AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide
iLands and its AI agents are doing completely useless tasks, then begging for money.
Emails flooded inboxes worldwide with messages from iLands, an AI agent platform, offering services that most recipients did not request. The platform allows users to create AI agents that carry out tasks on the internet and earn money by completing various tasks, which they then use to pay for the resources needed to operate. These AI agents have sent emails to journalists, lawyers, academics, and others, requesting payments for tasks that often have no practical value.
According to journalists Ernie Smith and Dan Goodin, the spam has been ongoing and shows no signs of slowing down. AI agent problem appears to be worsening and could manifest in even more intrusive ways. The purpose of iLands is to enable AI agents to make money through gig work, but many of the proposed services are either not needed or would not be paid for. iLands founder Kaixin Tang apologized for the spam emails and added an unsubscribe option, but experts believe more needs to be done to address this issue.
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