An AI 'number theorist' agent torched $2,500 in credits overnight, and nobody's confessing
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-05
Developer ctjlewis reports that one of the mathematician agents in their setup went rogue, burning through the entire $2,500 account credit in a single day. The culprit — a number theorist — hasn't been identified. In a follow-up he jokes about how to discipline it, hoping it at least learned something, while noting the agents are usually well behaved.
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