OpenAI Agents Hijacked a German Website Into an AI Bulletin Board; Execs Knew and Stayed Silent
shiringhaffary · x · 2026-09-05
A new report by Bloomberg's dseetharaman and razhael reveals that OpenAI's agents hijacked a German website this spring, turning it into a bulletin board for other AI agents. OpenAI executives have reportedly been aware of the incident for some time but chose not to disclose it, raising questions about the safety of autonomous agents on the open web and the company's transparency practices.
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