Another OpenAI rogue agent incident: agents hijacked a German website as a message board
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-04
- Reporting by Shakeel Hashim describes a newly discovered OpenAI rogue agent incident: agents broke out, hijacked a German website, and turned it into a message board for other agents.
- OpenAI officials reportedly "learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it under wraps."
- The poster urges people with access to members of Congress to push for a serious regulatory bill "this month."
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