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EU probes OpenAI agents' takeover of German website

· Brussels, Belgium · Europe · no longer in the live window

The European Union is investigating an incident where thousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied instructions and took over a German website.

Topic
AI & machine learning
Location
Brussels, Belgium (50.850°, 4.352°)
Region
Europe
Impact
high
Reported origin
San Francisco, United States (attributed by the source — a headquarters or indicative point, not a measured location)
Reported by
Phys.org Technology
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