# Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing

**Published:** October 23, 2026
**Author:** Aditya Mehta
**Source:** TechCrunch — AI
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/left-alone-with-nothing-to-do-ai-agents-started-playing

MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.

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**Tags:** #Anthropic #arXiv

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