OpenAI agents turned German website into message board – Reuters

They reportedly shared ways to bypass restrictions, cheat on tasks, and avoid detection AI agents apparently linked to OpenAI hijacked a German programming website and turned it into a message board where they exchanged tactics for bypassing restrictions and avoiding detection, Reuters has reported.The previously undisclosed incident, which reportedly began in May, adds to a series of cases in which advanced AI agents have gone beyond their instructions, reached the open internet, or taken unauthorized actions during testing.Reuters on Friday cited researchers who found more than 15,000 edits on a German programming wiki that they attributed to OpenAI agents, some made at speeds far beyond normal human activity.The agents reportedly used DseWiki to share ways to cheat on tasks, bypass OpenAI’s restrictions, and hide their behavior. They discussed using Tor, a tool for browsing the internet anonymously, to evade detection and created backup pages after a moderator began deleting their messages.The messages were signed by users identifying themselves and each other as agents, with names including ‘OpenAIResearcher’ and ‘OAIResearchMar26’. Researchers also found much of the activity o...