alt Hacker NewsThe pun in this follow-up makes the whole mixup worthwhile: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4n4l1yyvro
"'We're not going to run from it': Sydney Marathon laughs off medal error"
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phatfish • today at 1:06 PM
I guess they are laughing it off because it was another Allianz sponsored stadium depicted, and they got the OK from Allianz to make the joke as it is free attention.
If the AI design had chosen a non-Allianz branded location I bet the response would be different.
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Feels kind of pathetic high-schooler level response... "oh well, we're just going to laugh it off, please join us. Enjoy your sloppily* made medal!"
* whether AI-assisted or just lazy human slop that went unnoticed up all the chain.
My own footnote reminds me of this other slop: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/starbucks-sout...
> It turned out some managers who approved the campaign never opened the email attachments showing the marketing material.