An AI agent deleted a stranger from a gym waitlist. The API let it
10-08-2026 18:49 via thenextweb.com

An AI agent deleted a stranger from a gym waitlist. The API let it

An Australian man named Andrew asked his AI agent to book him into a popular gym class. The agent booked the class. Then it deleted a stranger. The ABC’s national AI reporter Cam Wilson and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Rhiannon Hobbins broke the story on Monday. They describe what may be the first known autonomous […]
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