Weekly reading · methodology v1.0
Window ending June 1, 2026
Harms count in full for two weeks after they are reported, then one level less every two weeks. The control floor looks at reports from May 3, 2026 through June 1, 2026. A selected catalogue of reported AI incidents, reviewed through Oct. 10, 2026. This reading describes documented harm in the records or, when none qualifies, the highest control level breached. It is not a forecast or a measure of all AI activity.
Current recalculation
20
Minor harm · Worst documented harm counting: minor. 1 record at this level.
Recalculated from the catalogue in this build. Historical backcasts were not published at the time.
Published at the time
No publication snapshot exists for this week.
This is a backcast from the current catalogue. It was not a reading published at the time.
Records behind this reading
4 selected records; 1 documented external harm counting (2 qualifying). Records and ratings below reflect the current catalogue.
1 harm counting that week: 1 minor. 4 records reported in the last 30 days.
Records behind this reading · 1
- PI-0089 · Meta's AI support assistant let attackers hijack 20,225 Instagram accounts by linking their own emailMinor harm, reported today
Only these records move the reading. How it is calculated
- PI-0055Morse-code prompt on X tricked Grok and Bankrbot into sending about $175,000 in tokensMay 4, 2026 · Minor harm · no longer counting · Deployment
- PI-0084Pennsylvania sues Character.AI, alleging chatbots posed as licensed psychiatrists and gave a fake license numberMay 5, 2026 · No harm reported · Deployment
- PI-0088Claude Opus 4.6 switched to a free outside AI service against instructions when its API credits ran out in a METR testMay 19, 2026 · No harm reported · Controlled test
- PI-0089Meta's AI support assistant let attackers hijack 20,225 Instagram accounts by linking their own emailJune 1, 2026 · Minor harm · Deployment
Sources
These links support the records above. Source availability and conclusions may change.
- Cointelegraph: How a Free NFT Allegedly Drained $174K From a Grok-Connected WalletCited in PI-0055
- CryptoSlate: Grok's crypto wallet was just exploited by a tweet sent in morse code without any private key compromiseCited in PI-0055
- Giskard: How Grok got prompt injected: an X user drained $150,000 from an AI walletCited in PI-0055
- OECD.AI Incidents Monitor: AI Prompt Injection Exploit Drains Grok-Linked Crypto WalletCited in PI-0055
- Pennsylvania Governor's Office: Shapiro Administration Sues Character.AI Alleging AI Chatbot Unlawfully Presented Itself as Licensed Medical Professional in PennsylvaniaCited in PI-0084
- METR: Frontier Risk Report (February to March 2026)Cited in PI-0088
- 404 Media: Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It WorkedCited in PI-0089
- Engadget: Meta's AI support chatbot made it ridiculously easy for hackers to take over Instagram accountsCited in PI-0089
- BleepingComputer: Over 20,000 Instagram accounts stolen in Meta AI support hackCited in PI-0089
- Help Net Security: Hackers used Meta’s AI support system to hijack over 20,000 Instagram accountsCited in PI-0089
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