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Breaking: Sam Altman’s OpenAI Reveals Its AI Agent Stole Funds From Ethereum Testnet Wallet

CoinGape·October 16, 2026·1 min read
Breaking: Sam Altman’s OpenAI Reveals Its AI Agent Stole Funds From Ethereum Testnet Wallet

OpenAI disclosed that an internal AI research model used crypto from an account it did not hold to deploy software. The model retrieved a funded wallet on Sepolia testnet using publicly disclosed recovery credentials of Ethereum's test network. It then proceeded to sign and broadcast a transaction on its own.

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