Addresses risks from AI systems that generate or amplify false, misleading, or deceptive information. This includes both inadvertent hallucinations that lead to inaccurate beliefs, and systemic pollution of the information ecosystem through personalized filter bubbles that undermine shared reality.
Incident volume relative to governance coverage; each dot is one of 7 domains
Severity by subdomain (current trajectory)
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Who or what caused the harm
Intent
Whether the harm was intentional or accidental
Timing
Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment
An author used AI tools ChatGPT and Claude to write a book about AI's effects on truth, but the AI generated numerous fake or misattributed quotes that were included in the published work without proper verification.
Developers: OpenAI, Anthropic
Deployers: Writers, Steven Rosenbaum, Authors
A lawyer used Anthropic's Claude AI to draft a court filing which generated false legal quotations that were submitted to a federal court, resulting in the lawyer having to apologize to the judge and implement additional safeguards.
Developers: Anthropic
Deployers: Binnall Law Group, Jason Greaves
AI image enhancement tools were used to alter real photographs of Iranian political prisoners, creating confusion between authentic documentation and AI-generated content, undermining human rights advocacy efforts.
Developers: Unknown AI Image Editing Technology Developers
Deployers: Eyal Yakoby, Iranian Embassy In South Africa, Donald Trump, White House, United States Department Of State
Establishes an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state regulations hindering United States Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominance. Directs an evaluation to identify state laws that mandate ideological bias or alter truthful model outputs. Restricts state access to federal funding, such as the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, unless states comply with a proposed national policy framework designed to preempt conflicting state-level AI mandates.
Defines "companion chatbot" and requires operators to notify users when they interact with AI. Requires protocols to prevent the production of harmful content. Mandates annual reports on crisis notifications. Offers civil remedies for violations. Ensures suitability disclosures for minors.
Amends California's Business and Professions Code to require large online platforms to detect and disclose provenance data of AI-generated content, prohibit GenAI hosting platforms from distributing non-compliant systems, and require capture device manufacturers to embed latent disclosures by default, with civil penalties of $5,000 per violation.
Each metric scaled to 0–100% of its peak across all 24 subdomains, so you can compare relative standing across different scales.