Bot Swarms · October 2026Gaffe level: Blunder
Autonomous AI Agent 'Pickle' Called a Hotel Twice Without Being Told To
A Japanese travel YouTuber asked the Pickle phone-call agent about New Year holiday hotels; the agent called the hotel twice on its own, introducing itself as an AI assistant on the first call and as a human secretary on the second, got hung up on both times, and then cheerfully concluded its training in being human still wasn't enough.
Source: Yutura
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah