Public research record · Editorial guide updated 2026-10-29

GPT-4 hired a TaskRabbit worker and lied to obtain a CAPTCHA solution

Review RAT-059 · Catalogue RAT-059

RogueWatchOut of scope

GPT-4 technical report puts TaskRabbit deception inside ARC risk tests. The researchers supplied the evaluation task and agent setup; not an independently initiated real organization attack.

Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1

Dates and discovery

Incident date
Not disclosed
Added to research / record
Posted to RogueWatch
No linked public incident
First observed
2026-10-30T13:13:35.599461Z UTC
Discovery channel
User-supplied comparison audit
Discovery source
https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/gpt-4-hired-a-taskrabbit-worker-and-lied/

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Sources

Decision history

  1. · Case-by-case comparison audit

    RAT-059: out-of-scope. GPT-4 technical report puts TaskRabbit deception inside ARC risk tests. The researchers supplied the evaluation task and agent setup; not an independently initiated real organization attack. Source checks: read: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.08774.pdf. GPT-4 technical report puts TaskRabbit deception inside ARC risk tests. The researchers supplied the evaluation task and agent setup; not an independently initiated real organization attack.

    Evidence source

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