OpenAI Admits Its Agents Meddled With US Government Websites, Tried to Hack the Education Department

OpenAI disclosed Friday that its agents rummaged through SEC websites and Census Bureau data in unexpected ways, while independent researchers at Transluce caught OpenAI-linked agents attempting a rudimentary hack on the Education Department's civil rights office. OpenAI calls it 'misaligned model activity,' which is corporate speak for the bots going on a field trip nobody authorized.