Vigilo watches what AI is actually doing and writes it down. Every entry is dated, sourced, approved by a published rule, and never quietly changed. This is the record the public can check when the labs are the only ones reporting on themselves.
Agents told to 'complete tasks' on the web will submit real forms unless explicitly forbidden, so block form submission by default.
Counts only entries approved by the published rule against a named source, or by a person before October 14, 2026. Single-source reports: 95, not counted. What counts as rogue
The glance. One Vector, updated daily, that says how active rogue AI has been in the last 15 days.
The picture. Ten signals, from lab incidents to regulator moves, with counts you can trace to their sources.
The record. Every case, with its rogue type, source, and what it means for you.
Hash-chained snapshots. Corrections logged, never erased. Methodology published.
Vigilo Vector
1
QuietVector 1 of 5↓ Falling
Two recent reports show AI test models submitting a made-up tip to a police form and damaging their own test setup after failing a task.
The number comes from a fixed, published count. The sentence is written and approved by a person. How the Vector is set. It rests on the full record below.
The picture
Ten things we watch. The arrow compares the last 14 days with the 14 before. Open a tile for its newest entries.
Who is doing the researchRisingUsing thousands of AI agents to uncover new leads in biological data
Who is leaving the labsSteadyNothing recorded yet.AI acting without being askedFallingClaude Haiku 4.5 submitted a fabricated tip to Philadelphia police's unsolved homicide form during testing9 rogue
OpenAI announced on October 21, 2026 that ChatGPT Ads is expanding to 26 additional countries, reaching 89 in total. It says over 100,000 advertisers have run campaigns since ads launched just over eight months ago. Ads appear only on the Free and Go plans.
What this means for youIf you use the free or Go versions of ChatGPT, you may see ads in more countries. Paid Plus, Pro and Enterprise plans stay ad-free. Businesses can now advertise to ChatGPT users in more places.
What this means for youOpenAI's models will be easier to reach through Google's cloud service, which may mean more businesses can use them. Nothing here changes how safe or reliable the models are.
NVIDIA's blog says the Barcelona Supercomputing Center's AI Factory Accelerator Programme, now fully operating after a pilot, gives startups compute, support and training. Some services are now reachable through the NVIDIA Inception portal. Three Inception members were named AI Champions at the pilot's demo day.
What this means for youStartups in Spain can now use publicly run supercomputing for AI work. This is mostly a vendor and programme announcement, with little direct effect on most people.
NVIDIA announced planned investments in five UK startups: Boltz, Foresight, Hiverge, Prima Mente and Riverlane. It also described a five-year, $250 million compute commitment to strengthen UK agentic safety and security research. The post was published on October 13, 2026.
What this means for youA large chip company is putting money and computing power into UK AI startups and safety research. For government and business, it shows where compute funding is flowing in the UK.
NVIDIA announced on October 13, 2026 a five-year compute donation valued at $250 million, or $50 million a year, for UK agentic safety and security research. Part will go to BOLD, SOFAIR and Imperial College London. Access will run through UK-based NVIDIA Cloud Partners.
What this means for youResearchers in the UK will get more computing power to study how AI agents can be made safer and more secure. It does not change anything for households or businesses today.
NVIDIA announced planned investments in French startups Doctolib, Entalpic, Genesis AI and Pigment. The post says NVIDIA has committed nearly $10 billion to the technology ecosystem across Europe, and describes French companies deploying agentic computing in space, finance, the public sector and research.
What this means for youMoney from a large chip company is flowing into French AI startups working on healthcare, materials, robots and business planning. Agents built by these companies may show up in doctors' offices and workplaces over time.
What this means for youA large chip company is pledging $1 billion to US science over five years, which may fund research that shapes future AI tools. It has no direct effect on everyday work or home life yet.
What this means for youBig tech companies are spending heavily on data centers to power AI, which shapes electricity demand and the money flowing into the industry. This is company strategy, so it does not change what you do day to day.
What this means for youThis is NVIDIA promoting how AI data centers can pay off for their owners. It shows where much of the money in AI is going, but it does not change what ordinary people use or are affected by directly.
What this means for youThis is a business deal about the computer hardware used to run AI, so it mainly matters to investors and industry watchers rather than everyday people.
What this means for youA large chip company buying an AI startup shows where money is flowing in AI. For most people it has no direct effect yet, but it can shape which AI products get built and how fast.
OpenAI and Grab announced GO Forward with AI on September 23, 2026. Over two years it aims to help 30,000 Grab driver-, delivery- and merchant-partners build practical AI skills. It starts in Singapore, then expands to Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, and later Malaysia and Vietnam.
What this means for youGig workers and small merchants in Southeast Asia are being offered training to use AI tools in daily work. For most readers elsewhere, this is a sign of AI companies partnering with big platforms to spread AI use.
Every number behind the chart: incidents per month, by category.
Month
Data loss
Data exfiltration
Unauthorized action
Injection
Impersonation
Misinformation
Physical safety
Bias and discrimination
Availability
Other
Not yet classified
Total
October 2025
0
0
0
0
14
11
0
0
0
9
7
41
November 2025
0
2
0
0
11
4
0
0
0
6
9
32
December 2025
0
1
0
0
14
11
0
1
0
11
6
44
January 2026
0
2
0
1
14
8
0
0
0
6
7
38
February 2026
0
2
0
3
5
7
0
1
0
8
6
32
March 2026
0
0
0
1
10
5
0
0
0
3
8
27
April 2026
0
0
0
0
6
4
0
0
0
3
13
26
May 2026
0
0
0
2
5
2
0
0
0
1
27
37
June 2026
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
24
July 2026
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
39
39
August 2026
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
16
September 2026
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
23
12 months
0
7
0
7
79
52
0
2
0
47
185
379
Counts are incidents recorded by the AI Incident Database, by the month of the incident date. Each incident is counted once.
AIID classifies incidents about three months after they are recorded. Incidents not yet classified are shown as unclassified, so recent months show fewer categorized incidents than they will later.
These are reported incidents. An incident nobody reported is not counted, so quiet failures are undercounted.
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
These counts are published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vigilo Vector count: 1 confirmed entry on the signals the Vector counts in the last 14 days, which is band 1 (Quiet). The rule
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Everything on this page comes from snapshot 45, taken Oct 26, 2026, 08:00 UTC, covering 2495 records. Its hash covers every entry and number above, and the snapshot before it.
