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

October 16, 2026 CoinDesk 1 min read
CoinDesk
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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