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What protected whom, and what the comparison shows.

104 cases

A protective response is an action taken. Harm prevention requires evidence that a particular harm was avoided.

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Specific harm prevented

34 cases
  1. An Apple Watch called for help after a runner’s heart stopped

    CPR at 6–7 min, full neurological recovery

    System
    Apple Watch Fall Detection
    Developer
    AppleUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    Netherlands
    Assumed comparison

    being found without the automatic alert, on a remote spot behind a hedge

    Baseline
    Zonder die melding had ik hem niet zo snel gevonden (without that alert I would not have found him so quickly)
    With AI
    CPR approximately 6–7 min after collapse; full neurological recovery

    Resuscitation Plus

    5
    Independent study5 publications Observed
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for An Apple Watch called for help after a runner’s heart stopped
    AI system
    Apple Watch Fall Detection
    Developer
    Apple
    AI contribution
    The paper reports that the watch recognized the fall and automatically called 112 and alerted emergency contacts. Those alerts brought responders to the man behind the hedge. Humans provided resuscitation, defibrillation, and surgery. The watch's contribution is documented in the clinical narrative, but the time to rescue or outcome without it cannot be measured from this case. Apple's documentation describes the detection and notification sequence without disclosing the classifier or model version.
    Before
    Zonder die melding had ik hem niet zo snel gevonden (without that alert I would not have found him so quickly)
    After
    CPR approximately 6–7 min after collapse; full neurological recovery
    Comparison basis
    Assumed

    Full case and sources

  2. UDK fraud models may have yielded 135, 36 and 72 cases

    2023 figures of 135, 36 and 72 cases with revenue from three models

    System
    Udbetaling Danmark / ATP Den Faelles Dataenhed fraud-control models (about 60 profiling and machine-learning models as of 2019, including 'Really Single', 'Model Abroad' and 'Fictitious Employment')
    Developer
    ATP (Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension) with NNIT A/S as supplier, for Udbetaling DanmarkDenmark
    Deployer
    Udbetaling Danmark (public authority), administered by ATPDenmark
    Case jurisdiction
    Denmark

    No comparison documented.

    Coded Injustice: Surveillance and Discrimination in Denmark's Automated Welfare State

    11
    Independent study7 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for UDK fraud models may have yielded 135, 36 and 72 cases
    AI system
    Udbetaling Danmark / ATP Den Faelles Dataenhed fraud-control models (about 60 profiling and machine-learning models as of 2019, including 'Really Single', 'Model Abroad' and 'Fictitious Employment')
    Developer
    ATP (Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension) with NNIT A/S as supplier, for Udbetaling Danmark
    Deployer
    Udbetaling Danmark (public authority), administered by ATP
    AI contribution
    The models select “requested cases” that UDK's HOK control team screens and investigates. Decisions to stop or reduce benefits are taken by humans after investigation. UDK measures model quality by the share of cases the team accepts for manual processing. Every outcome figure is a UDK statement (FOI responses and a letter) as reproduced verbatim in Amnesty International's report. No official publication of them is among the sources. Amnesty contests effectiveness and alleges discrimination risks, and UDK rejected parts of Amnesty's assessment. NNIT built the models to ATP's specifications. No developer-authored source is on record. The dm.dk report and ATP's page are not among the sources.

    Full case and sources

  3. Ghost Murmur may have found downed F-15E officer

    one rescued airman; the claimed AI contribution remains unverified

    System
    'Ghost Murmur': long-range quantum (nitrogen-vacancy diamond) magnetometry paired with AI software that isolates heartbeat signatures from background noise, as described by the NY Post's anonymous sources
    Developer
    Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, per two NY Post sources; the company declined to commentUnited States
    Deployer
    US Central Intelligence Agency, per the NY Post; the CIA and White House named no toolUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    Iran

    No comparison documented.

    'Ghost Murmur,' a never-used secret tool, deployed to find lost airman in Iran in daring mission

    5
    Independent reporting4 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Ghost Murmur may have found downed F-15E officer
    AI system
    'Ghost Murmur': long-range quantum (nitrogen-vacancy diamond) magnetometry paired with AI software that isolates heartbeat signatures from background noise, as described by the NY Post's anonymous sources
    Developer
    Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, per two NY Post sources; the company declined to comment
    Deployer
    US Central Intelligence Agency, per the NY Post; the CIA and White House named no tool
    AI contribution
    The Post's anonymous sources describe AI that isolates a heartbeat signal from sensor noise. No public technical evidence establishes that this system located the airman. The official account confirms the rescue and camera observation, while the later presidential remark does not establish the sensing method.

    Full case and sources

  4. System
    Lynxight AI pool monitoring with CCTV analysis and smartwatch alerts
    Developer
    LynxightIsrael
    Deployer
    City of StirlingAustralia
    Case jurisdiction
    Australia

    No comparison documented.

    City of Stirling

    5
    Independent reporting4 publications Observed
    Date assessed Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Lifeguards and a fellow swimmer rescued an unconscious man
    AI system
    Lynxight AI pool monitoring with CCTV analysis and smartwatch alerts
    Developer
    Lynxight
    Deployer
    City of Stirling
    AI contribution
    Lynxight detected distress and alerted the lifeguard, who had not seen the man sink. Human rescuers brought him to safety. Whether he would have survived without the alert is unknown.

    Full case and sources

  5. System
    Viz.ai stroke detection and care coordination (attribution inferred)
    Developer
    Viz.ai (inferred)United States
    Deployer
    Baptist Health, Marcus Neuroscience InstituteUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    United States

    No comparison documented.

    Baptist Health

    5
    Independent reporting5 publications Observed
    Date assessed Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Doctors found a nurse’s brain bleed with help from AI
    AI system
    Viz.ai stroke detection and care coordination (attribution inferred)
    Developer
    Viz.ai (inferred)
    Deployer
    Baptist Health, Marcus Neuroscience Institute
    AI contribution
    AI flagged the bleeding and notified the stroke team, according to her treating surgeon. Clinicians treated the aneurysm. Viz.ai is an inferred identification from his separate interview. The sources do not isolate the software’s effect on survival.

    Full case and sources

  6. Meta self-harm alert gets Meerut police to a man in 8 minutes

    3,011 lives saved statewide from 1 January 2023 to 31 May 2026

    System
    Meta proactive self-harm detection on Instagram with alert routing to the Uttar Pradesh Police Social Media Center
    Developer
    Meta PlatformsUnited States
    Deployer
    Meta Platforms with the Uttar Pradesh Police Social Media Center (agreement signed March 2022)United States
    Case jurisdiction
    India

    No comparison documented.

    When every minute counts: Uttar Pradesh Police save youth attempting suicide in 8 minutes after Meta alert over Instagram post

    4
    Independent reporting6 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Meta self-harm alert gets Meerut police to a man in 8 minutes
    AI system
    Meta proactive self-harm detection on Instagram with alert routing to the Uttar Pradesh Police Social Media Center
    Developer
    Meta Platforms
    Deployer
    Meta Platforms with the Uttar Pradesh Police Social Media Center (agreement signed March 2022)
    AI contribution
    Police sources say Meta sent the alert after the post. They do not state whether Meta's classifier or a user report flagged it. Meta's documentation and NPR describe the process as machine-learning detection with human review before contacting authorities. The record relies on that description and should be read with that caveat.

    Full case and sources

  7. Meta flags a suicide post; Raebareli police arrive in 12 minutes

    A police team reached his home within 12 minutes

    System
    Meta's suicide and self-injury detection and review pipeline on Instagram, with email alerts to the Uttar Pradesh Police Social Media Center at DGP headquarters
    Developer
    Meta PlatformsUnited States
    Deployer
    Meta Platforms with the Uttar Pradesh Police Social Media Center (Decode: Uttar Pradesh has been part of Meta's suicide-prevention program since 2022)United States
    Case jurisdiction
    India
    Measured comparison

    reports escalated without Meta's pattern-recognition acceleration

    Baseline
    escalation speed of other reports
    With AI
    escalated to local authorities twice as quickly as other reports

    Cops save 18-yr-old from suicide after Meta alert

    4
    Independent reporting8 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Meta flags a suicide post; Raebareli police arrive in 12 minutes
    AI system
    Meta's suicide and self-injury detection and review pipeline on Instagram, with email alerts to the Uttar Pradesh Police Social Media Center at DGP headquarters
    Developer
    Meta Platforms
    Deployer
    Meta Platforms with the Uttar Pradesh Police Social Media Center (Decode: Uttar Pradesh has been part of Meta's suicide-prevention program since 2022)
    AI contribution
    Police say Meta flagged the Instagram post at about 8:58 pm on 29 March and emailed the Uttar Pradesh Police Social Media Center. No source says whether Meta's classifier or a user report started the review. Decode reports that UP alerts arise from “artificial intelligence systems or user reports” reviewed by Meta staff. Everything after the email was human work. The center traced the phone number and location. Raebareli police reached the home in 12 minutes on the DGP's instructions, and a hospital treated him.
    Before
    escalation speed of other reports
    After
    escalated to local authorities twice as quickly as other reports
    Comparison basis
    Measured

    Full case and sources

  8. Vyntra's AI risk models may have stopped a USD 500,000 ATM fraud

    fraudsters were arrested while attempting to withdraw USD 500,000 (KSh 58 million)

    System
    Vyntra (NetGuardians) AI risk models for real-time payment and e-banking fraud detection
    Developer
    Vyntra (NetGuardians SA, merged with Intix in June 2025)Switzerland
    Deployer
    Unnamed client banks
    Case jurisdiction
    Not established

    No comparison documented.

    Vyntra launched by NetGuardians and Intix to boost banking intelligence

    34
    Independent reporting2 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Vyntra's AI risk models may have stopped a USD 500,000 ATM fraud
    AI system
    Vyntra (NetGuardians) AI risk models for real-time payment and e-banking fraud detection
    Developer
    Vyntra (NetGuardians SA, merged with Intix in June 2025)
    Deployer
    Unnamed client banks
    AI contribution
    The evidence is limited to the maker's account. Vyntra's page attributes each block to its AI risk models detecting variables outside the customer's or bank's usual profile. No customer, bank, date or official record is available to assess whether the models, rather than staff or other controls, produced the outcome. The AI's contribution is not established.

    Full case and sources

  9. ASENA flags a car at Yüksekova carrying 52.5 kg of explosives

    133 packets, 52.5 kg, of factory-made explosive

    System
    ASENA (Analiz Sistemleri Narkotik Ağı), Turkish National Police narcotics analysis software
    Developer
    Turkish National Police (Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü), Narcotics Crimes Department; described as written by Turkish engineers, no contractor namedTurkey
    Deployer
    Hakkari Provincial Police Directorate, Turkish National PoliceTurkey
    Case jurisdiction
    Turkey

    No comparison documented.

    Görüntüler ortaya çıktı: Aracında 52 kilo patlayıcı çıkan polis tutuklandı, Valilik açıklama yaptı

    42
    Independent reporting8 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for ASENA flags a car at Yüksekova carrying 52.5 kg of explosives
    AI system
    ASENA (Analiz Sistemleri Narkotik Ağı), Turkish National Police narcotics analysis software
    Developer
    Turkish National Police (Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü), Narcotics Crimes Department; described as written by Turkish engineers, no contractor named
    Deployer
    Hakkari Provincial Police Directorate, Turkish National Police
    AI contribution
    The program supplied the lead and nothing more. The minister said the analysis programs, “what they call artificial intelligence”, had identified a suspicious vehicle thought to be carrying drugs. The Hakkari police chief called him on the evening of 20 March. Officers then stopped the car at a fixed checkpoint, searched the concealed compartment and arrested the driver; prosecutors and the court did the rest. No source describes the program's inputs, the data it matched, or whether an analyst reviewed the flag before the stop. The defendant spoke in court of “those who informed”, but no source reports an informant.

    Full case and sources

  10. System
    WeChat Pay 'anti-fraud customer service reminder' (防骗客服提醒) with Tencent Cloud Zhifu (腾讯云智服) online customer service
    Developer
    Tencent (WeChat Pay and Tencent Cloud)China
    Deployer
    WeChat Pay
    Case jurisdiction
    China

    No comparison documented.

    微信支付上线“防骗客服提醒”功能 为一男子保住19万元

    4
    Independent reporting4 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for WeChat Pay reminder stops a 190,000 yuan romance-scam transfer
    AI system
    WeChat Pay 'anti-fraud customer service reminder' (防骗客服提醒) with Tencent Cloud Zhifu (腾讯云智服) online customer service
    Developer
    Tencent (WeChat Pay and Tencent Cloud)
    Deployer
    WeChat Pay
    AI contribution
    The automated part the sources describe is the flagging of a risky transaction. That triggers the on-screen reminder and connects the payer to Tencent Cloud Zhifu, a service the Monitor calls AI. ChinaZ says the WeChat Pay customer service judged “from experience” that this was a dating scam, which reads as a human agent. Neither report says how the transaction was flagged or whether any model was involved. The advice, not the flag alone, led Zhang to cancel.

    Full case and sources

  11. SARUAV finds an unconscious 65-year-old alive in tall grass

    After 4 h 31 min of analysis the system detected him and returned his coordinates

    System
    SARUAV (Search and Rescue with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) human detection software
    Developer
    SARUAV Ltd. / University of Wrocław (team of Tomasz Niedzielski)Poland
    Deployer
    Bieszczady Mountain Rescue Service (GOPR Bieszczady)Poland
    Case jurisdiction
    Poland
    Measured comparison

    the ground search by police officers and rescuers with tracking dogs, which had failed

    Baseline
    Psy zgubiły trop (the dogs lost the scent); police and rescuers could not find him
    With AI
    Po prawie 24 godzinach od zginięcia program wskazał potencjalnego poszukiwanego (after almost 24 hours the program indicated the probable missing person)

    First Successful Rescue of a Lost Person Using the Human Detection System: A Case Study from Beskid Niski (SE Poland)

    42
    Independent reporting5 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for SARUAV finds an unconscious 65-year-old alive in tall grass
    AI system
    SARUAV (Search and Rescue with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) human detection software, SARUAV, run on images from DJI Matrice 300 drones
    Developer
    SARUAV Ltd. / University of Wrocław (team of Tomasz Niedzielski)
    Deployer
    Bieszczady Mountain Rescue Service (GOPR Bieszczady)
    AI contribution
    The CNN detector returned the man's coordinates after police and tracking dogs had failed. Rescuers then retrieved him. Three of the five case-report authors work for SARUAV Ltd., so the independent confirmation is the GOPR Bieszczady account quoted in the Polish press.
    Before
    Psy zgubiły trop (the dogs lost the scent); police and rescuers could not find him
    After
    Po prawie 24 godzinach od zginięcia program wskazał potencjalnego poszukiwanego (after almost 24 hours the program indicated the probable missing person)
    Comparison basis
    Measured

    Full case and sources

  12. FRNSW drone AI finds two lost hikers in under five hours

    located less than five hours after the report

    System
    Fire and Rescue NSW remotely piloted aircraft system with thermal imaging and AI person-detection software (software vendor not named in the sources)
    Deployer
    Fire and Rescue NSWAustralia
    Case jurisdiction
    Australia
    Assumed comparison

    a conventional search without the AI drone

    Baseline
    several days (the inspector's estimate of the search time avoided)
    With AI
    less than five hours after they were reported missing

    Hikers lost in Kosciuszko National Park rescued by drones powered by AI

    32
    Independent reporting3 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for FRNSW drone AI finds two lost hikers in under five hours
    AI system
    Fire and Rescue NSW remotely piloted aircraft system with thermal imaging and AI person-detection software (software vendor not named in the sources)
    Deployer
    Fire and Rescue NSW
    AI contribution
    The AI flagged the hikers in the drone feed, and the thermal camera confirmed the find. The inspector overseeing the search credits it with cutting the search short. The hikers also signaled with a phone light, and the software vendor is not named. FRNSW's own media release was not available and is not cited. No cited source dates it.
    Before
    several days (the inspector's estimate of the search time avoided)
    After
    less than five hours after they were reported missing
    Comparison basis
    Assumed

    Full case and sources

  13. System
    TrailGuard AI camera network (about 220 units) with embedded human/animal/vehicle classification
    Deployer
    Similipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha Forest Department (Similipal South Division, Special Tiger Protection Force, Similipal Wildlife Intelligence Network)India
    Case jurisdiction
    India

    No comparison documented.

    39 persons arrested as AI cameras foil major poaching bid in Similipal

    23
    Independent reporting7 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for TrailGuard AI alerts lead to arrest of 39 poachers in Similipal
    AI system
    TrailGuard AI camera network (about 220 units) with embedded human/animal/vehicle classification
    Deployer
    Similipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha Forest Department (Similipal South Division, Special Tiger Protection Force, Similipal Wildlife Intelligence Network)
    AI contribution
    The AI cameras' real-time detection of the armed group is the stated trigger for the mobilization. That operation ended in surrender and seizure. The park authority's statement is the Field Director's on-record account, quoted by The New Indian Express and the Times of India. The court remands are reported in the press by PTI, Hans India and Ommcom. The cited account lacks corroboration from an available official press note or court order. The account rests on press-quoted forest-department statements.

    Full case and sources

  14. thynC flags ventricular tachycardia; CPR restores circulation

    a heart rate that climbed to 192 beats per minute

    System
    thynC (씽크) AI-based smart bed monitoring system: wearable sensors measuring ECG, heart rate and respiratory rate in real time, with alarms sent to a remote central monitor
    Developer
    Not stated in the read reports, which describe thynC as the smart bed monitoring system that Daewoong Pharmaceutical supplies (자사 공급)
    Deployer
    Gwangju Hanguk Hospital (광주한국병원)South Korea
    Case jurisdiction
    South Korea

    No comparison documented.

    대웅제약 ‘씽크’, 급성 심정지 막았다… “AI가 골든타임 포착”

    3
    Independent reporting6 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for thynC flags ventricular tachycardia; CPR restores circulation
    AI system
    thynC (씽크) AI-based smart bed monitoring system: wearable sensors measuring ECG, heart rate and respiratory rate in real time, with alarms sent to a remote central monitor
    Developer
    Not stated in the read reports, which describe thynC as the smart bed monitoring system that Daewoong Pharmaceutical supplies (자사 공급)
    Deployer
    Gwangju Hanguk Hospital (광주한국병원)
    AI contribution
    The system's contribution was detection and summons. The wearable ECG stream showed the heart rate climbing to 192 beats per minute. The remote central monitor identified ventricular tachycardia and raised an alarm. The attending director says that is how staff learned of it at once and reached the bedside to begin CPR within the golden time. The resuscitation itself was done by people. The counterfactual rests on the hospital's framing that general-ward patients are not under continuous observation and that deterioration can be noticed late. How long this patient would otherwise have gone unobserved is not recorded. No medical record or independent assessment has been published. The case reached the press through a Daewoong Pharmaceutical announcement of 11 February 2026.

    Full case and sources

  15. ChatGPT names an insulinoma doctors missed for three years

    surgeons removed about two thirds of his pancreas and his symptoms went

    System
    ChatGPT
    Developer
    OpenAIUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    Spain
    Assumed comparison

    three years of visits to specialists, including a neurologist, and a primary-care doctor

    Baseline
    Tras varias pruebas le “dijeron que no era nada”
    With AI
    en pocos minutos su diagnóstico señalaba como posible principal causa de lo que me sucedía: un tumor de páncreas, un insulinoma

    Un enfermo de cáncer de páncreas de 35 años, muy rotundo: "ChatGPT detectó mi tumor antes que los médicos"

    3
    Independent reporting4 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for ChatGPT names an insulinoma doctors missed for three years
    AI system
    ChatGPT, Not named; Dani said he used 'el modelo más inteligente de ChatGPT' (the most intelligent ChatGPT model)
    Developer
    OpenAI
    AI contribution
    ChatGPT produced the insulinoma hypothesis from a history that two doctors had reviewed without reaching it. That prompted the glucose sensor and the emergency visit. The diagnosis was made by an internist who, Dani wrote, “lo identificó sin nosotros decirle lo que creíamos que era”. The surgery and recovery were the hospital's work. Dani says he is not a doctor but has “formación biosanitaria de muchos años”, which let him understand what he was doing. Every account traces to his own video.
    Before
    Tras varias pruebas le “dijeron que no era nada”
    After
    en pocos minutos su diagnóstico señalaba como posible principal causa de lo que me sucedía: un tumor de páncreas, un insulinoma
    Comparison basis
    Assumed

    Full case and sources

  16. CBP machine-learning flag at San Ysidro finds 75 kg of narcotics

    review found 75 kg of narcotics and the driver was arrested

    System
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Office of Field Operations) machine-learning model that scores vehicle border-crossing histories for suspicious patterns; not named in any source
    Deployer
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)United States
    Case jurisdiction
    United States

    No comparison documented.

    Department of Homeland Security Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2024

    32
    Independent reporting4 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for CBP machine-learning flag at San Ysidro finds 75 kg of narcotics
    AI system
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Office of Field Operations) machine-learning model that scores vehicle border-crossing histories for suspicious patterns; not named in any source
    Deployer
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
    AI contribution
    The model's contribution was the referral. DHS says it identified a suspicious pattern in the car's border-crossing history and flagged it for review. Mayorkas said the anomaly was identified in 1.4 seconds. The discovery of the narcotics and the arrest were done by officers in secondary review. No source states whether the car would have been referred without the flag. The model's counterfactual contribution is thus asserted by DHS, not demonstrated. The Monitor entry also bundles Mayorkas's claim that AI age-progression imagery has recovered abducted children. That claim names no case, date, or child.

    Full case and sources

  17. CMUH's exercise-ECG AI catches a 99% LAD stenosis rated moderate

    angiography found a 99% LAD stenosis, stented

    System
    運動心電圖AI輔助判讀系統 (Exercise ECG AI-Assisted Interpretation System), China Medical University Hospital
    Developer
    China Medical University Hospital (中國醫藥大學附設醫院人工智慧中心), director 許凱程Taiwan
    Deployer
    China Medical University Hospital, Division of Cardiology (心臟血管系), TaichungTaiwan
    Case jurisdiction
    Taiwan

    No comparison documented.

    Deep learning analysis of exercise stress electrocardiography for identification of significant coronary artery disease

    3
    Independent reporting5 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for CMUH's exercise-ECG AI catches a 99% LAD stenosis rated moderate
    AI system
    運動心電圖AI輔助判讀系統 (Exercise ECG AI-Assisted Interpretation System), China Medical University Hospital, Not reported. The hospital describes a deep-learning model that takes exercise-ECG signals at three time points plus 10 measured and 2 derived features (such as history and maximum workload), trained on nearly 1,000 exercise ECGs matched to catheterization data, accuracy about 80%, sensitivity 88%, in clinical use since May 2022; the authors' 2025 paper describes a convolutional recurrent network with three ECG slices and 12 features, AUC 0.83, sensitivity 0.89, specificity 0.60.
    Developer
    China Medical University Hospital (中國醫藥大學附設醫院人工智慧中心), director 許凱程
    Deployer
    China Medical University Hospital, Division of Cardiology (心臟血管系), Taichung
    AI contribution
    The model read the exercise-ECG signals and report features. It returned a 72% probability of severe coronary narrowing, above the moderate-risk verdict of the manual reading and risk score. On that basis the cardiologist ordered angiography, which showed the 99% stenosis, and he stented it. The counterfactual rests on the treating cardiologist's statement, carried by three outlets and the hospital's release. He said the manual reading would have led to drug treatment and follow-up only. The hospital that says so also built the model. The dates of the reading and procedure are not reported. The published model's specificity of 0.60 means such flags are often false positives.

    Full case and sources

  18. Locust control fed by eLocust3m may have averted USD 1.56 billion

    protected the food security of 36.6 million people and avoided USD 1.56 billion in losses

    System
    eLocust3m (PlantVillage) with AI data validation feeding FAO's Desert Locust Information Service
    Developer
    PlantVillage, Pennsylvania State University, with FAOUnited States
    Deployer
    FAO Desert Locust Information Service and national locust control operations in Kenya, Ethiopia and SomaliaItaly
    Case jurisdiction
    Not established
    Assumed comparison

    no locust control operations in East Africa (FAO's estimate of the losses that the control campaign averted)

    Baseline
    loss of 4 million tonnes of cereal and 800 million litres of milk production, USD 1.56 billion in cereal and milk losses
    With AI
    those losses prevented and the food security of 36.6 million people protected

    As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them

    32
    Independent reporting4 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Locust control fed by eLocust3m may have averted USD 1.56 billion
    AI system
    eLocust3m (PlantVillage) with AI data validation feeding FAO's Desert Locust Information Service, eLocust3M
    Developer
    PlantVillage, Pennsylvania State University, with FAO
    Deployer
    FAO Desert Locust Information Service and national locust control operations in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia
    AI contribution
    Two AI uses are documented: algorithms that double-check submitted photos (Times) and AI that filters unusable records out of FAO's daily intake (FAO). A Penn State deep-learning soil-moisture model is mentioned by the maker's university. The outcome figures belong to the entire control operation and no source isolates the AI's contribution. FAO is both co-developer and deployer, so its feature is maker-authored. The Times report is independent with named sources (Cressman, Ferrand, Hughes, Jeptoo, Owuor, Craig).
    Before
    loss of 4 million tonnes of cereal and 800 million litres of milk production, USD 1.56 billion in cereal and milk losses
    After
    those losses prevented and the food security of 36.6 million people protected
    Comparison basis
    Assumed

    Full case and sources

  19. SkinVision flags a mole as high risk; stage 1A melanoma removed

    stage 1A melanoma was found and removed, and he is cancer-free

    System
    SkinVision skin-check app (AI analysis of smartphone photographs of moles, graded low, medium or high risk)
    Developer
    SkinVisionNetherlands
    Case jurisdiction
    United Kingdom

    No comparison documented.

    Saved by an app: Office worker, 31, is diagnosed with a deadly form of skin cancer after his mobile phone warned him about a tiny mole on his arm

    3
    Independent reporting3 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for SkinVision flags a mole as high risk; stage 1A melanoma removed
    AI system
    SkinVision skin-check app (AI analysis of smartphone photographs of moles, graded low, medium or high risk)
    Developer
    SkinVision
    AI contribution
    The app's classifier graded a phone photograph of the mole high risk and told him to see a doctor at once. By his account that prompt, not the color change, is what sent him to his GP. He said he only goes to the doctor when absolutely desperate. The referral, excision, biopsy and staging were done by the GP, the dermatologist and pathology, none of whom the Daily Mail quotes. The article does not report the app's score, its version, or whether the 48-hour dermatologist advice it mentions was used.

    Full case and sources

  20. System
    Karnataka Examinations Authority QR code-based facial recognition app (CET-2025 candidate verification)
    Developer
    Karnataka Examinations Authority (The Hindu and ETV Bharat: 'developed by KEA'; no vendor named)
    Deployer
    Karnataka Examinations Authority
    Case jurisdiction
    India

    No comparison documented.

    CET: Impersonator caught using facial recognition app, probe ordered

    21
    Independent reporting7 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for KEA's facial recognition app exposes a forged CET admit card
    AI system
    Karnataka Examinations Authority QR code-based facial recognition app (CET-2025 candidate verification)
    Developer
    Karnataka Examinations Authority (The Hindu and ETV Bharat: 'developed by KEA'; no vendor named)
    Deployer
    Karnataka Examinations Authority
    AI contribution
    The app did the detecting. Staff scanned the admit card's QR code and captured the woman's photo. It flagged a mismatch with the photo on record (New Indian Express). It “revealed that she was not the genuine candidate” (The Hindu). The Hindu and the Times of India both report the forged card's contents. It carried her own photograph with the genuine candidate's hall ticket number and QR code. Comparing the card with her face would therefore not have exposed her. The flag depended on the app's match against the registered photograph. Staff then acted, but she fled before the principal was told. No arrest or sanction is attributable to the system. KEA's probe and the promised legal action were still pending in every report.

    Full case and sources

  21. System
    ALICE (Analisador de Licitações, Contratos e Editais), CGU text-mining and AI alert tool
    Developer
    Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), in-houseBrazil
    Deployer
    Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)Brazil
    Case jurisdiction
    Brazil
    Measured comparison

    the hospital's original price estimate for tender 90017/2024

    Baseline
    valor estimado em R$ 15.450.714,80
    With AI
    R$ 12.386.939,96

    Alice: Desafios, resultados e perspectivas da ferramenta de auditoria contínua

    21
    Independent reporting5 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for CGU's ALICE flags R$19.4m overpricing risk in three Rio tenders
    AI system
    ALICE (Analisador de Licitações, Contratos e Editais), CGU text-mining and AI alert tool
    Developer
    Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), in-house
    Deployer
    Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
    AI contribution
    The CGU release states that each tender “teve alerta do Robô ALICE” and that auditors then confirmed the overpricing risk. The suspension, revocation and re-estimation are described as results of that audit action. Human auditors and hospital managers made the decisions. ALICE's role was detection and triage. Developer and deployer are the same public body, so this is the body documenting its own tool. The CGU page is on record as an archived copy, because the live page was restricted during Brazil's 2026 electoral period.
    Before
    valor estimado em R$ 15.450.714,80
    After
    R$ 12.386.939,96
    Comparison basis
    Measured

    Full case and sources

  22. Pano AI alert keeps Wellington fire to one-eighth of an acre

    the early notice kept it to one-eighth of an acre

    System
    Pano AI wildfire detection camera
    Developer
    Pano AIUnited States
    Deployer
    Xcel Energy (camera funding); alerts received by Red White and Blue FireUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    United States
    Assumed comparison

    locating a reported wildfire without the camera's coordinates

    Baseline
    the process of finding, which often time with wildfires can take an hour
    With AI
    get a location, an actual lat/long and drive straight through it

    AI-powered, fire-spotting cameras dispatch firefighters to Colorado wildfire

    22
    Independent reporting2 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Pano AI alert keeps Wellington fire to one-eighth of an acre
    AI system
    Pano AI wildfire detection camera
    Developer
    Pano AI
    Deployer
    Xcel Energy (camera funding); alerts received by Red White and Blue Fire
    AI contribution
    The camera's AI smoke alert was the trigger for dispatch, according to the fire division quoted by CBS Colorado. The only source is a single local news report with named sources. The fire's date, cause of containment and any official report are not documented.
    Before
    the process of finding, which often time with wildfires can take an hour
    After
    get a location, an actual lat/long and drive straight through it
    Comparison basis
    Assumed

    Full case and sources

  23. ALERTCalifornia alert sends Cal Fire engines before any 911 call

    crews put the fire out before it spread beyond a 30 x 30 foot area

    System
    ALERTCalifornia camera network with DigitalPath AI smoke detection
    Developer
    DigitalPath (AI smoke detection); ALERTCalifornia, University of California San Diego (camera network)United States
    Deployer
    California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire)United States
    Case jurisdiction
    United States
    Measured comparison

    waiting for a 911 call from the public

    Baseline
    Nobody had called 911
    With AI
    put it out before it spread beyond a 30 x 30 foot area

    Over 1,000 AI cameras help spot Calif. wildfires before the first 911 call

    22
    Independent reporting6 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for ALERTCalifornia alert sends Cal Fire engines before any 911 call
    AI system
    ALERTCalifornia camera network with DigitalPath AI smoke detection
    Developer
    DigitalPath (AI smoke detection); ALERTCalifornia, University of California San Diego (camera network)
    Deployer
    California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire)
    AI contribution
    The AI alert was the only report of the Auburn fire. Cal Fire's command center verified it and dispatched on it. The same source says the system still produces false positives from dust and clouds, so human verification sits between alert and dispatch.
    Before
    Nobody had called 911
    After
    put it out before it spread beyond a 30 x 30 foot area
    Comparison basis
    Measured

    Full case and sources

  24. CBP facial comparison at Dulles flags a French-passport impostor

    by September 2021, more than 900 impostors nationally

    System
    CBP facial comparison biometric system (biometric entry/exit, Traveler Verification Service)
    Developer
    Not named in the sources
    Deployer
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Washington Dulles International AirportUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    United States

    No comparison documented.

    New facial recognition tech catches first impostor at D.C. airport

    21
    Independent reporting3 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for CBP facial comparison at Dulles flags a French-passport impostor
    AI system
    CBP facial comparison biometric system (biometric entry/exit, Traveler Verification Service)
    Developer
    Not named in the sources
    Deployer
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Washington Dulles International Airport
    AI contribution
    The facial comparison match (less than two seconds per CBP) produced the mismatch that triggered secondary inspection. The search and removal were human actions. The documentation is CBP's own release (deployer, not developer) plus NBC with a named CBP official. The algorithm vendor and the match threshold are not in the sources. CBP's “99% match rate” claim is unaudited here.

    Full case and sources

  25. TCU's Alice flags DNIT's BR-153 notices; TCU cancels the tender

    ordered cancellation of the BR-153 tender budgeted at R$20 million

    System
    Alice (Análise de Licitações e Editais), TCU/CGU text-analysis and data cross-checking robot
    Developer
    Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU) with the Ministério da Transparência e Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), in-houseBrazil
    Deployer
    Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), Goiás unitBrazil
    Case jurisdiction
    Brazil
    Assumed comparison

    TCU auditors reading the roughly 200 federal tender notices published each day by hand

    Baseline
    seria muito custoso porque são, em média, 200 editais por dia
    With AI
    Os auditores do Tribunal de Contas da União recebem pontualmente às 19h um e-mail de Alice. São os resumos das centenas de contratações federais publicadas naquele dia.

    TCU cria robô para varredura diária de irregularidades em editais

    21
    Independent reporting3 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for TCU's Alice flags DNIT's BR-153 notices; TCU cancels the tender
    AI system
    Alice (Análise de Licitações e Editais), TCU/CGU text-analysis and data cross-checking robot
    Developer
    Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU) with the Ministério da Transparência e Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), in-house
    Deployer
    Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), Goiás unit
    AI contribution
    Alice's role was detection. Per Inforchannel it pulls the estimated value from notice text, runs nine text analyses for competitiveness restrictions and 23 database cross-checks. The auditor's statement and the JOTA article attribute the discovery of the BR-153 notices to Alice. The cancellation was a decision of the TCU plenary (Acórdão 1116/2017). Both sources rest on TCU staff statements, the deployer describing its own in-house tool. The source counts as independent because TCU is a public body, not a vendor. The acórdão text was not obtained, so the two accounts' differing figures (R$39 million, two notices; R$20 million, one notice) cannot be reconciled.
    Before
    seria muito custoso porque são, em média, 200 editais por dia
    After
    Os auditores do Tribunal de Contas da União recebem pontualmente às 19h um e-mail de Alice. São os resumos das centenas de contratações federais publicadas naquele dia.
    Comparison basis
    Assumed

    Full case and sources

  26. System
    Iron Beam ('Or Eitan') 100 kW-class high-energy laser air-defense system by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, with beam director and electro-optical targeting; the Monitor calls it 'AI-enabled', which no cited source supports
    Developer
    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems with the Israel Ministry of Defense (Lockheed Martin collaboration for the US market, per Wikipedia)Israel
    Deployer
    Israeli Air Force air-defense array; first operational system delivered 28 December 2025Israel
    Case jurisdiction
    Israel
    Assumed comparison

    Iron Dome interceptor missiles

    Baseline
    A single Iron Dome interceptor missile costs about US$50,000
    With AI
    each shot cost around $US3.50, and more recent estimates suggest the cost may now have fallen as low as US$2.50 per shot

    Video appears to show first combat use of Israel’s Iron Beam laser defense system

    Independent reporting12 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Iron Beam may have made its first combat interception
    AI system
    Iron Beam ('Or Eitan') 100 kW-class high-energy laser air-defense system by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, with beam director and electro-optical targeting; the Monitor calls it 'AI-enabled', which no cited source supports
    Developer
    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems with the Israel Ministry of Defense (Lockheed Martin collaboration for the US market, per Wikipedia)
    Deployer
    Israeli Air Force air-defense array; first operational system delivered 28 December 2025
    AI contribution
    No cited source describes Iron Beam as an AI or machine-learning system. Those sources are Ynet, JPost, Army Recognition, TimesNow, The Conversation and Moneycontrol. They also include Times of Israel 28 December 2025, 16 Mar, 27 Mar and 30 June 2026, and Wikipedia. They describe a high-power laser with a beam director and electro-optical targeting. The Monitor's “AI-enabled” label is its own. Rafael's CEO described machine learning as a future capability (Breaking Defense, 22 October 2025). The IDF has not confirmed the engagement itself, so neither an AI role nor a contribution can be assessed.
    Before
    A single Iron Dome interceptor missile costs about US$50,000
    After
    each shot cost around $US3.50, and more recent estimates suggest the cost may now have fallen as low as US$2.50 per shot
    Comparison basis
    Assumed

    Full case and sources

  27. System
    ChatGPT (OpenAI), described in the post as 'an advanced AI model and a limited-use trial version of GPT-5'
    Developer
    OpenAIUnited States
    Deployer
    Islam Adel, the patient's cousin, as a consumer user
    Case jurisdiction
    Egypt

    No comparison documented.

    عاد من الموت.. شات جي بي تي ينقذ شابا بعد تناول حبة الغلة

    Independent reporting6 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for ChatGPT's first-aid advice may have saved a teen in Assiut
    AI system
    ChatGPT (OpenAI), described in the post as 'an advanced AI model and a limited-use trial version of GPT-5', GPT-5 trial version, per the cousin's post; unverified
    Developer
    OpenAI
    Deployer
    Islam Adel, the patient's cousin, as a consumer user
    AI contribution
    ChatGPT's output (advice to give paraffin oil, then nine bottles in turn with breathing exercises) is documented only by the cousin's own post. The chat transcripts were not published (“too many to publish all”, per Masrawy's summary of the post). Dean Alaa Attia contradicts its effect: he says that the patient had no clinical signs of phosphine poisoning and denied swallowing the pill. Dr Nermin Hamdi's report that Assiut University denied the case involved the grain pill also contradicts it. Dr Mahmoud Amr says that oil is a recognized first aid but not a cure. Whether the hospital followed any of the AI's instructions is unsupported by any source other than the post.

    Full case and sources

  28. System
    X-Guard fiber-optic towed decoy (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems), described by Indian outlets as 'AI-powered' with 'AI-enhanced algorithms' adjusting its emissions; no read manufacturer or official source describes it
    Developer
    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Israel); several outlets misname it 'Rafale Advanced Defense Systems'Israel
    Deployer
    Indian Air Force (claimed by commentary; unconfirmed by any official source)India
    Case jurisdictions
    IndiaPakistan

    No comparison documented.

    India’s X-Guard Decoy System was Game-Changing Deception in Operation Sindoor Claims former F-15 Pilot

    Independent reporting9 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for X-Guard decoy may have diverted Pakistani missiles from IAF jets
    AI system
    X-Guard fiber-optic towed decoy (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems), described by Indian outlets as 'AI-powered' with 'AI-enhanced algorithms' adjusting its emissions; no read manufacturer or official source describes it
    Developer
    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Israel); several outlets misname it 'Rafale Advanced Defense Systems'
    Deployer
    Indian Air Force (claimed by commentary; unconfirmed by any official source)
    AI contribution
    No source independent of the commentary chain describes X-Guard as an AI system. idrw writes “AI-enhanced jamming decoy” and “AI-enhanced algorithms dynamically adjust signals” without attribution. ET, India TV, LatestLY, Oneindia and TFIPOST repeat the label. The Week gives no source for “AI-enabled”. Rafael's own page was unreadable. Deployment itself is unconfirmed by the IAF, MoD, Dassault or Rafael. The no-loss outcome is contradicted by the CDS. Neither the system's AI character nor any contribution to the engagements can therefore be assessed.

    Full case and sources

  29. System
    AI analysis of brain CT images
    Deployer
    Mayo ClinicUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    United States

    No comparison documented.

    Transforming Stroke Care and Outcomes Using AI

    5
    Party or catalog claim1 publication Observed
    Date assessed Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for AI helps locate Sophia Chan's aneurysm before emergency treatment
    AI system
    AI analysis of brain CT images
    Deployer
    Mayo Clinic
    AI contribution
    AI helped locate the aneurysm. Clinicians provided treatment. The software and its separate effect on survival are unspecified.

    Full case and sources

  30. Medicare withholds $4.41 billion in suspected fraudulent payments

    HHS-OIG and CMS prevented all but $41 million of $4.45 billion

    System
    DOJ Health Care Fraud Unit proactive billing analytics
    Developer
    U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division Fraud Section, Health Care Fraud Unit Data Analytics TeamUnited States
    Deployer
    U.S. Department of Justice with HHS-OIG and CMSUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    Not established
    Measured comparison

    the amount Medicare was scheduled to pay on the fraudulent claims had the billing gone undetected

    Baseline
    the approximately $4.45 billion that was scheduled to be paid by Medicare
    With AI
    all but approximately $41 million

    U.S. Department of Justice

    43
    Party or catalog claim4 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Medicare withholds $4.41 billion in suspected fraudulent payments
    AI system
    DOJ Health Care Fraud Unit proactive billing analytics
    Developer
    U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division Fraud Section, Health Care Fraud Unit Data Analytics Team
    Deployer
    U.S. Department of Justice with HHS-OIG and CMS
    AI contribution
    DOJ attributes detection to proactive data analytics. The reviewed sources do not establish that AI was used. The AI-enabled Data Fusion Center was announced separately as future work.
    Before
    the approximately $4.45 billion that was scheduled to be paid by Medicare
    After
    all but approximately $41 million
    Comparison basis
    Measured

    Full case and sources

  31. System
    智抗菌平台 / Intelligent Anti-Microbial System (i.A.M.S)
    Developer
    China Medical University Hospital, Taichung (team of superintendent Der-Yang Cho 周德陽, Po-Ren Hsueh 薛博仁 of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, and Jiaxin Yu 游家鑫)Taiwan
    Deployer
    China Medical University Hospital, TaichungTaiwan
    Case jurisdiction
    Taiwan
    Assumed comparison

    The two to three days that hospital clinicians said conventional susceptibility testing required

    Baseline
    Two to three days
    With AI
    A prediction within one hour

    78歲婦人感染超級細菌昏迷 ! AI質譜儀1小時找出有效抗生素

    4
    Party or catalog claim5 publications Observed
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for An early resistance warning helped doctors change a woman’s antibiotic
    AI system
    智抗菌平台 / Intelligent Anti-Microbial System (i.A.M.S)
    Developer
    China Medical University Hospital, Taichung (team of superintendent Der-Yang Cho 周德陽, Po-Ren Hsueh 薛博仁 of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, and Jiaxin Yu 游家鑫)
    Deployer
    China Medical University Hospital, Taichung
    AI contribution
    The platform analyzed a bacterial mass spectrum to predict resistance and suggest an alternative antibiotic. Clinicians selected and administered treatment. The hospital attributes earlier selection to the system, but the available account cannot isolate its effect on survival.
    Before
    Two to three days
    After
    A prediction within one hour
    Comparison basis
    Assumed

    Full case and sources

  32. TIAA’s AI may have helped stop a scam involving retirement savings

    retirement savings above $3 million retained, according to TIAA’s CEO

    System
    Unnamed TIAA AI tool used to flag suspected fraud for human review
    Deployer
    TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America)United States
    Case jurisdiction
    Not established

    No comparison documented.

    America has a $4 trillion retirement crisis and half of workers could run out of money. TIAA’s CEO wants ‘guaranteed lifetime income’ to fix it

    31
    Party or catalog claim1 publication Source published
    Date assessed Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for TIAA’s AI may have helped stop a scam involving retirement savings
    AI system
    Unnamed TIAA AI tool used to flag suspected fraud for human review
    Deployer
    TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America)
    AI contribution
    Duckett attributes the initial flag to AI and the successful intervention to a portfolio manager, the fraud team, and the participant’s daughter. The transcript does not establish the model’s design, the requested transfer amount, or what would have happened without its flag.

    Full case and sources

  33. Viz ICH Plus flags a haematoma; transfer in 101 minutes, mRS 1

    transfer in 101 min vs 199.7 average; mRS 1 at one year

    System
    Viz ICH Plus
    Developer
    Viz.aiUnited States
    Deployer
    Large urban healthcare system, not named in the report; the city is not stated, and all authors are affiliated with Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
    Case jurisdiction
    Not established
    Measured comparison

    the average interhospital transfer time for similar intracerebral hemorrhage cases, taken from a published New York City hospital-system cohort

    Baseline
    199.7 minutes
    With AI
    101 minutes

    Optimizing Intracerebral Hemorrhage Management and Interhospital Transfer With Viz ICH Plus AI Technology

    32
    Party or catalog claim1 publication Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Viz ICH Plus flags a haematoma; transfer in 101 minutes, mRS 1
    AI system
    Viz ICH Plus
    Developer
    Viz.ai
    Deployer
    Large urban healthcare system, not named in the report; the city is not stated, and all authors are affiliated with Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
    AI contribution
    The software detected the haematoma and auto-alerted the receiving team, which coordinated stabilization advice and transfer. A CT ordered for severe headache would have shown the bleed regardless, so the AI's contribution is the speed of notification and transfer. Dr Kellner discloses research grant support from Viz.AI among other companies. No author is a Viz.ai employee.
    Before
    199.7 minutes
    After
    101 minutes
    Comparison basis
    Measured

    Full case and sources

  34. CGU, with ALICE support, avoids R$8.33m in overpriced purchases

    prevented at least R$8.33 million of overpriced purchases

    System
    ALICE (Analisador de Licitações, Contratos e Editais), CGU automated audit-trail and AI alert tool
    Developer
    Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), in-house (launched 2015 per the release)Brazil
    Deployer
    Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)Brazil
    Case jurisdiction
    Brazil
    Measured comparison

    the original estimated value of Pregão 15/2021, which reused the price survey of Pregão 05/2021

    Baseline
    valor estimado de R$ 34 mi
    With AI
    reduziu o valor total do pregão em R$ 2.381.663,00; all items bought for R$ 14.315.793,42 on 21 July 2021

    Alice: Desafios, resultados e perspectivas da ferramenta de auditoria contínua

    21
    Party or catalog claim3 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for CGU, with ALICE support, avoids R$8.33m in overpriced purchases
    AI system
    ALICE (Analisador de Licitações, Contratos e Editais), CGU automated audit-trail and AI alert tool
    Developer
    Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU), in-house (launched 2015 per the release)
    Deployer
    Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
    AI contribution
    The CGU states the audits were done “com apoio da ferramenta automatizada ALICE”. At INCA, it says, the overpricing risk was identified “com a ajuda do ALICE”. For the Ipanema tender, suspension followed a CGU recommendation after analysis of the price survey. ALICE's documented role is alerting and supporting the audit; auditors and managers decided. Developer and deployer are the same public body. The CGU page is on record as an archived copy, because the live page was restricted during Brazil's 2026 electoral period.
    Before
    valor estimado de R$ 34 mi
    After
    reduziu o valor total do pregão em R$ 2.381.663,00; all items bought for R$ 14.315.793,42 on 21 July 2021
    Comparison basis
    Measured

    Full case and sources

Protective response, prevention unproven

70 cases
  1. System
    ALERTCalifornia camera network with AI smoke detection (the Microsoft feature does not name the detection software; AIBD-0007 identifies DigitalPath)
    Developer
    ALERTCalifornia, University of California San Diego (camera network); AI detection software supplier not named in the sourcesUnited States
    Deployer
    Kern County Fire Department (incident agency); which agency received the AI alert is not statedUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    United States
    Assumed comparison

    the fire's estimated spread without AI-powered imaging, as estimated by ALERTCalifornia founder Neal Driscoll

    Baseline
    nearly 4,000 acres
    With AI
    52 acres

    Trotter Fire

    32
    Independent study4 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for ALERTCalifornia AI may have helped contain the Trotter Fire
    AI system
    ALERTCalifornia camera network with AI smoke detection (the Microsoft feature does not name the detection software; AIBD-0007 identifies DigitalPath)
    Developer
    ALERTCalifornia, University of California San Diego (camera network); AI detection software supplier not named in the sources
    Deployer
    Kern County Fire Department (incident agency); which agency received the AI alert is not stated
    AI contribution
    The only statement that AI detection played a role is a Microsoft-published feature (Microsoft funds ALERTCalifornia) quoting its founder Neal Driscoll. His “nearly 4,000 acres” counterfactual is his estimate. The quoted deputy fire chief is also ALERTCalifornia's deputy director of operations. Cal Fire's incident record and KBAK's same-day report say nothing about how the fire was detected. KBAK attributes the start to an electrical strike.
    Before
    nearly 4,000 acres
    After
    52 acres
    Comparison basis
    Assumed

    Full case and sources

  2. System
    Empatica Embrace wrist-worn seizure detection (electrodermal activity and accelerometer, on-board algorithm) with the Alert smartphone app
    Developer
    EmpaticaUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    United States
    Measured comparison

    seizures recorded during more than 6,500 hours of monitoring of 135 patients (device test reported by IEEE Spectrum)

    Baseline
    Not stated
    With AI
    the device correctly identified nearly every single seizure, with a false alarm rate below that of the seizure frequency for most individuals

    Prospective Study of a Multimodal Convulsive Seizure Detection Wearable System on Pediatric and Adult Patients in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

    3
    Independent study4 publications Source published
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Empatica Embrace seizure alert reaches Morgan McGrath's mother
    AI system
    Empatica Embrace wrist-worn seizure detection (electrodermal activity and accelerometer, on-board algorithm) with the Alert smartphone app, Embrace (the article does not state the generation); echoes concern Embrace2
    Developer
    Empatica
    AI contribution
    Per IEEE Spectrum, the Embrace detected the seizure and its app alerted McGrath's mother, who made the emergency call. The device did not call for help itself. The article calls the algorithm proprietary. The FDA summary describes it as an on-board algorithm validated against video-EEG. Empatica's own 2021 study calls it a predefined machine-learning algorithm. The McGrath event is known only from this single news item. The AES case-study abstract is not among the sources.
    After
    the device correctly identified nearly every single seizure, with a false alarm rate below that of the seizure frequency for most individuals
    Comparison basis
    Measured

    Full case and sources

  3. AI intrusion alert stops Kamrup Express as about 60 elephants cross

    saved 414 elephants in 2023 and 383 up to 16 October 2024

    System
    AI-based Intrusion Detection System (distributed acoustic sensing on optical fiber), Northeast Frontier Railway
    Deployer
    Northeast Frontier Railway (Indian Railways)India
    Case jurisdiction
    India
    Measured comparison

    train-elephant collisions before the system (national average of elephant deaths on tracks)

    Baseline
    on an average 20 elephants die due to train collisions in the country every year and a majority of these incidents take place in the Northeast Frontier Railway
    With AI
    since the launch of the system, these 11 corridors have not reported any train-elephant collision

    Indian Railways expands AI-based intrusion detection to prevent elephant collisions across key routes

    22
    Independent study6 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for AI intrusion alert stops Kamrup Express as about 60 elephants cross
    AI system
    AI-based Intrusion Detection System (distributed acoustic sensing on optical fiber), Northeast Frontier Railway
    Deployer
    Northeast Frontier Railway (Indian Railways)
    AI contribution
    The operator's release says the drivers noticed the herd and applied the emergency brake and were “also alerted” by the IDS. One local report says the braking followed the IDS warning. The AI alert is documented, but its share of the causal credit is not separable from the crew's own sighting. Hence protective response, prevention unproven.
    Before
    on an average 20 elephants die due to train collisions in the country every year and a majority of these incidents take place in the Northeast Frontier Railway
    After
    since the launch of the system, these 11 corridors have not reported any train-elephant collision
    Comparison basis
    Measured

    Full case and sources

  4. System
    ChatGPT with OpenAI's safety-monitoring pipeline (automated classifiers plus human review and law-enforcement referral)
    Developer and deployer
    OpenAIUnited States
    Case jurisdiction
    Brazil

    No comparison documented.

    Alerta do FBI e do Ministério da Justiça auxiliam PCES na prisão de investigado por ameaças contra o próprio filho em Inteligência Artificial

    32
    Independent reporting7 publicationsDate unknown
    Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for OpenAI flag leads Brazilian police to hold a father a day early
    AI system
    ChatGPT with OpenAI's safety-monitoring pipeline (automated classifiers plus human review and law-enforcement referral)
    Developer
    OpenAI
    Deployer
    OpenAI
    AI contribution
    OpenAI's automated classifiers and human reviewers flagged the user's messages, and the company chose to refer the account to the FBI. The system did not predict a crime or act on its own. The warrants, the arrest and the evidence-gathering were police and court actions. OpenAI sent only the user's prompts, not ChatGPT's replies. What the assistant said to the user, and whether it helped or hindered him, is unknown.

    Full case and sources

  5. Saronic Corsair sea drone picks up two Apache crew off Oman

    both were rescued within approximately two hours

    System
    Saronic Corsair unmanned (autonomous) surface vessel operated by U.S. 5th Fleet's Task Force 59
    Developer
    Saronic Technologies (Texas)United States
    Deployer
    U.S. Navy, 5th Fleet Task Force 59 (U.S. Naval Forces Central Command)United States
    Case jurisdiction
    Oman

    No comparison documented.

    U.S. Army Crew Safely Rescued After Helicopter Lost at Sea

    32
    Independent reporting2 publications Observed
    Date assessed Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Saronic Corsair sea drone picks up two Apache crew off Oman
    AI system
    Saronic Corsair unmanned (autonomous) surface vessel operated by U.S. 5th Fleet's Task Force 59, Corsair; navigation-software version not reported
    Developer
    Saronic Technologies (Texas)
    Deployer
    U.S. Navy, 5th Fleet Task Force 59 (U.S. Naval Forces Central Command)
    AI contribution
    Hawkins identified an unmanned Corsair as the recovery vessel. DefenseScoop describes the platform’s autonomous capabilities, but its suggestion that passive sensing helped locate the crew is an inference. The official sources do not identify the navigation mode, human supervision, or sensor contribution during this rescue. A crewed helicopter completed the recovery.

    Full case and sources

  6. Asilla's camera AI may have prompted two suicide interventions

    two reported interventions after alerts; dates and facilities undisclosed

    System
    Asilla AI behavior-analysis system for security cameras
    Developer
    Asilla Inc.Japan
    Deployer
    About 40 railway stations and commercial buildings in Japan (operators not named)
    Case jurisdiction
    Not established

    No comparison documented.

    Japan stations, facilities use AI system to prevent suicide by jumping

    3
    Independent reporting2 publications Source published
    Date assessed Updated
    AI’s part and evidence for Asilla's camera AI may have prompted two suicide interventions
    AI system
    Asilla AI behavior-analysis system for security cameras
    Developer
    Asilla Inc.
    Deployer
    About 40 railway stations and commercial buildings in Japan (operators not named)
    AI contribution
    Kyodo attributes both interventions to Asilla’s account. The company’s original product documentation supports the existence and intended mechanism of jump-risk alerts, but does not independently verify either intervention. The facilities, dates, alert logs, and subsequent outcomes are not supplied.

    Full case and sources

Data and sources

Specific harm prevented and protective response are separate categories. In a protective response, prevention remains unproven.

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Benefit marks

Depth

The number and color show the depth of a benefit.

  1. Depth 1. A convenience, or time or money saved.
  2. Depth 2. A measurable improvement in a result or ability.
  3. Depth 3. A lasting change, an ability restored, or a risk removed.
  4. Depth 4. A serious harm averted or a serious condition resolved in time.
  5. Depth 5. A life or livelihood preserved, or a change documented across a population.

Beneficiary

  • Circle: a person
  • Square: an organization
  • Triangle: society

Evidence

  • Solid. A court or regulator found a benefit, or researchers independently studied it.

  • Hatched. Independent reporting.

  • Outline. The report comes from an involved party, or its independence is unassessed.

The fill changes with the evidence. The depth color stays the same.

How benefits are assessed