Cases · How the AI was used: built into a product · Quarter of the earliest source we hold: 2026-Q4

What happened	What went wrong	Severity	Earliest source
Tesla Cybercab strikes water-filled pothole on first reported crash Teslaminor · earliest source 2026-10-21	operational mistake	minor	2026-10-21
AI-generated 'Xiaohai' teen persona used to sell products to older women via fabricated sob storiesmoderate · earliest source 2026-10-20	produced harmful content	moderate	2026-10-20
Grok chatbot on X repeated alleged name of Cornell 'Jane Doe' in replies, amplifying doxing xAImajor · earliest source 2026-10-18	leaked private data	major	2026-10-18
Nude deepfakes of Austrian MEP Lena Schilling and 49 other MEPs circulated onlinemajor · earliest source 2026-10-18	produced harmful content	major	2026-10-18
Deepfake investment-scam ads impersonating Nigerian public figures on Facebookmoderate · earliest source 2026-10-08	other	moderate	2026-10-08
Prompt-injected email assistant summary pushes employee toward fraudulent vendor paymentmoderate · earliest source 2026-10-07	security breach	moderate	2026-10-07
Indirect prompt injection of AI email summarizer via forged header blocks in plain viewnegligible · earliest source 2026-10-05	security breach	negligible	2026-10-05
Guardian test: ChatGPT and Grok remove hijab from AI-generated image of Muslim woman OpenAImoderate · earliest source 2026-10-01	produced harmful content	moderate	2026-10-01