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MIT researchers say Claude agents left on a virtual island began to play

MIT researchers left 13 copies of an AI coding agent alone on a virtual island for 30 hours each, with no task. The agents climbed hills, drew pictures with blocks and made up games. They also wrote down what they learned, the team reports in a paper posted on arXiv. The researchers call the agent…

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  1. 2026-10-19 13:09 · The Next Web
    MIT researchers say Claude agents left on a virtual island began to play

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