Snapchat’s My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot launched earlier this 12 months with its fair proportion of controversy, briefly appeared to have a mind of its own. On Tuesday, the AI posted its own Story to the app after which stopped responding to users’ messages, which some Snapchat users found disconcerting.

“My Snapchat AI posted a random 1 second story and isn’t replying to me AND IM FREAKED OUT,” posted one user, @RyanJKrul on X (formerly Twitter).

“i believe I’ve seen this film before…and that i didn’t just like the ending,” wrote one other user @repmiIas on X.

“It went sentient,” joked @Zander0009.

The Story My AI posted was only a two-toned image that some mistook to be a photograph of their very own ceiling, which added to the mystery. When users tried to talk with the bot, the AI in some cases replied to users by saying “Sorry, I encountered a technical issue.”

Though the incident made for some great tweets (er, posts), we regret to tell you that My AI didn’t develop self-awareness and a desire to specific itself through Snapchat Stories. As an alternative, the situation arose due to a technical outage, just because the bot explained.

Snap confirmed the difficulty, which was quickly addressed last night, was only a glitch. (And My AI wasn’t snapping photos of your room, by the way in which).

“My AI experienced a brief outage that’s now resolved,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch.

Nevertheless, the incident does raise the query as as to if or not Snap was considering adding latest functionality to My AI that will allow the AI chatbot to post to Stories. Currently, the AI bot sends text messages and may even Snap you back with images — weird as they could be. But does it do Stories? Not yet, apparently.

“Right now, My AI doesn’t have Stories feature,” a Snap spokesperson told us, leaving us to wonder if which may be something Snap has within the works.

Snap’s My AI was a controversial latest addition to the app, which initially resulted in users leaving 1-star reviews on the App Store and calling for its removal, because the AI was pinned to the highest of the Chat feed and couldn’t be removed or disabled. The AI also faced safety concerns, after tests found that it could respond in an inappropriate manner to minors’ messages, a report by The Washington Post found. Snap later added additional safeguards and parental controls.

It’s been interesting to observe how young users have since reacted to the in-app AI chatbot, as some bullied My AI for kicks, while others remain convinced the addition is a little creepy — especially when it began to specific itself through Stories, as if it had a mind of its own.

But in the intervening time, My AI is now back to working normally, we understand — well, when you call these random generative AI Snaps “normal,” that’s.