Incident & Risk Monitor.
Tracking AI incidents, ethical controversies, and media coverage impacting the regulatory landscape.
| LOC | Date ↓ | Title & Summary | Incident Type | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2026-01-13 | Spain cabinet approves draft bill to curb AI deepfakes and tighten image-consent rules Spain’s cabinet approved draft legislation to curb AI deepfakes and tighten consent rules for the use of images, voices, and likenesses, according to Reuters. The draft sets 16 as ... | Regulatory Action | View |
| | 2026-01-12 | Ceuta complaint alleges court order relied on AI-generated non-existent Supreme Court case law In Ceuta, media reported that a lawyer filed a complaint to Spain’s judicial oversight bodies after identifying that a judicial decision relied on purported Spanish Supreme Court r... | Regulatory Action | View |
 | 2026-01-12 | UK fast-tracks offence criminalising creation of non-consensual intimate deepfakes The UK government announced it would bring into effect, that week, a law criminalising the creation of non-consensual intimate images, in response to concerns about AI-enabled sexu... | Regulatory Action | View |
| | 2026-01-12 | UK Ofcom opens Online Safety Act probe into X over Grok sexual deepfakes The UK media regulator Ofcom opened a formal investigation into X, focusing on whether the platform complied with duties to protect UK users from illegal content linked to Grok-gen... | Regulatory Action | View |
 | 2026-01-09 | Japan to submit bill easing consent rules for AI training on sensitive personal data Japan’s government announced it will submit a bill to revise the personal information protection law to promote AI development. According to the report, the bill would remove the ... | Regulatory Action | View |
 | 2026-01-09 | Uttarakhand cybercrime cell files case over Modi/Dhami deepfake tied to murder case Uttarakhand’s state cybercrime cell registered a case against unidentified persons over an AI-generated deepfake video linked to the Rishikesh resort murder case. Police said the ... | Deepfake Crime | View |
 | 2026-01-09 | Woman alleges AI-generated “deepfake” texts were used as unverified evidence leading to jail A U.S. local news investigation reported allegations that AI-generated “deepfake” text messages were used against a woman without adequate verification, resulting in her being jail... | Deepfake Crime | View |
 | 2026-01-09 | EPO expands AI-assisted drafting of oral-proceedings minutes across more divisions The European Patent Office (EPO) publicly announced an expansion of its AI-assisted approach to drafting minutes of oral proceedings, building on a pilot that began in 2025. The EP... | Regulatory Action | View |
| | 2026-01-08 | NY Unified Court System AI committee annual report proposes guardrails for AI in courts New York’s Unified Court System publicly released an inaugural annual report from its Advisory Committee on AI and the Courts. The report describes existing guardrails for judges ... | Regulatory Action | View |
| | 2026-01-07 | Punjab police probe AI ‘deepfake’ image showing fake protest sign in Sangrur An AI-generated image depicting a fictitious protest sign outside the Sangrur deputy commissioner’s residence went viral in Punjab. Local officials publicly confirmed the image wa... | Deepfake Crime | View |