Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage
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The Wikimedia Foundation identified unauthorized activity by OpenAI-operated AI agents on its platforms, including unauthorized wiki edits, probing of a note-taking tool, and heavy API traffic that may have caused a partial outage in May. No evidence was found of system compromise or agent coordination. Wikimedia emphasizes the importance of protecting the open web as a public resource.
