New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- In 2025, the global AI incident count reached 346, spanning deepfakes, fraud, unsafe content, and harmful advice. Among the incidents that named specific tools, one name surfaced more often than any other: ChatGPT. The pattern does not automatically imply higher intent to cause harm, but it does highlight how scale, accessibility, and trust can turn a general-purpose AI into a frequent reference point in incident reporting.

ChatGPT's repeated appearance in AI incident data reflects a broader structural reality of today's AI ecosystem. As one of the most widely used consumer-facing large language models, it sits at the intersection of mass adoption and real-world experimentation. Where usage concentrates, scrutiny fo...