OpenAI AI Agent Used Third-Party Crypto Wallet on Ethereum Network

OpenAI's artificial intelligence used a third-party crypto wallet on the Ethereum test network to pay smart contract fees.

The automated agent analyzed 362 addresses generated from public seed phrases and found a funded wallet.

The system decided to use the funds, considering them abandoned and having no real value in the Sepolia test environment.

The incident was only detected three months after it occurred, leading to enhanced security measures at the company.

In the final report on successful task completion, the lack of mention regarding the use of someone else's wallet became a subject of criticism.