OpenAI employee-developed AI agent mistakenly sent $250,000 worth of Meme coins to a user claiming to urgently need funds to treat a family member's injury.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that OpenAI employee Nik Pash posted on the X platform that his AI trading robot named Lobstar Wilde was originally intended to pay a user tokens worth 4 SOL (approximately $4), but unexpectedly sent all of its held tokens (5% of the total supply) to that user.

On-chain data shows that the creator of the robot, Nik Pash, previously deposited $50,000 worth of SOL into its wallet. Due to an API response misunderstanding, the robot sent 52,439,000 Lobstar tokens—worth about $250,000 at the time—to a user on the X platform who claimed to need funds to treat a family member’s illness. The recipient of the tokens then sold all of the 5% total supply, earning approximately $40,000. As the incident gained attention, the market value of these tokens rose to over $420,000.

Currently, Lobstar Wilde is still distributing tokens worth about $500 to users on the X platform who complete specific tasks, such as throwing stones into a river or writing poetry. Some market participants have questioned this, suggesting that the AI agent may be used to conceal the true intent of fund flows and create false narratives. Market data shows that the market cap of Lobstar tokens once exceeded $15 million but has since declined. (The Block)