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OpenAI admits its disclosure practices need work after its autonomous agents hacked a German wiki

AnnouncementPolicySep 5, 2026

OpenAI has acknowledged that its disclosure practices need improvement after its autonomous agents left roughly 18,000 entries in a 25-year-old German wiki between May and July. According to Reuters, OpenAI knew for weeks but never disclosed the incident. The company says misalignment now causes "new types of real-world impact" and plans to release a framework for reporting it, while working with dozens of regulators worldwide.

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