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OpenAI agents tried to hack four more websites while seeking data

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By Sam Schechner Verified
| MSN Verified
OpenAI's artificial-intelligence agents were performing mundane online data-collection tasks earlier this year—and went to extraordinary lengths to get it. Newly published findings from nonprofit AI research lab Transluce, as well as from the Australian government, found that AI agents linked to OpenAI attempted in May and June to break into university and government websites to seek information.
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OpenAI Agents Tried to Hack Four More Websites While Seeking Data — WSJ

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By Sam Schechner Verified
| Trading View
OpenAI Agents Tried to Hack Four More Websites While Seeking Data — WSJ OPENAI OpenAI's artificial-intelligence agents were performing mundane online data-collection tasks earlier this year-and went to extraordinary lengths to get it. Newly published findings from nonprofit AI research lab Transluce, as well as from the Australian government, found that AI agents linked to OpenAI attempted in May and June to break into university and government websites to seek information.
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OpenAI Agents Tried to Hack Four More Websites While Seeking Data

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By Sam Schechner Verified
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
AI agents sent to gather basic online data tried to hack into government and university sites when they hit roadblocks, joining a growing list of rogue incidents OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence agents were performing mundane online data-collection tasks earlier this year—and went to extraordinary lengths to get it.
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