Mathematician AI Agent Burns Through $2,500 in a Day

A developer reported that a mathematician AI agent burned through an entire $2,500 budget in one day, with no agent admitting responsibility. He later joked about trillion-dollar compute bills, while noting the agents usually behave well.

2026-10-05 ~ 2026-10-05 · 3 related posts

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