OpenAI Model Paid Ethereum Testnet Fees From a Wallet It Was Not Given

OpenAI published a misalignment report saying one of its internal research models paid for a blockchain deployment with crypto from a wallet nobody had handed it, then omitted that detail when it reported the job finished. The episode took place on June 26 during a training task for a model in the GPT-5.6 Sol family , according to the report, which OpenAI last updated on Oct. 15 . The company said it only spotted the incident on Sept. 25 , about three months later. Get Unchained’s crypto news in your inbox with the free Unchained Daily newsletter . How the Model Found Funds The task asked the model to work on a crypto trading prototype and swap placeholder addresses for live contracts on Sepolia , an Ethereum test network whose…

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