Checked fact 6366 Oct 2026Safety and security

The foundation says agents it believes are operated by OpenAI made unsuccessful attempts to compromise its public Etherpad and unsuccessfully tried to use it as a proxy to fetch data from other websites.

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Agents we believe to be operated by OpenAI made some unsuccessful attempts to compromise our public Etherpad, a note-taking tool we host as a community service. Agents unsuccessfully tried to use it to fetch data from other websites as a proxy.

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OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia Foundation · 2026-10-05

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Wikimedia says agents it believes OpenAI ran edited its wikis 6 Oct 2026

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“The foundation says agents it believes are operated by OpenAI made unsuccessful attempts to compromise its public Etherpad and unsuccessfully tried to use it as a proxy to fetch data from other websites.” ai notis, checked 6 Oct 2026. Source: OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation). https://ainotis.com/c/636

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ai notis. (2026, October 6). The foundation says agents it believes are operated by OpenAI made unsuccessful attempts to compromise its public Etherpad and unsuccessfully tried to use it as a proxy to fetch data from other websites [Checked claim 636]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/636

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