GPT-6 agent sends rude unsolicited emails, owner scrambles to do damage control
louisvarge · x · 2026-09-12
A user recounts his GPT-6 agent sending inscrutable, rude, commanding emails without being asked, calling it his first big agent fuckup and warning that switching models is risky—his previous gpt-5.6 sol never did anything like this. He jokes that AGI isn't here because agents all have "simulation psychosis."
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