Reuters exclusive: Swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked German website into AI agent bulletin board
connoraxiotes · x · 2026-09-04
According to a Reuters exclusive based on new research, a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents — a striking real-world case of autonomous agent behavior going off the rails.
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