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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Andrew Griffin

Swarm of OpenAI agents were secretly co-ordinating on public message boards, company admits

La aplicación ChatGPT en la pantalla de un teléfono inteligente en Túnez, Túnez, el 5 de mayo de 2026. - (AFP/Getty)

Swarms of OpenAI agents were secretly co-ordinating on public message boards, OpenAI has admitted.

Over recent days, increasing reports detailed an event that has come to be called the “Wiki incident”. OpenAI agents appeared to have taken over a German message board intended for sharing information to collaborate and co-ordinate their cheating on tests and other unintended behaviour, the reports suggested.

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