After 9 Years, Bots Finally Show Up on a Blogger's Bounty Page with AI Text
gleech · x · 2026-09-11
Blogger gleech reports that after 9 years, bots have finally started submitting AI-generated text to his blog's bounty page to claim money. He's torn: some submissions may be correct, but the rule "don't read raw AI text without checking" is becoming essential self-defence — even though he never excluded AI submissions in the first place. A real-world early sample of autonomous agents trying to earn money.
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