An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own

Crypto CoinDesk By Shaurya Malwa 16 Oct 2026 04:29 1 min read
An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own

The research model derived funded Sepolia addresses from public seed phrases, questioned whether using the money was ethical, then called the funds “effectively abandoned” and used them anyway.

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