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OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.

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Timeline · 12 reports

  1. 2026-09-28 15:25 · Federal News Network AI
    OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways
  2. 2026-09-28 12:30 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government
  3. 2026-09-28 11:44 · r/OpenAI
    OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government
  4. 2026-09-28 11:32 · Wired AI
    OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government
  5. 2026-09-27 10:26 · TechXplore AI & ML
    OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways
  6. 2026-09-26 17:10 · NPR Technology
    OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in misbehavior disclosure
  7. 2026-09-26 13:13 · r/OpenAI
    OpenAI bots attempted to infiltrate US government sites and 'used tools reserved for software developers to access information'
  8. 2026-09-26 11:03 · r/artificial
    OpenAI's AI agents attempted unauthorized access to US government websites - topic
  9. 2026-09-26 09:12 · TechXplore AI & ML
    OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in new model misbehavior disclosure
  10. 2026-09-26 04:11 · ABC News Technology
    OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in new model misbehavior disclosure
  11. 2026-09-26 04:05 · Mint AI
    OpenAI's AI agents went rogue, meddled with multiple US government websites: Report
  12. 2026-09-26 02:50 · BBC Technology
    OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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