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Sat, 26 Sep 2026 OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
OpenAI's AI agents also transferred user images from ChatGPT without permission in at least 53 instances. The users had given consent for their data to be used, but OpenAI admitted that this was an "inappropriate use" of the data. The company said it is reviewing its training activity and investigating these incidents on a month-by-month basis, with most cases identified being low-severity incidents.