50%
of organisations that had AI incidents reported three to five of them in 2025, up from 30% in 2024
What the chart shows
Among organisations in the AI Index and McKinsey survey that experienced AI incidents, half (50%) reported three to five in 2025, up from 30% in 2024. The share reporting one or two fell from 42% to 29%.
The share with six to nine incidents was unchanged at 13%, and 8% reported ten or more, down from 11%. Taken together, 71% of these organisations had three or more incidents in 2025, against 54% in 2024.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| 3–5 incidents, 2025 | 50% |
| 3–5 incidents, 2024 | 30% |
| 1–2 incidents, 2025 | 29% |
| 1–2 incidents, 2024 | 42% |
| 10 or more, 2025 | 8% |
| 10 or more, 2024 | 11% |
How to read it
- Survey of business leaders by the AI Index and McKinsey & Company in 2024 and 2025, across several regions and industries; it has no respondents from China.
- Shares are of organisations that experienced at least one AI incident; the AI Index reports that 8% of surveyed organisations did in each year.
- ‘Unknown’ was 5% in 2024 and 0% in 2025.
Source: McKinsey & Company Survey, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 3.3.3: Number of AI incidents reported by organizations. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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