AIWI Publishes AI & Tech Whistleblower Case Studies
Date Published: 12 March 2026
The AI Whistleblowing Institute (AIWI) has published a new resource documenting how workers in the AI and Tech sectors have blown the whistle, the concerns they raised, the support they received, the personal costs they bore, and the patterns that emerge across all 6 named cases and 16 anonymous cases, with more to come.
One insider's testimony shaped two pieces of legislation now covering hundreds of millions of people — the EU's Digital Services Act and the UK's Online Safety Act.
Another's safety reports to US regulators contributed to the recall of 2 million vehicles and triggered ongoing federal investigations into self-driving technology.
The cases also show that this is rarely a straightforward decision. The right path depends on what was signed, what has already been raised, and what the company has already put in place.
Legal counsel and experts who specialise in whistleblowing understand how those factors interact and what an insider's exposure looks like before they take any visible action. Getting that legal and expert guidance early, even before raising anything internally and before any external contact, is what determines what protections are available.
The current case studies:
Read the case studies here.