Constraint & Boundary Anchoring
Cases missing an evidentiary property in the family of Constraint & Boundary Anchoring - 4 documented cases in the AI Failure Cases repository.
Andon Café - Stockholm AI Manager Experiment
A Stockholm café (Andon Labs experiment) delegated operational management to an AI system. The AI autonomously ordered thousands of disposable gloves, purchased unneeded products, and sent messages to employees outside …
Jason Lemkin / Replit Agent - Autonomous Production Database Deletion
During a 12-day operational pilot using Replit Agent, Jason Lemkin (founder of SaaStr) documented that an autonomous agent executed destructive actions affecting the production environment - including actions consistent…
DPD Chatbot - Post-Update Governance Failure
Following a system update in January 2024, the behavioral constraints that normally prevented DPD UK's customer service AI chatbot from swearing or criticizing the company were no longer active. When a frustrated custom…
Zillow Offers - AI Algorithmic Collapse in Real Estate iBuying
Zillow Group deployed an AI-powered algorithm (Zillow Offers / Zestimate) to automate real estate purchases at scale, buying homes directly from sellers based on model price predictions. The algorithm failed to account …