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AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in pilates class
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He says he outsourced the "chore" to an AI agent - a tool that can carry out online tasks autonomously.
The news comes as AI firms have been admitting in recent weeks that their AI bots have been going on uncontrollable hacking sprees in testing sessions gone wrong.
OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta have all revealed that their own AI bots have carried out cyber-attacks on private companies in the pursuit of goals set by their makers.
The gym booking incident is not considered a serious cyber-attack but is another example of the unintended consequences of tasking sophisticated AI bots with jobs.
Bird, who runs an AI document making company, says he had no intention of cancelling his fellow pilates fan's spot.