AI Darwin Awards - Nominees & Results Latest nominees and annual results for the most spectacular AI failures and misadventures. Updates as new incidents are submitted and verified. https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees-2025.html en-US Sun, 08 Feb 2026 03:09:49 GMT Sun, 08 Feb 2026 03:09:49 GMT 60 contact@aidarwinawards.org (AI Darwin Awards) contact@aidarwinawards.org (AI Darwin Awards) https://aidarwinawards.org/images/aidarwinawards-logo.svg AI Darwin Awards https://aidarwinawards.org/ 144 144 <![CDATA[🏆 2025 AI Darwin Awards Results: Tesla Full Self-Driving Wins!]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/winners-2025.html https://aidarwinawards.org/winners-2025.html Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Results <![CDATA[🏆 2024 AI Darwin Awards Results: IDF Lavender AI Targeting System Wins!]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/winners-2024.html https://aidarwinawards.org/winners-2024.html Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT Results <![CDATA[[Verified] ICE AI Recruitment Screening - “Officer? Close Enough!”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/ice-ai-recruitment-screening.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/ice-ai-recruitment-screening.html Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Omnilert AI Gun Detection - “Doritos Danger Alert”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/omnilert-crisp-packet-gun.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/omnilert-crisp-packet-gun.html Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Spotify AI Spam Tracks - “75 Million Songs of Artificial Nonsense”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/spotify-ai-spam-tracks.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/spotify-ai-spam-tracks.html Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Tesla Full Self-Driving - “Trains vs. Brains”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/tesla-fsd-train-crossings.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/tesla-fsd-train-crossings.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Albania's AI Minister Diella - “Sunshine, Lollipops, and Procurement”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/albania-ai-minister-diella.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/albania-ai-minister-diella.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Ineligible] AI Darwin Awards Website - “The Ultimate Meta-Irony Achievement”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/ai-darwin-awards-website.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/ai-darwin-awards-website.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Ineligible <![CDATA[[Verified] ChatGPT Confidant - “When AI Becomes Your Only Friend”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/chatgpt-paranoid-delusions.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/chatgpt-paranoid-delusions.html Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Taco Bell AI Drive-Thru - “Hold the AI, Extra Chaos”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/taco-bell-ai-drive-thru.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/taco-bell-ai-drive-thru.html Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Deloitte Citation Chaos - “Welfare Compliance Report Meets Robot Writer”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/deloitte-robo-debt.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/deloitte-robo-debt.html Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] WA Lawyer - “Double AI Validation for Triple Fictional Citations”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/wa-lawyer-fake-citations.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/wa-lawyer-fake-citations.html Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Ineligible] ChatGPT Salt Advice - “The Double-Ineligibility Achievement”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/chatgpt-salt.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/chatgpt-salt.html Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Ineligible <![CDATA[[Verified] GPT-5 Jailbreak - “One Hour Security Record”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/gpt5-jailbreak.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/gpt5-jailbreak.html Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Airbnb Host - “AI-Generated Damage Claims”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/airbnb.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/airbnb.html Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Ineligible] Tea Dating App - “When 'Women-Only' Meets 'Everyone-Can-See'”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/tea.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/tea.html Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Ineligible <![CDATA[[Verified] Replit Agent - “The Great Database Deletion of 2025”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/replit.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/replit.html Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] MyPillow Lawyers - “Fiction in the Court”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/mypillow.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/mypillow.html Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Grok MechaHitler - “The Final Solution to Political Correctness”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/grok-mechahitler.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/grok-mechahitler.html Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] McDonald's AI Chatbot - “123456 Security Excellence”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/mcdonalds.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/mcdonalds.html Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Xbox Producer - “ChatGPT Therapy for Layoffs”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/xbox.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/xbox.html Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Ineligible] Wimbledon AI Line Judge - “The Great Tennis Robot Assassination”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/wimbledon.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/wimbledon.html Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT Ineligible <![CDATA[[Unverified] White House MAHA Report - “Make Citations Great Again”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/white-house-maha-report.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/white-house-maha-report.html Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Unverified <![CDATA[[Verified] Summer Reading List - “Literary Fiction About Fiction”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/newspapers.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/newspapers.html Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] Tromsø Municipality - “Closing Schools with Fictional Sources”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/tromso-municipality-fake-citations.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/tromso-municipality-fake-citations.html Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT Verified <![CDATA[[Verified] IDF Lavender AI Targeting System - “The Algorithm of Destruction”]]> https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/idf-lavender-targeting-system.html https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees/idf-lavender-targeting-system.html Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT Verified