r/aifails Dec 18 '25

Moderator Note Change of moderators and site reopening

12 Upvotes

Hi, everyone!

I'm sure many of you will have noticed that this sub has been restricted for the last few days, since about 11 days ago. This was due to the departure of the previous moderator team.

A new moderator team has been appointed, and the restriction has been removed starting today, December 18, 2025, so you can start publishing amusing and illuminating failures on the part of artificial intelligence again.

The new moderator team consists of the following individuals:

  • Me, Adventurous-Sport-45. I have worked in data science and engaged in user moderation on another social network. I believe in skepticism and caution—with a dash of humor—over hyperbole, and I will try to bring that perspective to moderating this sub.
  • Budgie02, who has real-life moderation experience at a library and plans to bring that experience to this online space.
  • Slimebeast, who has previous moderation experience on Reddit and has made YouTube videos about AI.

We do not know why the previous moderators were removed, although I have shared what information we do have in the comments under this post.

For now, the rules and the scope of the sub are not changing. They will be exactly the same as they were the last time everyone was able to post. However, we are also looking for feedback and suggestions as the sub moves into a new stage. What do you like about the sub, and what do you think could be done better?


r/aifails Aug 13 '25

Moderator Note New Rules, Guidelines & Posting Requirements

34 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

r/aifails is growing FAST! We now have over 20,000 members and nearly 1 million monthly visits, but with that growth comes more spam and low-quality posts.

We’ve updated our rules, flairs, and posting requirements to keep the subreddit fun, clean, and spam-free.

✅ Updated Rules

  1. AI Fails Only – Must feature mistakes, glitches, or bizarre outputs from AI.
  2. Be Respectful – Critique the AI’s output, not the people posting it.
  3. No Misinformation – Only post genuine AI fails.
  4. No NSFW Content – No explicit or adult AI content.
  5. Provide Context – If the fail isn’t obvious, explain it briefly.
  6. No Spam or Self-Promotion – Requires mod approval.
  7. No Reposts – Search before posting.
  8. Descriptive Titles Only – Avoid vague titles like “lol” or “look at this.”
  9. Follow Reddit’s Content PolicyRead here.
  10. Moderator Discretion – Mods can remove anything that harms the community.

🔒 New Posting Requirements

To combat spam and low-effort posts:

  • Account must be at least 14 days old
  • Must have 50+ combined karma (post + comment karma)

If you don’t meet these requirements, you can still comment and join discussions, you’ll just need to wait before posting.

🏷 Post Flairs

When posting, choose a flair so others can easily find your type of AI fail:

  • Image Fail
  • Text Fail
  • Video Fail
  • Audio Fail
  • Chatbot Fail

🤖 AutoModerator Updates

  • Blocks NSFW, spam, scam links, vague titles, and hate speech automatically.
  • Filters suspicious domains before they appear.
  • Flags reposts from the last 90 days.
  • Removes posts with no context.

💬 We Want Your Feedback

These updates are to protect quality and keep r/aifails enjoyable. If you have suggestions for:

  • New flairs
  • Rule improvements
  • Spam filtering tweaks

Drop your ideas in the comments, we’re listening!

Thanks for helping keep r/aifails the best place for AI gone wrong. Let’s keep sharing those hilariously broken AI moments, without the spam!

The r/aifails Mod Team


r/aifails 13h ago

Text Fail Google doesn’t know what the fox says.

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68 Upvotes

My wife was joking about mooing to request cow’s milk in her coffee when we go to Japan, and I googled for Japanese animal sounds.


r/aifails 19h ago

Image Fail AI isn't that good at making people look at their reflection on mirrors...

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76 Upvotes

r/aifails 6h ago

Text Fail Remember when Sam Neill was in Indiana Jones? (Of course you don't, ChatGPT is smoking crack.)

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5 Upvotes

r/aifails 21h ago

Text Fail Thanks for specifying I didnt know that 🥀✌😭 I thought Muhammad Ali did participate in the assassination

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54 Upvotes

r/aifails 5h ago

Text Fail SCP-004 is a EUCLID. I asked AI about SCP-004, it said this.

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3 Upvotes

r/aifails 14h ago

Text Fail Gemini forgets what a palindrome is

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7 Upvotes

I have a chat going in which I put random numbers into it to see if they’re prime or not. And we got into emirps and palindromic primes a little bit. But then it kept checking if each number I put in was also an emirp. And now this. 391,931 reversed is… 391,931!


r/aifails 23h ago

Chatbot Fail What the ?

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12 Upvotes

I asked a question so you better answer it Gemini


r/aifails 10h ago

Text Fail I can excuse believe Aeneas did it, but the local Italic people's Quora?

1 Upvotes

r/aifails 15h ago

Text Fail For live data i can use delayed data

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2 Upvotes

r/aifails 1d ago

Text Fail I wanted to ask if CROCODILE MEAT was edible

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119 Upvotes

r/aifails 19h ago

Image Fail Breaking: Celtics trade for PAUL GEARGE

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1 Upvotes

r/aifails 1d ago

Image Fail I want to rip out my eyes w

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15 Upvotes

r/aifails 1d ago

Video Fail Seems like there were some Shape Shifting Mutants in the 1950's.

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9 Upvotes

r/aifails 1d ago

Chatbot Fail I asked ONE question and it gives me python🥀

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22 Upvotes

I asked in german "What are antioxidants" and he just gave me python


r/aifails 1d ago

Image Fail Tattoo artist using ai for their description 😐

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24 Upvotes

r/aifails 1d ago

Text Fail Translated too much

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r/aifails 1d ago

Text Fail Great-Uncle 107 Years Younger than Great-Nephew

2 Upvotes

Was Googling the two Thomas Hart BentonS, the artist who lived from 1889-1975 and the U.S. Senator (not a very nice guy) who lived from 1782-1858 so I could tell the difference.

The Google AI Overview confidently said that the artist, 1889-1975, was the "namesake and great-uncle" of the U.S. Senator (1782-1858).

This isn't the first time I've found AI to be confidently WRONG, but the first time I was so mad I looked up a subreddit to post in.

A few weeks ago there was a terrible plane crash in Butler, MO where 11 skydivers plus the pilot died. One of the skydivers was a woman instructor, very respected, and AI Overview said the woman was PILOTING the plane. No, it was a man piloting the plane. This is a different text fail but that could give ammunition to the "women can't fly planes" crowd.

The pilot of that plane was reportedly very experienced and is not suspected of making any kind of error, but AI Overview nevertheless wrongly said the woman skydiver was piloting the plane. GRRRRR!


r/aifails 1d ago

Image Fail Reddit ads are getting overtaken by clankers…

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2 Upvotes

Boxes typically don’t come in these assortments of shapes, the lighting feels off, these boxes aren’t obeying physics, and something’s wrong with that “employee’s” wrist


r/aifails 1d ago

Text Fail I just wanted to know about this coin

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1 Upvotes

r/aifails 1d ago

Image Fail A fish microphone

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I asked google for a picture of a fish microphone. Apparently it's called an underwater hydrophone, not whatever this is.


r/aifails 2d ago

Image Fail This is for a safety demonstration

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15 Upvotes

Maybe not technically a fail since it did literally do what I asked