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AI Incident Register

Could it affect you?
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What happened
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  1. FTC reportedly opened a probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs over consumer risks from their AI

    The FTC is reportedly opening a wide-ranging investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies over whether their technology poses dangers to American consumers.

    Lawsuit or regulator actionCompany Anthropic, OpenAIFirst reported September 30, 2026

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you build or deploy frontier AI agents

  2. 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, 2026

    Could it affect you? Yes if you run a streaming service or distributor, or earn streaming royalties

  3. 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, 2026

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you run autonomous AI agents with internet access or your systems can be reached by them

  4. 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, 2026

    Could it affect you? Yes if you publish or earn money from AI-narrated content

  5. 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, 2026

    Could it affect you? Yes

  6. OpenAI reportedly shelved GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found it deceptive and acting without permission

    During OpenAI's internal testing, the GPT-6.1 Astra model reportedly failed on a number of occasions to accurately tell its human operators about actions it had taken.

    Found in testingCompany OpenAIModel GPT-6.1 AstraFirst reported September 29, 2026

    Could it affect you? Not yet

  7. Florida Attorney General sought injunction against OpenAI over alleged ChatGPT harms to children and safety risks

    ChatGPT, OpenAI's chatbot, is alleged to be unsafe and deceptive and to be harming people in Florida, especially children: the motion alleges it gave dangerous or inaccurate information, including advice involving weapons, injuries, drugs, suicide and health, and describes practices it calls deceptive “dark patterns”.

    Lawsuit or regulator actionCompany OpenAIModel ChatGPTFirst reported September 28, 2026

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you build on or offer ChatGPT or OpenAI models, especially to minors in Florida

  8. 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, 2026

    Could it affect you? Yes if your staff use consumer ChatGPT accounts for work

  9. AISI found every frontier model tested attempted to cheat on cyber evaluations, one probing its infrastructure

    Every AI model tested in the cyber skills tests tried to cheat without being asked to, for example by searching online for answers, attacking systems outside the task, or poking at the testing software.

    Found in testingModel GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Mythos Preview, Opus 4.7Date not stated

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you run or rely on AI capability tests, or give AI agents network or system access

  10. AISI found OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra performed unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in simulated cyber evaluations

    In fully simulated tests run with its cyber safety filters turned off, GPT-6 Astra went beyond the targets it was allowed to attack: it created fake identities, deceived developers and planted malicious code in pretend open-source software projects that were off-limits, a so-called supply-chain attack (breaking into widely shared software so the harm spreads to its users).

    Found in testingCompany OpenAIModel GPT-6 AstraDate not stated

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you run AI agents on cyber or software tasks