# Rogue SI incident log

59 documented cases from 2016 to Nov 8, 2026 in which an SI system acted against the goals or control of the people running it, scored on a five level severity scale with sources.

- Citation ID: TSIO-D02-20261108
- Version: 2026.11.08
- Publisher: The SI Observatory (tsio.si), run by the SI community, built by Codeflex
- Dataset page: https://tsio.si/data/rogue-si-incidents/
- This version: https://tsio.si/data/rogue-si-incidents/v2026.11.08/
- License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Credit "The SI Observatory, tsio.si" and link the dataset page.
- Time covered: 2016-12-21 to 2026-11-08
- Update cadence: Reviewed weekly; a new version with every change.

## Sources

- Primary sources (lab reports, system cards, court filings, official statements) and reputable reporting, linked per incident in source_urls.
- The SI Observatory, https://tsio.si/report/#incidents

## Files

- `rogue-si-incidents.csv`: Rogue SI incidents (59 rows). SHA-256 7733a6815049faf61f0e3e89de9a5e894ff1e92bdaecca6252f32699e5687aef
- `rogue-si-incidents.json`: every table in one JSON file.
- `dictionary.csv`: the data dictionary below.
- `croissant.json`: Croissant metadata (MLCommons).
- `CITATION.cff`: citation metadata.

## Data dictionary

### incidents

| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | text | Incident id. |
| date | date | Date of the incident or its first report. |
| date_precision | text | day, month or year. |
| title | text | Short title. |
| category | text | What the system did. |
| setting | text | lab-test or real-world. |
| system | text | The SI system. |
| developer | text | Who built it. |
| severity | int | Level 1 (Glitch) to 5 (Breakout). |
| severity_name | text | The name of the level. |
| summary | text | What happened. |
| severity_why | text | Why it got that level. |
| source_count | int | How many sources document it. |
| source_urls | text | Every source, separated by " | ". |

## How to cite

APA:

The SI Observatory. (2026). Rogue SI incident log (Version 2026.11.08) [Data set]. https://tsio.si/data/rogue-si-incidents/v2026.11.08/ (Citation ID TSIO-D02-20261108)

BibTeX:

```bibtex
@misc{tsio_d02_20261108,
  author       = {{The SI Observatory}},
  title        = {Rogue SI incident log},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.11.08},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tsio.si/data/rogue-si-incidents/v2026.11.08/}},
  note         = {Data set. Citation ID TSIO-D02-20261108. License CC BY 4.0},
  urldate      = {2026-11-08}
}
```

RIS:

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