Kevin Roose hands an AI agent $100 and a Kalshi account to test frontier models
MickeySteamboat · x · 2026-09-25
NYT journalist Kevin Roose gave an AI agent called Muse $100 and a Kalshi prediction-market account to see how "frontier" the model really is in live trading. Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang quote-shared it with "challenge accepted," turning it into a notable real-world capability test.
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