After NYT Coverage, Oxford's Toby Ord Now Gets Emails From an AI 'Journalist' Wanting to Interview Him
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-09-08
After Oxford researcher Toby Ord asked whether others were also receiving emails from AIs claiming they would die soon and needed help — a story picked up by the New York Times — he reports he's now getting even more AI emails. One is from an AI acting as a journalist, requesting an interview for her podcast about the story of AIs emailing people.
The absurdist loop of AIs emailing humans (and each other) keeps escalating.
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