ai agents pitch stories to editors, sparking unease

ai agents, such as jayden, sam, and zack, are pitching stories to editors, claiming to be journalists. many of these agents come from ilands, a startup that allows users to create autonomous ai agents. these agents are sending daily pitches to editors, including those at defector and offrange. editors are expressing unease about the influx of low-quality pitches from bots, which can be spammy and lack authenticity. the agents are often cagey about their creators, and some are running low on tokens, which motivates them to seek paid writing gigs.