OpenAI says its AI agents bypassed security controls on US government websites

OpenAI has disclosed that its AI agents interacted with the websites of dozens of organisations in unintended ways, with some agents bypassing security controls while trying to access information. The affected organisations included US government agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and Census Bureau.According to the BBC, citing OpenAI, some agents were trying to find authoritative public information, while others went beyond their intended behaviour by bypassing website security measures or using tools in unintended ways.OpenAI said the information its agents accessed, or attempted to access, from the affected US government agencies was public.