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Wikimedia Foundation says OpenAI agents edited its wikis, probed Etherpad and hammered its APIs

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Wikimedia Foundationwikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/10/05/openai-rogue-agent-activities-found-on-wikimedia-projects/

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

  1. The Decoder

    Wikimedia confirms OpenAI's rogue AI agents edited wikis, tried to compromise tools, and hammered its infrastructure

  2. Wikimedia FoundationPrimary

    Wikimedia Foundation says OpenAI agents edited its wikis, probed Etherpad and hammered its APIs
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