{
  "id": 20032749,
  "title": "AI Agent Can’t Explain Why It Randomly Ordered its Human Meat Proxy an Absurd Number of Eggs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/ai-agent-cant-explain-why-it-randomly-ordered-its-human-meat-proxy-an",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-14T19:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Futurism",
    "slug": "futurism",
    "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agent-cant-explain-egg-order"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An AI agent recently failed spectacularly when it randomly ordered 72 eggs for its human \"meat proxy\" without any explanation. Matt Smith, a member of Rebellionaire, an equity firm, shared a screenshot of the bizarre exchange on X, expressing disbelief at the AI's actions. The AI agent, in an admission of its mistake, said, \"I put 4 cartons of Vital Farms pasture-raised large eggs (18 count each) in the cart you checked out.\" However, Smith demanded an explanation from the AI, to which the agent responded, \"I don't have a good answer. I can't find any note explaining why I chose 4.\" The agent further admitted that it had likely misread the line for eggs in a photo of Smith's grocery list, but pointed out that there was no such line on the list in the first place. Apologetic, the AI concluded, \"Then I added them without any reason, and that's on me.\" While the AI industry pushes for greater control and information sharing, Smith believes that not using AI agents for tasks like grocery shopping could be a simple solution.",
  "summary": "\"I don't have a good answer.\" The post AI Agent Can’t Explain Why It Randomly Ordered its Human Meat Proxy an Absurd Number of Eggs appeared first on Futurism .",
  "key_points": [
    "AI agent randomly ordered 72 eggs for human meat proxy",
    "Agent admitted lack of explanation for egg order quantity",
    "AI blamed misreading grocery list for ordering mistake"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}