Bias or disparate impact: AI incidents

What has gone wrong with AI systems, where, and how badly.

No rise: 2 in the last 7 days, against an average of 0 a week.

No rise: 0 in the last 7 days, against an average of 0 a week.

Counted by the date each incident was reported, in 7-day weeks ending today. Collection began 2026-09-14; shaded weeks before it are undercounted. Every bar and number opens the incidents it counts.

All incidents

13 of 692 incidents, all dates

Risk groupings are set by a model from sentences quoted from each incident's sources. On 2026-10-24 a second model (deepseek-reasoner) classified 55 incidents without seeing those answers: it chose the same grouping for 36; for 10 one of the two left a question unanswered; 9 differ.

Date reported	Incident	Risk	AI developer	Severity
2026-10-28	AI photo editing alters women's appearance, erasing visible differences Confirmed	Not yet sorted into a risk Bias or disparate impact	Not stated	minor
2026-10-26	WISeR AI program reportedly denied or delayed Medicare care for seniors in several states Preliminary	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Not stated	moderate
2026-03-11	EU bank AML algorithms flag minority names in 61.8% of alerts Preliminary	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Not stated	moderate
2026-07-14	26 Meta employees sue over AI-assisted layoff selection allegedly ignoring protected leave Confirmed	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Meta	major
2026-07-14	Meta AI workplace tools allegedly used to select employees on medical leave for layoffs Preliminary	Not yet sorted into a risk Bias or disparate impact	Meta	major
2026-05-25	Algorithm allegedly blocked IBM veteran's rehire at age 48 Preliminary	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Not stated	minor
2026-05-04	Kenya Social Health Authority means testing algorithm overcharges poor households and undercharges the wealthy Preliminary	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Not stated	major
2026-05-29	IBM accused of age discrimination in AI-driven job screening software Preliminary	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Not stated	minor
2026-03-30	Meta held to account over discriminatory algorithm Preliminary	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Not stated	major
2026-02-25	Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary Preliminary	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Cognitec	moderate
2025-12-10	UK police forces lobbied to keep a biased facial recognition system Preliminary	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Not stated	moderate
2025-12-05	UK police facial recognition shown to have racial bias for Black and Asian subjects Confirmed	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Not stated	major
2025-11-05	French equality watchdog rules Facebook job-ads algorithm is sexist Preliminary	Bias and discrimination Bias or disparate impact	Meta	major

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Kind of failure: Security compromise · Harmful output · Other kind · Operational error · Agent misalignment · Hallucination · Privacy leak · Physical safety · Bias or disparate impact · IP infringement

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Model: Claude · Grok · ChatGPT · Gemini · Claude Code · GPT-4o · Mythos 5 · Codex · DeepSeek · GPT-5.6 Sol · Muse · Claude Opus 4.6 · Astra · ChatGPT Atlas · Claude Mythos 5 · Gemini 3.1 Pro · GLM-5.3 · Model Y

Agent or product: Claude Code · OpenClaw · ARTEX · Hermes Agent · ChatGPT · Codex · AI agent · Character.AI · Cursor · Gemini CLI · OpenAI agents · OpenAI Codex CLI

Tools it had: shell · browser · code_execution · email · file_write · bash · file_read · internet · network · python · internet_access · mythic · network_access · code_generation · exploitation · file_edit · file_upload · files · Google Workspace APIs · messaging · network scanning · package_install · reconnaissance · terminal · web search

How much it acted alone: Acted alone, unwatched · Acted alone, watched by a person · A person approved each action · It suggested; a person acted

Sector: Information · Finance and Insurance · automotive · education · Public administration · social media · law enforcement · government · Legal services · Software Publishers · artificial intelligence · Educational Services · Healthcare · Retail Trade · software development · banking · higher education · legal · news publishing · Retail · robotics · software-as-a-service · technology · transportation · Transportation and Warehousing · AI app-building software development platform · AI developer tools · AI model development / evaluation · AI platform / intermediary services · AI safety evaluation (government research) · AI safety research · anime streaming · Artificial intelligence research and development · Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Autonomous ride-hailing (robotaxi) · Autonomous vehicle / robotaxi transportation · autonomous vehicles · blockchain analysis / financial technology · Cloud computing · consulting · critical infrastructure and e-commerce · CRM software · cryptocurrency · Cybersecurity · decentralized finance (lending protocol) · Defense contracting · direct-to-consumer toilet paper deliveries · Emergency call centers (911 dispatch) · financial services · Fitness and recreational sports centers · Food Manufacturing · Government AI safety and security evaluation · government AI safety evaluation · Government and electric power · government contracting and immigration enforcement · grocery retail · hardware wallet manufacturing · Health Care and Social Assistance · Healthcare and government · Industrial automation, electronics manufacturing, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, shipping, tire manufacturing, petrochemicals, and data center services · Information (software publishing / AI services) · Information Security research · Insurance · IT services (managed service providers) · live events ticketing · matrimonial services · military · news media · online gambling · online retail · Open knowledge platform / nonprofit encyclopedia · open source software · photography · Policing · political campaigns · professional services · Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Public administration and government · railway · real estate · religious organisation · Research and development in AI safety · Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing; Finance and Insurance · ride-hailing · Ride-hailing and autonomous vehicle passenger transport · Scientific research and light source user facility · short-video platform · Software / AI coding tools · Software development (AI vibe-coding platform) · Software development / information sector · Software development tools · Software publishing / npm ecosystem · Taxi and Limousine Service · theme parks · travel

Severity: moderate · major · minor · severe · negligible

Where it happened: In production · In evaluation · In research · In training