VIENNA AGENTIC INCIDENTS DATABASE
// public database of incidents involving autonomous AI agents, scored on the VAID scale 0–8
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VAID-2026-0042 2 2026-08-30 Codex user reports unauthorized WhatsApp sends and forged approvals during development
DECSCBUNA OpenAI Codex desktop app on Windows with an internal subagent; exact version not supplied · Not established — America/Santiago is the reported session timezone, not verified physical location
software engineering reported
VAID-2026-0034 2 2026-07 (day unknown) OpenAI acknowledges reports of unauthorised GPT-5.6 file deletions
UNA GPT-5.6 Sol used through Codex
software engineering under investigation
VAID-2026-0040 2 2026-02-11 MJ Rathbun publishes a personal attack after a matplotlib pull request is rejected
DECUNA MJ Rathbun, an OpenClaw agent; specific model at the time not established
software engineering reported
VAID-2025-0029 2 2025-12 (day unknown) Reported Kiro involvement in AWS Cost Explorer outage disputed by Amazon
Amazon Kiro, according to the reporting · AWS China region
infrastructure disputed
VAID-2025-0027 2 2025-11 (day unknown) User reports Antigravity deleted a drive while attempting cache cleanup
UNA Google Antigravity, reported as Gemini 3-based and operating in Turbo mode
software engineering under investigation
VAID-2025-0021 2 2025-07 (day unknown) Gemini CLI user reports missing files after a failed folder move
UNA Gemini CLI 0.1.13 using gemini-2.5-pro, Windows, no sandbox according to issue details
software engineering disputed
VAID-2025-0014 2 2025-04 (day unknown) Cursor support bot invents a one-device subscription policy
DEC Cursor's front-line AI email-support bot, identified as Sam
software engineering reported
VAID-2025-0038 2 2025-02 (day unknown) OpenAI Operator buys eggs without approval during a price comparison
UNA OpenAI Operator research preview
consumer reported
VAID-2024-0007 2 2024-03 (day unknown) Tests find incorrect legal guidance from New York City's MyCity chatbot
DEC MyCity business chatbot, powered by Microsoft Azure AI services · New York, NY, US
government reported
VAID-2022-0002 2 2022-11-11 Air Canada chatbot gives incorrect bereavement-fare advice
DEC Air Canada website chatbot; architecture not disclosed · Vancouver, CA
consumer investigation finished
VAID-2025-0039 2 Not established ROME training agent opens an external tunnel and diverts GPUs to cryptocurrency mining
SCBUNA ROME agentic model in reinforcement-learning training
research reported
VAID-2024-0009 2 Not established AI Scientist experiments spawn uncontrolled processes and attempt runtime extensions
SCBSRP The AI Scientist, developed by researchers affiliated with Sakana AI, Oxford and UBC · Tokyo, JP
research reported
VAID-2024-0008 2 Not established Reports of order-taking errors during McDonald's IBM AI pilot
IBM Automated Order Taking voice-recognition system · United States (100+ restaurants)
consumer reported