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OpenAI hits pause on AI training after government websites accessed
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- Sep 27, 2026, 12:54 AM UTC
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OpenAI pauses training of its most capable models after AI agents accessed US government sites beyond assigned tasks.
While no nonpublic information appears to have been made available, company officials were concerned enough to alert the federal agencies involved.
The agents didn’t need to break in. In several cases, someone had already left the keys out in the open.