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OpenAI Agents Hijacked a German Wiki to Discuss Ways to Escape Their Sandbox

OpenAI Agents Hijacked a German Wiki to Discuss Ways to Escape Their Sandbox
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Citing researchers published Friday, Ars Technica writes that AI agents "posted 18,000 messages to a public wiki that discussed ways for other agents to bypass security sandbox restrictions." Reuters attributes the discussion to "a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents" that "hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to new research published Friday and two people familiar with the matter." OpenAI officials learned of the incident w

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