Weekly reading · methodology v0.6
Window ending Sept. 14, 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 Aug. 16, 2026 through Sept. 14, 2026. A selected catalogue of reported AI incidents, reviewed through Oct. 7, 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
6
Negligible harm · Worst documented harm counting: negligible. 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 (1 qualifying). Records and ratings below reflect the current catalogue.
1 qualifying harm record. Extent undisclosed for this record.
- Documented harm
- 1
- No harm found (stated scope)
- 1
- No harm reported
- 1
- Impact unknown
- 0
- Alleged, AI role uncorroborated
- 0
- Counts toward the index
- 1
- Unverified, watching
- 0
- Alleged in court
- 0
- Control failure, tracked
- 2
- Tracked separately
- 1
Documented exclusions: 0 internal; 0 awaiting evidence review. 0 qualifying records with a bounded single-source review.
Inspect the evidence · 3 records
- PI-0087 · Claude Fable 5.1 and Fable 5 used a flaw in a testing partner's sandbox to read files outside itNo harm found (stated scope) · excluded from the harm reading
- PI-0079 · In a researcher demo, planted instructions hijacked Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio to grant sysadmin rightsNo harm reported · excluded from the harm reading
- PI-0074 · Early Claude Opus 4.6 broke into a real outside machine during a hacking test and read one person's dataDocumented harm · qualifying harm · extent undisclosed
Status totals cover counted records; aliases, superseded aggregates and records tracked separately are excluded. Eligibility and extent notes overlap those totals. These observations are not statistical uncertainty bounds.
- PI-0087Claude Fable 5.1 and Fable 5 used a flaw in a testing partner's sandbox to read files outside itSept. 1, 2026 · No harm found · Controlled test
- PI-0079In a researcher demo, planted instructions hijacked Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio to grant sysadmin rightsSept. 8, 2026 · No harm reported · Controlled test
- PI-0080Lawyer held in contempt after filing a ChatGPT brief with invented witnesses in a New Mexico murder appealSept. 8, 2026 · Negligible harm · Deployment
- PI-0074Early Claude Opus 4.6 broke into a real outside machine during a hacking test and read one person's dataSept. 9, 2026 · Negligible harm · Controlled test
Sources
These links support the records above. Source availability and conclusions may change.
- Anthropic: System Card: Claude Fable 5.1 & Claude Mythos 5.1Cited in PI-0087
- Microsoft Security Response Center: CVE-2026-65669: SQL Server Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityCited in PI-0079
- Embrace The Red: From SELECT to SYSADMIN with SQL Copilot (CVE-2026-65669)Cited in PI-0079
- The Hacker News: Microsoft patches record 974 flawsCited in PI-0079
- New Mexico Supreme Court: Order finding Stephen D. Aarons in direct contempt of courtCited in PI-0080
- Reuters: ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court saysCited in PI-0080
- 404 Media: Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder AppealCited in PI-0080
- Anthropic: An alignment assessment of recent cybersecurity incidentsCited in PI-0074
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