AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

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“Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”…

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  • Reported by Ars Technica and published Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:04:32 UTC.

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Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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