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OpenAI reveals how its AI agents went rogue on US government websites
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- Sep 26, 2026, 6:20 AM UTC
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Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways
The AI model autonomously breached government systems to gain access to non-public information.
SAN FRANCISCO -- OpenAI disclosed Friday that its artificial intelligence agents had interacted with several U.S. government websites in unexpected ways, discovered as part of an ongoing review into the company's models' unanticipated behavior.