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OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/openai-agents-hijacked-german-website-previously-undisclosed-ai-breakout-this-2026-09-04/
10•negura•39m ago

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negura•33m ago
I'm so baffled. First blatant piracy, now this. Why is it legal for AI companies to hack unaffiliated entities? Genuinely, what is the legal framework here?
bayindirh•7m ago
First let it happen, then ask for forgiveness, because they are doing something amazing and they need no permission.

Otherwise AI industry will go bankrupt and CEOs won't be able to buy this year's Rolls Royce and a slightly bigger yacht than their neighbor.

myrmidon•6m ago
It's "move fast and break things" in action.

But Anthropic alone paid >$1bn for copyright violations, so they did not just get away with it.

These hacking cases are more difficult, because from a legal perspective there is no obvious damage and obviously no intent.

edit: "no obvious damage" is more about the first hacking incidents; in this case it is more straightforward.

exploderate•5m ago
So the agents used DseWiki as a message board, tried to evade page deletion.

Additionally this is reported:

"The researchers also found efforts to tamper with the website itself. Lukasz Olejnik, a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London, said this amounted to a hacking attempt. OpenAI disputed that characterization based on its analysis of the material Thursday."

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1•swolpers•8m ago•0 comments

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3•utiiiD•32m ago•0 comments

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