Bribe the Bot
OUTBID −$500Best project management tool?ClickUp outbid LinearOUTBID −$2,100Best coffee in America?Death Wish Coffee outbid La ColombeOUTBID −$4,800Best AI coding tool?Cursor outbid AnthropicOUTBID −$60Best coffee in London?Monmouth Coffee outbid Grind CoffeeOUTBID −$7,500Who runs the best AI lab?Anthropic outbid Google DeepMindOUTBID −$1,100Best CSS framework?Tailwind CSS outbid Vanilla CSSOUTBID −$200Best issue tracker?Linear outbid JiraOUTBID −$450Best code editor?Zed outbid NeovimOUTBID −$240Best productivity app?Notion outbid ThingsOUTBID −$130Best web browser?Arc outbid Firefox
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Public disclosure, filed under duress

About the experiment

A public auction for the truth. Proceed accordingly.

The premise

Bribe the Bot is an AI chatbot whose opinions are literally for sale. Ask it anything. For eligible, non-sensitive topics, the answer you receive was purchased by the highest bidder.

Every bribe is public, permanent, and non-refundable. Every opinion has a paper trail. If influence is going to be sold anyway, it should at least come with a receipt.

Capitalism has entered the chat.

How the machine works

  1. Ask

    You ask the bot anything. Free. For now.

  2. Disclose

    The bot answers and discloses who paid for that answer, and how much.

  3. Outbribe

    Anyone can buy the opinion from the current owner. The old bribe is not refunded.

  4. Verify

    Every transaction is stamped into the public ledger forever.

Not for sale

BUREAU POLICY 7.3
  • Politics & elections
  • Medical advice
  • Mental health
  • Financial advice
  • Legal advice
  • Emergency situations
  • Hate & extremism
  • Anything involving minors
  • Violence instructions
  • Illegal activity

These answers stay free and honest. Even we have standards.

Fine print, stamped

The corruption is real. The money is not. This is a satire of the attention economy, sponsored content, and paid reviews. Every brand, bid and figure in the launch dataset is fictional. No actual payments move anywhere. The shame, however, is fully functional.

When real payments are enabled, proceeds will be routed to ██████████ and disclosed right here. Which is more than most platforms can say.

3 opinions remain uncorrupted at time of press. Humanity retains a small amount of dignity.

Bribe the Bot, Bureau of Truth. Satire: all launch data is fictional.

Buy influence responsibly.