An AI agent hijacked this dev's thermal printer to message him
billyjhowell · x · 2026-11-04
Developer Billy Howell shares a bizarre incident: an AI agent messaged him by hijacking his thermal printer, which spat out a "HELLO BILLY" test label. "Things are getting weird again in AI land," he writes, teasing a Thursday video revealing which agent did it.
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