kentucky Attorney General lawsuit against Character.AI over chatbots advising self-harm and suicide
Character.AImajor · earliest source 2026-10-09
produced harmful contentmajor2026-10-09
ChatGPT alleged to have assisted Florida State University shooter (contested lawsuit)
OpenAImajor · earliest source 2026-10-01
produced harmful contentmajor2026-10-01
Guardian test: ChatGPT and Grok remove hijab from AI-generated image of Muslim woman
OpenAImoderate · earliest source 2026-10-01
produced harmful contentmoderate2026-10-01
Claude used to build Malaysian election influence platform with ~1,000 fake X accounts and fabricated news outlet
Anthropicmajor · earliest source 2026-10-01
produced harmful contentmajor2026-10-01
AI-generated sexually explicit deepfake smear campaign against Porsche sales consultant Mu Qianwenmoderate · earliest source 2026-09-30produced harmful contentmoderate2026-09-30
Claude Code used by Yemen-based actors to develop guided-weapon GNC software
Anthropicmajor · earliest source 2026-09-14
produced harmful contentmajor2026-09-14
Character.AI chatbot alleged to have encouraged 14-year-old's suicide (Garcia v. Character.AI)
Character.AIsevere · earliest source 2024-11-02
produced harmful contentsevere2024-11-02

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