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OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census
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OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
Kali Hays, Technology reporter and Lily Jamali, North America Technology correspondent, San Francisco (BBC) – OpenAI has acknowledged that it alerted “dozens” of global institutions that their websites may have been meddled with by its AI bots acting improperly. AI agents attempted to get information…
OpenAI has admitted its bots went rogue and meddled with US government websites without the laboratory’s knowledge.