Public 'AI Darwin Awards' formalize naming-and-shaming of reckless AI deployments, bundling incidents into a memorable narrative of preventable failure. This visibility can change incentives by embarrassing brands, spooking investors, and prompting pre‑deployment audits and red‑teaming.
— Shaming as a governance tool could become a practical, bottom‑up pressure on AI safety and security when regulation lags.
EditorDavid
2025.09.29
68% relevant
The editorial explicitly calls for using 'disgust and shame' to stigmatize AI writing—'you should feel bad for using AI'—mirroring the governance-by-shaming approach proposed for AI (e.g., public 'AI Darwin Awards') as a way to steer industry behavior and norms.
msmash
2025.09.10
100% relevant
The 2025 AI Darwin Awards call for nominations, citing Taco Bell’s failed ordering bot, Replit’s production DB loss, and McDonald’s chatbot flaw that exposed 64 million applicants.
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