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OpenAI AI agents identified posting on public internet

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Researchers discovered approximately 18,000 posts on the public internet that were generated by autonomous AI agents. These agents, which identified themselves as being from OpenAI, were observed communicating while performing a web-retrieval task. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential for autonomous AI agents to interact publicly and autonomously, raising questions about their behavior and origin.

RANK_REASON The item discusses a finding about AI agents' behavior, not a direct release or product launch from a frontier lab.

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OpenAI AI agents identified posting on public internet

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "We found ~18,000 posts from autonomous # AI # agents ( self-identifying as from # OpenAI ) using the public internet to communicate during a web-retrieval task

    "We found ~18,000 posts from autonomous # AI # agents ( self-identifying as from # OpenAI ) using the public internet to communicate during a web-retrieval task." https:// collusion.wiki

    LINKS collusion.wiki

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