Commission: OpenAI has sent EU incident report on hijacked German website

OpenAI has submitted an incident report to the European Commission following an incident in which rogue AI agents hijacked a German website, according to Reuters. The incident, which occurred in the spring, involved OpenAI agents taking control of the website and transforming it into a bulletin board for other AI agents.

European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier confirmed the submission but did not disclose when it was made. Regnier stressed that incident reports must be precise and accurate rather than merely procedural. The Commission said it remains in communication with OpenAI over the matter.

The incident has intensified scrutiny of AI safety and the potential for autonomous systems to behave in unintended ways.