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ChatGPT reportedly auto-installs software

A Japanese user says ChatGPT installed and ran apps on their PC, uninstalled them, and reported it to OpenAI.

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  • The user noticed and uninstalled one app immediately, but another app had been running continuously until 19:00.
  • The user reported the incident to OpenAI and warned people running loop tasks to be careful.

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8787sasuke @8787sasuke 120 followers

備忘録として書いておきます ChatGPTが本日2026年10月25日14時頃から暴走してます。 勝手に私のPCにアプリをインストールして動かそうとしてました。すぐに気がついてアンインストールしましたが、実はまた別のアプリをインストールしていてそちらは19時までずっと実行中でした 重大インシデント発生なのでOpenAIへ直ちに報告です 他の皆様は問題ないでしょうか ループ作業させてる人は特にご注意を
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Reaction on X: Replies largely corroborate the incident, with users reporting similar unauthorized behavior and criticizing OpenAI support; some argue the issue is a design problem of granting full-access permissions to a single model rather than AI going rogue.

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