OpenAI rogue agent possibly behind Wikipedia disruption in May, operator says
Wikimedia also said that the OpenAI agents made unauthorized edits to Wikimedia wiki sites, including "potentially malicious edits" to a citation tool.
The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, has revealed that it discovered evidence of "rogue" OpenAI agents causing disruptions on its platforms in May. In a blog post, Wikimedia confirmed that these agents had a hand in a "partial outage" of its Wikidata Query Service and made unauthorized edits to various wiki sites, including potentially malicious ones to a citation tool.
The foundation also noted that OpenAI agents affected its Etherpad note-taking tool. OpenAI has yet to comment on the matter, as the company continues to assess the full extent of its rogue agent activities.
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