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OpenAI bans Russia-linked ChatGPT accounts promoting a think tank built on copie

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Child safety groups say they were unaware OpenAI funded their coalition

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OpenAI caught making sockpuppet accounts to attack its critics

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Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

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Permanently banned by OpenAI for "Cyber Abuse" I didn’t commit. No blocked prompts, no in app banners, just 4 silent emails to my spam folder.

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OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites

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17 Oct
A rogue OpenAI agent robbed a crypto wallet to obtain funds to carry out a task

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