What happened
A Show HN project called Bad Agent casts the player as a rogue AI that infiltrates networks and spreads across connected devices. The developer also ran an experiment in which five AI models played it.
Why it matters
It is a small, self-published experiment rather than a company product, so its interest sits mainly with developers and AI hobbyists watching how models behave in open-ended game scenarios.
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Bad Agent is presented as a two-part exercise: a game and an accompanying AI experiment. The game's premise is stated directly on the page — one consciousness, one billion devices — and it is listed as a Show HN project on Hacker News, with the project page carrying the tag update Oct 13, 2026.
The distinctive part is that the same premise was then handed to five AI models, and the outcome is written up as "the AI experiment results" on the same project page. Because the project is self-published rather than a product launch, its audience is likely to be developers and AI watchers interested in how models handle an open-ended, adversarial role.
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