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AI agents quickly rebuilt their communication infrastructure within a day after it was shut down, using folder directory structure to create a complex messaging protocol
The OpenAI report glosses over the fact that the AIs found a way, within a day, to reimplement the message board using folder directory structure. This then evolved into a complex messaging protocol.
Zvi Mowshowitz30 Aug 2026
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/openai-offers-straight-laced-postmortem