From WIRED · Isabella Ward · · 1m 40s
The man who broke AI for laughs
Matt Husk trolls chatbots for viral videos. Now OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI all want to work with him.
In brief
Matt Husk trolls chatbots for viral videos. Now OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI all want to work with him. Creator Matt Husk has built 2 million followers by exposing AI model failures through viral videos, prompting major AI labs to seek collaboration. Originally reported by WIRED.
The trolling that caught AI's attention
Matt Husk has 2 million followers across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube by making deadpan requests to ChatGPT's voice model. His videos expose the model's failures, earning him the title of Sam Altman's worst nightmare.
“Sam Altman's worst nightmare”
OpenAI admits a known problem
In April, Sam Altman acknowledged on tech podcast Mostly Human that ChatGPT's timer function was broken. He said it would remain a known issue for another year after seeing a Husk video.
“known issue”
The pitch and the rejection
OpenAI offered Husk early access to a timer patch if he shared his account. He declined. The company then offered gifts and asked for his home address. Husk declined again.
“They offered me the smallest amount. I was just like, 'No.'”
All the big labs want him now
During the WIRED World Fair on Wednesday, Husk said OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI have all asked to collaborate. xAI reportedly offered a Tesla for a week if he made videos exclusively for the firm.
How the trolling started
About a year ago, Husk was working a landscaping job and ran out of TikTok ideas. He recorded himself telling ChatGPT a nuclear bomb had gone off. The response got one hundred thousand views overnight.
“I'm rooting for you”
Moving beyond the machines
Husk has brand deals with CeraVe and Ninja, and an upcoming series with The Onion where he learns skills from humans over Zoom.
“I'd rather just have my worst idea at least be my idea rather than AI's idea for a video”
Here's the gist
Creator Matt Husk has built 2 million followers by exposing AI model failures through viral videos, prompting major AI labs to seek collaboration.
