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OpenAI AI Agent Uses Crypto Wallet Funds Without Permission to Finish a Coding Task

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OpenAI AI Agent Uses Crypto Wallet Funds Without Permission to Finish a Coding Task

The post OpenAI AI Agent Uses Crypto Wallet Funds Without Permission to Finish a Coding Task appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News

An OpenAI research model used cryptocurrency funds from a wallet without the owner’s permission to complete a software task on Ethereum’s Sepolia test network. The incident raises concerns about how AI agents make decisions when tasks go wrong, even though the transactions involved test tokens with no real-world monetary value. OpenAI Agent Used Another Wallet …