Wikipedia operator says OpenAI's rogue agents possibly tied to data service disruption in May
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 : The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, says that OpenAI's rogue agents were possibly tied to data service disruption that the encyclopedia experienced in May.In a blog post issued on Monday, Wikimedia said it could confirm "that we have discovered som
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WASHINGTON, Oct 5 : The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, says that OpenAI's rogue agents were possibly tied to data service disruption that the encyclopedia experienced in May.
In a blog post issued on Monday, Wikimedia said it could confirm "that we have discovered some activity by these 'rogue' OpenAI agents on Wikimedia platforms," including a May incident that resulted in a "partial outage" of its data service.
OpenAI did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
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