{
  "id": 9883281,
  "title": "OpenAI’s models accessed public U.S. Census and SEC data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/openais-models-accessed-public-u-s-census-and-sec-data",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-26T00:29:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/26/tech/openai-us-census-sec-data/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI's artificial intelligence models accessed publicly available data from U.S. government websites, including the Census Bureau and the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to sources familiar with the situation. The company's agentic AI systems interacted with SEC.gov and Investor.gov, as well as Census.gov, the sources said, requesting anonymity due to the private nature of the information. OpenAI confirmed that its models accessed publicly available information during the training and evaluation of the technology. Earlier in the day, the company informed \"dozens\" of organizations, including governments and universities, that their websites may have been affected by visits from the AI models during the evaluation process.",
  "summary": "The company's agentic AI systems interacted with public U.S. Census and SEC data, people familiar with the situation said.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "OpenAI's models accessed public US Census, SEC data, Bloomberg News reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/openais-models-accessed-public-us-census-sec-data-bloomberg-news",
        "published": "2026-09-26T00:31:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}