435
▲ 2.3× since Jan 2025
AI incidents found in news reports in January 2026
20202026

What the chart shows

The OECD AI Incidents and Hazards Monitor (AIM), which collects AI incidents from news sources in many languages, counted 435 in January 2026. That is the highest month in the series and 2.3 times the 188 of January 2025.

The six-month moving average, which smooths month-to-month swings, reached 326 in January 2026, up from 133 in January 2025. Before 2025, the busiest month was July 2021, with 187 incidents.

Key numbers

MeasureValue
January 2026435
December 2025292
January 2025188
July 2021187
Six-month average, January 2026326
Six-month average, January 2025133.33

How to read it

  • AIM gathers incidents automatically from news in many languages, so its counts are much higher than those of the AI Incident Database, whose editors review each case (related chart).
  • The data file numbers the months 0 to 71; we label them February 2020 to January 2026, matching the report’s statement that the peak of 435 was in January 2026.
  • The chart shows the monthly count; the six-month moving average quoted in the text is in the same data file.
Source: OECD AIM, 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 3.2.2: Monthly AI incidents reported from news sources, 2020–26. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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