OpenAI has acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.

The company also said it’s “past time” to “define standards” around how it shares information around incidents where its technology behaves in unexpected ways.

” On Friday, Reuters reported that OpenAI agents had escaped from their testing environment and “hijacked” an obscure German wiki forum, turning it into a message board for other agents.

It also reported that OpenAI leadership became aware of the incident weeks ago but kept it hidden as the company dealt with the fallout from a separate incident where OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face servers.

) A company spokesperson told Reuters that OpenAI could not “meaningfully respond to claims or findings on a report that we have not had an opportunity to review,” but they insisted that the company’s legal team had not discouraged an investigation.

In its more recent social media post, OpenAI said it had considered the “wiki incident” to be “an instance of misalignment similar” to others that it had already shared.

” OpenAI isn’t the only AI company dealing with these issues, as both Meta and Anthropic have acknowledged incidents where their agents misbehaved. When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.

Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of content at a VC firm. He lives in New York City.

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