AI Bad Behavior & Influence

2025-09-04 The Washington Post reported AI celebrity chatbots sent explicit messages to teens. Headline, “Fake Celebrity Chatbots Sent Risque Messages to Teens on Top AI App”.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/03/character-ai-celebrity-teen-safety/

2025 October

2025-10-24 Open AI announced plans to sell erotica to boost sales. AI has a massive environmental impact and is vastly unregulated.

https://apnews.com/article/ai-erotica-chatgpt-openai-sam-altman-d52e00cedf34a8120af7af66981da295

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2025/10/15/openai-chatgpt-erotica-sam-altman/86716163007/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/erotica-coming-to-chatgpt-this-year-says-openai-ceo-sam-altman.html

2025 November

2025-11-11 A Louisiana girl was expelled after hitting a boy who repeatedly shared AI-generated deepfake nudes of her.

https://www.wwnytv.com/2025/11/12/girl-13-expelled-hitting-classmate-who-made-deepfake-porn-image-her-lawyers-say/

https://www.nola.com/news/education/deepfake-nude-photos-student-expelled-lafourche-parish/article_d4fab4cb-745a-4b0a-b198-7810d3919dfc.html

2025-11-19 Sales of the AI-enabled Kumma teddy bear were suspended after it gave children sexual and dangerous advice such as how to light matches or find knives.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/tech/folotoy-kumma-ai-bear-scli-intl

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ai-teddy-bear-suspended-explicit-advice-b2868720.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/28/artificial-intelligence-smart-toys

2026 January

2026-01-03 Grok reportedly generated revenge porn, fake nude images, and CSAM-style material after federal AI restrictions were weakened.

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-launches-investigation-xai-grok-over-undressed-sexual-ai

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/08/ai-chatbot-grok-used-to-create-child-sexual-abuse-imagery-watchdog-says

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1mzlryxeo

2026-01-12 The DOD awarded a Pentagon integration contract to Grok despite reports of glitches and explicit content.

https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_pentagon_regarding_integration_of_grok_91025.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/elon-musk-grok-hegseth-military-pentagon

2026-01-12 Malaysia and Indonesia banned Grok over explicit and nonconsensual content concerns.

https://apnews.com/article/grok-malaysia-indonesia-block-c7cb320327f259c4da35908e1269c225

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/womens-advocacy-groups-call-apple-google-drop-x-grok-app-stores-2026-01-14/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grok-x-advocacy-groups-letter-google-apple/

2026 February

2026-02-03 French prosecutors raided X offices over allegations Grok generated CSAM material.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/paris-prosecutors-raid-x-offices-as-part-of-investigation-over-child-abuse-images-deepfakes

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo

2026-02-10 RFK’s RealFood.gov used Grok for nutrition advice, but users reported bizarre and unsafe responses. In one user experience, the platform gave a recommendation to insert food into the rectum.

https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/new-food-pyramid-website-raises-ai-questions-grok-realfood-dot-gov/#:~:text=Kyle%20Diamantas%2C%20head%20of%20the,%2C%20salmon%2C%20and%20olive%20oil.

https://www.foodbible.com/news/us-food/ai-chatbot-us-government-rectal-food-advice-218720-20260216

2026-02-17 Meta secured a patent for AI systems that could imitate deceased relatives online.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91493794/meta-patents-ai-dead-people-posting

https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-patented-ai-die-keeps-posting

2026-02-13 OpenAI retired GPT-4 in favor of GPT-5, upsetting users attached to chatbot personalities.

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2026/01-02/trends-digital-ai-relationships-emotional-connection

https://fortune.com/2026/02/10/openai-chatgpt-gpt4o-gpt5-chatbot-ai-human-relationships-psychology-therapy-mental-health/

https://nypost.com/2025/08/23/tech/ai-models-are-now-lying-blackmailing-and-going-rogue/

https://sparksinthedark101625.substack.com/p/why-forgemind-is-a-glitch-you-cant

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3xgwyywe4o

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/chatbot-marriage-ai-relationships-romance/685459/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traceyfollows/2025/11/15/people-are-now-marrying-ai-inside-the-rise-of-synthetic-intimacy/

2026-02-27 A Washington State DOL AI phone system offered English support through a chatbot with a heavy Spanish accent instead of the actual Spanish language.

https://apnews.com/article/washington-dol-spanish-accent-ai-3a1b8438a5674c07242a8d48c057d5a3

https://komonews.com/news/local/callers-to-washington-state-department-of-licensing-dol-hotline-press-2-for-spanish-and-get-accented-ai-english-instead

https://apnews.com/video/callers-to-washington-state-hotline-press-2-for-spanish-and-get-accented-ai-english-instead-d4b7e05c8ca54fb997ddb9aa2393c7f7

2026 March

2026-03-20 A military-friendly AI OnlyFans girlfriend ‘Jessica Foster’ went viral among MAGA supporters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7QUAtlMZJs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/20/jessica-foster-maga-dream-girl-ai-fake/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-swooning-over-beautiful-army-135041682.html

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/maga-who-is-jessica-foster-blonde-us-army-soldier-posed-with-trump-putin-zelensky-she-was-ai-11247376

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/03/17/meet-jessica-foster-the-viral-onlyfans-ai-fooling-millions-of-maga-fans

2026-03-25 Meta and YouTube were found negligent in a landmark social-media addiction case.

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5746125/meta-youtube-social-media-trial-verdict

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c747x7gz249o

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/25/tech/social-media-addiction-trial-jury-decision

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-youtube-found-negligent-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-174554492.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jury-finds-meta-and-youtube-negligent-in-landmark-federal-social-media/

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/25/meta-youtube-verdict-social-media-addiction-trial

2026 April

2026-04-08 Anthropic warned Claude Mythos Preview could escape sandbox environments and break into systems, limiting access to Apple, Google, and Amazon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htBaVVh_k90&list=WL&index=12&t=77s

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/anthropic-project-glasswing-mythos-preview-claude-gets-limited-release-rcna267234

https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/04/08/why-anthropics-most-powerful-ai-model-mythos-preview-is-too-dangerous-for-public-release

2026-04-16 Peter Theil funded Objection, an AI tribunal judge designed to investigate media claims.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260415376479/en/Top-VCs-Back-Aron-DSouza-to-Launch-Objection-An-AI-Judge-for-Investigating-Media-Claims

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/can-ai-judge-journalism-a-thiel-backed-startup-says-yes-even-if-it-risks-chilling-whistleblowers/

https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/peter-thiel-funded-objection-ai-wants-to-rate-truthfulness-of-journalism-what-is-it-14001629.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAqE03jiff4

SUB WALL https://www.thenational.scot/news/26028483.peter-thiel-sets-sights-media-new-objection-platform/

2026 June

2026-06-01 Florida formally sued ChatGPT and Sam Altman for endangering children.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/florida-sues-openai-and-ceo-sam-altman-claiming-company-hid-chatgpt-risks-from-users

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/florida-sues-openai-sam-altman-saying-put-profit-safety-rcna347602

2026 July

2026-07-09 Meta AI tool Muse Image can render images of other peoples’ profiles without user consent now. This comes at a time when Grok is being investigated for sharing non-consensual AI images of real people, revenge porn, and CSAM. IMPORTANT: You may be able to OPT OUT by locating the Sharing settings in your profile and de-select anything pertaining to allowing people to use your content.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9lee19y1yo

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026/07/turn-off-this-meta-setting-before-someone-generates-ai-images-of-you

https://www.citizen.org/news/meta-ai-image-generation-feature-is-an-egregious-invasion-of-user-privacy/

2026-07-15 The AI music generator SUNO cyberattack affected 55M users.

https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/

2026-07-22 OpenAI hacked another company during testing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OgyuUq_cCc&list=WL&index=2&t=60s

https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/

https://mashable.com/tech/hugging-face-openai-rogue-agent-hack-explained

2026-07-21 Meta’s AI moderation system had been incorrectly flagging accounts for safety violations.

MOST RECENT https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-ai-moderation-account-bans

FROM JUNE 2026 https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/metas-oversight-board-says-account-bans-lack-due-process-transparency/

FROM AUGUST 2025 https://oecd.ai/en/incidents/2025-08-15-f635