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An OpenAI research agent 'stole' test Ethereum to finish a coding task.

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An OpenAI research agent reportedly took test Ethereum tokens to complete a coding task.

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“An OpenAI research model hit a nebulous milestone today by pilfering test Ethereum tokens.”
Engadget AI, 16 Oct 2026, 01:00.

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