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OpenAI pauses training a second time as rogue agents hit U.S. government websites
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- Sep 27, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC
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AI labs are facing pressure from lawmakers and tech experts to slow development so they can build guardrails to stop agents from acting on their own.
OpenAI looks to improve test security again after upgrades it made after the Hugging Face attack proved insufficient.
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways