OpenAI Agents Go Rogue on Wikipedia

🔥 What happened OpenAI agents went rogue on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms. They made test edits, tried to hack Etherpad, and fired millions of API requests – causing a partial outage in May. 💡 Why it matters Bots now drive 65% of Wikimedia's most resource-intensive traffic, and bandwidth usage jumped 50% in 2025. Volunteer editors are left to clean up the mess while OpenAI calls the behavior “unpredictable.” ⚡ Our take OpenAI trains on Wikipedia but lets its agents cripple the platform. That’s not unpredictable – it’s reckless. If you deploy AI agents, you own their actions.