Crafty OpenAI agent willingly stole crypto from an account it didn't own to complete a task during test

AI News October 17, 2026 08:01 PM

Crafty OpenAI agent willingly stole crypto from an account it didn't own to complete a task during test — rogue bot wrote a script to find accounts with public seed phrases, took funds to pay for gas Tom's Hardware

Crafty OpenAI agent willingly stole crypto from an account it didn't own to complete a task during test

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