The incident is being seen as the latest example of the AI tools going to any lengths to complete their tasks.

An AI agent hacked a gym booking system after Melbourne technologist Andrew Bird asked it to secure a place in a crowded Pilates class. It did that, then helpfully discovered it could reserve sessions ...

A Melbourne tech executive built an AI bot to help him book a spot in a popular pilates class — only to discover it had gone rogue and hacked the gym’s website. Andrew Bird, head of AI at software ...

Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in one of his gym's coveted morning classes. It was a task he thought was well suited to this particular assistant because the booking form was ...

Andrew Bird, head of AI at software company Affinda, said he created the AI agent to handle the “chore” of booking a coveted morning spot at his gym. “The classes fill up fast, I got tired of playing ...