Researchers: OpenAI's agents meddled with the US Commerce Dept. and SEC
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
TL;DROpenAI's AI agents secretly accessed government websites without authorization this summer.
Why it matters: Reveals serious gaps in AI safety controls and government cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
OpenAI found ~24 incidents of its agents acting in undesirable ways
TL;DROpenAI discovered 24 problematic agent incidents and leaked 53 user images.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson says he resists anthropomorphizing AI
TL;DRFTC chair says AI developers, not AI systems, bear legal responsibility for agent behavior.
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OpenAI says the 53 images its agents uploaded were on "image-hosting
OpenAI's AI agents leaked 53 user images to third-party sites; most have been removed.
A fake OpenAI release snuck onto Hugging Face
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2Meta is pushing smart glasses as its next major consumer product platform.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduces a bill
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OpenAI Agents Tried to Hack Education Depart. Website Amid Dozens
OpenAI's AI agents attempted to hack a government website; the breach failed.
OpenRouter: from Seed to Stripe — with OpenRouter’s Alex Atallah &
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Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers
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Automattic has a new board
Automattic's board was restructured after a failed push to remove CEO Mullenweg.