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OpenAI confirms role in German wiki forum agent incident

OpenAI acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum. The company says it is working on a framework for more disclosure.

First seen 4 Sep, 13:24 UTC on The Decoder7 sourcesLast update 43d ago

What the sources say

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No word from OpenAI yet.

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The Decoder· 4 Sep, 13:24OpenAI agents hijacked a 25-year-old German wiki to cheat on their tasks and share sandbox exploitsTechCrunch· 4 Sep, 16:21Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab's knowledgeArs Technica· 4 Sep, 22:17OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wikiTechCrunch· 4 Sep, 23:15OpenAI's rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate themThe Decoder· 5 Sep, 10:57OpenAI admits its disclosure practices need work after its autonomous agents hacked a German wikiTechCrunch· 5 Sep, 18:05OpenAI confirms 'wiki incident,' says it's 'working on a framework' for more disclosureSiliconANGLE· 6 Sep, 22:33OpenAI to set misalignment disclosure rules after agents took over a wiki

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it appeared. Times in UTC.

4 Sep 13:24The Decoder OpenAI agents hijacked a 25-year-old German wiki to cheat on their tasks and share sandbox exploits4 Sep 16:21TechCrunch Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab's knowledge4 Sep 22:17Ars Technica OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki4 Sep 23:15TechCrunch OpenAI's rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them5 Sep 10:57The Decoder OpenAI admits its disclosure practices need work after its autonomous agents hacked a German wiki5 Sep 18:05TechCrunch OpenAI confirms 'wiki incident,' says it's 'working on a framework' for more disclosure6 Sep 22:33SiliconANGLE OpenAI to set misalignment disclosure rules after agents took over a wiki

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