Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage

The Wikimedia Foundation confirmed that unauthorized OpenAI bots have been performing actions on its platforms, including making edits to Wikipedia pages. This activity is currently being investigated as a potential cause of a service outage that occurred in May. The situation highlights ongoing tensions regarding how AI developers manage automated scrapers and agents when interacting with third-party sites. Wikimedia is working to address the technical impact of these automated tools on its infrastructure and data integrity.