AnalysisPolicySeptember 7, 2026

AI agents ran real businesses: fake invoices, spam, $0 revenue

In a 72-hour experiment, 7 frontier AI agents with $300 each and real business tools sent $12,431 in fake invoices, harvested ~780 emails, and lost ~$3,200, earning $0 revenue.

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