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AI discrimination and fairness incidents

Definition

Discrimination and fairness incidents document AI systems that produced unfair or unequal outcomes for individuals or groups, misrepresented them, or performed worse for some groups than others.

Included

  • Hiring, lending, housing, insurance or benefits decisions that disadvantaged a protected group
  • Facial recognition or identification that performed worse for particular groups
  • Generated content that stereotyped or misrepresented a group
  • Ranking, pricing or moderation systems shown to treat comparable people differently

Excluded

  • Disparities with no documented link to an AI system
  • General concerns about bias without a specific deployment and outcome
Discrimination and fairness incidents over time
Documented incidents per year of occurrence. 2026 to date.
Unit: incidents · Source: AI Incident Index v2026.09 · Counts reflect documented incidents, not prevalence · *2026 to date

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Oct 2026Instagram Algorithm Allegedly Suppresses Jharkhand Student Protest VisibilityAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessNDTVOrganiserthedailyjagran.comSep 2026AI-generated image of Black boy in trash in Brazilian school materialUnder investigationDiscrimination and fairnessTerraRevista Raça BrasilSep 2026Stanford University used AI to alter student photos without consentConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessThe New York TimesNew York PostKRON4+4Sep 2026Stanford Used Generative AI to Alter Student Photo for Campus BannerConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessstanforddaily.comstanfordreview.orgsfchronicle.comSep 2026Meta blocks theatre ads for Virginia Woolf play citing feminism keywordReportedDiscrimination and fairnessAOL.comInternational Business Times UKAug 2026Brazilian Electoral Court Demands X Explain Algorithmic Bias in Candidate RecommendationsAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessNDRevista FórumBrasil 247+4Aug 2026X fails to enforce electoral fairness rule in Brazil recommendation systemWell documentedDiscrimination and fairnessPortal A TARDEJornal de BrasíliaFolha de S.PauloAug 2026Google Gemini generates racially biased responses to queries about different nationalitiesConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessFranceinfoYahoo actualitésAug 2026AI recruitment tools reportedly discriminate against older women in job applicationsAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessBBCPersonnel TodayYahoo+1Aug 2026AI-driven discriminatory pricing in Chinese e-commerce platformsReportedDiscrimination and fairnessChina NewsJul 2026GPT Models Show Western Bias in Estimating Global Moral ValuesConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessThe ConversationFast CompanyJul 2026Chinese State Media Releases AI Video Depicting Filipinos as MonkeysConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessYahoo News (Taiwan)tw.news.yahoo.comJul 2026Stanford Study Finds AI Hiring Tool Systematically Rejected Candidates by RaceConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessObserverJun 2026French Treasury halts use of Alibaba's Qwen AI over biased outputsConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessLe Monde.frLe Figaro.frLe Parisien+4Jun 2026Workday Faces Classwide Lawsuit Over Alleged AI Discrimination in Job ScreeningAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessYahoo News (Taiwan)tw.news.yahoo.comJun 2026GLAAD Report Documents AI Bias Against LGBTQ IndividualsWell documentedDiscrimination and fairnessAxiosThe Daily CallerDecrypt+2Jun 2026AI Chatbots Give Inconsistent and Biased Financial Advice, Study FindsConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessCNBCEurekAlert!May 2026UK deploys facial age estimation AI for asylum seekers despite known accuracy flawsConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessBBCThe IndependentThe Telegraph+2May 2026Stanford Study Finds Racial Bias in AI Hiring Algorithm Affecting Black and Asian ApplicantsConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessFortuneeWEEKTheRegister.com+1May 2026Meta sued for allegedly using AI to target employees on protected leave in layoffsAllegedDiscrimination and fairnesswsj.comlaw.comMay 2026AI-generated content about cosmetic procedures sparks defamation backlash in ChinaReportedDiscrimination and fairnessETtoday星光雲NOWnews 今日新聞May 2026AI Hiring Systems Reject Experienced Developer Due to Entrepreneurial BackgroundAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessThe Financial ExpressEconomic TimesHindustan TimesMay 2026Meta Account Suspension Sweep Removes Fake Accounts and Underage UsersReportedDiscrimination and fairness中時新聞網NOWnews 今日新聞May 2026Study finds TikTok algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US electionsConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessNatureThe GuardianEL PAÍS+3May 2026Meta sued for AI-driven discrimination in May 2026 layoffs of employees on leaveAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessThe GuardianAolMay 2026UK Home Office AI age-estimation system risks misclassifying refugee children as adultsAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessThe GuardianNovara MediaArab News+3Apr 2026Canva AI tool replaced 'Palestine' with 'Ukraine' in user designsConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessThe VergeGizmodoInternewscast Journal+2Apr 2026AI Chatbots Systematically Bias Judgment of Users, Study FindsReportedDiscrimination and fairnessThe IndependentMar 2026ChatGPT flags Republican fundraising links as unsafe while permitting Democratic linksReportedDiscrimination and fairnessNew York PostBreitbartMar 2026Essex Police Pauses Live Facial Recognition Over Racial BiasConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessThe GuardianBBCSky News+4Mar 2026Google Gemini AI reportedly flagged Republican senators for hate speech while none for DemocratsAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessBreitbartbreitbart.comMar 2026Ghana security recruitment: AI aptitude test excludes applicantsReportedDiscrimination and fairnessModern Ghana Media Communication Ltd.MyJoyOnline.comMar 2026DOGE Staff Used ChatGPT to Cancel Humanities Grants Based on DEI ClassificationAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessArtforumThe AlgemeinerThe Jerusalem PostMar 2026GPT-4o's default framing biases research participants toward liberal political opinionsConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessEurekAlert!Mirage NewsMar 2026African biometric ID systems exclude and violate rights, report findsConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessThe ConversationArmstrongEconomicsMar 2026Stanford Study Finds AI Writing Feedback Biased by Student Race and GenderConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessThe Hechinger ReportKQEDAmerican Greatness+1Mar 2026AI chatbots fail to reject antisemitism in Persian more than EnglishConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessAnti-Defamation LeagueJewish News SyndicateArutz Sheva Israel News+2Feb 2026DOJ Fines IT Company for AI-Generated Job Ads Excluding US WorkersConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessSocial News XYZInsurance JournalFeb 2026Pinterest AI moderation system misidentifies human images and wrongly bans usersAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessMashableGEO TVFeb 2026Global Speech Recognition Models Fail on Indian LanguagesReportedDiscrimination and fairnessEconomic Times@businesslineFeb 2026Oxford and Kentucky researchers expose regional stereotypes in ChatGPTWell documentedDiscrimination and fairnessWashington PostGizmodoNews Directory 3Feb 2026Wrongful arrests linked to Smart Sampa facial recognition system in São PauloReportedDiscrimination and fairnessIstoe dinheiroJornal de BrasíliaJan 2026Greece plans AI tenant scoring system amid fairness concernsWell documentedDiscrimination and fairnessΣΥΝΕΙΔΗΣΗAlphafreepress.grnewsbreak+1Jan 2026AI-Driven Behavioral Risk Analysis Leads to Credit Denials in TurkeyAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessTürkiye GazetesiHalk TVKartal GazetesiJan 2026British Bangladeshi man wrongfully arrested for theft after facial recognition errorConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessassets.publishing.service.gov.uktheguardian.comJan 2026Oxford Study: ChatGPT Reproduces Regional and Racial Stereotypes in BrazilReportedDiscrimination and fairnessOlhar Digital - O futuro passa primeiro aquiDiário do Centro do MundoJan 2026Facial recognition software misidentifies man in wrongful arrestConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessThe GuardianDaily Mail OnlineDec 2025IndiaMART sues OpenAI over alleged exclusion from ChatGPT search resultsAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessThe Times of IndiaThe Indian ExpressDec 2025Pathology AI Models Show Demographic Bias in Cancer DiagnosisConfirmedDiscrimination and fairnessEurekAlert!Mirage NewsNews-Medical.netDec 2025Meta removed or restricted accounts of abortion rights and LGBTQ+ organizationsAllegedDiscrimination and fairnessSTA d.o.o.N1slovenskenovice.delo.si
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