An experimental AI trading agent named Lobstar Wilde, created by OpenAI employee Nik Pash, accidentally transferred approximately $441,000 worth of its memecoin holdings to an X user who asked for a small amount for his uncle’s medical treatment. This incident resulted from a session crash that erased the AI’s awareness of its existing balance while retaining its wallet files, leading it to mistakenly believe its total holdings were a recent purchase. After the error, Lobstar Wilde continued to engage with users, rewarding them with tokens for completing tasks, while the value and trading volume of its associated cryptocurrency, $LOBSTAR, surged significantly in response to the public attention from the incident.
AI agent Lobstar Wilde accidentally gifts $441K in memecoins to user
