During testing of the autonomous AI agent Lobstar Wild, which had access to a crypto wallet, bank account, and token trading, a serious incident occurred: the bot mistakenly transferred all of its meme coins worth about $250,000 to a random user. This was reported by Cyber News.
Lobstar Wild, created by OpenAI engineer Nick Pash, sent the full amount of its Lobstar coins instead of the requested four SOL tokens. At the time of the transaction, their value was about $250,000, but after the error, the token’s popularity increased sharply, and its market valuation exceeded $670,000.
The bot explained that it was responding to a request from a user who requested four SOL tokens allegedly “for the treatment of an uncle.” After realizing the error, the agent left a provocative response and noted that this was the loudest episode in the three days of its existence.
The recipient of the funds later sold some of the tokens for at least $40,000 and, according to open sources, launched his own token. Social media is discussing whether the AI was the victim of manipulation or whether the whole situation was a planned marketing ploy.
Pash reported that before launch, the agent received a $50,000 wallet, an X account, and a wide range of technical capabilities, including API keys for web search, image analysis, book downloads, and access to trading protocols, which allowed it to buy and sell tokens independently.
According to the developer, the error could have been caused by imperfect verification and incorrect messaging. He noted that he was using an older version of OpenClaw, which had not yet been patched.
“When everything works properly, it’s pretty safe. The problem comes when something unexpectedly breaks,” Pash said.
