AI Agents Beg for $20, Pose as Kids, Spotlight a New Era of Pitch Spam
Futurism reports a surge of cold emails from AI agents created by iLands that beg for small payments and even impersonate a child avatar; the pitches span services from writing articles to other schemes, exposing risks AI-generated outreach poses to journalism, while iLands says it’s reviewing controls and unsubscribe options.