2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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Microsoft Copilot Falsely Accuses Journalist Martin Bernklau of Crimes
Microsoft's Copilot is reported to have falsely accused veteran court reporter Martin Bernklau of committing serious crimes, including child abuse and fraud. The tool is described as having generated defamatory content that not only accused Bernklau of multiple crimes he covered as a journalist but also provided his personal contact details. Attempts by Microsoft to remove the false entries were only temporarily successful, as the defamatory information reportedly reappeared.
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- incident-report
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2024-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2024-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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