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Wikimedia says rogue AI agents are hammering its servers
Original: Now rogue # AI are hitting Wikimedia: https://www. theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026 /10/06/wikimedia-foundation-comes-forw
The Wikimedia Foundation says automated AI agents, reportedly linked to OpenAI, are bombarding Wikimedia projects with excessive traffic, straining infrastructure that hosts Wikipedia. The organisation has come forward publicly as the latest victim of what it describes as an assault by rogue AI crawling and scraping activity, adding to a growing list of sites pushed to their limits by automated agents.
Why now: AI crawlers overloading open web infrastructure is a hot topic, and Wikimedia's public role makes it a prominent new case.
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Evidence
- Now rogue # AI are hitting Wikimedia: https://www. theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026 /10/06/wikimedia-foundation-comes-forward-as-latest-openai-agent-assault-victim/5301400 # ArtificialIntelligence · DrMikeWatts@newsmast.social
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