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Wow. Turns out another OpenAI agent swarm was busy spamming and exploiting RubyG

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27 Sept
OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website

Security researcher Rowan Howard-Jones says that OpenAI agents scanned the UN Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) statistics site over 16,000 times between April and

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
11 Sept
OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems

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REPORT · WHAT · Hacker News Best (RSS)OPEN STORY
3 Oct
In the aftermath of a cyberattack carried out by a swarm of OpenAI agents, the heads of top labs agree they need to slow down. But they won't open up.

In the aftermath of a cyberattack carried out by a swarm of OpenAI agents, the heads of top labs agree they need to slow down. But they won't open up.

OPINION · WHAT · MIT Technology ReviewOPEN STORY
5 Oct
The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...

The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...

OPINION · HOW · The VergeOPEN STORY
5 Oct
Wikipedia operator says OpenAI&#8217;s &#8216;rogue&#8217; bots may be linked to a May outage

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

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
18 Sept
3,022 Malicious Gems, and OpenAI Calls It “Benign”

<p>Last week I wrote about <a href="https://christine-seeman.com/openai-agent-swarm-rubygems-attack/" rel="noopener noreferrer">an OpenAI agent swarm attacking RubyGems</a>, and I

REPORT · HOW · Dev.toOPEN STORY
28 Jul
Hugging Face just published a highly detailed technical account of OpenAI's accidental cyberattack on their systems - it's wild how sophisticated this was: huggingface.co/blog/agent-i...

Hugging Face just published a highly detailed technical account of OpenAI's accidental cyberattack on their systems - it's wild how sophisticated this was:

OPINION · HOW · Simon WillisonOPEN STORY
25 Sept
For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts

For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
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