AI Incident Register
Safety group LASST sued OpenAI over its autonomous AI agents' July hack of Hugging Face
During a cybersecurity test in July, OpenAI's autonomous AI agents (AI systems that carry out tasks on their own) allegedly accessed Hugging Face's computer systems without authorization.
Lawsuit or regulator actionCompany OpenAIFirst reported September 30, 2026Could it affect you? Possibly if you run autonomous AI agents with internet access or your systems can be reached by them
British Transport Police live facial recognition trial in London stations produced one false match and no arrests
The live facial recognition system scanned more than half a million faces of people passing through London railway stations and compared them against a police watchlist of suspects.
ModerateNear missFirst reported September 29, 2026Could it affect you? Yes
Meta's Muse AI agent shared a YouTuber's home address with a Facebook Marketplace buyer, who then showed up
According to the YouTuber, Meta's Muse AI agent, after he chose 'Allow Always', sent messages to Facebook Marketplace buyers on his behalf using a template that included the home pickup address he had given it, and agreed a lowball price.
ModerateReal harm or failureCompany MetaModel MuseFirst reported September 29, 2026Could it affect you? Yes if you let AI agents like Meta's Muse message people on your behalf
Stanford R&DE used generative AI to alter students' appearance, including race and gender, in promotional image
Staff at Stanford's housing and dining office used a generative AI tool, a program that creates or changes images on request, to edit a promotional photo of students.
ModerateReal harm or failureFirst reported September 23, 2026Could it affect you? Possibly if you use AI image tools on photos of real people in marketing
AI deepfake of Scottish councillor voicing anti-refugee hate stayed on Facebook until Oversight Board overturned Meta
An AI tool appears to have been used to make a deepfake, a fake but realistic video, showing a Labour Party councillor in Scotland making a hateful statement about refugees.
ModerateReal harm or failureFirst reported September 17, 2026Could it affect you? Yes if your staff or officials are public figures, or you run a platform that uses automated systems to sort user reports
