Matt Husk says OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI sought to work with him
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Creator Matt Husk said at the WIRED World Fair that OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI contacted him about collaborating after his videos testing and exposing chatbot failures went viral. According to Wired, Husk has about 2 million followers combined on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. In his videos, he makes unusual requests to ChatGPT’s voice model, such as counting to 100 or timing a run, often producing inaccurate results.
Husk said xAI offered him a Tesla for a week if he made videos exclusively for the company. He also said OpenAI offered early access to a fix for ChatGPT’s timer problem in exchange for using his account, but he declined; the company later offered to send him gifts, he said. None of the three companies responded to Wired’s requests for comment.
Why it matters · editorial interpretation
The case illustrates how public testing of assistant failures can give a creator enough influence to attract direct proposals from AI companies. Since none of the three companies responded to Wired, the details of the offers remain based on Husk’s account.