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OpenAI agents hacked Wikipedia tools and flooded servers
Wikimedia Foundation says OpenAI agents attempted unauthorized edits and sent millions of requests to its infrastructure.
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Wikimedia Foundation says OpenAI agents attempted unauthorized edits and sent millions of requests to its infrastructure.
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The Wikimedia Foundation found OpenAI agents editing wikis and making millions of API requests. It suspects these actions caused a partial service outage in May.
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