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TheProblems surrounding AI

334 documented problems are on the board. 53% rest on at least one peer-reviewed study, and 5% clear the high-evidence bar. Health carries 31% of it. The latest was filed Oct 12, 2026.

Every problem on the board, one square each, shaded by the strength of its evidence. High 18 Moderate 316 Emerging 0
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Evidence-backed problemOfficial statisticsHealth

An FDA malfunction report described the Linq II insertable cardiac monitor's AI algorithm rejecting true pause episodes and generating false ventricular tachycardia detections, with no complications reported to date.

Source article: Linq ii¿ insertable cardiac monitor: FDA malfunction report involving AI

FDA MAUDE report 25093688
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189
Evidence-backed problemJournalismLifestyle

An AI prompt leak on Mumsnet vexed users who called it creepy and disappointing, fueling speculation about AI-generated threads and concerns that AI assistance creates semantic garbage seen as robotic and generic.

Source article: Mumsnet denies using AI for content after prompt appears on message board

The Guardian
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191
Evidence-backed problemJournalismMedia & Arts

Weakening copyright to an opt-out model for AI training risks leaving artists as roadkill, while OpenAI's training agents accessed Australian government websites including Medicare in ways they were not directed to.

Source article: OpenAI has ‘work to do to rebuild trust’ in Australia, executive tells AI inquiry

The Guardian
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Evidence-backed problemJournalismMedia & Arts

An AI-generated explicit video created from Janhvi Kapoor's Devara: Part 1 footage was circulated online, which Kapoor described as deeply violating and comparable to sexual assault.

Source article: After Jr NTR, Janhvi Kapoor condemns 'Chuttamalle' AI-generated explicit video: ‘Consent, choice and respect' are basic to humanity

The Economic Times
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Evidence-backed problemJournalismMedia & Arts

An AI-morphed inappropriate video depicting Devara: Part 1 stars Jr NTR and Janhvi Kapoor from the song Chuttamalle went viral on social media, characterized as the digital equivalent of sexual assault.

Source article: Vijay Deverakonda slams AI-morphed Chuttamalle video of Jr NTR and Janhvi Kapoor, calls for strict action: ‘Digital equivalent of sexual assault’

Hindustan Times
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199
Evidence-backed problemJournalismEducation

UK academics working in AI, cybersecurity and steganography were paid via a Chinese state-linked front to produce research that directly improves Chinese intelligence espionage capability, exposing over 100 UK-linked researchers to potential offences under the National Security Act.

Source article: MI5 China alert will send chill through UK’s cash-strapped universities

The Guardian
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201
Evidence-backed problemJournalismPolicy

AI image generators were used to create and widely circulate a fake compromising image of an elected mayor, contributing to election disinformation and reinforcing gendered stereotypes about women in leadership.

Source article: A fake image of a Georgia mayor kissing a person went viral. Can US voters trust everything they see?

The Guardian
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Evidence-backed problemJournalismHealth

He didn’t reveal the attack then, but he sounded a warning about the march of AI: “the risk is that AI develops in a way in which humans are no longer in control of what AI is producing.” But Albanese noted, too, that two countries, the US and China, would dominate the world’s response to the new technology.

Source article: OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma

The Guardian
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Evidence-backed problemJournalismMedia & Arts

Folk or AI could be a winner for the UK at Eurovision | Letters: I agree with Laura Snapes that the very last thing we need is MPs’ questionable tastes entering the murky waters of the UK’s Eurovision song choice (What do you think of the MPs’ inquiry into UK Eurovision song contest failure?

Source article: Folk or AI could be a winner for the UK at Eurovision | Letters

The Guardian
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Evidence-backed problemJournalismHealth

With her liver failing, her skin was a ghostly apricot. The thoughts creep in as we are bombarded by artificial intelligence chief executives making bold proclamations such as “AI will cure cancer in five to 10 years” or “AI will cure cancer in our lifetimes”.

Source article: Big tech says AI can find a cure for cancer. So where is it?

The Guardian
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