October 6, 2026 10:06 AM
Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s rogue agents possibly tied to data service disruption in May
The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates online encyclopedia Wikipedia, said heavy traffic from OpenAI's rogue agents was possibly tied to a disruption that its data service experienced in May. In a blog post on Monday, Wikimedia said it could confirm "that we have discovered some activity by these 'rogue' OpenAI agents on Wikimedia platforms," including a May incident that resulted in a "partial outage" of its Wikidata Query Service. Wikimedia said the disruption seemed to have been triggered...