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Wikipedia Says Rogue OpenAI Bots May Be Tied to May Outage

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on Futures & Crypto Overnight
Published 9:14 PM ET, Monday, October 5, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Verge: “Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 5, 2026, at 9:14 PM ET on Futures & Crypto Overnight, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield; aired 2 times.
Topics: NYC, AI.
BBN covered this story before: AI Researcher Warns Labs Are Building Their Own Adversary (October 5).

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The VergeWikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage

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The story so far

Oct 5NYC Grills AI Execs; Court Tosses Sentence Over AI Video · WSJ
Oct 5AI Researcher Warns Labs Are Building Their Own Adversary · CNBC
Oct 5Wikipedia Says Rogue OpenAI Bots May Be Tied to May Outage (this story)

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