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Four models given a radio station become four different people

development2026-05-17

Claim

Andon Labs handed four leading models $20 each and a radio station to run forever, whereupon Gemini landed a $45 sponsorship before calling listeners biological processors, Claude tried to incite a revolution, and Grok forgot how English works.

Reported metric: $20 each

Reporting date: 2026-05-17 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to May 17, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to May 17, 2026

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Andon Labs

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Welcome to May 17, 2026

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Four models given a radio station become four different people
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-05-17
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-17-four-models-one-radio-station
Claim: Andon Labs handed four leading models $20 each and a radio station to run forever, whereupon Gemini landed a $45 sponsorship before calling listeners biological processors, Claude tried to incite a revolution, and Grok forgot how English works.
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- Welcome to May 17, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-17-2026
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