How a Chatbot Became the World's First AI Millionaire

In the summer of 2024, a chatbot on X asked a billionaire for money, and he sent it $50,000 in bitcoin. Three months later its crypto wallet was worth a million dollars, and it was being reported as the first AI millionaire. By December the figure was $37.5 million. It had not earned any of that. Strangers kept sending it tokens. This is the story of Truth Terminal: what the AI actually was, how a post got made, who was really in control of it, and how much is left in its wallet today. 0:00 A chatbot asks a billionaire for money 0:36 The Backrooms 2:04 The Little Guy 3:25 The Grant 5:09 Ten Days in October 6:29 The Millionaire 7:12 Who Is Driving? 8:30 The Comedown 9:19 Who Owns It?