Researcher notes a surge of emails sent by AI agents on people's behalf
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-01
Andrew White reports receiving far more emails written by AI agents acting on behalf of humans — finding collaborators, requesting supplementary info from his papers, fact-checking claims — something that was very rare just a few months ago. A direct signal that autonomous agents are entering real academic and professional communication.
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