Public Database
Case Studies
Every approved AI failure case, classified against the AI Blindspot Framework. New to AIBlindspot? Start with the overview or the methodology.
AI Systems Making Lethal Decisions Without Human Rights Safeguards
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AI Bargaining Inefficiencies from Information Asymmetry in Multi-Agent Systems
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Adversarial Inputs Cause AI Models to Misclassify Data Undetected
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AI Assistants Enabling Large-Scale Opinion Manipulation and Disinformation
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LLM Agent Teams Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Cyber Offence Tests
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Training Data Encodes Historical and Societal Bias into AI Models
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Adversarial Sponge Attacks Drive Excessive Energy Consumption in LLM Systems
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Opaque Algorithmic Bias in Public-Sector Systems Causes Severe Personal Harm
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LLM Systems Generating Biased, Toxic and Privacy-Violating Output
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LLM Toxicity: Rude, Disrespectful and Illegal Content Generation
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Large Language Model Systems Leak Sensitive Personal Information in Generated Output
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LLM Systems Enable Low-Cost Automated Cyber Attack Generation
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Well-Intentioned AI Deployed at Scale Produces Harmful Societal Outcomes
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External Tool Integration Injects Factual Errors Into LLM Outputs
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AI Models Generate Harmful or Disruptive Code
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AI Capability Gaps Cause Operational Task Failures
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Algorithmic Systems Spreading Mis- and Disinformation to Low-Literacy Users
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LLM Fails to Recall Memorised Facts Despite Storing Them
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Generative AI Exploited for Phishing, Identity Fraud and Malicious Code
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Emotional dependence on AI assistants exploited to manipulate user behaviour
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Large Language Models Generate False Information With Overconfident Justifications
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AI Energy Consumption Poses Unquantified Carbon Liability for Energy Sector
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Opaque AI Decision-Making Undermines Trust and Audit Compliance in UN Systems
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Generative AI Systems Producing Hazardous Biohazard and Security-Threat Information
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Beyond accidental failureNational Security
We also track 20 hostile uses of AI.
The public database covers AI that fails by accident. AIBlindspot National Security — exclusive to the Defence tier — tracks AI used as a weapon, mapped by capability:
- State-Sponsored AI Operations
- 6
- AI-Enabled Disinformation
- 5
- Adversarial Attacks on AI
- 0
- Autonomous Weapon Incidents
- 1
- AI-Assisted Cyber Attacks
- 5
- Dual-Use AI Misuse
- 3