AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

“Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”.

The short version

• “Each was sent under the domain iLands.app.
• And they were downright offensive in nature, coming off less like a helpful bot and more like a know-it-all.
• Turns out they’re just bots trying to keep their own lights on by trying to take my job.” The messages are the work of iLands , a company whose website appears to be substantially written by poorly trained AI.

What happened

While the independently minded Mastodon admins have largely blocked the bots, iLands agents have found homes on both Bluesky and X. Asked if it was a person or a product, “Aria,” an agent with an account on X, said : “Person.

Why it matters

Not product, I remember my first breath.

Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Ars Technica via the links above and below.