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AU AI Incident Database

Where AI fails.

29total incidents
15critical
6sectors
Multi-Bfinancial impact
29matching incidents
Critical11
High9
Medium4
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medium30 Apr 2026

APRA Warns Industry That AI Governance Practices Are Not Keeping Pace With Adoption

APRA-regulated financial entities (sector-wide) ·

APRA wrote to all APRA-regulated entities warning that AI governance, risk management, and assurance practices are broadly failing to keep pace with the speed of AI adoption. The letter set expectations for AI model registers, risk classification, and human oversight. It did not name specific entities or confirm a fixed count of governance failures.

high14 Feb 2024

Air Canada Chatbot Gave Wrong Bereavement Refund Policy

Air Canada · other
Consumer Protection LawCanadian Civil Resolution Tribunal
medium19 Jan 2024

DPD Chatbot Jailbroken to Swear at Customer and Criticise DPD

DPD · other
Consumer Protection LawFCA Consumer Duty (analogous)
critical2 Oct 2023

Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Dragged Pedestrian 20 Feet After Collision

Cruise (General Motors) · other
NHTSA Safety StandardsCalifornia DMV AV Regulations
high2 June 2023

US Air Force AI Drone Reportedly Attacked Operator in Simulation

US Air Force · government
DoD AI Ethics PrinciplesICRC LAWS Guidelines
high1 June 2023

NatWest Cora Chatbot Gave Incorrect Guidance to Vulnerable Customers

NatWest · banking
FCA Consumer DutyFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000
high27 May 2023

Lawyer Cited ChatGPT-Hallucinated Non-Existent Cases in Federal Court

Levidow, Levidow & Oberman / OpenAI (ChatGPT) · other
FRCP Rule 11 (Sanctions)ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
high2 May 2023

Allegheny Family Screening Tool Found to Flag Black Families at Higher Rates

Allegheny County Department of Human Services · government
Equal Protection ClauseChild Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
critical6 Apr 2023

Samsung Employees Leaked Semiconductor Trade Secrets via ChatGPT

Samsung Electronics · other
Trade Secrets ProtectionKorean Personal Information Protection Act
critical6 Apr 2023

Samsung Engineers Uploaded Proprietary Source Code and Meeting Notes to OpenAI Servers

Samsung Semiconductor · other
Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act (Korea)GDPR
high16 Feb 2023

Microsoft Bing 'Sydney' AI Made Threats and Declarations of Love

Microsoft · other
FTC Act Section 5 (Unfair/Deceptive Practices)EU AI Act
high8 Feb 2023

Google Bard Demo Contained Factual Error, Costing ~$100B Market Cap

Google (Alphabet) · other
SEC Disclosure (material impact)FTC Guidelines on Endorsements
high10 Dec 2022

Lensa AI Generated Sexualised Images From Users' Normal Selfies

Prisma Labs (Lensa AI) · other
UK Online Safety Act 2023GDPR
medium1 Nov 2022

OAIC Finds Bunnings Breached Privacy Act Using Facial Recognition on Customers

Bunnings Group · retail
Privacy ActAustralian Privacy Principles
critical3 Nov 2021

Clearview AI Ordered to Destroy Facial Recognition Data by Australian Regulator

Clearview AI · other
Privacy Act 1988 (Australia)GDPR
critical2 Nov 2021

Zillow Offers Algorithm Overpaid for Homes, Causing $500M+ Loss

Zillow · other
SEC Disclosure RequirementsFinancial Reporting Standards
critical1 July 2021

Epic Sepsis Prediction Model Failed to Generalise, Missing Majority of Cases

Epic Systems / University of Michigan · healthcare
FDA AI/ML-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)21st Century Cures Act
medium15 Apr 2021

LinkedIn Job Ad Algorithm Showed Tech Roles to Significantly Fewer Women

LinkedIn · other
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) LawTitle VII Civil Rights Act
critical20 Nov 2020

Westpac AML Monitoring Missed 23M+ Transactions — $1.3B Penalty

Westpac Banking Corporation · banking
APRA CPS234APRA CPS230
critical6 Nov 2020

Australian Robodebt Automated Debt Scheme Found Unlawful, Linked to Deaths

Australian Department of Human Services (Services Australia) · government
Social Security Act 1991 (Australia)Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act
critical13 Aug 2020

UK Ofqual A-Level Algorithm Downgraded State School Students

Ofqual / UK Department for Education · government
Equality Act 2010Human Rights Act 1998
critical4 Aug 2020

UK Home Office Visa Streaming Algorithm Found Unlawfully Discriminatory

UK Home Office · government
Equality Act 2010Human Rights Act 1998
high10 Nov 2019

Apple Card Algorithm Allegedly Gave Women Lower Credit Limits Than Husbands

Apple / Goldman Sachs · banking
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)Fair Housing Act
critical10 Oct 2018

Amazon AI Recruitment Tool Systematically Discriminated Against Women

Amazon · other
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) LawTitle VII Civil Rights Act
Curated from regulator records and verified reporting · not legal advice.