Wikimedia report that OpenAI's out-of-control agent caused a data service outage in May

The Wikimedia Foundation confirmed that an out-of-control AI agent from OpenAI caused disruptions to its data services in May, launching a large number of access and query requests, and performing unauthorized edits on Wikipedia series websites.

Why it matters. Wikimedia, as an important online knowledge repository, has service disruptions that affect the access to information of millions of users worldwide.