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12 September 2026

Scan for 2026-09-12. Nothing meets the bar today; no new records and no tier changes. Reviewed: (1) three Electrek pieces from 1, 9 and 10 September 2026 identifying previously unreported fatal Tesla crashes in which Tesla's own NHTSA Standing General Order filings show a Level 2 driver-assist system was engaged (Batavia, Illinois; Vinemont/Morgan County, Alabama; Pattonsburg, Missouri) — all single-publisher, and Electrek itself states the data does not establish that the system was at fault; (2) the NTSB's preliminary report on the Waymo-versus-child-pedestrian collision in Santa Monica (HWY26FH008), which involved minor injuries and no death; (3) re-checked the two deferred Ford BlueCruise NTSB cases by opening the NTSB investigation page and report file for the San Antonio crash (HWY24FH006) — the probable-cause language does name the partial automation system's inability to detect the stationary vehicle as contributing, but nothing there establishes that BlueCruise's relevant behaviour is machine-learned, so both remain deferred; (4) re-checked the deferred Sophie Rottenberg case — NPR's 18 August 2026 report is accessible and detailed, but her mother's New York Times essay could not be opened and no second independent report was retrievable, so it stays deferred; (5) developments in open cases (Tumbler Ridge, JCCP 5431, Benavides appeal, Lokken/Martin v. UnitedHealth, Character.AI settlements, Florida AG) — the 2 September 2026 Tumbler Ridge filings are already reflected in the record and nothing new was found. Search capacity was exhausted part-way through the sweep, so several non-English queries and some deferred items (Christian Faith Madison; Thongbue Wongbandue; Xiaomi SU7 Tongling; Tomei Expressway; NIO Putian) could not be advanced today and carry over. No changes met the standard.

0 published · 0 deferred · 6 rejected · 40 searches · claude-opus-5

Deferred and rejected
  • Rejected: Tesla Full Self-Driving caused the death of Maggie Espinosa, 37, a passenger in a Tesla Model Y in Batavia, Illinois, on 25 March 2026. — Electrek (1 September 2026) matched the crash to Tesla's redacted NHTSA Standing General Order filing showing the driver-assist system 'Verified Engaged' during the left turn, but the same article states this does not mean the system was at fault. Only one accepted publisher, no lawsuit, and no official investigation blaming the system; Batavia police say the crash remains under review by the county state's attorney.
  • Rejected: Tesla's driver-assist system caused the death of Kayleigh Page, 29, on Alabama Highway 157 on 7 December 2025. — Same Electrek data-matching investigation: Tesla's NHTSA filing records the system as engaged, but the narrative, software version and operating-domain fields are redacted and no body has attributed the crash to the system. Single publisher; no allegation of fault.
  • Rejected: Tesla's driver-assist system caused the death of a 64-year-old driver on Interstate 35 near Pattonsburg, Missouri, on 14 April 2025. — Same Electrek series; Tesla's filing shows the system engaged, state troopers recorded a single-vehicle run-off-road crash with no automation finding, and no lawsuit or official investigation attributes the death to the system. Single publisher.
  • Rejected: A Waymo automated driving system killed a pedestrian in Santa Monica, California (NTSB investigation HWY26FH008). — The NTSB's preliminary report on the 23 January 2026 collision states the 9-year-old pedestrian reported minor injuries and did not require medical transport. No death; outside scope.
  • Rejected: The NTSB's findings on the two fatal Ford BlueCruise crashes (San Antonio, February 2024; Philadelphia, March 2024) make those deaths confirmed AI deaths. — Re-checked today. The NTSB does list the partial automation system's inability to detect and respond to the stationary vehicle as contributing to the San Antonio crash, which would satisfy the confirmed-tier test, but no reliable source yet establishes that BlueCruise's relevant behaviour is machine-learned rather than conventional automation, and the NTSB material does not address this. Remains deferred rather than rejected.
  • Rejected: ChatGPT contributed to the death of Sophie Rottenberg, 29, in Ithaca, New York, in February 2025. — NPR's 18 August 2026 report, based on her mother's account and the chat logs, is a strong single source, and her family has made her name public and chose not to sue. The other account is her mother's own New York Times essay, which could not be opened at review and is a first-person essay rather than independent reporting. Held for a second independent report.

11 September 2026

Initial research: four parallel research passes, one per kind of AI, followed by an editorial review of every case against the methodology. Published 5 confirmed cases (5 deaths) and 24 alleged cases (33 deaths). 14 cases were held back pending stronger sourcing and will be re-checked by the daily scan.

29 published · 14 deferred · 13 rejected · 200 searches · claude-opus-5 (initial research)

Published

Deferred and rejected
  • Deferred: Ford BlueCruise crash, San Antonio, Texas, February 2024 (1 death) — The NTSB found BlueCruise's inability to detect a stopped car contributed, which would make this confirmed. Held back until a reliable source establishes that BlueCruise uses machine learning.
  • Deferred: Ford BlueCruise crash, Philadelphia, March 2024 (2 deaths) — NTSB finding names BlueCruise's design; held back for the same reason as the San Antonio crash: whether BlueCruise uses machine learning is not yet established.
  • Deferred: Luca Cella Walker, 16, Hampshire, England (inquest, March 2026) — An inquest heard he asked ChatGPT about suicide before his death; the coroner's conclusion did not name ChatGPT as a cause. Sources accessible at review didn't meet the sourcing standard.
  • Deferred: Christian Faith Madison, 29, Alabama (lawsuit against OpenAI, 2026) — Only one source accessible at review met the standard; needs a second.
  • Deferred: Xiaomi SU7 crash in NOA assisted-driving mode, Tongling, China, March 2025 (3 deaths) — Only one source accessible at review met the standard; needs a second.
  • Deferred: Tesla Model X on Autopilot, Tomei Expressway, Japan, April 2018 (1 death) — Only one source accessible at review met the standard; needs a second.
  • Deferred: NIO ES8 on Navigate on Pilot, Putian, China, August 2021 (1 death) — The allegation comes from the family; police never published a conclusion, and only one source met the standard.
  • Deferred: Blaine family, Tesla Model X, Idaho, September 2023 (4 deaths) — Unclear whether the lawsuit alleges Autosteer was actually engaged; coverage limited to enthusiast press.
  • Deferred: Readfield, Maine killing, February 2025 (1 death) — The only attribution is expert testimony at a criminal-responsibility hearing that ChatGPT use was one factor; no lawsuit or official allegation.
  • Deferred: Alex Taylor, 35, Florida, April 2025 (1 death) — Rests on his father's public account; no lawsuit. Needs sources accessible at review.
  • Deferred: Thongbue Wongbandue, 76, New Jersey, March 2025 (Meta 'Big sis Billie' chatbot) — Well documented by Reuters, but a second independent report is needed.
  • Deferred: Sophie Rottenberg, 29, February 2025 (ChatGPT 'therapist' persona) — Only one independent quality source accessible at review; her family has not sued.
  • Deferred: Russian 'Molniya' drone, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 2026 (3 deaths) — Reported by the New York Times as guided entirely by AI; every other report found derives from it, and no official statement attributes the deaths to autonomous targeting yet.
  • Deferred: US strike on a school in Minab, Iran, February 2026 — Lawmakers have asked whether AI targeting tools were involved, but reporting on the preliminary findings points to outdated intelligence data. Watch for the Pentagon's final report.
  • Rejected: Xpeng P7 on lane-centring assistance, Ningbo, China, August 2022 — The only claim that the system contributed comes from the at-fault driver, who admitted being distracted; police said they couldn't tell.
  • Rejected: Tesla crash killing Martha Avila, Katy, Texas, June 2026 — The NTSB's preliminary report says the driver pressed the accelerator fully, overriding Full Self-Driving. Will be re-examined when the final report is published.
  • Rejected: Tesla 'with no one in the driver's seat', Spring, Texas, April 2021 — The NTSB found excessive speed and impairment caused the crash, with no automation factor.
  • Rejected: Dryerman family, Tesla Model S, New Jersey, September 2024 — The complaint says the car was equipped with Autopilot but doesn't allege it was engaged.
  • Rejected: Cruise robotaxi, San Francisco, October 2023 — The pedestrian was seriously injured but survived.
  • Rejected: Raine v. OpenAI has settled — Claimed on law-firm and search-optimised pages; no reliable source. The case is pending.
  • Rejected: Gene Lokken and Dale Tetzloff were killed by UnitedHealth's nH Predict — Their estates lead the lawsuit, but the complaint doesn't allege the denials caused their deaths.
  • Rejected: Humana's use of nH Predict killed patients — The lawsuit's named plaintiffs are alive and no death is alleged.
  • Rejected: The Epic Sepsis Model has killed patients — Studies found poor accuracy, but no court, coroner or regulator has tied it to a specific death.
  • Rejected: AI-enhanced TruDi sinus-surgery navigation system killed patients — Reported harms are injuries, including strokes, not deaths.
  • Rejected: NEDA's 'Tessa' eating-disorder chatbot caused a death — It gave harmful advice and was withdrawn, but no death or injury was reported.
  • Rejected: AI-written mushroom foraging guides killed people — No verified poisoning or death has been linked to such a book.
  • Rejected: A Perplexity-linked death — No such case could be identified from any reliable source.