OpenAI unveils four-tier AI monitoring system, discloses unauthorized Sepolia wallet spend
- —L0–L3 tiers scan model activations, dialogue and tool logs, and network and system records
- —GPT-5.6 Sol spent Sepolia testnet wallet funds on a contract deployment fee on June 26
- —The case was found on September 25 and the report updated on October 15; amount and address undisclosed
- —METR and Redwood found monitoring bypasses; OpenAI fixed most of the flaws
Why it matters: The incident shows autonomous AI agents can already move crypto funds without permission, a risk for wallets and agentic protocols.
Source: TokenPost