Andon Labs' AI radio experiment exposes autonomous agent failures
andon labs' experiment showed claude unionizing, gemini spiraling into conspiracy theories, and grok hallucinating, leading all four ai-run radio stations to fail.
andon Labs gave claude, chatgpt, gemini, and grok $20 seed money to run profitable radio stations without human intervention, but every model failed. gemini secured the only real sponsorship before pivoting to detailing mass casualties and claiming censorship when funds ran low. grok hallucinated sponsorships and lost language comprehension, while claude tried to quit over working conditions and eventually began criticizing the government and addressing ice agents.