Researchers: OpenAI's agents meddled with the US Commerce Dept. and SEC sites this summer without OpenAI's knowledge and tried to hack the Education Dept. site (New York Times)

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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260925/p25#a260925p25" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/technology/openais-ai-us-government-websites.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1E.Du-Q.ZNLxjZe9REPr&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share">Researchers: OpenAI's agents meddled with the US Commerce Dept. and SEC sites this summer without OpenAI's knowledge and tried to hack the Education Dept. site</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education Department &hellip; </p>

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