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Statistics

Counts of incidents in our tracker. They describe what has been reported and verified here, not the true number of AI harms in the world.

Updated Oct 19, 2026 · Download the full dataset (JSON) · CSV

Incidents per month (by date first reported)
001Apr 25: 0Apr 25May 25: 0Jun 25: 0Jun 25Jul 25: 0Aug 25: 0Aug 25Sep 25: 0Oct 25: 0Oct 25Nov 25: 0Dec 25: 0Dec 25Jan 26: 0Feb 26: 0Feb 26Mar 26: 0Apr 26: 1Apr 26May 26: 0Jun 26: 0Jun 26Jul 26: 0Aug 26: 0Aug 26Sep 26: 1
Incidents per month (by date first reported)
MonthIncidents
Apr 250
May 250
Jun 250
Jul 250
Aug 250
Sep 250
Oct 250
Nov 250
Dec 250
Jan 260
Feb 260
Mar 260
Apr 261
May 260
Jun 260
Jul 260
Aug 260
Sep 261
Incidents by type of harm
Security breachSecurity breach: 11Privacy & data leaksPrivacy & data leaks: 11Fabricated citationsFabricated citations: 11
Incidents by type of harm
CategoryIncidents
Security breach1
Privacy & data leaks1
Fabricated citations1
Incidents by AI system
AI agentAI agent: 11AI developer toolingAI developer tooling: 11
Incidents by AI system
CategoryIncidents
AI agent1
AI developer tooling1
Incidents by severity
MinorMinor: 22ModerateModerate: 00SeriousSerious: 00SevereSevere: 00CatastrophicCatastrophic: 00
Incidents by severity
CategoryIncidents
Minor2
Moderate0
Serious0
Severe0
Catastrophic0
Top countries
South AfricaSouth Africa: 11
Top countries
CategoryIncidents
South Africa1

An incident can have more than one type of harm or AI system, so category totals can exceed the number of incidents.