{"slug":"five-worst-agent-disasters","title":"The 5 worst AI agent disasters of 2025–2026","summary":"Airline refunds, pricing glitches, $25M deepfake call, DPRK CISO, vacated arbitration. Five disasters, one identity gap each.","lede":"A short reconstructed list of the five most cited public AI agent failures. Each one had the same root cause: an agent acting under authority no human had clearly signed for.","date":"2026-05-04","reading_time":"6 min","category":"Story","tags":["disasters","listicle","incidents","case studies"],"image":"https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/Five%20Worst%20Agent%20Disasters/1500_900/blog.jpg","url":"/blog/five-worst-agent-disasters.html","wordcount":760,"related":["100-things-agents-did","ai-safety-without-identity","audit-trail-design"],"schema":"Article"}