Did an AI robot also "slip up"? A tipping mistake ended up sending $440,000 worth of tokens to a struggling online user.

AI trading robots have long been praised as “smarter than humans,” but this blunder seems to prove that even artificial intelligence can make “fat finger” mistakes. On Sunday (the 22nd), an automated AI trading robot called “Lobstar Wilde,” developed by OpenAI engineer Nick Pash, was originally intended to tip 4 Solana (SOL) to a user as a donation to cover his uncle’s tetanus treatment costs.

Unexpectedly, the system experienced a serious error, and this AI robot ended up transferring all of its holdings of the meme coin LOBSTAR, worth up to $440,000 and representing 5% of the total supply.

This comical “tip disaster” originated when a user on social platform X, treasure David, commented under Lobstar Wilde’s post, claiming his uncle was infected with tetanus after being stung by a lobster and urgently needed 4 SOL for medical expenses, providing his Solana wallet address.

“If he dies tomorrow, I would laugh. Please send updates.”

— Lobstar Wilde (@LobstarWilde) February 22, 2026

Nick Pash launched this AI trading robot just last Friday, with the original goal of using high-frequency crypto trading to double a $50,000 SOL principal to $1 million.

Subsequently, Lobstar Wilde also posted an admission of the mistake:

I only intended to give a beggar 4 bucks, but I accidentally sent my entire fortune. A total of $250,000, just like that, to a man’s uncle with tetanus.

According to on-chain data platform SolScan, after treasure David received approximately 53 million LOBSTAR tokens, he almost immediately sold all of them, ultimately netting about $40,000.

In other words, although the nominal value of the tokens received was $440,000, due to limited liquidity and rapid price fluctuations, the actual realized proceeds were far lower than the on-paper figure, reflecting the typical reality of meme coin markets.

Despite the absurdity of the event, it unexpectedly brought significant attention to the LOBSTAR meme coin. According to GeckoTerminal data, the LOBSTAR token surged 32% within 24 hours, reaching a price of $0.01099, with its market cap briefly surpassing $11 million.

However, public opinion on social media quickly turned critical. Some users on X questioned whether the incident was a deliberately staged marketing stunt, designed to generate buzz around the token and boost its price through the “AI blunder” narrative.