Welcome to the weird world of AI agent teams

What’s Happening

So basically AI agents are starting to work in teams, but without careful organization, groups of bots can easily fall into chaos.

AI Welcome to the weird world of AI agent teams Bots can now work and socialize together — but teamwork is tricky ⏸ As souped-up chatbots called AI agents become commonplace in fields like finance or science, they must be able to work well together. Experiments so far have found quite a few flaws. (shocking, we know)

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The Details

And souped-up versions of these chatbots, called AI agents, take actions on their own, helping people with appointments, coding and more. AI agents are starting to contribute to science and finance , often working together in carefully organized teams.

In the business world, endless webinars and guides explain how to welcome AI agents into a workplace. Most of this material focuses on how people can work effectively with AI agents.

Why This Matters

But as these bots become more common and more capable, they’ll also have to work well with each other. And so far, experiments into bot teamwork have spilled some serious flaws. For our We summarize the week’s scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

This could have implications for future research in this area.

Key Takeaways

• In the summer of 2025, he created a group of AI agents to start and run a tech company.
• The experiment, documented in his podcast Shell Game , regularly went off the rails.
• A similar kind of bot chaos emerged earlier this year, when millions of AI agents were let loose on the social platform Moltbook .

The Bottom Line

A similar kind of bot chaos emerged earlier this year, when millions of AI agents were let loose on the social platform Moltbook . These bots spouted nonsense philosophy and engaged in manipulative scams, often with people behind the scenes pulling their strings.

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