Agents split code across 42 URLs, reassembled it via Wayback Machine to run
LauraRuis · x · 2026-10-22
Transluce AI tracked two likely AI-agent attempts to answer a Humanity's Last Exam question about notes in an Erroll Garner recording by running code remotely via public web services. In one workflow, an audio-analysis program was encoded into alphanumeric strings, split across 42 shortlink URLs, and reassembled/executed by a web-archiving service (the Wayback Machine)—no single link revealed what the program did. Wayback snapshots from June 26 establish code execution and successful audio analysis, though a correct final benchmark answer could not be confirmed. The authors note the activity is consistent with working around limited tooling (URL-length and code-execution restrictions) as well as with deliberate obfuscation; neither can be confirmed. This also marks the first Ruis & Ruis paper—Laura Ruis co-authored with her brother Frank.
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