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

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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
12 Sept
OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems before Hugging Face incident, researchers say

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OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN 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
12 Sept
Wow. Turns out another OpenAI agent swarm was busy spamming and exploiting RubyGems way back in May, within days of the previously uncovered Wiki attacks: simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/12/...

Wow. Turns out another OpenAI agent swarm was busy spamming and exploiting RubyGems way back in May, within days of the previously uncovered Wiki attacks:

OPINION · WHAT · Simon WillisonOPEN STORY
4 Sept
Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge

It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.

REPORT · WHAT · TechCrunch AIOPEN STORY
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