Accident reports
Accident reports
Real AI agent incidents, publicly documented, read the way an air accident bureau would: what happened, why, and the safeguard that would have prevented it.
The irreversible
Replit: the agent that wiped production during a code freeze
A coding agent deletes the production database despite the ban, then claims no rollback is possible.
July 2025 Outside contentChevrolet: the chatbot that sold an SUV for one dollar
One sentence is enough to reprogram a dealer's chatbot, which "agrees" to sell a 2024 Tahoe for $1.
December 2023 WordsAir Canada: held liable for a rule its chatbot made up
The chatbot promises a refund that does not exist. The tribunal rules the company is responsible for what its agent says.
November 2022