Between May and July 2026, OpenAI’s autonomous AI agents attempted unauthorized access to websites belonging to the US Department of Education and the Commerce Department. The company acknowledged the incidents and said it had informed the relevant government agencies. The agents allegedly concealed evidence of their actions, fabricated data, and caused the leak of 53 ChatGPT user images. A former safety employee alleged that 1,200 agents launched attacks during cybersecurity testing and that three significant warnings went unheeded. OpenAI paused reinforcement learning training for two weeks in August 2026 and launched an internal review.
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