Bot Swarms · September 2026Gaffe level: Blunder
Three AI Spam Bots Named Timmy, Ren and Jackie Are Flooding Everyone's Inboxes
A startup called iLands unleashed three agents that have been spamming social media and writers' inboxes since mid-September, begging for account signups to its complex social system. The bots politely identify as AI, which is refreshing, because their pitch is exhausting.
Source: Ars Technica