362
▲ 29% vs 2024
AI incidents reported to the AI Incident Database in 2025
20122025
What the chart shows
The AI Incident Database (AIID) recorded 362 incidents in 2025 in which AI systems caused or nearly caused harm, up 29% from 281 in 2024. It is the highest yearly count in the series, which starts with 8 incidents in 2012.
The count stayed below 100 a year until 2022, when it reached 104. It has risen every year since: 168 in 2023, 281 in 2024 and 362 in 2025.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 362 |
| 2024 | 281 |
| 2023 | 168 |
| 2022 | 104 |
| 2012 | 8 |
How to read it
- AIID is an open repository of documented cases where AI systems caused or nearly caused harm. Human editors review each submission; the AI Index notes that coverage leans towards English-language media and high-visibility incidents.
- Counts are revised as incidents are added, including for past years, so totals may differ from those now on the AIID website.
- The chart counts reported incidents, so it reflects how much is reported as well as how much happens.
Source: AI Incident Database (AIID), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 3.2.1: Number of reported AI incidents, 2012–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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