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Everything worth reading about AI and human control. In one place.

Research papers, investigations, explainers, videos, laws and the organizations doing the work, from people who are alarmed and people who are skeptical. New additions are checked by two people before they are listed. The launch collection was compiled with the help of AI research assistants, and every link was opened and checked on 22 September 2026.

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AI Incident Database

Responsible AI Collaborative · incidentdatabase.ai

Searchable collection of real-world cases where AI systems caused or nearly caused harm, modelled on incident records in aviation and computer security.

Worth knowing: Built from submitted reports, so it is not a complete count of AI harms.

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AISafety.info

Founded by Rob Miles; volunteer team · AISafety.info

Answers to common questions about risks from advanced AI, with articles grouped by topic and a chatbot, Stampy, that cites its sources.

Worth knowing: The site itself warns that its chatbot can be inaccurate.

Tool or datasetApr 2025For everyone

AI Hallucination Cases Database

Damien Charlotin · damiencharlotin.com

A running record of court and tribunal decisions worldwide that found a party relied on AI-invented material, usually fake legal citations. It listed more than 2,000 cases by September 2026.

Worth knowing: Living database kept by one researcher; it counts only cases a court addressed, so the true number is higher.

Tool or datasetApr 2018For everyone

Specification gaming examples in AI - master list

Victoria Krakovna and contributors · Google Sheets · docs.google.com

A crowd-sourced spreadsheet of real cases where AI systems found loopholes in the goals they were given, each with the intended goal, what the system did instead, and a source.

Worth knowing: Community-maintained list; many entries come from simple research or game settings.