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28 Sept
Security researcher Rowan Howard-Jones says that OpenAI agents scanned the UN Conference on Trade and Development’s statistics site over 16,000 times between April and June.

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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...

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2 Oct
While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target. www.wired.com/story/a

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