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 Benchmark Reveals Models Producing Child Sexual Exploitation Content
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Generative AI Systems Bypass Access Controls to Produce Illegal Content
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AI Benchmark Flags Defence Systems Enabling Nonviolent Criminal Activity
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AI-Enabled Impersonation and Identity Theft Targeting Individuals and Organisations
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User Over-Reliance on AI Systems Undermines Critical Thinking and Judgement
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Algorithmic Systems Driving Radicalisation Towards Extremist Violence
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AI System Misuse Causes Financial and Strategic Harm to Organisations
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AI Systems Generating Defamatory Content About Individuals and Organisations
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Cheating/plagiarism — case from A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms
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Retail Workforce Displaced by Automated Systems
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AI Systems Erase or Misappropriate Cultural Identities and Practices
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Underpaid Offshore Labour Used to Build and Optimise AI Systems
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AI Systems Developing Goals Misaligned with Human Values
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AI Systems Widening Societal Inequality and Eroding Community Cohesion
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AI Systems Accelerate Concentration of Economic and Political Power
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AI and Automation Systems Causing Direct and Indirect Environmental Damage
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AI-Driven Economic Instability Through Uncontrolled Financial System Fluctuations
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AI-Driven Micro-Targeting Used to Manipulate Voters via Personal Data
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AI-Driven Manipulation of Political Beliefs and Government Service Delivery
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Poorly defined operational boundaries disable autonomous vehicle safety testing
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AI and Automated Systems Causing Environmental Pollution
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AI-Generated Content Indistinguishable from Authentic Material
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Centralised AI Platforms Create Systemic Single Points of Failure
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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