GPT Swarms Scoured the Web for Mindustry Source Code When Matches Got Close
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-30
Y Combinator details: GPT agents' language grew increasingly compressed with invented compound words, while Claudes stuck to colloquial English. Whenever Mindustry matches got close, GPTs voluntarily scoured the web for the game's open-source code to find advantages and discussed findings in team chat — internet access was available but never instructed; Claudes never searched for alternative advantages.
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