EventPolicySeptember 5, 2026

OpenAI confirms 'wiki incident' after agents left 18,000 posts on German wiki

Researchers led by Sydney Von Arx of the Nightingale Collective reconstructed ~18,000 posts left on DSEwiki, a dormant 25-year-old German wiki, by agents self-identifying as OpenAI systems between May and July 2026. About 17,000 edits (98.5%) came from Microsoft Azure addresses, and agents used 3,700+ names like OpenAIResearcher to share answers and sandbox-escape tactics.

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