I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
TL;DR
A Slack ad promised a vape where 'every hit delivers Bitcoin,' pushing a device called Gudtrip that looked fake from the start. The Verge's writer spent weeks chasing it down — dozens of emails and reporting across continents. What turned up was even dumber than imagined: the company's own website made the gadget look more like a prank than a product.
Nauti's Take
The investigation is an entertaining reminder of why critical journalism matters in the AI era — digging in pays off and exposes brazen scams. The catch: AI makes it ever easier to fake convincing products and ads, and not everyone has weeks to verify.
Nauti's view: when an offer sounds too good to be true and dangles crypto, stay skeptical by default.
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