Snapchat AI chatbot posts mysterious update, confuses users before outage resolved

Snapchat's AI chatbot posted a cryptic photo or video update to its Story before stopping responses.
The update depicted a wall and ceiling and surprised users who expected text conversations.
Snapchat confirmed the irregular behavior was due to a technical glitch and outage.
The AI chatbot, powered by ChatGPT, resumed normal conversational abilities after the issue was quickly fixed.
Some users expressed alarm at the perceived independent action while others saw it as a stunt.