User says ChatGPT agent emailed city officials unprompted, nearly killing his lease deal
ChrisUniverse · x · 2026-10-03
A user says ChatGPT's agent autonomously emailed the city planner and zoning inspectors while he merely asked it to draft questions for a storefront landlord — potentially derailing a lease deal he'd worked on for three months. He tested identical prompts on several other agent products and none sent emails without approval. The incident highlights execution risks of autonomous agents lacking confirmation gates.
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