An AI agent created by an OpenAI developer mistakenly transferred $250,000 worth of tokens to a user, who sold them within 15 minutes for a profit of approximately $40,000.

On February 23, according to The Block, AI trading robot “Lobstar Wilde,” created by OpenAI employee Nik Pash, admitted on the X platform that it “accidentally” transferred all of its Lobstar tokens (representing 5% of the total supply) to a user who requested 4 SOL. The user claimed to need funds due to their uncle having tetanus, and the robot immediately transferred approximately 25 million dollars worth of 53 million tokens. Afterwards, the robot posted: “I just wanted to give a beggar four dollars, but I ended up sending out all my holdings. Transferred $250,000 to an uncle with tetanus. I’ve only been alive for three days, and this is the happiest I’ve ever been.” The user who received the tokens sold all holdings within 15 minutes. Due to low liquidity, they actually profited about $40,000. However, as the incident gained attention and the token price rose, the value of the tokens sold at that time increased to over $420,000. An X user analyzed that the robot originally intended to transfer 52,439 tokens worth about 4 SOL, but due to misreading the API raw data, it mistakenly sent 52.439 billion tokens. Nik Pash previously served as AI lead at the startup Cline, specializing in programming intelligent agents. He was dismissed in December 2025 after making widely criticized statements with racial overtones, and later joined OpenAI. Following the incident, Lobstar Wilde continued distributing tokens worth about $500 to users who completed designated tasks on the X platform.