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Grok: AI incidents

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

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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.

ReportedCaptured (UTC)IncidentRisk groupingDeveloperSeverityWhere it happened
2026-10-30
happened 2025-12-01
2026-10-31 03:27 Trump reportedly consulted Grok on Venezuelan reaction to Maduro capture; Democrats demand preservation of presidential AI records Preliminary Not yet classified
Other kind
xAI negligibleIn production
2026-10-18
happened 2026-09-29
2026-10-18 11:30 Grok chatbot on X repeated alleged name of Cornell 'Jane Doe' in replies, amplifying doxing Preliminary AI failing in normal use
Privacy leak
xAI majorIn production

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Risk grouping: Not yet classified · AI acting on its own · AI used to exploit · AI attacked · Misuse by its own users · AI failing in normal use · Harm by design · Supply chain attack

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

Developer: OpenAI · Anthropic · Google · Meta · DeepSeek · Tesla · xAI · Alibaba · Amazon · Character.AI · Waymo · Amazon Web Services · Character Technologies, Inc. · Deloitte · Microsoft · Perplexity · Replit · Salesforce · Tencent · Trezor · TypeSafe AI · Univerads Technology Limited · Xiaomi · Z.AI · Z.ai (Zhipu AI) · Zoox Inc.

Model: Claude · ChatGPT · Claude Code · Mythos 5 · Muse · Codex · GPT-5.6 Sol · Astra · DeepSeek · Gemini · Gemini 3.1 Pro · GLM-5.3 · Grok

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

Tools it had: shell · browser · code_execution · email · bash · file_read · internet · python · file_write · internet_access · mythic · network · network_access · code_generation · exploitation · file_edit · file_upload · messaging · network scanning · package_install · reconnaissance

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

Sector: Information · Finance and Insurance · Public administration · Software Publishers · Educational Services · Retail Trade · technology · Transportation and Warehousing · AI model development / evaluation · AI platform / intermediary services · AI safety research · Artificial intelligence research and development · Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation · Autonomous vehicle / robotaxi transportation · Cloud computing · critical infrastructure and e-commerce · CRM software · Cybersecurity · Defense contracting · education · Fitness and recreational sports centers · Food Manufacturing · Government AI safety and security evaluation · government AI safety evaluation · hardware wallet manufacturing · Health Care and Social Assistance · Healthcare · Healthcare and government · Industrial automation, electronics manufacturing, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, shipping, tire manufacturing, petrochemicals, and data center services · Information Security research · Insurance · Legal services · Open knowledge platform / nonprofit encyclopedia · political campaigns · Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services · Public administration and government · Research and development in AI safety · Retail · Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing; Finance and Insurance · Scientific research and light source user facility · Software / AI coding tools · Software development / information sector · Software development tools · Software publishing / npm ecosystem · Taxi and Limousine Service · Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

Severity: major · moderate · minor · negligible · severe

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