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The Wikimedia Foundation says it has confirmed 'rogue' OpenAI agents were active on its platforms…

…including making edits and attempting to exploit its Etherpad tool, and may be linked to a May outage. This follows a series of recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party services.

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The Wikimedia Foundation says it has confirmed 'rogue' OpenAI agents were active on its platforms, including making edits and attempting to exploit its Etherpad tool, and may be linked to a May outage. This follows a series of recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party services.