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Covers the wide-ranging societal and environmental impacts of AI, from power centralization and economic inequality to cultural devaluation of human effort, competitive dynamics in AI development, governance failures, and the environmental footprint of AI infrastructure.
Incident volume relative to governance coverage; each dot is one of 7 domains
Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza's short story 'The Blue Fighter' won the 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing, but subsequently faced allegations of being AI-generated. A journalist used the Pangram AI detector to flag the story, prompting an investigation by the Caine Prize board. The author has denied using AI, and the prize organizers are conducting a human-centered review of the work, highlighting a broader tension between literary integrity and the use of AI detection tools.
Developers: Large language model developers, Chatbot developers
Deployers: Writers, Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza, Short story writers, Chatbot users, Authors
McDonald's was sued in a federal class-action lawsuit alleging that the company used an AI-powered pricing engine to illegally coordinate and fix menu prices across its corporate and franchised restaurants.
Developers: Tiger Analytics, McDonald's, Deloitte, Algorithmic pricing system developers
Deployers: Restaurants, McDonald's franchisees, McDonald's
A Canadian novel was removed from the prestigious Prix Goncourt longlist following allegations that the author used an AI writing assistant to generate the text and previously engaged in plagiarism.
Developers: Large language model developers, Chatbot developers
Deployers: Thélyson Orélien, Novelists, Chatbot users, Authors
Entity
Who or what caused the harm
Intent
Whether the harm was intentional or accidental
Timing
Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment
Directs the Committee on National Security Systems, Secretary of War, and Homeland Security to prioritize AI-enabled cyber defense. Establishes AI cybersecurity clearinghouse. Develops classified benchmarking for AI models. Enhances AI capacity to protect against illegal computer access and exploitation.
Requires large frontier AI developers in Illinois to establish and publish a frontier AI framework addressing catastrophic risk assessment by 2028, undergo annual independent third-party audits, file an annual disclosure/registration statement, and report critical safety incidents within 72 hours; prohibits false statements about AI risk or framework compliance; establishes escalating civil penalties up to $3,000,000 per violation; and protects whistleblowers who report safety violations.
Regulates human-like interactive AI services in China, requiring compliance with security, data protection, and ethical standards. Assigns oversight responsibilities to cybersecurity departments. Encourages indigenous technological innovation while imposing strict content controls, especially regarding minors and national security.
of the 272 AI experts surveyed named power centralization and unfair distribution of benefits one of the three AI risks they are most concerned about over the next five years (2025–2030).
average probability experts placed on harm from power centralization and unfair distribution of benefits reaching catastrophic levels (>1M deaths, >$100B loss, or civilization-scale damage) within five years, falling to 11.4% with pragmatic mitigations.
With pragmatic mitigations
Average severity falls from severe to substantial.
275 classified mentions from 61 companies.
Browse all 275 mentions →Each metric scaled to 0–100% of its peak across all 24 subdomains, so you can compare relative standing across different scales.
