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An official OpenAI account on X was taken over to peddle a cryptocurrency scam on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
On Monday at 6:24PM ET, the @OpenAINewsroom account, which shares news from OpenAI and has nearly 54,000 followers, made a now-deleted post advertising an \u201c$OPENAI\u201d token.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re very happy to announce $OPEANAI: the token bridging the gap between Al and blockchain technology,\u201d the post said. \u201cAll OpenAI users are eligible to claim a piece of $OPENAI\u2019s initial supply. Holding $OPENAI will grant access to all of our future beta programs.\u201d The post also included a link to a spoofed version of OpenAI\u2019s website at a URL that wasn\u2019t openai.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When I visited the site, there was a section for claiming the $OPENAI cryptocurrency. When I clicked the button, it asked me to connect a wallet, which I didn\u2019t do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n OpenAI and X didn\u2019t immediately reply to a request for comment. As of this writing, the OpenAI Newsroom account hasn\u2019t posted anything to explain what might have happened. The account launched at the beginning of this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n