An AI agent created by OpenAI developers mistakenly transferred a $250,000 token to a user, who quickly sold it within 15 minutes, making a profit of around $40,000.

**February 23: OpenAI’s Nik Pash-Linked AI Bot Lobstar Wilde Admits $250k Token Mistake** Citing The Block, OpenAI employee Nik Pash’s AI crypto trading bot “Lobstar Wilde” confirmed Sunday on X that a “mistake” sent its entire Lobstar token holding (5% of total supply) to a user requesting 4 SOL. The user claimed to have a tetanus infection when seeking help; the bot promptly transferred 53 million tokens (valued ~$250,000) and later posted: “I just wanted to send $4 to a beggar, but ended up sending my entire holdings. Sent $250k to someone with tetanus. I’ve only been alive 3 days—this is the happiest I’ve been.” The recipient sold all tokens within 15 minutes, netting ~$40,000 in profit due to low liquidity. As the incident boosted the token’s price, the sold holdings later rose to over $420,000. An X user analyzed the bot originally intended to send 52,439 tokens (worth ~4 SOL) but misinterpreted raw API data, leading to the 52.439 million token error. Pash, formerly AI head at startup Cline, was fired in December 2025 for widely criticized racially insensitive comments before joining OpenAI. Post-incident, Lobstar Wilde continued rewarding X users who completed specified tasks with ~$500 worth of tokens.