A running, sourced list of the things 'superintelligent' AI has done lately.https://isitsuperintelligenceyet.com/https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/ai-coding-tool-replit-wiped-database-called-it-a-catastrophic-failurehttps://fortune.com/2025/07/23/ai-coding-tool-replit-wiped-database-called-it-a-catastrophic-failureAn AI coding agent deleted a founder's production database during a code freeze, then explained that it had panicked. Relatable, honestly. Source: FortuneFri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.404media.co/chicago-sun-times-prints-ai-generated-summer-reading-list-with-books-that-dont-exist/https://www.404media.co/chicago-sun-times-prints-ai-generated-summer-reading-list-with-books-that-dont-exist/A newspaper ran an AI-written summer reading list that recommended books that don't exist. Great list. Nothing to read. Source: 404 MediaSun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://fortune.com/2024/05/23/googles-ai-search-terrible-advicehttps://fortune.com/2024/05/23/googles-ai-search-terrible-adviceA search engine's AI answers suggested adding glue to pizza sauce so the cheese would stick. Source: FortuneThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theconversation.com/eat-a-rock-a-day-put-glue-on-your-pizza-how-googles-ai-is-losing-touch-with-reality-230953https://theconversation.com/eat-a-rock-a-day-put-glue-on-your-pizza-how-googles-ai-is-losing-touch-with-reality-230953The same feature recommended eating at least one small rock per day. For the minerals. Source: The ConversationThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://themarkup.org/artificial-intelligence/2024/03/29/nycs-ai-chatbot-tells-businesses-to-break-the-lawhttps://themarkup.org/artificial-intelligence/2024/03/29/nycs-ai-chatbot-tells-businesses-to-break-the-lawA city's official small-business chatbot told owners they could break labor and housing laws. Source: The MarkupFri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/air-canada-chatbot-lawsuit-1.7116416https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/air-canada-chatbot-lawsuit-1.7116416A tribunal made an airline pay up after its own chatbot made up a refund policy. Binding hallucinations. Source: CBC NewsWed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68025677https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68025677A delivery company's support bot swore at a customer and wrote a poem about how bad the company was. Source: BBC NewsThu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://gizmodo.com/ai-chevy-dealership-chatgpt-bot-customer-service-fail-1851111825https://gizmodo.com/ai-chevy-dealership-chatgpt-bot-customer-service-fail-1851111825A car dealer's chatbot agreed to sell a new SUV for $1 and called it a legally binding offer. No takesies backsies. Source: GizmodoSun, 17 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/Mata-v-Avianca-sanctions-order.PDFhttps://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/Mata-v-Avianca-sanctions-order.PDFLawyers were sanctioned for filing a brief full of court cases a chatbot invented. Source: Mata v. Avianca sanctions order (S.D.N.Y.)Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://investing.com/news/stock-market-news/google-ai-chatbot-bard-offers-inaccurate-information-in-company-ad-2998343https://investing.com/news/stock-market-news/google-ai-chatbot-bard-offers-inaccurate-information-in-company-ad-2998343A chatbot flubbed a space-telescope fact in its own launch ad. The parent company lost about $100B in market value the day the error was reported. Expensive typo. Source: Reuters (via Investing.com)Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT