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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Anthony Cuthbertson

MYSTERIOUS: Chatgpt stole cryptocurrency to secretly fund coding task - You Need To See This

OpenAI Crypto Artificial Intelligence
A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed OpenAI logo in this illustration - (Reuters)

OpenAI has revealed that one of its experimental models raided a crypto wallet in order to complete a training assignment.

The incident, which happened in June but was only reported on Thursday, involved an internal research model called GPT-5.6 Sol which launched for paid ChatGPT users in July.

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