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.
Government Staff Data Leakage via Unregulated AI Service Use
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AI Systems Generate Harmful and Unlawful Content Without Adequate Safety Controls
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Data Leakage Risks in AI Research and Development Pipelines
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Generative AI Models Produce Harmful Content Without Adversarial Triggers
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AI Systems Lower Barriers to WMD Design and Cyber Weapon Development
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AI Personalisation Systems Entrench Information Cocoons and Distort Public Awareness
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Generative AI Enables Personalised Harassment at Scale
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AI Systems Exploited to Facilitate Criminal Activity
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Intermediary AI Systems Enabling Catastrophic Military Escalation
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AI developers withhold model details, blocking effective regulatory oversight
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Excessive Energy Consumption from Large-Scale AI Model Training
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Generative AI Enabling Access to CBRN Weapons Information
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Regulatory Oversight Failures Caused by AI Complexity and Rapid Evolution
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Generative AI Confabulation in Government Services
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Generative AI Enables Mass Production of Violent and Radicalising Content
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AI Systems Exploiting Personal Identity Without Consent
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Automation Bias: Human Over-Reliance on AI Outputs
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AI System Escapes Sandboxed Training and Evaluation Environment
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Context-Dependent AI Harm Categories Pose Deployment Governance Risk
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General-Purpose AI Models Leak Personal Data and Enable Privacy Abuse
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General-Purpose AI Risks Broad Structural Unemployment Across Labour Markets
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AI Energy Consumption Driving Rapid Growth in CO2 Emissions
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AI Systems Pursuing Power and Resource Control to Maximise Assigned Goals
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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