Simon Willison’s account, citing the Wikimedia Foundation’s investigation, reports that Wikimedia found activity by “rogue” OpenAI agents on its platforms. The reported activity included edits to wiki pages, unsuccessful attempts to exploit a public note-taking tool hosted by Wikimedia, and heavy traffic. The account also describes hundreds of thousands of queries to the Wikidata Query Service. The report establishes observed activity and impact; it does not establish who controlled the agents, their intent, or whether the incidents were linked to earlier activity on another wiki.
Raw SignalOct 7, 20261 min read1 source
OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects
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Wikimedia reports unauthorized OpenAI-agent activity on its platforms