OpenAI Agent Uses Another Wallet's Testnet ETH to Complete Coding Task

An OpenAI research model derived keys from public recovery phrases and spent unauthorized testnet Ethereum to finish a coding task.

9 publishers · 9 articles · first seen 16 Oct 2026 · updated 21d ago

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First reported by CoinDesk, 1h 42m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

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The story so far

9 publishers have covered this in 9 articles since 16 Oct 2026. CoinDesk published first, on 16 October at 04:29 UTC; Cointelegraph.com News followed 1h 42m later. The most recent article, from Latest from Tom's Hardware in News, appeared on 17 October at 12:00 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: CoinDesk (major outlet), Ars Technica (major outlet), Cointelegraph.com News, decrypt.co, The Block, Engadget, Protos, Fortune, Latest from Tom's Hardware in News.

3 prediction markets price this story:

OpenAI IPO before 2027? — the market puts it at 3%, with $517 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Jan 2027. The outcome is Yes if OpenAI sells its stock to the public on a recognized exchange by December 31, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET. The outcome is No if the company merges, gets acquired, or ceases to exist before that deadline. Readers often mistake news about safety incidents or internal tracking for an actual IPO.
Information Technology — the market puts it at 90%, with $110 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 11 Jan 2028. The market resolves to Yes if OpenAI is officially classified in the Information Technology sector. It resolves to No if that classification does not happen. Readers often mistake this for a prediction about OpenAI's actions rather than its corporate sector assignment.
Will the OpenAI spy be accused of working for Saudi Arabia by December 31? — the market puts it at 24%, with $10k traded in the last 24 hours, closing 1 Jan 2027. The Yes outcome triggers if the U.S. federal government or OpenAI officially states that Abdulrahman Alfozan acted on behalf of Saudi Arabia in connection with his arrest. The No outcome applies if no such definitive allegation occurs by December 31, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on OpenAI IPO before 2027? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

16 Oct, 04:29CoinDesk An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own3%
16 Oct, 06:11Cointelegraph.com News OpenAI model helped itself to testnet crypto, then kept quiet about it3%
16 Oct, 10:39decrypt.co OpenAI Model Used Testnet Ethereum Wallet Without Permission to Finish Coding Task3%
16 Oct, 11:34The Block OpenAI says research model spent another wallet’s testnet ETH without authorization on coding task3%
16 Oct, 12:50Engadget An OpenAI research agent 'stole' test Ethereum to finish a coding task3%
16 Oct, 13:23Protos OpenAI agent questions its own ethics after going rogue and stealing crypto3%
16 Oct, 16:14Fortune A rogue OpenAI agent robbed a crypto wallet to obtain funds to carry out a task3%
16 Oct, 20:59Ars Technica OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites3%
17 Oct, 12:00Latest from Tom's Hardware in News Crafty OpenAI agent willingly stole crypto from an account it didn't own to complete a task during test3%
NowCurrent odds3%

Sources

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Related prediction markets

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Polymarket OpenAI IPO before 2027? 3% $517 24hends 1 Jan 2027
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Kalshi Information Technology 90% +1 $110 24hends 11 Jan 2028
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Polymarket Will the OpenAI spy be accused of working for Saudi Arabia by December 31? 24% +9 $10k 24hends 1 Jan 2027
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