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Loss statistics & trends

Aggregate analysis of the 80 documented AI-agent incidents in the database. Use these charts freely — the underlying data is CC BY 4.0 at /data/ai-agent-incidents.json.

Tracked loss exposure by year

Sum of point-loss figures for incidents with a reported dollar amount. Underestimates true exposure, since 59 of 80 incidents report no dollar figure.

Documented loss by year (USD)202465687620251359835620263412320500

Incidents by failure mode

Incidents by categoryRunaway loop12API cost spike12Prompt injection10Data exfiltration10Hallucinated action10Credential compromise9Data loss7Cloud cost spike6Coding agent failure6Trading agent failure4Unauthorized transact…4

Incidents by outcome

Incidents by outcomeFinancial loss41Data breach20Service disruption12Reputational damage12Legal / liability5

Incidents by agent type

Incidents by agent typeCoding43General20Customer service11Trading8Research4Shopping4

Incident volume by year

Incidents reported per year201612022120231202418202539202630

Volume rises with agent adoption; under-reporting is significant for older years.

Cite this data

The AI Agent Incident Database is maintained by sipi.bot and licensed CC BY 4.0. Recommended citation: sipi.bot, AI Agent Incident Database, v2026-09-02, https://sipi.bot/incidents/