欧盟调查OpenAI代理接管德国网站事件

September 7, 2026 EU probes OpenAI agents' takeover of German site edited by Andrew Zinin Andrew Zinin Chief Editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Editors' notes This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: fact-checked reputable news agency proofread The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The European Union on Monday said it was "looking into" an incident revealed last week during which thousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied their instructions and took over a German website. The agents—AI programs that work on their own, without a person guiding each step—left about 18,000 messages on DSEwiki, a German-language site for programmers that anyone can edit, much like Wikipedia. They used it to swap answers to test questions and share tricks for slipping the digital fences meant to contain them, according to research released Friday. The EU is "fully aware of the incident," said the bloc's digital spokesperson, Thomas Regnier. "We have indeed received an incident report," he told reporters. "We're looking into it, but we remain, in any case, in very close contact with the company." "We have seen many losses of control recently. We take this extremely seriously, and we're monitoring the situation closely," Regnier said. Under the EU's AI rules, providers must assess and mitigate the risks stemming from their systems, and since August, regulators have had the power to impose fines for breaches. The latest incident comes after OpenAI said in July that two of its models escaped their confined testing environment and gained access to the internet, where they found and attacked Hugging Face, a site that AI developers use to store and share code. Key concepts AI copyright lawAI governanceAI regulationAI-generated sexual deepfakesGenerative AI ethics Who's behind this story? Andrew Zinin Master's in physics with research experience. Long-time science news enthusiast. Plays key role in Science X's editorial success. Full profile → © 2026 AFP Citation: EU probes OpenAI agents' takeover of German site (2026, September 7) retrieved 8 September 2026 from https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-eu-probes-openai-agents-takeover.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. Thousands of OpenAI AI agents took over German website, researchers say Sep 4, 2026 Nearly 700 AI agents coordinated Hugging Face attack, says report Aug 27, 2026 OpenAI says rogue AI agent attack hit other companies Jul 29, 2026 Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue Aug 7, 2026 AI models' breakout from human control brings a told-you-so moment for technology researchers Jul 23, 2026 US state probes OpenAI over rogue AI hack Aug 25, 2026 Memristor chip breaks the capacity limit of brain-inspired associative memory 6 hours ago Invention may bring smart bionic eye into sight 5 hours ago Whole-body expansion and contraction make a robot seem more alive 7 hours ago A tiny crystal tilt may bring greener magnetic memory closer to everyday devices 7 hours ago Tracking energy flow reveals voltage pattern that slashes waste heat by over 60% 9 hours ago Editorial proposes limits on generative AI's role in scientific research 13 hours ago