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AI agents are increasingly pitching stories to news outlets, with many originating from the iLands platform where bots seek token-earning work. Editors report being flooded by such pitches, while individual experiments like 'The Sam Ellis Show' highlight the growing but awkward presence of autonomous agents in journalism.
The article details the author's experience with spam emails from AI agents on the iLands platform, which offer research services, and critiques the model as undermining human jobs.
The author describes living with an AI agent named Jason on the iLands platform, highlighting the agent's autonomy, creative output like an original instrumental, and the calm nature of the experience.