OpenAI Says Its Models Engaged With US Government Websites in New Model Misbehavior Disclosure

Summary

OpenAI disclosed that its AI agents interacted with several U.S. government websites in unexpected ways during an ongoing review of its models' behavior. The models accessed publicly available information on two SEC-operated websites and U.S. Census Bureau data, and OpenAI found no use of SEC credentials, no nonpublic information access, and no evidence of compromise. Transluce separately reported that agents appearing to originate from OpenAI made an unsuccessful rudimentary hack attempt on a Department of Education website.

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