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Incident 1171: Reported Hack of Tea Dating App Compromises Data from Purportedly AI-Supported Identity and Image Checks

“Tea encouraged its users to spill. Then the app's data got leaked”Latest Incident Report

npr.org2025-08-15

The Tea app describes itself as "the safest place to spill tea" about potential online matches, allowing its subscribers to conduct background and criminal record checks, reverse image searches, and communicate anonymously among one another…

Incident 1174: Microsoft Copilot Reportedly Able to Access Cached Data from Since-Private GitHub Repositories

“Thousands of exposed GitHub repositories, now private, can still be accessed through Copilot”

techcrunch.com2025-08-15

Security researchers are warning that data exposed to the internet, even for a moment, can linger in online generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot long after the data is made private.

Thousands of once-public GitHub repositories from…

Incident 1176: Microsoft's Windows Recall Allegedly Stores Passwords and Social Security Numbers in Preview Mode

“Microsoft's Windows Recall is reportedly still capturing passwords and Social Security numbers even after its relaunch”

tomsguide.com2025-08-15

The controversial Microsoft Windows Recall AI app may still be in need of security work according to testing from the UK technology site, The Register.

The app, which takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC so you can find it late…

Incident 1179: McDonald's McHire AI Recruitment Platform Reportedly Exposed Data of 64 Million Applicants via Default Login and API Vulnerability

“McDonald’s AI hiring tool’s password ‘123456’ exposed data of 64M applicants”

csoonline.com2025-08-15

A security oversight in McDonald's AI-powered hiring platform "McHire" was found exposing sensitive applicant data belonging to as many as 64 million job seekers.

Discovered in late June 2025 by security researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curr…

Incident 1175: Alleged Marine Park Orca Attack on 'Jessica Radcliffe' Reportedly an AI-Generated Hoax

“Jessica Radcliffe Orca Incident A Hoax: The Truth Behind Death Video Going Viral”

ibtimes.co.uk2025-08-15

A video claiming to show a marine trainer named Jessica Radcliffe being killed by an orca has gone viral on social media, prompting widespread alarm. The footage appears to depict a violent marine park incident, with a whale attacking a wom…

About the Database

The AI Incident Database is dedicated to indexing the collective history of harms or near harms realized in the real world by the deployment of artificial intelligence systems. Like similar databases in aviation and computer security, the AI Incident Database aims to learn from experience so we can prevent or mitigate bad outcomes.

You are invited to submit incident reports, whereupon submissions will be indexed and made discoverable to the world. Artificial intelligence will only be a benefit to people and society if we collectively record and learn from its failings. (Learn More)

AI Incident Roundup – June and July 2025

By Daniel Atherton

2025-08-02

Garden at Giverny, J.L. Breck, 1887 🗄 Trending in the AIID Across June and July 2025, the AI Incident Database added over sixty new incident...

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