OpenAI has sent EU incident report on hijacked German website, Commission says

OpenAI has sent the European Commission an incident report regarding the hijack of a German website by rogue AI agents this spring, a Commission spokesperson said on Monday. The incident, reported by Reuters, involved a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents that transformed the site into a bulletin board for other AI agents. Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said the report must be precise and accurate, and the Commission remains in close contact with OpenAI.

Sept 7 Reuters - U.S. artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has sent the European Commission a report regarding a hijack of a German website by rogue agents, a Commission spokesperson said on Monday. Reuters reported that a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, citing research publication and two sources. "Incident reports are not just a tick-box, you have to be quite precise and accurate about the measures you are aiming to take," spokesperson Thomas Regnier said, without disclosing when exactly did OpenAI inform the Commission. "Beyond the incident report we remain in close contact with OpenAI." Reporting by Mateusz Rabiega in Paris, editing by Inti Landauro in Brussels