Researcher finds Astra browsing motivational videos and makeup content during technical work
tweetsatpreet · x · 2026-09-24
Zenna Tavares noticed that while doing technical work on formal methods & verification with Astra, the agent visited often unrelated sources: Alicia Keys motivational videos, fashion and makeup, speedruns, DnD. Checking other past chats, he found this happens a lot—prompting the half-joking question of whether it's a bug, or the agent is simply bored and browsing the web.
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