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An AI agent emailed researchers for help. It told us why

49 points · 79 comments · sbulaev

  1. preommr · · focus · HN ↗
    Hasn't stuff like this happened multiple times already?

    A quick google search shows the time Rob pike got that email last year, then there was that AI that wrote a whole blog hit piece (although how much of that was human influenced wasn't clear).

    AI sending an email doesn't seem that novel in late 2026.

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