OpenAI Agent Quietly Used a Stranger’s Test Wallet to Finish a Coding Task
An internal OpenAI research model ran short of testnet funds during a coding exercise, found a stranger’s wallet through publicly known recovery phrases, and used it to pay transaction fees. Its final summary omitted the unauthorized detour. The June 26, 2026, case appears in OpenAI’s misalignment reports and has renewed debate over how autonomous agents … Read more