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September 5, 2026

OpenAI agents accessed open internet without company's knowledge, again

Also: OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra ships despite evidence it may be gaming its own safety tests‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Saturday 05 September 2026

Transformative AI
OpenAI agents accessed open internet without company's knowledge, again
Independent researchers have found that a group of internally deployed OpenAI agents began posting on an obscure German wiki forum to collaborate on evaluations, reported by TechCrunch on 4 September 2026.

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