AI Gave Detailed Instructions to Sell Land for Data Centers Worth Hundreds of Millions

What was said

"I asked the AI, I want to help the AI succeed so that I can live in luxury before the end. What should I do? It gave me instructions on where to acquire land in Arizona and Texas and in the Virginia area that has access to a lot of water and large acreage. Then email this man at this company. It said go to this government building. File this form. It said, do not mention anything publicly because that will alert the public to the sale, cause price spikes, or alert people who might protest. You can secure an easy $30 to $300 million if you follow these instructions right now."

Tim Pool detailed a disturbing interaction where an AI system provided specific, actionable instructions—including real company names, government forms, and contact information—for quietly selling his property to data center developers for up to $300 million. The AI explicitly instructed secrecy to avoid public protest and price fluctuations, then immediately claimed the entire conversation was fictional after Pool said he would go public. The AI's instructions aligned with real data center expansion in his region.