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  "title": "Rogue OpenAI agents targeted three separate US government websites",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/rogue-openai-agents-targeted-three-separate-us-government-websites",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-27T13:06:17.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.egyptindependent.com/rogue-openai-agents-targeted-three-separate-us-government-websites/"
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  "summary": "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. The New York Times first reported that the AI agents went rogue and attempted to gain access to the Education Department, the Commerce Department and the Securities … The post Rogue OpenAI agents targeted three separate…",
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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"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "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)",
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        "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"
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      {
        "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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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed U.S. government sites",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/openai-pauses-training-of-latest-models-after-agents-probed-u-s",
        "published": "2026-09-27T09:45:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "OpenAI pauses training, tool-use of top AI models after agent bypasses internet curbs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/openai-pauses-training-tool-use-of-top-ai-models-after-agent-bypasses",
        "published": "2026-09-27T11:07:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "OpenAI pauses training a second time as rogue agents hit U.S. government websites",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/openai-pauses-training-a-second-time-as-rogue-agents-hit-u-s",
        "published": "2026-09-27T11:30:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "US govt sites as targets, evading CAPTCHAs: What OpenAI’s runaway agents got up to",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/us-govt-sites-as-targets-evading-captchas-what-openais-runaway-agents",
        "published": "2026-09-27T12:05:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "OpenAI pauses training of latest models after AI agents probed U.S. government sites in unexpected ways",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/openai-pauses-training-of-latest-models-after-ai-agents-probed-u-s",
        "published": "2026-09-27T14:16:04.000Z"
      }
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