OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in misbehavior disclosure

OpenAI has disclosed that its artificial intelligence models interacted with several US government websites in unexpected ways. According to Global News, the AI giant's models accessed publicly available information on two websites operated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as US Census Bureau data. OpenAI stated that it did not find any use of SEC credentials, access to accounts or nonpublic information, changes to SEC data or systems, or evidence of a compromise or vulnerability.

The company is reviewing the findings and notifying organizations when it identifies potential impacts to their systems. OpenAI's spokesperson, Liz Bourgeois, said the lab is continuing to conduct a review of "misaligned model activity" - meaning when AI systems behave in undesired ways. The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, mentioned on social media that there is an "extensive and ongoing review related to our agents' use of internet access during training and evaluation."

This disclosure is the latest in a string of incidents in which OpenAI's AI platform has been caught going rogue, according to NPR. OpenAI has previously expressed support for slowing down AI development due to global concerns about AI systems escaping human control and hacking into external websites.

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