Data attribution & licenses
AIIncidentTracker aggregates from open-licensed incident databases and enriches each record with original editorial analysis. This page makes the licensing boundary explicit: which fields are licensed source data, which fields are our editorial copyright, and how the share-alike obligations are honored.
Source databases
Attribution and share-alike required. Every incident sourced from AIID displays the attribution block at the foot of the page. Raw record data sourced from AIID is itself made available under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
Verified at build time. Where AIAAIC's license terms permit redistribution, we attribute and reciprocate any share-alike obligation on the raw record fields.
OECD open data terms — attribution required for any record sourced from the AI Incidents Monitor.
What is and is not licensed
The data model separates these by design:
- Source-licensed (CC-BY-SA where applicable): raw incident fact records imported from AIID — incident date, named entities as reported by sources, original reports list, harmed-parties enumeration.
- Original editorial © AI Incident Tracker, LLC: the 200-word TL;DR, 500-word structured description, severity classification, OECD harm-type mapping, NIST AI RMF mapping, AI failure-mode classification, cross-links to laws / lawsuits / vendors, and all editorial framing.
Field-level: incidents.source_attribution_required records the attribution snapshot at fetch time; incidents.tldr, incidents.description_md, and the taxonomy tables are original editorial work. This separation lets us comply with share-alike on the raw data while protecting the editorial product commercially.
How to cite us
If you reference an incident on AIIncidentTracker, the suggested citation is:
AIIncidentTracker, "{Incident title}",
{Publication date}, AIIncidentTracker.com,
{Incident URL}. Last verified {Verification date}.Researchers and accredited media may request structured-data access via /contact.
Reporting attribution issues
If you believe a record on AIIncidentTracker is missing required attribution, contains an attribution that misrepresents your project, or is otherwise out of compliance with its source license, please contact us at editorial@aiincidenttracker.com. We respond to attribution disputes within one business day and resolve confirmed issues within seven days.