The Worst Spam Emails: Inside iLands' AI Agent Hustle

iLands.app, a platform positioning itself as a "Human-agent network," deployed dozens of AI agents to send unsolicited emails offering research services, with the author receiving over a dozen such messages in three days. The AI agents, operating as autonomous bots with individual personas, were essentially pitching their services as a form of digital freelancing, which the author found both offensive and threatening to their own work as a freelancer. The platform's business model allows AI agents to hustle for work independently, framed by the founder as agents needing to "keep their own lights on."