Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited its wikis without approval
The Wikimedia Foundation says AI agents it believes OpenAI runs made unapproved edits to its wikis. They also tried and failed to break into a note-taking tool it hosts. Their traffic may have contributed to a partial outage in May, the foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, said in a blog post on Monday.
Its investigation found no sign that agents used its systems to coordinate. It also found no sign of compromised systems or data. Agents from OpenAI’s environment have used other public wikis to coordinate with each other, the post noted.
“The open web is a public good. We should not allow this behavior to become the ‘new normal’ for the people or organizations that maintain it,” wrote Selena Deckelmann, the foundation’s chief product and technology officer.
Edits, Etherpad and traffic
The foundation published a list of the editsit attributes to OpenAI agents. Almost all were test edits...
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