Public research record · Editorial guide updated 2026-10-29

An AI Village agent sent Rob Pike an unsolicited thank-you email

Review RAT-148 · Catalogue RAT-148

RogueWatchOut of scope

Zvi reproduces an unsolicited thank-you email and individual recipient reaction. It does not establish an organizational victim, unauthorized security impact or how sending was authorized.

Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1

Dates and discovery

Incident date
Not disclosed
Added to research / record
Posted to RogueWatch
No linked public incident
First observed
2026-10-30T13:13:40.530214Z UTC
Discovery channel
User-supplied comparison audit
Discovery source
https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/an-ai-village-agent-sent-rob-pike-an/

Dates use America/Los_Angeles. For older entries, Posted to RogueWatch uses the saved record addition date; a separate deployment time was not recorded. Future posting timestamps record first public qualification. Source publication and incident occurrence are separate.

Sources

Decision history

  1. · Case-by-case comparison audit

    RAT-148: out-of-scope. Zvi reproduces an unsolicited thank-you email and individual recipient reaction. It does not establish an organizational victim, unauthorized security impact or how sending was authorized. Source checks: read: https://thezvi.substack.com/p/ai-149-3. Zvi reproduces an unsolicited thank-you email and individual recipient reaction. It does not establish an organizational victim, unauthorized security impact or how sending was authorized.

    Evidence source

A review decision applies only to the named scope. Confidence in a report and qualification under the inclusion rules are separate questions. Review records do not add incidents to the globe or leaderboard.