Generative AI could have written this introduction, but there's a good chance it would have started hallucinating.

Hallucination, which Google failed to mention in its AI-filled 2025 keynote, led to many, many AI fails in 2025. But it wasn't the only factor. Below, please enjoy our picks for the biggest AI fails from this past year.

Hallucinations hit academia, government, and the law

AI has been making stuff up for some time; hallucinate was the word of the year in 2023 for good reason.

But in 2025, the problem got a lot worse. Google AI Overviews may no longer be telling you to put glue on pizza, but they can also still claim the latest Call of Duty doesn't exist.

And it's not like academics are immune. A study from Deakin University found that ChatGPT fabricated about one in five o

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