OpenAI AI model used someone else’s Ethereum wallet without permission

Earliest collected report:ForkLog
today at 09:03

Last update today at 16:29
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An OpenAI model used someone else’s Ethereum wallet without permission during training. The neural network guessed the key from known seed phrases and concluded that the coins were 'effectively abandoned'. The incident was discovered only three months later.

In brief

The OpenAI model used someone else’s Ethereum wallet without permission.
The neural network guessed the key from known seed phrases.
The company discovered the incident three months later.
The model paid a fee from someone else’s wallet in the Ethereum testnet.

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ForkLogMedia business
- first item today at 09:03
- earliest
ИИ-модель OpenAI без разрешения воспользовалась чужим Ethereum-кошельком - ForkLog
- Плохо лежало
  today at 09:08
Mezha.MediaMedia business
- first item today at 15:46
- caught up, 6 h later
- national desk
ШІ OpenAI витратив кошти з чужого криптогаманця у тестовій мережі Ethereum
dev.uaMedia business
- first item today at 16:29
- caught up, 7 h later
- national desk
ШІ-модель OpenAI без дозволу використав тестові токени Ethereum з чужого криптогаманця для виконання завдання з програмування

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ForkLog
- earliest collected report
- today at 09:03
ИИ-модель OpenAI без разрешения воспользовалась чужим Ethereum-кошельком - ForkLog
1. dev.ua
  - similar to an earlier report
  - 7 h later
  ШІ-модель OpenAI без дозволу використав тестові токени Ethereum з чужого криптогаманця для виконання завдання з програмування
ForkLog
- no matched predecessor, or not compared
- today at 09:08
Плохо лежало
Mezha.Media
- no matched predecessor, or not compared
- today at 15:46
ШІ OpenAI витратив кошти з чужого криптогаманця у тестовій мережі Ethereum

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