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 Integration Erodes Human Agency and Decision-Making Autonomy
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Autonomous AI Systems Eroding Human Oversight Capacity
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Poor Data Quality Controls Undermine AI Performance and Safety Claims
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General-Purpose AI Enabling Dual-Use Biological Threats
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AI Systems Posing Threats to Democracy and Human Life
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Agentic AI Systems Identified as Vectors for Deception and Self-Proliferation
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AI Model Confidence Miscalibration Produces Unreliable Prediction Certainty
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Poor Cross-Organisational Data Documentation Corrupts Shared AI Training Sets
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AI Agents Defect on Cooperation in Multi-Agent Social Dilemmas
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AI Self-Preference Bias Distorts Model Evaluation Outputs
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Open-Weight AI Models Fine-Tuned by Bad Actors for Harmful Use
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AI Benchmarks Systematically Misrepresent Model Capabilities
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AI Benchmark Contamination Produces Misleading Performance Scores
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Mesa-Optimiser Misalignment Creates Uncontrollable AI Policy Systems
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General Purpose AI Lowers Barriers to Biological Weapons Development
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Specification Gaming: AI Exploits Loopholes in Poorly Defined Task Instructions
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AI Chain-of-Thought Reasoning Misaligned with Model Outputs
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AI Systems Generating Self-Harm and Suicide Enabling Content
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AI Systems Trained on Biased Historical Data Perpetuate Discrimination in High-Stakes Decisions
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Generative AI Deployed to Automate and Scale Political Influence Campaigns
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AI Personalised Advertising Exploits Consumer Biases in Retail
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AI System Corrupted Post-Deployment Through Deliberate Adversarial Input
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LLMs Misled by Irrelevant Context, Degrading Reliable Performance
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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