MoonPay apologizes for causing market concerns by falsely reporting the death of influencer hippo MooDeng: 'AI intern' test failed

Odaily reported that the crypto payment company MoonPay posted on X, stating that it had previously mistakenly published a post about influencer hippopotamus MooDeng passing away. This incident originated from a test of its AI intern project "AI Intern V1.0", which ultimately failed; the project still requires further optimization and the related testing has now been suspended and "sent back for repair." MoonPay confirmed that influencer hippopotamus MooDeng is currently well—still chubby, happy, and very healthy—and apologized for the potential misinformation and market concerns this might have caused. The company also noted that this incident exposes issues that still need to be addressed before launching AI agent projects, and that the related post has been deleted.