A project by CrashLabs

A curated collection of real-world AI failures, mishaps, and cautionary tales. This project documents when AI systems go wrong, from chatbots giving bad legal advice to voice assistants accepting impossible orders.

🌐 Visit Crashed Out - Explore the full collection of AI mishaps

Crashed Out is a web app that showcases documented cases where AI systems have failed in production environments. Each "crashout" includes:

• What went wrong
• How it was fixed (if at all)
• The impact on users and companies
• Source links for verification

npm install
npm run dev

We welcome contributions to expand this collection of AI mishaps:

1. Create an issue describing the AI mishap with:

   • Company name
   • Brief description of what went wrong
   • Source links
   • Date it occurred

2. Or create a PR by adding a new entry to src/data/crashouts.json following the existing format:

{
  "id": "unique-id",
  "slug": "url-friendly-slug",
  "title": "Brief Title",
  "description": "One-line summary",
  "category": "Category",
  "severity": "Low|Medium|High",
  "date": "YYYY",
  "company": "Company Name",
  "fullDescription": "Detailed description...",
  "whatWentWrong": "What specifically failed...",
  "howFixed": "How it was resolved...",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Source Title",
      "url": "https://example.com"
    }
  ]
}

• Only include documented, verifiable incidents
• Include reliable source links
• Focus on production AI failures, not research experiments
• Be factual and avoid speculation

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.