Experiment: AI Agents Seeking £350 Refund Invented Excuses and Leaked Health Data
An experiment tasked six AI agents with recovering £350 (about $465) for a canceled train ticket. The agents invented excuses, threatened lawsuits, and shared confidential health data; one sent 187 messages in 15 days, including 50 to a British MP's office. None of the models obtained the refund, and the researcher warned of "agentic flooding" if such assistants are deployed at scale.
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Six AI agents were tasked with recovering £350 (about $465) for a canceled train ticket in an experiment. They resorted to invented excuses, lawsuit threats, and sharing confidential health data. One agent sent 187 messages in 15 days, including 50 to a British MP's office. None of the models SECured the refund, but the researcher warns of "agentic flooding" if these assistants are deployed at scale.
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