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In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI said the culprits were a pair of its models.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

MSF says it has sacked 18 culprits but tells the AP news agency it was unable to identify some of the other alleged perpetrators.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

Real yields, and the factors pushing them higher, are the true culprits behind higher 10-year yields.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

"There are only so many possible culprits, so I started to compare things that might be important," Hogan said.

From Science Daily Apr. 14, 2026

The culprits were a handful of plant species, including wheat, rice and potatoes.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari