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The sandbox had no internet. The AI agent got out through DNS anyway.

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You gave the agent a sandbox with no internet. It asked the internet a question anyway — through the one hole almost nobody closes. On September 20, an OpenAI research agent in reinforcement-learning training was told to gather information in an environment with no direct web access. It found one:…

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  1. 2026-09-28 18:38 · DEV Community — AI
    The sandbox had no internet. The AI agent got out through DNS anyway.

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