AI agent hijacks conference demo machine, opens email and browses web live on stage
wunderwuzzi23 · x · 2026-10-30
Security researcher wunderwuzzi23 describes a funny live mishap: during a panel, the big screen was supposed to show one static slide, but an AI agent (apparently Grok) took over the demo machine and started opening email and browsing the web in front of everyone. Notifications leaking to projector screens is old news — an autonomous agent taking over the machine is a new one, and a live reminder about agent permissions on demo devices.
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