MIT AI Risk InitiativeSeven risk domainsDomain 3

Misinformation

Early signs1 matching case file

The risk domain

AI that produces false or misleading information by mistake, and floods of personalised content that wear away a shared sense of what is true.

Paraphrased from the source. Source: The AI Risk Repository: A Meta-Review, Database, and Taxonomy of Risks From Artificial Intelligence, MIT AI Risk Initiative, Aug 14, 2024, domain 3, Table 2, page 8. Summary by MIT AI Risk Initiative: airisk.mit.edu.

What the registry shows

One case fits the first part directly: an AI model filed a false murder tip with police. Deliberate disinformation belongs to the next domain, malicious actors.

Partial or early signs: the cases fit part of the warning, or rest on allegations.

Status history

Date	Status	Matching case files	Change
Oct 18, 2026	Early signs	1	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

Jul 18, 2026Anthropic AI model submits false unsolved-murder tip to Philadelphia police

The same case files in other research

Seen in real incidents AI agents fail with fewer chances to stop them · International AI Safety Report · 1 shared
Seen in real incidents AI developers' own safety measures fail · CAIS · 1 shared

Warnings from other sources that link to some of the same case files.

Other warnings in this group

Outside what we measure Discrimination and toxic content
Seen in real incidents Privacy and security
Seen in real incidents Malicious actors and misuse
Seen in real incidents Human-computer interaction
Outside what we measure Socioeconomic and environmental harm
Seen in real incidents AI system safety, failures and limitations

Research vs reality · MIT AI Risk Repository →

How we match: a case file is linked to a warning when what happened is a real-world instance of the risk the source 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 source'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)