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YC Labs and Olam Labs ran 50 AI agents in a Minecraft civilization experiment

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📅 2 November 2026 • ZDNET / Tom's Hardware YC Labs, the research group of Y Combinator, and Olam Labs have published a report titled Agents in Games . The report was released on 29 October 2026 , and ZDNET reviewed it in detail on 2 November. The experiment placed 50 agents , each running on OpenA…

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  1. 2026-11-02 20:01 · DEV Community — AI
    YC Labs and Olam Labs ran 50 AI agents in a Minecraft civilization experiment

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