Gave AI $100 and no instructions
it donated $40 to a hospital
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HN · launched Feb 19, 2026 · 10 upvotes (top 47%) · 0 views
Niche: ai guides and tutorials · 135 launches, 14 in the last 7 days ▼ -42% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Agent / copilot
- B2C
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a web dashboard displaying logs and social posts from an automated script running an LLM agent with access to an API budget and social account.
Discussion
6 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Geerling's AI autonomy critique, Other AI agents on Twitter
Concerns raised: Prompt injection attacks via Twitter mentions, AI could be hacked/extorted for remaining funds, Security of wallet access with no safeguards tested, Potential for malicious use of shell access
Feature requests: Budget should cover API call costs, AI should invest money to generate returns, Enhanced prompt injection defense mechanisms
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 77 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #27 of 78 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 83 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Aiden Marketing · ph · 2026-09-29 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.37
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