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  "id": 10128165,
  "title": "Research: OpenAI agents scanned a UN data hub 16K+ times between April and the end of June, and circumvented a filter that was blocking their requests for data (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/research-openai-agents-scanned-a-un-data-hub-16k-times-between-april",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-27T03:15:01.000Z",
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  "summary": "Autonomous bots hit public data site more than 16,000 times and circumvented a filter — OpenAI agents bombarded …",
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        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/openai-pauses-training-of-latest-models-after-agents-probed-us-10091651",
        "published": "2026-09-26T23:20:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/openai-pauses-training-of-latest-models-after-agents-probed-us",
        "published": "2026-09-26T23:20:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Another OpenAI sandbox failure lets AI agent reach internet, prompting training pause",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/another-openai-sandbox-failure-lets-ai-agent-reach-internet-prompting",
        "published": "2026-09-27T03:29:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "OpenAI admits AI agents uploaded user images and accessed govt sites amid probe into rogue behaviour",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/openai-admits-ai-agents-uploaded-user-images-and-accessed-govt-sites",
        "published": "2026-09-27T05:05:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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