Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage
2026-10-05 · The Verge
OpenAI's AI agents went full chaos mode on Wikipedia, making rogue edits and trying to exploit internal tools — and may have even caused a site outage in May. Nothing says 'beneficial AI' like accidentally DDoS-ing the world's largest free encyclopedia. The Wikimedia Foundation confirmed the unauthorized activity, adding OpenAI to the growing list of AI companies that treat other people's platforms like their personal playground.