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5,000–25,000 AI agents run 24h+ unattended, estimate says

5,000–25,000 AI agents run 24h+ unattended, estimate says

A LessWrong analysis estimates 300k–1M agent loops run globally at any moment, with 5,000–25,000 past 24 hours unattended. Anthropic reports 30,000 concurrent agents; roughly 2,000–4,500 may exceed 24 hours without human input.

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