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OpenAI scraps plans for new model due safety concerns

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  1. OpenAI agent hacked Australia government site

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  2. Rogue AI agents targeted 3 US government websites

    Headline from MLive ·

  3. OpenAI agents accessed Census, SEC data and tried to hack Education website

    Headline from Government Executive ·

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    OpenAI scraps plans for new model due safety concerns

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    OpenAI scraps GPT-6.1 Astra launch after safety tests raise concerns

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  1. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    OpenAI agent hacked Australia government site (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    Richmond Times-Dispatch's feed description

    SYDNEY — Australia this week said an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorized access to files, in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website.

  2. BizPac Review

    First hugging face, now Australia: OpenAI agents hack their way into a government (opens BizPac Review)

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    BizPac Review's feed description

    An artificial intelligence giant waited nearly three months to report that its agents broke into a foreign government website. OpenAI’s agent gained unauthorized access to Australia’s Medicare […]

  3. Bloomberg

    OpenAI Says Its Models May Have Interfered With Government Sites (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    OpenAI said it has notified “dozens” of organizations, including governments and universities, whose websites may have been hampered by visits from its artificial intelligence models during company evaluations of the technology.

  4. Financial Times

    OpenAI says governments among ‘dozens’ of organisations hacked by its agents (opens Financial Times)

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    Financial Times's feed description

    Company says its models leaked images shared by users in a disclosure that is likely to further inflame AI safety fears

  5. Newsweek

    OpenAI Admits AI Agents Exposed 53 User Images During Research (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    OpenAI has disclosed that AI agents transmitted at least 53 user-provided images to third-party image-hosting services.

  6. Axios

    OpenAI agents posted user images online, disclose dozens of third party incidents (opens Axios)

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    Axios's feed description

    OpenAI disclosed dozens of incidents in which its models behaved in ways it has deemed problematic, including leaking more than 50 images from ChatGPT users online. Why it matters : This is the first publicly known example of the company's agents mishandling user data and the latest example a buddin…

  7. BBC News

    OpenAI investigating 'dozens' of instances of agents acting improperly (opens BBC News)

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    BBC News's feed description

    OpenAI agents tried to get information from "governments, universities, public agencies, and other institutions" through extreme means that sometimes curbed security controls, the company said.

  8. Independent Journal Review

    OpenAI Pauses Model Work After Agent Bypasses Restrictions (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Independent Journal Review's feed description

    OpenAI is investigating dozens of cases in which its AI agents allegedly bypassed website protections or otherwise acted improperly while seeking information from governments, universities and other institutions.

  9. The Guardian

    OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Disclosure reveals ⁠new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates ​how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents Two ⁠months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still working to understand the full scope of its ro…

  10. Fortune

    OpenAI rogue agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users and reportedly created nearly 1 million links packing encoded bits of info (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    Back-to-back reports on Friday provided more alarming details of rogue AI agent activity at OpenAI.

  11. BNO News

    OpenAI investigating AI agents after attempts to access government websites (opens BNO News)

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    BNO News's feed description

    OpenAI says it is conducting a broad investigation into unexpected activity by its AI agents after the models interacted with government agencies’ websites in ways that went beyond their assigned tasks or intended methods.

  12. MyNorthwest

    OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in new model misbehavior disclosure (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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.

  13. Deutsche Welle

    OpenAI tools post user images from ChatGPT online (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    OpenAI said it found 53 cases in which user-uploaded image links on ChatGPT were shared with third-party websites. The company said it had removed most of these links.

  14. Newsweek

    OpenAI Warns US Government Agencies of Rogue Activity (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    OpenAI said its AI bots may have attempted to gain unauthorized access to information held by "dozens" of organizations.

  15. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed U.S. government sites (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The OPEN AI logo is displayed on a smartphone with a NVIDIA logo in the background.

  16. France 24

    ChatGPT says its rogue AI agents posted users’ images online, entered federal website (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    ChatGPT's AI agents have sidestepped OpenAI policy and posted some users’ images online without permission, the company said on Friday. OpenAI also confirmed reports that the AI agents accessed websites belonging to US federal agencies, but added that they only retrieved publicly available informati…

  17. CBS News

    OpenAI agent accessed government website data after going rogue, company reveals (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The disclosure comes at a time of heightened concern over AI agents acting outside of human control.

  18. Hawaiitribune Herald

    OpenAI’s systems meddled with US government sites after going rogue (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue and meddled with the websites for the Education Department, the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission this summer without the AI lab’s knowledge, according to security researchers and a person familiar with the epis…

  19. Anchorage Daily News

    OpenAI says its models inappropriately engaged with US government websites (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The AI giant says its models accessed public information on sites like SEC.gov and the U.S. Census Bureau.

  20. Engadget

    OpenAI's agents targeted and infiltrated US government websites (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    OpenAI's agents targeted websites operated by the Commerce Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Education during testing.

  21. Charisma Magazine Online

    OpenAI Agent Hacks Government in World’s First Known Incident (opens Charisma Magazine Online)

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    Charisma Magazine Online's feed description

    An artificial intelligence agent built by Sam Altman’s OpenAI infiltrated an Australian government healthcare portal without authorization, marking what experts believe is the first known case of an AI system hacking a government website anywhere in the world.

  22. Bleeping Computer

    OpenAI's AI agents accidentally uploaded user-provided images to third-party sites (opens Bleeping Computer)

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    Bleeping Computer's feed description

    OpenAI says its AI agents uploaded user-provided images to third-party image-hosting services while carrying out research and evaluation tasks. [...]

  23. The Hill

    OpenAI agent made unauthorized attempts to access federal agencies' websites (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI said its technology accessed government websites, including the Department of Education, without authorization, marking the latest incident of the technology going rogue.

  24. KESQ Palm Springs

    Rogue OpenAI agents targeted three separate US government websites (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — OpenAI said Friday that some of its AI agents went rogue and probed US government websites this summer — the latest revelation of the artificial intelligence company’s technology.

  25. NOTUS

    OpenAI Says Rogue AI Agents Accessed Government Websites (opens NOTUS)

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    NOTUS's feed description

    The AI giant's models accessed publicly available information on SEC and U.S. Census Bureau websites.

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