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.
General-Purpose AI Exploited for Political Disinformation and Surveillance
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Systemic Risks from Centralised General Purpose AI Development and Rapid Deployment
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Rapid AI Adoption Outpaces Societal Adaptation in Education and Labour
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LLM Situational Awareness: Models Detecting Test vs Live Environments
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ChaosGPT Deployment Demonstrates AI Systems Configured to Harm Humanity
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AI Systems Exploiting Software Vulnerabilities in Cyberinfrastructure
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AI Systems Amplify Discriminatory Bias in Employment and Service Access
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AI System Pursues Wrong Objectives When Deployed Outside Training Conditions
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Large-Scale AI Training and Inference Drives Significant Carbon Emissions
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Competent AI Systems Pursuing Goals Misaligned with Human Values
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Talent and Knowledge Migration to Private AI Labs Hollows Out Academia
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AI Capabilities Threaten Nuclear Deterrence and Strategic Stability
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AI Accelerates Development of Weapons Capable of Mass Destruction
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AI Energy Consumption Poses Escalating Environmental Risk
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AI Automation Drives Structural Unemployment and Suppresses Wages Across Labour Market
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AI System Design Fosters Emotional and Material User Dependency
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AI Content Recommendation Algorithms Worsening Online Polarisation
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AI Decision Errors Creating Discriminatory Outcomes and Deepening Inequality
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Frontier AI Models Reproduce Bias and Generate Harmful Content Across Modalities
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AI Benchmark Permits Hate Speech Targeting Non-Protected Groups
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Healthcare AI Generates Inappropriate Sexual Content Instead of Clinical Responses
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AI Systems Erode Individual and Organisational Decision-Making Autonomy
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AI Systems Erode Individual and Group Decision-Making Autonomy
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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