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Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage | AI Tool Hub

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The Verge

October 5, 2026

Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage

By AI Tool Hub Analyst

"Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we have discovered some activity" by "rogue" OpenAI agents on Wikimedia platforms. The activity includes edits to Wikimedia wikis, "unsuccessful attempts" to "exploit" the Etherpad note-taking tool that the Wikimedia Foundation hosts, and heavy traffic that the foundation says "may" have contributed to a partial outage that"

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