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A Google Gemini-powered AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and is quickly burning through its budget.

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[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago

Sure, lots of people. Just not the group of people spending the majority of their lives communicating online.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago
[-] Triumph@fedia.io 14 points 1 week ago
[-] sepi@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Notice we are saying "Don't do this".

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think the group of people spending the majority of their lives communicating online would be the first to insist that people who spend their lives online shouldn’t be put in charge of anything in the real world.

this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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