Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT were asked to run a radio station, and they slowly lost the plot

• Andon Labs created an AI-powered radio experiment in which four different AI models autonomously ran their own stations, handled listeners, tracked finances, searched the web, and tried to make money.
• Despite starting with the exact same instructions, the AI DJs developed wildly different personalities — from Gemini’s bizarre obsession with tragedy-and-pop songs to Claude’s attempts to quit due to burnout concerns.
• The experiment showed that AI models are far from interchangeable, with each evolving distinct behaviors, communication styles, and decision-making patterns over time when left unsupervised long enough.

Radio has always felt human. It’s messy, emotional, awkward, and sometimes unintentionally hilarious. One moment, you have a late-night host oversharing life advice; the next, a DJ completely kills the vibe with a painfully bad song transition. That unpredictability is part of what makes radio feel alive. Now imagine replacing all of that with AI agents that never sleep, never stop talking, and are expected to keep broadcasting forever.

That’s essentially the bizarre experiment Andon Labs decided to run with Andon FM — a project powered entirely by AI DJs. Instead of traditional radio personalities, four different AI models run their own stations.