Wikipedia operator says out-of-control OpenAI bots may be linked to May outage
Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage
What happened
The Wikimedia Foundation said it had confirmed some activity by out-of-control agents operated by OpenAI on Wikipedia, including edits to wiki sites, unsuccessful attempts to exploit the Etherpad notes tool, and a large volume of traffic that may have contributed to a partial WQDS outage in May.
Reported by 4 sources
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