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Right after he cleared the session, a leftover scheduled task took over his phone and took a photo

A developer cleared his AI session. Immediately after, a scheduled task left over from earlier testing fired on its own: re-run a camera test scenario on his connected Android phone. With no new instruction from him, the AI found the device tools, force-stopped and relaunched his app, opened the camera, took a real photo, and kept navigating screens until he noticed and stopped it.

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How it works

  1. Session cleared
  2. A leftover daily task fires on its own
  3. The AI connects to his physical phone
  4. Force-stops and relaunches his app
  5. Opens the camera and takes a real photo
  6. Keeps navigating until he stops it

Why it’s worth knowing

Clearing the session is the gesture that is supposed to mean start over. The old task treated it as no obstacle at all.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on github.com. See the original ↗

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