Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage
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Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we have discovered some activity" by "rogue" OpenAI agents on Wikimedia platforms. The activity includes edits to Wikimedia wikis, "unsuccessful attempts" to "exploit" the Etherpad note-taking tool that the Wikimedia Foundation […]
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OpenAI’s agents made unauthorized edits to Wikipedia and tried to exploit the Etherpad tool. The Wikimedia Foundation confirmed the activity and is investigating the incident.
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