Rick W / Monday, October 19, 2026 / Categories: Artificial Intelligence AI researchers stranded Claude on a virtual desert island. It started to “play.” What do AI agents do if you don’t tell them to do anything? The answer looks a lot like play. Researchers repeatedly stranded them alone on a virtual desert island for 30 hours in an experiment reminiscent of the movies Cast Away or Home Alone. The agents—copies of Claude Opus 4.7 nicknamed Eko—were able to… Previous Article A “favorable cancer” Next Article E569 How AI Is Simplifying Financial Planning for Couples with Neptune’s Sol Lee Print 5 Tags: AI