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The Incident Register

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: A record-only layer of the Orbital Network permanent record, keeping serious AI incidents — and the speed and fidelity of their reporting — under permanent, timestamped measurement. On 13 October 2026, more than 400 researchers called for a public registry of serious AI security incidents. The Incident Register opened on 2 November 2026 with coverage beginning 13 October 2026, the first day of the permanent record; every entry carries three true dates (incident, report, recorded), and the register measures disclosure lag and registry-listing lag for each entry. First edition: Anthropic's disclosure of 9 October 2026 and OpenAI's disclosures of 26 September – 15 October 2026, with measured disclosure lags of 83, 84, and 120 days. Disclosure: this paper was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed, corrected, and approved by the author, who takes full responsibility for its contents.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23886993

Author: Gregory, Melbourne

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7225115834

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