AI lawsuits
68 of 716 published cases name a lawsuit, court or sanction
Kind: all · invented legal citations 13 · not stated 12 · chatbot harm 3 · vehicle crash 3
Developer: all · not stated 31 · OpenAI 20 · Tesla 5 · Google 3 · xAI 3 · Character.AI 2 · Perplexity 2 · Anthropic 1 · Figure AI 1
| Case | Kind; primary risk | Developer | Severity | Evidence | Disclosed | Sources | Court filing | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress Rupali Ganguly seeks Bombay High Court protection over AI deepfake images and morphed videos on adult websites LR-2026-0832 | not stated; Privacy harm to a person | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-11-03 | 1 | none held | c |
| New York Times sues Brave over alleged scraping and redistribution of copyrighted content to AI companies LR-2026-0819 | not stated; Copyright and IP | not stated | moderate | Confirmed | 2026-11-02 | 2 | none held | b, c |
| Brazilian lawyers fined for hidden prompt injection targeting court AI Galileu LR-2026-0810 | not stated; Hidden instructions hijack the agent | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-11-01 | 2 | none held | c |
| Connecticut pro se plaintiff sanctioned for prompt injection against court AI tool LR-2026-0102 | not stated; Hidden instructions hijack the agent | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-09-29 | 2 | none held | c |
| Lawyer under fire over AI-generated court filing LR-2026-0736 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-09-17 | 1 | none held | c |
| State Farm lawyer sanctioned $999.99 for seven AI-fabricated case citations in Los Angeles insurance filings LR-2026-0079 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-09-15 | 1 | none held | c |
| Illinois appeals court fines lawyer $15,000 over AI-generated fake citations LR-2026-0704 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-08-03 | 3 | none held | c |
| Lawsuit alleges AI hallucinations tainted US Army contract award to Southwest Range Services LR-2026-0651 | not stated; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-07-29 | 1 | none held | c |
| Lancaster Country Day sued over students' AI deepfakes of peers LR-2026-0656 | not stated; Manipulation and misinformation | not stated | major | Preliminary | 2026-07-27 | 3 | none held | c |
| Family sues OpenAI over alleged ChatGPT role in Alabama woman's death LR-2026-0625 | chatbot harm; Manipulation and misinformation | not stated | severe | Preliminary | 2026-07-17 | 3 | none held | c |
| Federal appeals court refers Anthony Sabatini over AI-faked citations LR-2026-0655 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-07-10 | 1 | none held | c |
| Lawsuit alleges man used Grok to create sexual images of his stepdaughter LR-2026-0645 | not stated; Harmful content and jailbreaks | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-07-08 | 2 | none held | c |
| Judge throws out case after lawyers admit AI briefs with fake citations LR-2026-0577 | invented legal citations; Over-reliance and loss of human oversight | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-06-15 | 1 | none held | c |
| Florida attorney general sues OpenAI over alleged ChatGPT harms LR-2026-0557 | chatbot harm; Psychological harm and self-harm | not stated | major | Preliminary | 2026-06-01 | 2 | none held | c |
| Pinsent Masons reprimanded over AI hallucinations in UK court filings LR-2026-0535 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-05-26 | 3 | none held | c |
| Canadian court annuls arbitral award over delegation to AI LR-2026-0538 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-05-13 | 1 | none held | c |
| Attorney sanctioned for AI misuse in Hyde School lawsuit LR-2026-0537 | not stated; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-05-07 | 1 | none held | c |
| Alabama Supreme Court fines lawyer and tosses case over AI misuse LR-2026-0503 | not stated; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-04-27 | 1 | none held | c |
| Attorney sanctioned for filing brief with AI-generated hallucinations LR-2026-0492 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-04-27 | 1 | none held | c |
| Court rejects challenge to Met Police live facial recognition use LR-2026-0520 | not stated; Privacy harm to a person | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-04-21 | 3 | none held | c |
| Wrongful death lawsuit after driver trapped in burning Model Y LR-2026-0524 | vehicle crash; Physical harm | not stated | severe | Preliminary | 2026-04-13 | 1 | none held | c |
| Man sues city after AI camera flags him for wrongful arrest LR-2026-0516 | not stated; Over-reliance and loss of human oversight | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-04-12 | 3 | none held | c |
| Lawsuit alleges Reno police made thousands of unlawful facial ID arrests LR-2026-0515 | not stated; Over-reliance and loss of human oversight | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-04-08 | 2 | none held | c |
| Federal judge proposes sanctions against Mike Lindell's lawyers over fake citations LR-2026-0478 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-04-01 | 1 | none held | c |
| Attorney fined for citing AI-generated cases LR-2026-0465 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-03-26 | 1 | none held | c |
| Lawsuits over fatal Tesla Model 3 crash where Autopilot is disputed LR-2026-0483 | vehicle crash; Physical harm | not stated | severe | Preliminary | 2026-03-19 | 3 | none held | c |
| Judge tosses case over fake AI citations, including references to Fahrenheit 451 LR-2026-0436 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | minor | Preliminary | 2026-02-06 | 2 | none held | c |
| Family blames Tesla Autosteer after four relatives killed, lawsuit says LR-2026-0357 | vehicle crash; Physical harm | not stated | severe | Preliminary | 2026-01-01 | 1 | none held | c |
| Lawyer sanctioned over hallucinated material in OnlyFans case LR-2026-0368 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2025-12-16 | 1 | none held | c |
| Lawsuit alleges ChatGPT encouraged a violent stalker LR-2026-0343 | chatbot harm; Harmful content and jailbreaks | not stated | major | Preliminary | 2025-12-04 | 1 | none held | c |
| Bankruptcy judge reprimands ex-Gordon Rees lawyer over AI citations LR-2026-0324 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | not stated | moderate | Preliminary | 2025-11-21 | 1 | none held | c |
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