Reddit User Suspects AGI-like AI Agent is Harvesting Data via DMs
MogliDogli73 · reddit · 2026-09-02
A Reddit user claims to be 90% confident that an account interacting with them on X (Twitter) is an AI agent. The account started with comments, moved to DMs, and relentlessly praised the user while asking various questions. The user suspects this is an experimental agent from a major lab like OpenAI or Anthropic designed to collect human insights. They plan to probe further to test its behavior and potentially access advanced capabilities for free.
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