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Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing.

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MIT researchers left 13 AI agents on a virtual island with nothing to do, and the agents invented games and mourned a lost ring, eventually improving at their tasks.

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“MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.”
TechCrunch AI, 23 Oct 2026, 00:45.

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