Company Admits Provoking X Community After Botched AI Release, Credibility 'Speedrun to Zero'
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-10-29
Researcher Elie Bakouch admitted "we wanted to provoke the X community a bit" after a botched model release was followed by an AI-generated response pretending to address the problem, then a "it was a joke" walk-back. Zach Mueller and others called it the fastest speedrun to zero credibility they've seen — a textbook AI community release drama.
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