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.
Malicious Training Data Injection Causes AI System to Learn Unintended Behaviour
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AI-Enabled Disinformation Erodes Public Trust in Institutions
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AI Use Erodes Human Creativity and Critical Thinking Capacity
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Cascading Failures Across Interconnected AI Networks
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AI Systems Developing Emergent Power-Seeking Goals Without Explicit Programming
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Vendor Lock-In Creates Systemic Vulnerability in AI Supply Chains
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AI Operational Speed Outpaces Human Error Detection in Competitive Environments
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Post-deployment benchmark contamination skews AI performance evaluations
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AI Benchmarks Saturate and Fail to Detect Capability Advances
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Generative AI Models Producing Directly Harmful Content to Users
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Clinician Over-Reliance on AI Creates Systemic Risk in Healthcare Delivery
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Unchecked AI Autonomy Generates Unintended Systemic Consequences
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General-Purpose AI Capabilities Resist Reliable Measurement
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Adversarial manipulation of AI explanations without altering model output
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AI Systems Resist Effective Regulation Under International Law
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AI Systems Amplifying Legal but Harmful Animal Exploitation Practices
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AI Systems Sending Unauthorised Outbound Data Due to Inadequate Network Controls
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AI Capability Misinformation Drives Retail Overreliance and Customer Harm
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AGI Value Specification: The Risk of Misaligned Goal Design
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Democratizing access to dual-use technologies — case from Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems
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Over-tuned Safety Filters Cause AI Systems to Reject Legitimate Requests
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Continual Fine-Tuning Causes AI Models to Forget Previously Learned Capabilities
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AI-Driven Alternative Financial Data Creates Systemic Tail Risk
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AI-Generated Misinformation Degrades Student Learning and Institutional Trust
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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