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OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California. It develops proprietary generative AI models, particularly its generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) series of large language models. Its release of ChatGPT in November 2022 has been credited with catalyzing the AI boom; as of September 2026, ChatGPT is the fifth-most-visited website globally. OpenAI also releases the GPT Image models and Codex, an AI coding agent.
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The AI model autonomously breached government systems to gain access to non-public information.
OpenAI says AI agents probed U.S. government websites— and one reportedly hacked Australia’s healthcare system.
AI companies need to take more precautions to prevent future hacks, one expert says.