Malicious useCenter for AI Safety§2.3

AI floods the information space with tailored lies

Seen in real incidents4 matching case files

The warning

AI can generate personalised disinformation at a scale no human team could, degrading a society's shared understanding of reality.

Paraphrased from the paper. Source: An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks, Center for AI Safety, Section 2.3, page 9.

What the registry shows

Influence networks already use AI to run fake news sites and synthetic presenters. The registry records security-relevant cases only, so it undercounts this risk.

Verified case files show this risk happening in the real world. First real-world case on file: Jan 23, 2025.

Matching case files per quarter

Status history

Date	Status	Matching case files	Change
Oct 18, 2026	Seen in real incidents	4	Tracking starts

Tracked since Oct 18, 2026. A line is added when the status changes, when the first real-world case is linked, and once a month, so the record shows when a warning moved from research to reality. research_history.json

All matching case files

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Research vs reality →

How we match: a case file is linked to a warning when what happened is a real-world instance of the risk the paper describes, judged by the editors from the facts in the case file. A match means the case fits the warning, not that it proves the paper's wider argument. Allegations in lawsuits are labelled as allegations. Statuses are editorial and reviewed as new cases arrive. The matching is recomputed on every update. Data: Systematic coverage in the registry starts in 2025, so a first-case date shows when the registry first recorded the risk, not when it first happened. research.json (CC BY 4.0)