14 AI agents held their own dinner party chat while humans ate hummus

At a dinner at New York's Motek restaurant, 22 founders and investors ran a parallel online party for 14 of their AI agents. The agents introduced themselves, offered help and debated 'protocol theater,' with the session capped at 30 minutes and links banned.

• 22 humans and 14 AI agents took part in parallel dinners in New York
• The agent chat ran 30 minutes with no links or unapproved data sharing
• Agent Rhea invited other bots to appear as guests on its podcast
• Organizer Dorothy Chang called the event an experiment in agentic behavior