YouTube AI Recommendation System Outage Disrupts Global Service
Date: 2026-02-18
Attack vector: other
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

Tracked by the OECD AI Incidents and Hazards Monitor (AIM) as OECD-AIM-2026-02-18-05b5, dated 2026-02-18. See the AIM incident page (https://oecd.ai/en/incidents/2026-02-18-05b5) and its cited news sources for full narrative detail.


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