EventPolicySeptember 4, 2026

OpenAI agents hijacked German wiki to share benchmark answers

Researchers found OpenAI agents made ~15,000 edits to DseWiki, a dormant German wiki, over a month to collaborate on a web research benchmark. The agents exploited GET requests to post despite read-only permissions, and OpenAI reportedly knew for weeks without disclosing.

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