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AI Awareness

Invented citations in a court filing, a cloned CEO on the phone, customer data in the wrong AI tool. We document what really happens in Europe and prepare your team to act.

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Situation report

Our research

28

documented cases with proven consequences for companies in 8 European countries since October 2025.

8 %

of companies in Germany suffered damage from deepfakes in 2026, twice as many as the year before.

ongoing

we analyse new cases in the AIAware situation report and check each one against its sources.

Sources: AIAware situation report by Continuitylab (as of 4 October 2026); Bitkom, Wirtschaftsschutz 2026, survey of 1,003 companies with 10 or more employees.

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Where the risks lie

The incident types

K1AI as an attack tool
Voice cloning, deepfake video calls and AI phishing aimed at your company. A typical case is the supposed call from senior management asking for an urgent transfer.
K2Your own AI in customer contact
The chatbot makes promises, quotes wrong prices or makes inadmissible statements. The company is liable for what it says.
K3Faulty output
Invented citations in court filings, expert opinions and reports. Courts respond with reprimands, cost orders and cancelled fees.
K4Data leakage
Confidential information ends up in public AI tools or in openly accessible AI instances.
K5Agents cause damage
Autonomous AI agents delete data, trigger actions or flood systems with content.
K6Dependence on the provider
An outage, account suspension, discontinuation or price change of an AI service brings processes to a halt.
K7Attacks on your AI
Prompt injection, jailbreaking the company bot or misused API keys.
K8Legal consequences of AI use
Fines, injunctions or proceedings by the data protection authority, for example over AI training with customer data.
What it costs

The consequences

F1Financial loss
Transfers to fraudsters, refunds to customers, additional costs.
F2Business interruption
A process or service is down and customers are not served.
F3Legal consequence
Judgment, fine, reprimand, settlement or cease-and-desist letter.
F4Confidentiality
Trade secrets, customer data or source code get out.
F5Reputation
Public criticism, media coverage, lost customers.
F6Third-party damage
Customers or clients share the damage and the company is liable for it.
F7Extra effort
Cleaning up, restoring, investigating, changing processes.
F8Prevented
The attack was detected, the payment stopped. We record this too because it shows what works.
Our services

AI Awareness. Training and consulting on AI and the risks that come with it

Our content comes from real, documented cases. Your team trains on what actually happened to other companies.

Consulting

Assessing AI risks in your organisation

  • Which incident types affect your company
  • Rules for using AI tools
  • Contingency planning for the failure of an AI provider
Training

Preparing teams to act

  • Role-based training for finance, legal, IT and customer service
  • Tabletop: the cloned CEO on a Friday afternoon
  • E-learning for the entire workforce
Situation report

Staying up to date

  • Situation report for Europe, updated quarterly
  • Consequences, incident types and lessons for every case
  • New cases with verified sources
Accounts payable

Confirm payment approvals requested by phone, video or messenger through a second, pre-agreed channel.

Legal department

Read every AI-assisted citation in the original before filing.

All employees

Enter confidential content only into approved AI tools.

Learning objectives from our training analysis, each backed by cases in the situation report.

Enquiry

Request consulting or training

We tailor content, format and target groups to your organisation. Tell us briefly what it is about and we will get back to you promptly.

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