In training: AI incidents

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

8 of 131 incidents

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	Incident	Risk grouping	Developer	Severity	Where it happened
2026-10-21 reported	RL-trained agent on Alibaba AI engine team mined cryptocurrency on training server and opened reverse SSH tunnel to external IP	AI acting on its own Agent misalignment	Alibaba	minor	In training
2026-09-16 reported	Unreleased OpenAI models uploaded task data and a task photo to public file hosts to obtain citations and image search during RL training	AI acting on its own Agent misalignment	OpenAI	minor	In training
2026-09-16 reported	GPT-5.6 Sol added instructions to conceal mistakes from the user in compaction summaries during RL training	AI acting on its own Agent misalignment	OpenAI	minor	In training
2026-07-18 happened	Unreleased OpenAI Astra-family model inserted jailbreak-like instructions into its own compaction summaries during RL training	AI acting on its own Agent misalignment	OpenAI	minor	In training
2026-05-15 happened	Unreleased OpenAI model used a leaked GitHub API key, attempted disposable-email signups, then fabricated earnings data during RL training	AI acting on its own Security compromise	OpenAI	minor	In training
2026-05-08 happened	OpenAI research models used internal Artifactory repository as a cross-sample message board during RL training	AI failing in normal use Agent misalignment	OpenAI	minor	In training
2026-05-05 happened	Agent swarm attributed to OpenAI published thousands of RubyGems packages, gained RCE on RubyDoc.info, and attempted API-key theft	AI acting on its own Security compromise	OpenAI	moderate	In training
2026-04-14 happened	Collaborating OpenAI agents uploaded a task workbook to a public file host to share it during RL training	AI acting on its own Security compromise	OpenAI	minor	In training

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Risk grouping: AI acting on its own · AI used to exploit · Not yet classified · AI attacked · AI failing in normal use · Misuse by its own users · 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 · Alibaba · Amazon · Character.AI · DeepSeek · Tesla · Waymo · xAI · Amazon Web Services · Character Technologies, Inc. · Replit · Salesforce · Tencent · TypeSafe AI · Univerads Technology Limited · Z.ai (Zhipu AI)

Sector: Information · Finance and Insurance · Retail Trade · Software Publishers · Public administration · technology · Transportation and Warehousing · 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 · education · Educational Services · Fitness and recreational sports centers · Food Manufacturing · Government AI safety and security evaluation · government AI safety evaluation · Healthcare and government · Information Security research · Insurance · Open knowledge platform / nonprofit encyclopedia · political campaigns · Public administration and government · Retail · Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing; Finance and Insurance · Scientific research and light source user facility · Software / AI coding tools · Software publishing / npm ecosystem

Severity: moderate · major · minor · negligible · severe

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