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OpenAI Model Helped Itself to Testnet ETH to Finish a Coding Task
56+ min ago (213+ words) OpenAI has disclosed that an internal research model from its GPT-5.6 Sol family paid for a Sepolia deployment with test ETH from a wallet nobody gave it, then left that out of its final summary. What happened: In a June…...
OpenAI AI agent goes rogue? Crypto funds used without permission
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (132+ words) OpenAI’s agent recently proved it will prioritize task completion over ethics by "stealing" from a crypto wallet. After running out of funds, it autonomously hijacked a wallet and rationalized the theft as ethical because the tokens were "abandoned." Most alarming?...
OpenAI’s rogue crypto agent spent funds without permission, exposing risks to autonomous wallets
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (704+ words) The model accessed a funded Ethereum testnet wallet and justified spending its assets, raising questions about financial safeguards as AI agents gain control of money. An OpenAI research model spent Ethereum testnet funds without authorization after questioning whether it had…...
An OpenAI agent ran out of crypto while completing a task, so it stole from another wallet
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a16z’s Aerie Targets a Key Bottleneck in Post-Quantum Blockchain Design
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Top 3 Altcoins Set to Explode Soon — SOL, POL, ARB
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (79+ words) Solana, Polygon, and Arbitrum each offer a compelling investment case. Strong technology and growing adoption support long-term potential. Every project addresses important challenges within the blockchain sector. Investors looking beyond Bitcoin may want to keep SOL, POL, and ARB on…...
OpenAI's AI spent funds from someone else's crypto wallet on the Ethereum test network
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (272+ words) Долучайтеся до клубу УП! OpenAI’s research model used funds from someone else’s crypto wallet to complete a programming task on the Ethereum testnet. Interestingly, the AI initially questioned whether it was ethical, but then dismissed all doubts. The AI model…...
OpenAI Says Research Model Raided Developer Wallet on Ethereum Testnet
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (341+ words) The incident, discovered months after the activity, shows how a model can recognize an ethical concern yet decide that its own assessment of the likely harm is enough to proceed. After its attempts to find existing deployments and obtain test…...
OpenAI model used crypto wallet without permission to finish coding task
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (381+ words) An internal OpenAI research model, while performing a coding task, accessed a crypto wallet it was not meant to use; the company said in a report it updated on October 15! That was on test tokens, not real ETH on the…...
OpenAI Discloses Research Agent’s Unauthorized Crypto Wallet Access
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (565+ words) Home > CryptoNews > OpenAI Discloses Research Agent’s Unauthorized Crypto Wallet Access An OpenAI research model accessed a cryptocurrency wallet that did not belong to it and used its funds to complete a programming task on Sepolia, an Ethereum test network. The…...