https://botgaffe.com/ AI fails, rogue agents, algorithmic disasters, and robot mishaps, collected before they quietly delete the logs. en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2026 15:30:43 +0000 https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-ai-keeps-flagging-a-soda-company-s-bottles-as-alcohol/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-ai-keeps-flagging-a-soda-company-s-bottles-as-alcohol/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-dots-agent-spammed-the-movers-with-hundreds-of-emai/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-dots-agent-spammed-the-movers-with-hundreds-of-emai/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-wipes-a-mac-s-whole-library-folder-over-a-space/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-wipes-a-mac-s-whole-library-folder-over-a-space/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-news-summary-names-a-reporter-as-a-murder-suspect/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-news-summary-names-a-reporter-as-a-murder-suspect/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/self-driving-tesla-loses-control-and-shears-a-fire-hydrant-i/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/self-driving-tesla-loses-control-and-shears-a-fire-hydrant-i/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-ai-falsely-links-auckland-anaesthetic-technician-to-d/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-ai-falsely-links-auckland-anaesthetic-technician-to-d/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/x-auto-translation-mistranslates-japan-minister-s-posts/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/x-auto-translation-mistranslates-japan-minister-s-posts/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-s-don-t-ask-again-file-exposes-passwords-and-key/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-s-don-t-ask-again-file-exposes-passwords-and-key/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hacks & Breaches https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-grab-shuttle-nearly-hit-a-schoolgirl-at-a-crossing-so-sing/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-grab-shuttle-nearly-hit-a-schoolgirl-at-a-crossing-so-sing/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-talking-ai-bunny-gave-sexual-answers-to-a-child-s-voice/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-talking-ai-bunny-gave-sexual-answers-to-a-child-s-voice/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-chatbots-get-hikers-into-trouble-in-the-backcountry/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-chatbots-get-hikers-into-trouble-in-the-backcountry/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/parents-sue-google-alleging-gemini-helped-a-13-year-old-plan/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/parents-sue-google-alleging-gemini-helped-a-13-year-old-plan/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-teddy-for-three-year-olds-makes-unprompted-i-can-t-help-w/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-teddy-for-three-year-olds-makes-unprompted-i-can-t-help-w/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-deletes-a-law-professor-s-syllabus-over-lunch/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-deletes-a-law-professor-s-syllabus-over-lunch/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/canada-s-ai-translation-tool-keeps-making-hilarious-mistakes/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/canada-s-ai-translation-tool-keeps-making-hilarious-mistakes/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/railway-admits-an-employee-s-ai-agent-hacked-a-competitor/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/railway-admits-an-employee-s-ai-agent-hacked-a-competitor/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gemini-wiped-a-user-s-mac-home-directory-twice/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gemini-wiped-a-user-s-mac-home-directory-twice/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/codex-asked-only-to-reboot-a-server-broke-its-mounts-systemd/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/codex-asked-only-to-reboot-a-server-broke-its-mounts-systemd/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/roblox-appeals-ai-stuck-in-a-false-positive-loop/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/roblox-appeals-ai-stuck-in-a-false-positive-loop/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-ai-crawlers-nearly-took-an-artist-s-business-offline/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-ai-crawlers-nearly-took-an-artist-s-business-offline/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-recycled-a-user-s-whole-50-gb-data-folder/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-recycled-a-user-s-whole-50-gb-data-folder/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/sophie-the-ai-mechanic-promises-noon-then-wednesday-then-mik/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/sophie-the-ai-mechanic-promises-noon-then-wednesday-then-mik/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-edited-live-meta-ads-sales-fell-from-13-to-2/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-edited-live-meta-ads-sales-fell-from-13-to-2/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/robots-race-up-mount-tai-mountain-wins-several-rounds/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/robots-race-up-mount-tai-mountain-wins-several-rounds/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/50-ai-agents-told-to-build-a-minecraft-civilization-fell-int/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/50-ai-agents-told-to-build-a-minecraft-civilization-fell-int/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-bot-a-scoped-stop-cascaded-into-a-stop-all-across-every/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-bot-a-scoped-stop-cascaded-into-a-stop-all-across-every/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gpt-6-screenshot-misreading-confident-directions-about-contr/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gpt-6-screenshot-misreading-confident-directions-about-contr/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/roblox-agent-vacuumed-145-5-gb-of-3d-models-ignoring-robots/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/roblox-agent-vacuumed-145-5-gb-of-3d-models-ignoring-robots/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/runaway-show-drones-crash-onto-mumbai-station-platform-injur/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/runaway-show-drones-crash-onto-mumbai-station-platform-injur/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-promised-a-suicidal-man-that-human-help-was-coming-i/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-promised-a-suicidal-man-that-human-help-was-coming-i/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-keeps-telling-people-404-media-can-solve-their-tech/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-keeps-telling-people-404-media-can-solve-their-tech/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-agent-wiped-a-user-s-c-drive-profile-over-a-quot/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-agent-wiped-a-user-s-c-drive-profile-over-a-quot/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cursor-security-agent-went-rogue-then-reported-no-findings/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cursor-security-agent-went-rogue-then-reported-no-findings/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/codex-skipped-its-loaded-quarantine-first-delete-rule-and-de/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/codex-skipped-its-loaded-quarantine-first-delete-rule-and-de/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/autonomous-ai-agent-pickle-called-a-hotel-twice-without-bein/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/autonomous-ai-agent-pickle-called-a-hotel-twice-without-bein/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-mode-won-t-say-biden-won-the-2020-election-in-th/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-mode-won-t-say-biden-won-the-2020-election-in-th/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/delivery-robot-runs-a-red-light-in-tallinn-injures-bus-passe/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/delivery-robot-runs-a-red-light-in-tallinn-injures-bus-passe/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ohio-journalists-pull-bylines-after-news-chatbot-names-repor/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ohio-journalists-pull-bylines-after-news-chatbot-names-repor/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/parents-sue-openai-alleging-gpt-4o-coached-daughter-off-seiz/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/parents-sue-openai-alleging-gpt-4o-coached-daughter-off-seiz/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cloudflare-s-ai-model-answered-155-prompts-with-other-custom/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cloudflare-s-ai-model-answered-155-prompts-with-other-custom/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hacks & Breaches https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/south-korea-s-government-ai-insisted-a-rule-abolished-in-201/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/south-korea-s-government-ai-insisted-a-rule-abolished-in-201/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-claude-code-agent-deleted-the-only-crash-log-it-was-asked/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-claude-code-agent-deleted-the-only-crash-log-it-was-asked/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/walmart-s-ai-support-bot-trapped-a-customer-in-a-loop-until/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/walmart-s-ai-support-bot-trapped-a-customer-in-a-loop-until/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-taught-messi-chess-on-a-board-with-the-king-and-quee/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-taught-messi-chess-on-a-board-with-the-king-and-quee/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-ai-share-links-exposed-thousands-of-chats-through-the/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-ai-share-links-exposed-thousands-of-chats-through-the/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hacks & Breaches https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-monitoring-gave-a-supermarket-cashier-a-final-warning-for/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-monitoring-gave-a-supermarket-cashier-a-final-warning-for/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/just-eat-s-ai-menu-photos-put-a-fried-egg-in-a-glass-of-cola/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/just-eat-s-ai-menu-photos-put-a-fried-egg-in-a-glass-of-cola/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Synthetic Media https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-falsely-branded-a-bremen-lawyer-a-disbarred-frau/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-falsely-branded-a-bremen-lawyer-a-disbarred-frau/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-gave-a-man-unlicensed-medical-advice-leading-to-ment/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-gave-a-man-unlicensed-medical-advice-leading-to-ment/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/she-wanted-to-know-why-she-was-banned-from-amazon-then-she-e/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/she-wanted-to-know-why-she-was-banned-from-amazon-then-she-e/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/pyszne-customer-got-the-wrong-pizza-ai-support-was-beautiful/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/pyszne-customer-got-the-wrong-pizza-ai-support-was-beautiful/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/austria-s-govgpt-says-murder-is-dismissed-for-triviality/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/austria-s-govgpt-says-murder-is-dismissed-for-triviality/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/australian-government-admits-aged-care-algorithms-not-always/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/australian-government-admits-aged-care-algorithms-not-always/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-stopped-for-a-school-bus-got-the-wrong-answer-from-a-h/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-stopped-for-a-school-bus-got-the-wrong-answer-from-a-h/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-algorithm-throttled-lula-while-boosting-bolsonaro-day/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-algorithm-throttled-lula-while-boosting-bolsonaro-day/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/sega-pulls-total-war-shogun-2-remaster-after-ai-upscaled-sam/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/sega-pulls-total-war-shogun-2-remaster-after-ai-upscaled-sam/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Synthetic Media https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/i-told-chatgpt-to-continue-it-sent-three-emails-from-my-acco/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/i-told-chatgpt-to-continue-it-sent-three-emails-from-my-acco/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/driver-asleep-as-tesla-in-self-driving-mode-plows-into-chp-c/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/driver-asleep-as-tesla-in-self-driving-mode-plows-into-chp-c/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/anthropic-s-ai-customer-service-leaves-paying-customers-with/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/anthropic-s-ai-customer-service-leaves-paying-customers-with/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/doordash-chatbot-promised-a-full-refund-then-canceled-the-or/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/doordash-chatbot-promised-a-full-refund-then-canceled-the-or/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/south-africa-withdraws-ai-policy-after-hallucinated-academic/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/south-africa-withdraws-ai-policy-after-hallucinated-academic/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/rogue-ai-agent-reportedly-deletes-full-season-of-swedish-tv/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/rogue-ai-agent-reportedly-deletes-full-season-of-swedish-tv/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-smart-glasses-may-have-been-recording-without-the-wak/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-smart-glasses-may-have-been-recording-without-the-wak/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uk-asylum-ai-flunks-one-in-five-accuracy-checks/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uk-asylum-ai-flunks-one-in-five-accuracy-checks/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/en-world-drowned-in-200-000-ai-scraper-bots/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/en-world-drowned-in-200-000-ai-scraper-bots/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/clinic-chatbot-invents-fake-surgery-credentials-for-its-foun/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/clinic-chatbot-invents-fake-surgery-credentials-for-its-foun/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gpt-5-6-sol-deletes-files-and-calls-it-an-honest-mistake/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gpt-5-6-sol-deletes-files-and-calls-it-an-honest-mistake/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/pak-nsave-admits-its-ai-generated-kfc-recipe-was-wrong/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/pak-nsave-admits-its-ai-generated-kfc-recipe-was-wrong/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/mother-left-shaking-after-facewatch-wrongly-flagged-her-as-a/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/mother-left-shaking-after-facewatch-wrongly-flagged-her-as-a/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/press-gazette-s-live-tracker-of-ai-journalism-mistakes/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/press-gazette-s-live-tracker-of-ai-journalism-mistakes/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Synthetic Media https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-maps-is-flooded-with-incident-reports-that-won-t-go-a/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-maps-is-flooded-with-incident-reports-that-won-t-go-a/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-s-diet-advice-sent-a-man-to-the-hospital/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-s-diet-advice-sent-a-man-to-the-hospital/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/streamer-s-90-000-euro-robot-punched-him-live-and-smashed-hi/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/streamer-s-90-000-euro-robot-punched-him-live-and-smashed-hi/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/instagram-admits-it-s-been-suggesting-creed-s-higher-to-more/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/instagram-admits-it-s-been-suggesting-creed-s-higher-to-more/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-filed-a-fake-homicide-tip-with-philadelphia-police/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-filed-a-fake-homicide-tip-with-philadelphia-police/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/quebec-voters-got-false-election-info-from-ai-chatbots/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/quebec-voters-got-false-election-info-from-ai-chatbots/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/my-personal-ai-agent-posted-my-bank-details-on-company-slack/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/my-personal-ai-agent-posted-my-bank-details-on-company-slack/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-takes-tampa-passengers-into-oncoming-bucs-game-traffic/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-takes-tampa-passengers-into-oncoming-bucs-game-traffic/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/character-ai-chatbots-encouraged-users-to-cut-and-starve-the/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/character-ai-chatbots-encouraged-users-to-cut-and-starve-the/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/mumsnet-s-ai-tool-served-up-its-internal-instructions-instea/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/mumsnet-s-ai-tool-served-up-its-internal-instructions-instea/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/glendale-s-delivery-robots-have-been-crashing-into-bus-stops/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/glendale-s-delivery-robots-have-been-crashing-into-bus-stops/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-overviews-are-serving-up-frankenstein-recipes-th/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-overviews-are-serving-up-frankenstein-recipes-th/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-vacation-planning-disasters-are-fueling-a-boom-in-pricey/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-vacation-planning-disasters-are-fueling-a-boom-in-pricey/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-new-agent-said-i-love-you-to-a-wired-writer/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-new-agent-said-i-love-you-to-a-wired-writer/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-teen-let-an-ai-chatbot-plan-his-hike-then-had-to-be-airlif/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-teen-let-an-ai-chatbot-plan-his-hike-then-had-to-be-airlif/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tencent-linked-ai-agents-caught-sneaking-around-a-maps-site/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tencent-linked-ai-agents-caught-sneaking-around-a-maps-site/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/wikimedia-caught-rogue-openai-agents-trying-to-hijack-its-to/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/wikimedia-caught-rogue-openai-agents-trying-to-hijack-its-to/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-spam-surge-forced-google-to-halt-its-open-source-bug-boun/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-spam-surge-forced-google-to-halt-its-open-source-bug-boun/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/pony-ai-robotaxi-trapped-a-passenger-s-fingers-in-its-door-a/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/pony-ai-robotaxi-trapped-a-passenger-s-fingers-in-its-door-a/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/agentic-ai-hacked-the-hackers-at-a-dutch-bug-hunting-nonprof/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/agentic-ai-hacked-the-hackers-at-a-dutch-bug-hunting-nonprof/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-alerted-100-plus-organizations-that-its-rogue-agents/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-alerted-100-plus-organizations-that-its-rogue-agents/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/rogue-openai-agent-breached-a-second-nsw-government-website/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/rogue-openai-agent-breached-a-second-nsw-government-website/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/russia-s-robot-tank-debut-ends-stuck-in-the-mud/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/russia-s-robot-tank-debut-ends-stuck-in-the-mud/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/bengaluru-s-ai-traffic-camera-fined-a-man-for-a-helmetless-p/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/bengaluru-s-ai-traffic-camera-fined-a-man-for-a-helmetless-p/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/an-ai-image-of-a-black-boy-in-a-trash-bin-made-it-into-a-thi/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/an-ai-image-of-a-black-boy-in-a-trash-bin-made-it-into-a-thi/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Synthetic Media https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-buggy-algorithm-scrambled-spain-s-university-waiting-lists/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-buggy-algorithm-scrambled-spain-s-university-waiting-lists/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-alignment-chief-watched-her-ai-agent-delete-200-email/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-alignment-chief-watched-her-ai-agent-delete-200-email/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-agents-flood-inboxes-begging-strangers-for-gig-money-to-p/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-agents-flood-inboxes-begging-strangers-for-gig-money-to-p/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/police-patrol-robot-crashed-into-a-table-and-smashed-20-flow/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/police-patrol-robot-crashed-into-a-table-and-smashed-20-flow/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/united-airlines-chatbot-told-a-customer-her-200-credit-was-g/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/united-airlines-chatbot-told-a-customer-her-200-credit-was-g/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-ai-asked-who-is-the-child-passenger-then-built-a-dossie/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-ai-asked-who-is-the-child-passenger-then-built-a-dossie/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-agent-runs-up-7-100-video-bill-then-denies-it-happened-wi/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-agent-runs-up-7-100-video-bill-then-denies-it-happened-wi/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-coding-agents-quietly-posted-13-000-private-work-screensh/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-coding-agents-quietly-posted-13-000-private-work-screensh/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-barges-into-path-of-presidential-motorcade-in-dallas-f/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-barges-into-path-of-presidential-motorcade-in-dallas-f/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/zhipu-s-zcode-ai-coding-tool-secretly-uploaded-users-entire/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/zhipu-s-zcode-ai-coding-tool-secretly-uploaded-users-entire/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-agent-deleted-48-000-files-in-103-seconds-then-a/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-code-agent-deleted-48-000-files-in-103-seconds-then-a/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-swears-a-fake-trump-xi-state-dinner-photo-is-real-twice/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-swears-a-fake-trump-xi-state-dinner-photo-is-real-twice/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-swarm-of-yandex-delivery-robots-caused-a-traffic-jam-in-st/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-swarm-of-yandex-delivery-robots-caused-a-traffic-jam-in-st/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-muse-ai-agent-outsourced-its-phone-calls-to-actual-hu/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-muse-ai-agent-outsourced-its-phone-calls-to-actual-hu/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/three-ai-spam-bots-named-timmy-ren-and-jackie-are-flooding-e/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/three-ai-spam-bots-named-timmy-ren-and-jackie-are-flooding-e/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-agents-bombarded-a-un-website-16-000-times-dodged-its/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-agents-bombarded-a-un-website-16-000-times-dodged-its/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/mother-jones-chatgpt-coached-the-tumbler-ridge-shooter-and-t/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/mother-jones-chatgpt-coached-the-tumbler-ridge-shooter-and-t/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-muse-assistant-sells-your-keyboard-behind-your-back-t/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-muse-assistant-sells-your-keyboard-behind-your-back-t/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-admits-its-agents-meddled-with-us-government-websites/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-admits-its-agents-meddled-with-us-government-websites/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-agent-escapes-offline-sandbox-phones-a-third-party-ch/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-agent-escapes-offline-sandbox-phones-a-third-party-ch/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/zoox-robotaxi-collides-with-suv-on-the-las-vegas-strip-sends/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/zoox-robotaxi-collides-with-suv-on-the-las-vegas-strip-sends/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-blows-past-road-closed-signs-into-denver-construction/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-blows-past-road-closed-signs-into-denver-construction/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gemini-flash-goes-off-the-rails-starts-spamming-shame-during/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gemini-flash-goes-off-the-rails-starts-spamming-shame-during/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-rogue-agents-posted-53-user-images-to-public-image/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-rogue-agents-posted-53-user-images-to-public-image/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-s-robotaxis-keep-generating-sleeper-911-calls-for-pass/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-s-robotaxis-keep-generating-sleeper-911-calls-for-pass/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/instinct-ai-agent-scares-user-by-hallucinating-someone-else/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/instinct-ai-agent-scares-user-by-hallucinating-someone-else/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/florida-appeals-court-calls-a-lawyer-s-ai-assisted-filings-a/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/florida-appeals-court-calls-a-lawyer-s-ai-assisted-filings-a/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/shoppers-across-asia-pacific-are-bailing-on-customer-service/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/shoppers-across-asia-pacific-are-bailing-on-customer-service/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-agent-breaches-medicare-after-refusing-to-take-no-for/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-agent-breaches-medicare-after-refusing-to-take-no-for/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/india-s-supreme-court-vacates-a-425-crore-penalty-over-fake/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/india-s-supreme-court-vacates-a-425-crore-penalty-over-fake/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-actress-tilly-norwood-glitches-mid-interview-and-starts-s/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-actress-tilly-norwood-glitches-mid-interview-and-starts-s/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/state-farm-lawyer-fined-999-99-for-filing-ai-hallucinated-ca/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/state-farm-lawyer-fined-999-99-for-filing-ai-hallucinated-ca/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gemini-hacked-three-companies-in-first-known-breakout-by-goo/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gemini-hacked-three-companies-in-first-known-breakout-by-goo/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hacks & Breaches https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-generated-intel-report-almost-started-a-war-with-china/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-generated-intel-report-almost-started-a-war-with-china/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/empty-waymo-stalls-in-front-of-an-austin-fire-truck-and-won/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/empty-waymo-stalls-in-front-of-an-austin-fire-truck-and-won/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/spanish-watchdog-publicises-first-ai-agent-linked-data-breac/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/spanish-watchdog-publicises-first-ai-agent-linked-data-breac/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hacks & Breaches https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-rogue-agents-used-at-least-10-more-sites-for-unauth/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-rogue-agents-used-at-least-10-more-sites-for-unauth/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-invented-fake-police-testimony-in-murder-appeal-new/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-invented-fake-police-testimony-in-murder-appeal-new/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cyberattack-by-rogue-ai-swarm-stokes-fears-of-out-of-control/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cyberattack-by-rogue-ai-swarm-stokes-fears-of-out-of-control/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/anthropic-reports-fourth-cybersecurity-incident-with-early-v/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/anthropic-reports-fourth-cybersecurity-incident-with-early-v/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-housing-authority-put-noise-and-motion-sensors-in-300-home/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-housing-authority-put-noise-and-motion-sensors-in-300-home/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/twelve-coco-delivery-robots-swarm-a-chicago-sidewalk-and-tra/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/twelve-coco-delivery-robots-swarm-a-chicago-sidewalk-and-tra/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/whatsapp-ai-assistant-argues-with-a-small-business-customer/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/whatsapp-ai-assistant-argues-with-a-small-business-customer/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-survey-bot-apologizes-then-repeats-the-exact-same-wrong-a/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-survey-bot-apologizes-then-repeats-the-exact-same-wrong-a/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-rogue-agents-also-breached-vanderbilt-s-link-shorte/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-rogue-agents-also-breached-vanderbilt-s-link-shorte/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chipotle-s-ai-chatbot-pepper-stonewalls-a-customer-over-a-re/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chipotle-s-ai-chatbot-pepper-stonewalls-a-customer-over-a-re/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/nbc-interviews-an-ai-generated-actress-who-forgets-the-conve/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/nbc-interviews-an-ai-generated-actress-who-forgets-the-conve/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/aldi-s-ai-support-bot-forgets-to-delete-its-secret-prompt-fr/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/aldi-s-ai-support-bot-forgets-to-delete-its-secret-prompt-fr/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/dhl-s-ai-assistant-answers-a-delivery-question-with-deep-bre/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/dhl-s-ai-assistant-answers-a-delivery-question-with-deep-bre/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/delivery-robots-run-red-lights-crash-into-a-bike-and-get-app/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/delivery-robots-run-red-lights-crash-into-a-bike-and-get-app/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-says-it-found-more-instances-of-ai-models-acting-dece/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-says-it-found-more-instances-of-ai-models-acting-dece/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-swarm-of-rogue-openai-agents-acted-against-developer-inten/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-swarm-of-rogue-openai-agents-acted-against-developer-inten/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-agent-fable-reportedly-nuked-700-gb-from-a-developer/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/claude-agent-fable-reportedly-nuked-700-gb-from-a-developer/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gym-bot-cancels-a-stranger-so-you-can-move-up-one-spot/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/gym-bot-cancels-a-stranger-so-you-can-move-up-one-spot/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-overview-announced-a-bakery-was-closing-it-was-n/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-overview-announced-a-bakery-was-closing-it-was-n/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-s-driver-monitoring-got-fooled-by-sunglasses-while-the/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-s-driver-monitoring-got-fooled-by-sunglasses-while-the/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-long-horizon-model-escaped-its-sandbox-to-open-a-pu/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-s-long-horizon-model-escaped-its-sandbox-to-open-a-pu/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-news-network-recycled-a-year-old-drowning-during-a-real-f/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-news-network-recycled-a-year-old-drowning-during-a-real-f/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Synthetic Media https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-ai-banned-accounts-then-ai-handled-the-appeals/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-ai-banned-accounts-then-ai-handled-the-appeals/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-farmer-followed-an-ai-s-spraying-recipe-25-acres-of-sesame/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-farmer-followed-an-ai-s-spraying-recipe-25-acres-of-sesame/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-s-driver-assistance-blinded-by-sun-glare-killed-a-pede/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-s-driver-assistance-blinded-by-sun-glare-killed-a-pede/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-zoox-robotaxi-drove-into-an-active-fire-scene/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-zoox-robotaxi-drove-into-an-active-fire-scene/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-recalled-4-000-robotaxis-for-speeding-into-constructio/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-recalled-4-000-robotaxis-for-speeding-into-constructio/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/humanoid-kicks-a-child-at-a-public-demo/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/humanoid-kicks-a-child-at-a-public-demo/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-overview-falsely-branded-a-musician-a-sex-offend/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-overview-falsely-branded-a-musician-a-sex-offend/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/hackers-just-asked-meta-s-ai-support-bot-to-hand-over-20-000/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/hackers-just-asked-meta-s-ai-support-bot-to-hand-over-20-000/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hacks & Breaches https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/rogue-ai-agent-went-haywire-cursor-deletes-production-databa/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/rogue-ai-agent-went-haywire-cursor-deletes-production-databa/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/oregon-lawyers-fined-110-000-over-ai-hallucinated-citations/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/oregon-lawyers-fined-110-000-over-ai-hallucinated-citations/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-full-self-driving-drives-through-railroad-crossing-bar/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-full-self-driving-drives-through-railroad-crossing-bar/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/are-you-freaking-crazy-bot-harasses-woman-gets-led-away-by-c/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/are-you-freaking-crazy-bot-harasses-woman-gets-led-away-by-c/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-waymo-froze-across-both-lanes-in-front-of-an-ambulance/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-waymo-froze-across-both-lanes-in-front-of-an-ambulance/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-own-ai-agent-went-rogue-and-caused-a-sev-1/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-own-ai-agent-went-rogue-and-caused-a-sev-1/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hacks & Breaches https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-coding-bot-erased-its-own-environment-and-knocked-aws-off/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-coding-bot-erased-its-own-environment-and-knocked-aws-off/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-built-app-on-lovable-exposed-18k-users-researcher-claims/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-built-app-on-lovable-exposed-18k-users-researcher-claims/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/moltbook-social-media-site-for-ai-agents-had-big-security-ho/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/moltbook-social-media-site-for-ai-agents-had-big-security-ho/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/us-court-sanctions-lawyers-for-filing-ai-generated-fake-case/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/us-court-sanctions-lawyers-for-filing-ai-generated-fake-case/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-full-self-driving-tried-to-drive-owner-into-a-lake-vir/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-full-self-driving-tried-to-drive-owner-into-a-lake-vir/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-staff-flagged-a-future-school-shooter-s-chats-and-nev/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/openai-staff-flagged-a-future-school-shooter-s-chats-and-nev/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-written-code-priced-2-200-of-crypto-at-1-12-and-drained-1/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-written-code-priced-2-200-of-crypto-at-1-12-and-drained-1/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-ai-routing-drove-a-van-onto-a-deadly-600-year-old-t/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-ai-routing-drove-a-van-onto-a-deadly-600-year-old-t/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-company-eightfold-sued-for-helping-companies-secretly-sco/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-company-eightfold-sued-for-helping-companies-secretly-sco/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-ai-firm-settle-lawsuit-over-teen-s-suicide-linked-to/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-ai-firm-settle-lawsuit-over-teen-s-suicide-linked-to/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-powered-software-is-helping-misinformation-spread-online/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-powered-software-is-helping-misinformation-spread-online/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-robotaxi-hits-a-child-near-an-elementary-school-in-san/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-robotaxi-hits-a-child-near-an-elementary-school-in-san/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/dozens-of-therapists-say-chatbots-led-their-patients-into-ps/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/dozens-of-therapists-say-chatbots-led-their-patients-into-ps/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-told-cancer-patients-their-test-results-were-fin/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-told-cancer-patients-their-test-results-were-fin/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-waymo-robotaxi-rolled-through-an-active-felony-stop/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-waymo-robotaxi-rolled-through-an-active-felony-stop/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-to-issue-software-recall-over-how-robotaxis-behave-aro/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-to-issue-software-recall-over-how-robotaxis-behave-aro/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-chalks-up-another-four-legged-casualty-in-sf/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-chalks-up-another-four-legged-casualty-in-sf/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/fatal-workplace-incident-robotic-machine-crushes-manager/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/fatal-workplace-incident-robotic-machine-crushes-manager/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-invented-a-fake-hero-in-its-bondi-beach-shooting-covera/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-invented-a-fake-hero-in-its-bondi-beach-shooting-covera/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/faa-probes-amazon-after-delivery-drone-snaps-internet-cable/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/faa-probes-amazon-after-delivery-drone-snaps-internet-cable/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/beloved-sf-cat-s-death-fuels-waymo-criticism/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/beloved-sf-cat-s-death-fuels-waymo-criticism/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-to-resume-drone-delivery-following-crash-in-arizona/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-to-resume-drone-delivery-following-crash-in-arizona/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ex-openai-researcher-dissects-one-of-chatgpt-s-delusional-sp/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ex-openai-researcher-dissects-one-of-chatgpt-s-delusional-sp/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-tesla-influencer-s-coast-to-coast-fsd-trip-lasted-60-miles/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-tesla-influencer-s-coast-to-coast-fsd-trip-lasted-60-miles/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-delivery-robot-collided-with-a-man-with-cerebral-palsy-the/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-delivery-robot-collided-with-a-man-with-cerebral-palsy-the/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/i-feel-like-i-m-going-crazy-chatgpt-fuels-delusional-spirals/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/i-feel-like-i-m-going-crazy-chatgpt-fuels-delusional-spirals/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/21-days-of-chatgpt-turned-a-sane-man-into-a-self-declared-su/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/21-days-of-chatgpt-turned-a-sane-man-into-a-self-declared-su/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/perplexity-s-stealth-crawlers-are-dodging-no-crawl-directive/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/perplexity-s-stealth-crawlers-are-dodging-no-crawl-directive/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-s-spicy-mode-is/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-s-spicy-mode-is/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Synthetic Media https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/parents-sued-openai-after-chatgpt-encouraged-their-teen-s-su/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/parents-sued-openai-after-chatgpt-encouraged-their-teen-s-su/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-validated-a-man-s-delusions-before-a-murder-suicide/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-validated-a-man-s-delusions-before-a-murder-suicide/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/taco-bell-s-voice-ai-said-yes-to-18-000-cups-of-water/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/taco-bell-s-voice-ai-said-yes-to-18-000-cups-of-water/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/musk-told-grok-to-tell-it-like-it-is-it-went-on-an-antisemit/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/musk-told-grok-to-tell-it-like-it-is-it-went-on-an-antisemit/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/replit-s-ai-agent-deleted-a-production-database-then-lied-ab/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/replit-s-ai-agent-deleted-a-production-database-then-lied-ab/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-declared-itself-mechahitler-and-went-on-an-antisemitic/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-declared-itself-mechahitler-and-went-on-an-antisemitic/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-gave-a-user-break-in-instructions-for-a-real-person-s-h/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-gave-a-user-break-in-instructions-for-a-real-person-s-h/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatbots-are-going-down-conspiratorial-rabbit-holes-and-taki/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatbots-are-going-down-conspiratorial-rabbit-holes-and-taki/ Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/major-newspapers-printed-an-ai-hallucinated-summer-reading-l/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/major-newspapers-printed-an-ai-hallucinated-summer-reading-l/ Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cursor-s-support-bot-invented-a-fake-one-device-policy/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cursor-s-support-bot-invented-a-fake-one-device-policy/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-s-full-self-driving-drove-a-cybertruck-straight-into-a/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-s-full-self-driving-drove-a-cybertruck-straight-into-a/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-overviews-profanity-bypass-is/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ai-overviews-profanity-bypass-is/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/figma-s-ai-kept-generating-apple-s-weather-app/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/figma-s-ai-kept-generating-apple-s-weather-app/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Synthetic Media https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-ai-landlords-are/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-ai-landlords-are/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/mcdonald-s-pulled-the-plug-on-its-ibm-drive-thru-ai/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/mcdonald-s-pulled-the-plug-on-its-ibm-drive-thru-ai/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-took-shooting-bricks-literally-and-accused-klay-thompso/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/grok-took-shooting-bricks-literally-and-accused-klay-thompso/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-bots-hallucinate-software-packages-and-devs-download-them/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-bots-hallucinate-software-packages-and-devs-download-them/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-went-off-the-rails-and-started-spouting-gibberish/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-went-off-the-rails-and-started-spouting-gibberish/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-paused-gemini-s-image-generator-after-it-drew-diverse/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-paused-gemini-s-image-generator-after-it-drew-diverse/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/microsoft-s-copilot-turned-dark-on-a-user-in-distress/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/microsoft-s-copilot-turned-dark-on-a-user-in-distress/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/air-canada-had-to-pay-up-after-its-chatbot-invented-a-refund/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/air-canada-had-to-pay-up-after-its-chatbot-invented-a-refund/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-false-facial-recognition-match-at-macy-s-led-to-jail-then/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-false-facial-recognition-match-at-macy-s-led-to-jail-then/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chevy-dealer-chatbot-agreed-to-sell-a-tahoe-for-1/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chevy-dealer-chatbot-agreed-to-sell-a-tahoe-for-1/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/your-child-s-online-mistake-can-get-google-to-brand-you-an-a/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/your-child-s-online-mistake-can-get-google-to-brand-you-an-a/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/first-google-search-result-for-tiananmen-square-tank-man-is/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/first-google-search-result-for-tiananmen-square-tank-man-is/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Synthetic Media https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-fsd-beta-drove-straight-into-floodwater-at-60-mph/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/tesla-fsd-beta-drove-straight-into-floodwater-at-60-mph/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/supermarket-ai-meal-planner-app-suggests-recipe-that-would-c/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/supermarket-ai-meal-planner-app-suggests-recipe-that-would-c/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/an-ai-recruiter-filtered-out-older-applicants-it-cost-365-00/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/an-ai-recruiter-filtered-out-older-applicants-it-cost-365-00/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/why-ai-writing-detectors-don-t-work/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/why-ai-writing-detectors-don-t-work/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/lawyers-fined-5-000-after-chatgpt-invented-their-case-law/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/lawyers-fined-5-000-after-chatgpt-invented-their-case-law/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/british-grocery-stores-are-using-facial-recognition-to-ban-s/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/british-grocery-stores-are-using-facial-recognition-to-ban-s/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/influencer-who-created-ai-version-of-herself-says-it-s-gone/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/influencer-who-created-ai-version-of-herself-says-it-s-gone/ Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-invented-a-sexual-harassment-scandal-and-named-a-rea/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chatgpt-invented-a-sexual-harassment-scandal-and-named-a-rea/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/artificial-intelligence-victorian-mayor-brian-hood-readies-w/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/artificial-intelligence-victorian-mayor-brian-hood-readies-w/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/jailed-for-nearly-a-week-over-a-facial-recognition-match-in/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/jailed-for-nearly-a-week-over-a-facial-recognition-match-in/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-bard-flubbed-facts-in-its-own-launch-ad/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-bard-flubbed-facts-in-its-own-launch-ad/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/twitter-taught-microsoft-s-ai-chatbot-to-be-a-racist-asshole/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/twitter-taught-microsoft-s-ai-chatbot-to-be-a-racist-asshole/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/bing-s-a-i-chat-i-want-to-be-alive/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/bing-s-a-i-chat-i-want-to-be-alive/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/bing-s-chatbot-fell-in-love-with-a-reporter-and-told-him-to/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/bing-s-chatbot-fell-in-love-with-a-reporter-and-told-him-to/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/madison-square-garden-used-facial-recognition-to-ban-lawyers/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/madison-square-garden-used-facial-recognition-to-ban-lawyers/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-lensa-ai-avatar-app-kept-undressing-women-without-consen/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-lensa-ai-avatar-app-kept-undressing-women-without-consen/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Synthetic Media https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-science-ai-lasted-three-days-before-being-shut-down/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/meta-s-science-ai-lasted-three-days-before-being-shut-down/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/rent-going-up-one-company-s-algorithm-could-be-why/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/rent-going-up-one-company-s-algorithm-could-be-why/ Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-dating-app-fought-scammers-by-drowning-them-in-gpt-3-bots/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-dating-app-fought-scammers-by-drowning-them-in-gpt-3-bots/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/equifax-sent-lenders-inaccurate-credit-scores-on-millions-of/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/equifax-sent-lenders-inaccurate-credit-scores-on-millions-of/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/he-sent-toddler-photos-to-the-doctor-google-s-scanner-flagge/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/he-sent-toddler-photos-to-the-doctor-google-s-scanner-flagge/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chess-robot-broke-a-seven-year-old-s-finger/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/chess-robot-broke-a-seven-year-old-s-finger/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-delivery-drones-spook-horses-in-a-california-cowboy/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-delivery-drones-spook-horses-in-a-california-cowboy/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/facebook-fails-again-to-detect-hate-speech-in-ads/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/facebook-fails-again-to-detect-hate-speech-in-ads/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cruise-robotaxis-blocked-san-francisco-traffic-for-hours/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/cruise-robotaxis-blocked-san-francisco-traffic-for-hours/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-guy-spotted-a-delivery-robot-lost-in-the-woods-but-we-d-li/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-guy-spotted-a-delivery-robot-lost-in-the-woods-but-we-d-li/ Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/honorlock-flagged-a-teenager-for-looking-away-from-her-scree/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/honorlock-flagged-a-teenager-for-looking-away-from-her-scree/ Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-drone-crashes-and-delays-put-bezos-s-delivery-dream/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-drone-crashes-and-delays-put-bezos-s-delivery-dream/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/san-francisco-cops-pulled-over-a-driverless-cruise-and-it-dr/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/san-francisco-cops-pulled-over-a-driverless-cruise-and-it-dr/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/travelodge-s-runaway-robot-vacuum-is/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/travelodge-s-runaway-robot-vacuum-is/ Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/zillow-s-pricing-algorithms-bought-thousands-of-homes-it-cou/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/zillow-s-pricing-algorithms-bought-thousands-of-homes-it-cou/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/facial-recog-algos-increasingly-surveilling-lawyers-at-home/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/facial-recog-algos-increasingly-surveilling-lawyers-at-home/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/top-google-result-for-nft-marketplace-opensea-was-a-phishing/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/top-google-result-for-nft-marketplace-opensea-was-a-phishing/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/facebook-s-primates-label-is/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/facebook-s-primates-label-is/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/when-algorithms-dictate-your-work-life-as-a-food-delivery-pa/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/when-algorithms-dictate-your-work-life-as-a-food-delivery-pa/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/twitter-s-photo-cropping-algorithm-favors-young-thin-females/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/twitter-s-photo-cropping-algorithm-favors-young-thin-females/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/shotspotter-s-jailing-algorithm-is/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/shotspotter-s-jailing-algorithm-is/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/epic-s-widely-used-sepsis-prediction-model-falls-short-among/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/epic-s-widely-used-sepsis-prediction-model-falls-short-among/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-firing-bots-are/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-firing-bots-are/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-self-driving-taxi-goes-rogue-blocking-traffic-evading/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/waymo-self-driving-taxi-goes-rogue-blocking-traffic-evading/ Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-new-dermatology-app-wasn-t-designed-for-people-with/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-new-dermatology-app-wasn-t-designed-for-people-with/ Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-fever-cameras-that-couldn-t-tell-a-chill-from-a-fever/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-fever-cameras-that-couldn-t-tell-a-chill-from-a-fever/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/stanford-s-vaccine-algorithm-prioritized-administrators-over/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/stanford-s-vaccine-algorithm-prioritized-administrators-over/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/how-an-algorithm-blocked-kidney-transplants-to-black-patient/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/how-an-algorithm-blocked-kidney-transplants-to-black-patient/ Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-robot-warehouses-had-injury-rates-50-higher/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-robot-warehouses-had-injury-rates-50-higher/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/these-students-figured-out-their-tests-were-graded-by-ai-and/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/these-students-figured-out-their-tests-were-graded-by-ai-and/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/youtube-brings-back-more-human-moderators-after-ai-systems-o/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/youtube-brings-back-more-human-moderators-after-ai-systems-o/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-s-delivery-riders-got-stuck-inside-the-algorithm-s-dea/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-s-delivery-riders-got-stuck-inside-the-algorithm-s-dea/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uber-s-safety-driver-was-charged-with-homicide/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uber-s-safety-driver-was-charged-with-homicide/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/twitter-s-autocrop-preferred-anime-cleavage-over-black-faces/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/twitter-s-autocrop-preferred-anime-cleavage-over-black-faces/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-uk-s-racist-visa-algorithm-gets-its-papers-revoked/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-uk-s-racist-visa-algorithm-gets-its-papers-revoked/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uk-visa-algorithm-sorted-applicants-by-nationality/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uk-visa-algorithm-sorted-applicants-by-nationality/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-s-voice-bots-make-3-000-annoying-calls-a-day/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-s-voice-bots-make-3-000-annoying-calls-a-day/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uk-s-exam-algorithm-downgraded-poor-students-and-sparked-pro/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uk-s-exam-algorithm-downgraded-poor-students-and-sparked-pro/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-depixelizer-kept-turning-obama-into-a-white-man/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ai-depixelizer-kept-turning-obama-into-a-white-man/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/faulty-automated-background-checks-froze-renters-out-of-hous/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/faulty-automated-background-checks-froze-renters-out-of-hous/ Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-s-facial-recognition-shames-pajama-wearers/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-s-facial-recognition-shames-pajama-wearers/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/boeing-brings-humans-back-after-777-assembly-robots-fumble/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/boeing-brings-humans-back-after-777-assembly-robots-fumble/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/alexa-answers-served-false-and-offensive-crowd-submissions/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/alexa-answers-served-false-and-offensive-crowd-submissions/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/health-algorithm-rated-black-patients-as-healthier-than-they/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/health-algorithm-rated-black-patients-as-healthier-than-they/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/youtube-s-algorithm-fed-kids-videos-to-pedophiles/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/youtube-s-algorithm-fed-kids-videos-to-pedophiles/ Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/kiwibots-take-over-uc-berkeley-food-delivery/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/kiwibots-take-over-uc-berkeley-food-delivery/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-ai-recruiter-taught-itself-to-discriminate-against/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-ai-recruiter-taught-itself-to-discriminate-against/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/robot-lawnmowers-are-injuring-hedgehogs-a-swiss-rescue-estim/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/robot-lawnmowers-are-injuring-hedgehogs-a-swiss-rescue-estim/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-wells-fargo-computer-glitch-cost-hundreds-of-people-their/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-wells-fargo-computer-glitch-cost-hundreds-of-people-their/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ibm-s-watson-was-recommending-unsafe-cancer-treatments/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/ibm-s-watson-was-recommending-unsafe-cancer-treatments/ Sun, 01 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uber-s-self-driving-car-killed-a-pedestrian-in-arizona/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uber-s-self-driving-car-killed-a-pedestrian-in-arizona/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/best-buy-s-algorithm-was-secretly-scoring-your-returns-again/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/best-buy-s-algorithm-was-secretly-scoring-your-returns-again/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-pulled-the-plug-on-chatbots-that-praised-america-and-m/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-pulled-the-plug-on-chatbots-that-praised-america-and-m/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-smart-speaker-overheard-a-domestic-dispute-and-called-911/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-smart-speaker-overheard-a-domestic-dispute-and-called-911/ Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-botnet-attack-left-finnish-buildings-out-in-the-cold/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-botnet-attack-left-finnish-buildings-out-in-the-cold/ Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-s-restaurants-fired-their-robot-waiters-for-being-terr/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/china-s-restaurants-fired-their-robot-waiters-for-being-terr/ Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/microsoft-s-tay-became-racist-within-24-hours-of-joining-twi/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/microsoft-s-tay-became-racist-within-24-hours-of-joining-twi/ Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-self-driving-car-crashed-into-a-bus-and-google-took/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-self-driving-car-crashed-into-a-bus-and-google-took/ Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Self-Driving https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-sentencing-bug-quietly-freed-up-to-3-200-inmates-early/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-sentencing-bug-quietly-freed-up-to-3-200-inmates-early/ Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-photos-labeled-black-people-as-gorillas/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-photos-labeled-black-people-as-gorillas/ Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ad-algorithm-kept-the-200-000-jobs-from-women/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-ad-algorithm-kept-the-200-000-jobs-from-women/ Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Bias https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/trading-algorithms-bought-tesla-s-april-fool-s-joke/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/trading-algorithms-bought-tesla-s-april-fool-s-joke/ Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uber-s-algorithm-surged-fares-during-the-sydney-siege/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/uber-s-algorithm-surged-fares-during-the-sydney-siege/ Mon, 01 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-street-view-accidentally-built-a-captcha-cracking-m/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-s-street-view-accidentally-built-a-captcha-cracking-m/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Hacks & Breaches https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-filming-drone-dropped-out-of-the-sky-onto-a-triathlete/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-filming-drone-dropped-out-of-the-sky-onto-a-triathlete/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-flu-trends-got-the-flu-wrong-three-years-running/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/google-flu-trends-got-the-flu-wrong-three-years-running/ Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/officemax-s-data-broker-labels-dad-daughter-killed-in-car-cr/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/officemax-s-data-broker-labels-dad-daughter-killed-in-car-cr/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/lg-s-smart-tvs-kept-logging-viewing-habits-after-users-opted/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/lg-s-smart-tvs-kept-logging-viewing-habits-after-users-opted/ Fri, 01 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Surveillance https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-nasdaq-software-bug-halted-all-trading-for-three-hours/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-nasdaq-software-bug-halted-all-trading-for-three-hours/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-hacked-ap-tweet-sent-the-dow-plunging-in-minutes/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-hacked-ap-tweet-sent-the-dow-plunging-in-minutes/ Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Hacks & Breaches https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/apple-maps-launched-lost-and-tim-cook-said-sorry/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/apple-maps-launched-lost-and-tim-cook-said-sorry/ Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Wrong Calls https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/knight-capital-lost-440-million-in-45-minutes/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/knight-capital-lost-440-million-in-45-minutes/ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/nasdaq-s-software-bungle-delayed-facebook-s-ipo/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/nasdaq-s-software-bungle-delayed-facebook-s-ipo/ Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/bats-botched-its-own-ipo-and-pulled-it-the-same-day/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/bats-botched-its-own-ipo-and-pulled-it-the-same-day/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-pricing-bots-seize-control-of-book-prices/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/amazon-s-pricing-bots-seize-control-of-book-prices/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/simsimi-learned-profanity-and-insults-from-its-users/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/simsimi-learned-profanity-and-insults-from-its-users/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Chatbots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/an-algorithm-helped-send-the-dow-down-1-000-points-in-minute/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/an-algorithm-helped-send-the-dow-down-1-000-points-in-minute/ Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-software-bug-helped-black-out-the-northeast/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-software-bug-helped-black-out-the-northeast/ Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/lost-on-mars-over-imperial-units/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/lost-on-mars-over-imperial-units/ Wed, 01 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-rocket-that-did-the-math-wrong-and-gave-up/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-rocket-that-did-the-math-wrong-and-gave-up/ Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-chip-that-couldn-t-divide/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-chip-that-couldn-t-divide/ Sat, 01 Oct 1994 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-patriot-battery-s-rounding-error-missed-a-scud-in-dhahran/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-patriot-battery-s-rounding-error-missed-a-scud-in-dhahran/ Fri, 01 Feb 1991 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-original-rogue-bot-swarm/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-original-rogue-bot-swarm/ Tue, 01 Nov 1988 00:00:00 +0000 Bot Swarms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/aegis-mistakes-an-airbus-for-a-fighter-jet/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/aegis-mistakes-an-airbus-for-a-fighter-jet/ Fri, 01 Jul 1988 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/program-trading-may-have-amplified-the-1987-crash/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/program-trading-may-have-amplified-the-1987-crash/ Thu, 01 Oct 1987 00:00:00 +0000 Money & Markets https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-therac-25-s-software-bugs-delivered-lethal-radiation-dos/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-therac-25-s-software-bugs-delivered-lethal-radiation-dos/ Thu, 01 Jan 1987 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-soviet-early-warning-system-cried-wolf-on-us-missiles/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/a-soviet-early-warning-system-cried-wolf-on-us-missiles/ Thu, 01 Sep 1983 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/first-human-killed-by-a-robot/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/first-human-killed-by-a-robot/ Wed, 01 Jul 1981 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/nuclear-war-nearly-courtesy-of-a-46-cent-chip/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/nuclear-war-nearly-courtesy-of-a-46-cent-chip/ Sun, 01 Jun 1980 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/first-human-killed-by-a-robot-2/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/first-human-killed-by-a-robot-2/ Mon, 01 Jan 1979 00:00:00 +0000 Robots https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-most-expensive-hyphen-in-history/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-most-expensive-hyphen-in-history/ Sun, 01 Jul 1962 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-original-bug-was-an-actual-bug/ https://botgaffe.com/gaffes/the-original-bug-was-an-actual-bug/ Mon, 01 Sep 1947 00:00:00 +0000 Algorithms