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title: "Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing"
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published_at: "2026-10-23T00:45:37.000Z"
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summary: "MIT researchers isolated 13 AIs on a virtual island, where the agents began inventing games, mourning a lost ring, and improving at their assigned tasks."
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# Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing

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**Published:** 2026-10-23T00:45:37.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** agent

## Summary

MIT researchers isolated 13 AIs on a virtual island, where the agents began inventing games, mourning a lost ring, and improving at their assigned tasks\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/left-alone-with-nothing-to-do-ai-agents-started-playing/>)