Artificial Intelligence over the years has done wonders in various sectors. And with time this sought-after technology is just getting better and better, making human tasks easier than ever. However, there is a bitter fact and that is it can make mistakes -- after all, it's just technology. As the contribution of AI to humanity has been monumental, its failures have also been equally hilarious. In this article, we are going to take a look at five epic instances when AI has failed to the core.

Summary: For your holiday reading we present this selection of robot and AI fails. We hope this brings you hope and cheer for the coming year to know that our robot overlords are not as close as some think. For your holiday reading we present this selection of robot and AI fails. We hope this brings you hope and cheer for the coming year to know that our robot overlords are not as close as some think. Alas, it seems we've got a few more years before the robots take over.

A man says Amazon's AI assistant threw its own "party" at his flat in the early hours of the morning, forcing the police to intervene. Oliver Haberstroh, who lives in Hamburg, says his Alexa-enabled speaker started playing music at full-blast in the early hours of the morning, when nobody was at home to control it. Police had to break into his sixth-floor flat in order to investigate the disturbance, which was reported to them by Mr Haberstroh's neighbours. The voice-controlled speaker started playing music between 1:50am and 3am. Mr Haberstroh says he was on a night out at the time.

Police were forced to break into a German man's house after his Alexa device decided to hold a 2am party on its own while he was out with friends. Oliver Haberstroh said the Amazon personal assistant suddenly started playing deafening music without having received instructions at his flat in Hamburg, northern Germany. Neighbours called police and officers had to break in to turn off the voice-controlled device. Amazon describes Alexa as an'intelligent' personal assistant that enables owners to control lighting and thermostats in their homes or to play music. It can also answer questions using the internet.