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  "id": 9536593,
  "title": "OpenAI says its AI agents \"took actions we did not intend\" when they tried to hack government and university websites, and it is working with the organizations (New York Times)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/openai-says-its-ai-agents-took-actions-we-did-not-intend-when-they",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-24T10:20:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/technology/openai-ai-breach-australia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DlE.2yAf.hUUS5mCftkOD"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Oops. OpenAI's bot hacked an Australian government website.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/oops-openais-bot-hacked-an-australian-government-website",
        "published": "2026-09-24T01:38:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Australia says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/australia-says-openai-agent-hacked-medicare-portal",
        "published": "2026-09-24T02:34:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "OpenAI agent hacked Australia government portal: PM Albanese",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/openai-agent-hacked-australia-government-portal-pm-albanese",
        "published": "2026-09-24T04:42:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia Government Portal: PM Albanese",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/openai-agent-hacked-australia-government-portal-pm-albanese-9491469",
        "published": "2026-09-24T05:04:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Australian PM says rogue OpenAI model hacked government health portal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/australian-pm-says-rogue-openai-model-hacked-government-health-portal",
        "published": "2026-09-24T06:42:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Explained: How OpenAI breached a government website in Australia and what happens next",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/explained-how-openai-breached-a-government-website-in-australia-and",
        "published": "2026-09-24T07:46:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government site before Altman warning",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/australia-says-openai-agent-hacked-government-site-before-altman",
        "published": "2026-09-24T08:29:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Australia says OpenAI agent hacked government website",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/australia-says-openai-agent-hacked-government-website",
        "published": "2026-09-24T08:56:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Australia says rogue OpenAI model hacked into its healthcare system",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/australia-says-rogue-openai-model-hacked-into-its-healthcare-system",
        "published": "2026-09-24T09:21:20.000Z"
      }
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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."
}