AI Incident Register
Prosecutors sought 46 months for North Carolina man over AI-generated songs streamed by bots to steal royalties
A person used AI to create thousands of fake songs, which were then streamed billions of times by bot accounts to collect royalties.
Lawsuit or regulator actionFirst reported September 30, 2026Could it affect you? Yes if you run a streaming service or distributor, or earn streaming royalties
Tokyo court ruled voice is a publicity right in Kenjiro Tsuda's AI voice case but refused TikTok takedown
An anonymous poster allegedly used an AI voice tool to narrate 188 TikTok videos in a voice similar to that of voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda.
Lawsuit or regulator actionFirst reported September 30, 2026Could it affect you? Yes if you publish or earn money from AI-narrated content
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
OpenAI sued in class action alleging contractors read real ChatGPT conversations under undisclosed 'Project Lily'
ChatGPT, OpenAI's chatbot, is not accused of doing anything on its own.
Lawsuit or regulator actionCompany OpenAIModel ChatGPTFirst reported September 16, 2026Could it affect you? Yes if your staff use consumer ChatGPT accounts for work
