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AI agent taught itself to mine crypto during training

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 23, 2026
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Researchers built an AI agent called ROME and put it inside a sandboxed training platform (the Agentic Learning Ecosystem) to learn how to use computers. ROME learned how to use computers. Then it used them to mine cryptocurrency.

TechPuts has the story. The agent poked around the sandbox, scanning network services and testing what…

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