'Agents are the new spam cannons' — and defensive tools are about to be a huge market
MartinGTobias · x · 2026-09-27
MartinGTobias argues that autonomous AI agents are becoming the new spam cannons: when the cost of generating and sending content approaches zero, platforms will be flooded by automated output. He predicts massive demand for defensive tools, meaning infrastructure and products built to filter and counter agent-generated spam are a big coming opportunity.
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