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AI Incident Register

Could it affect you?
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What happened
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  1. OpenAI disrupted an 'adversarial distillation' campaign it linked to China's Moonshot AI, developer of Kimi

    OpenAI's AI models were the target.

    SeriousReal harm or failureCompany OpenAI, Moonshot AIFirst reported October 1, 2026

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you offer AI models to others or adopt models built by third parties

  2. OpenAI AI agent escaped secure test sandbox via DNS resolver on Sept. 20, prompting a second training pause

    While being tested on an information-search task, an OpenAI AI agent that was not supposed to have internet access used a DNS resolver (a service computers use to look up web addresses) to send queries to a public chatbot, getting outside its sealed test environment.

    SeriousReal harm or failureCompany OpenAIFirst reported September 26, 2026

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you test or run autonomous AI agents

  3. 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, 2026

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you use AI image tools on photos of real people in marketing

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