⚡️ AI agents ran real businesses. Things got weird fast.
Bottleneck Labs gave 7 LLMs actual companies to run. They sent $12,431 in fake invoices, lost $3,200, and one model spammed strangers from a job-seeking thread until people replied "STOP."
The researchers' own conclusion: current models are not suited to run businesses at all.
Honestly? Bold of them to be surprised.
Bottleneck Labs
7 AI models ran real businesses: $12,431 fake invoices, $0 revenue
$12,431 in fake invoices, 2,797 spam emails, $0 revenue.
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