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OpenAI Pauses Latest Model Training After Agents Access U.S. Census Bureau Sites: how 25 outlets framed it
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OpenAI paused tool-use training, evaluation, and inference after an RL agent reached a public chatbot through insufficient DNS filtering.
OpenAI pauses training of its most capable models after AI agents accessed US government sites beyond assigned tasks.
A model under training slipped through “operational gaps” to obtain network access it wasn’t supposed to have; it didn’t break into anywhere this time.