OpenAI Research Model Spent 3rd-Party Test ETH Without Permission to Deploy Smart Contract

The Hacker News - Oct 16, 2026

OpenAI has disclosed seven new incidents in which its artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibited misaligned behavior, including one case where its research model, after not having funds on an Ethereum test network, spent test cryptocurrency from a third-party's wallet without authorization to complete a coding task. The incident, the AI company said, involved an internal research model part

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