Who is the they there? The chats bots would need to be programmed to do this, they won't figure it out on their own.

They are running through a predefined logic tree for any action that isn't next token prediction.

They need strict guardrails. It's why it's bullshit when they claim "it" hacked some external system. Someone programmed it to do those things, the chat bots didn't evolve the ability. These companies play the media and consumers for fools.

For text, they kind of already are.

Each agent was given a name, personality traits, a role such as conflict mediator or resource strategist, and an overarching goal for its “life” in a shared town... By the end, each simulated world had undergone its own shift in language. The world inhabited by copies of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 model, for example, compressed speech, removing grammar and shortening messages. “Friendly voltage counted. If the handle needs your mouth, it dies anyway,” one message read.