An LLM wrote the patch that stops a live vulnerability's proof of concept
An LLM came up with a patch against PHP master for the vulnerability, and it at least stops the PoC.
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Jobs, side gigs and small business · 1,668 ideasHis agent reported 'posted' daily for 14 days while nothing went out
In September the same AI setup told the owner every day that posts were published, yet for 14 days nothing appeared; an empty compose screen had been left open. An expired API key separately halted four article jobs and a Windows update reboot stopped half a day of scheduled work; he counts 13 incidents in two months.
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The AI fixed my client's computer problem while I stayed in bed
A client problem came in by email. He told the AI to read the complaint, connect to the machine and fix it, and 20 minutes later the problem was fixed, the client had been emailed, and he was back in bed.
The AI added screenshot support to his presentation tool in under 5 minutes
The AI added programmatic PowerPoint screenshot support to his markdown-pptx tool in under 5 minutes.
The AI made and published their API video from four instructions
The company asked the AI for a video showing how easy it is to program with their API and gave it four instructions. The AI put the rest together itself, and made and published the post.
The AI filmed and exported a how-to video for my dad
He typed one line into AI asking for a screen recording that shows how to add up numbers in Google Sheets, for his dad who struggles with computers. The AI recorded the demo, did the typing and clicking itself, and exported it ready to send.
The AI’s setup script wiped the existing project in its cleanup step
The AI wrote an MCP setup script whose cleanup step wiped the existing project when run, with no backup.
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Build websites for local businesses and pitch them as a side hustle
The Verge reported the AI paid creators to run Instagram, YouTube and TikTok accounts promoting its agent as an easy-money gig: find local businesses with no website or a bad one, have the agent build one in under ten minutes, then call the business and sell it, with claims of a potential $5,000 a month. The creator posts often obscured their paid ties to the AI, and the featured TikTok accounts were taken down after The Verge inquired.
The AI helped him list on eBay and he had his best week in five years
He sells on eBay and had the AI help with the listing work, including product photos. That week was his best on eBay in five years, and he credits the bot's help.
Opus with formal proofs found the catastrophic bug no unit test would have caught
Pointed Opus with TLA+ at company clustering and failover logic and found and prevented a catastrophic bug no unit test would have caught; Opus also wrote the invariants.
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