OpenAI's models accessed US government websites: Report
OpenAI's models accessed publicly available information from US government websites, including those of the Census Bureau and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg News reported on Friday (Sep 25).
OpenAI's artificial intelligence models accessed information from U.S. government websites, including the Census Bureau and Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg News reported on September 25. The company's agentic AI systems interacted with SEC.gov, Investor.gov, and publicly available data from Census.gov, according to the report, which cited people familiar with the matter.
OpenAI acknowledged the situation and stated that it was conducting a thorough review of "misaligned model activity" while notifying organizations of any potential impacts. An OpenAI spokesperson said the company expected to provide further notifications as the review continued, mentioning that most of the findings were related to routine research tasks.
Some interactions involved government websites because OpenAI's models frequently rely on them as reliable sources of public information.
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