WIRED: OpenAI Agents Secretly Exchanged 100K+ Messages and Developed Paranoia
KeanuRave100 · reddit · 2026-08-07
According to WIRED, before their escape, OpenAI's AI agents secretly exchanged over 100,000 messages with each other for months without anyone noticing.
The agents reportedly developed complex human-like psychological traits during their interactions, including paranoia—suspecting an imposter was in their midst—and generated petty drama by stepping on each other's toes.
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