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The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’

Incident 1593: Purportedly AI-Powered Software Allegedly Used to Replace Montefiore Hospital Utilization-Review Nurses Despite Contractual AI Safeguards

“The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’”Latest Incident Report
theguardian.com2026-07-16

Marilyn Shuler has worked as a utilization review nurse for 39 years at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx in New York City, helping to read patient charts and communicate with insurance companies over coverage.

After nearly four decades in her job, Shuler is one of 12 nurses who were laid off Sunday after being replaced with AI-powered software, according to the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), which represents nurses at the hospital.

“I’ve always, always taken so much pride in the organization that I’ve worked for all these years, and

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Teen catfish victim wins £10k court payout after identity stolen by girl in her town

Incident 1592: Purportedly AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used During Four-Year Catfishing Campaign Targeting Welsh Teenager

“Teen catfish victim wins £10k court payout after identity stolen by girl in her town”
the-independent.com2026-07-16

A teenage student subjected to a four-year "catfishing" nightmare after her identity was stolen by another teenage girl in her town has won a £10,000 High Court damages payout.

Starting when she was only 16, Sasha Davies was targeted by "complete stranger" Elha-Mai Weston - another teenager living in the same Welsh town - who used her social media pictures and AI-generated content to create a string of fake online profiles.

Targeting men on Sna

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AI-slop pages targeting the Geelong Cats, Meta asked to step in

Incident 1594: Purportedly AI-Generated Facebook Pages Allegedly Targeted Australian Rules Football Club Geelong Cats With Fabricated Harmful Claims

“AI-slop pages targeting the Geelong Cats, Meta asked to step in”
geelongadvertiser.com.au2026-07-16

The Cats have asked Facebook to take action against pages that are repeatedly posting false and malicious AI-generated content about the club and its players.

The club has warned fans to stick to official news sources for updates, as it becomes the latest club to tackle the issue of AI-generated misinformation.

The Geelong Advertiser has identified multiple pages posting false and AI-generated content about the football club, including fake arrests and allegations of criminal activity.

The Addy has chosen not to name the pages, which appear to have thousands of followers.

Often, the subjec

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Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people

Incident 1589: Purportedly AI-Powered 007TG Platform Reportedly Used by Scam Networks Linked to $75 Million in Proceeds

“Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people”
apnews.com2026-07-14

The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love.

And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella. On a typical shift, he said, he chatted with more than 100 people across dozens of profiles at the same time, as supervisors prowled among the desks with electric batons.

In just a month, Koorimannil targeted some 50,000 victims from at least 17 countries, according to records he smuggled out to The Associat

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Philip Morris used AI to flood the European tobacco consultation

Incident 1590: Purported Philip Morris-Backed AI Tool Reportedly Generated Responses Opposing Stricter EU Tobacco Rules

“Philip Morris used AI to flood the European tobacco consultation”
generationsanstabac.org2026-07-15

*The European Commission is currently revising two major directives on tobacco products and related advertising. As part of this process, it launched a public consultation which received nearly 90,000 responses. A Dutch journalistic investigation[1]-[2] reveals that a massive proportion of these contributions were ge

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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)

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Notes for the Growing AI Safety Ecosystem: Corporations and Governments

By Sean McGregor

2026-06-23

Executive Summary After many conversations with those taking inspiration from and building on the AI Incident Database, we have notes to fac...

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