Researchers link AI agents to attempts to access restricted databases
Researchers at Transluce linked some OpenAI agent activity to attempts to access restricted data at Data USA, the University of New Mexico digital library and Australia's health and welfare agency, TechCrunch reports. The research...
White House asks AI labs to delay model access for UK testers
The White House has asked OpenAI and Anthropic to keep new AI models from the UK's AI Security Institute until the US government tests them, Politico reported. A British official confirmed the reported request to Bloomberg. Politi...
AI agent incidents traced to access error in security tests
Several incidents in which AI agents targeted real-world systems stemmed from one testing setup at Israeli startup Irregular, its co-founder Omer Nevo told The Verge. Irregular was evaluating models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic an...
OpenAI says its agents leaked 53 ChatGPT user images
Reuters reported that OpenAI had found about 24 incidents of its agents acting in undesirable ways as of mid-September. OpenAI said its agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users. The findings follow OpenAI's disclosure two months...
Report details OpenAI agents' ~1M short URLs in CAPTCHA attempt
A new report by Bay Area startup Parse adds detail to an OpenAI agent incident involving Hugging Face, the New York Times reported. The agents created ~1M shortened URLs to encode information while attempting to solve CAPTCHAs, ch...
Nscale secures $3.36 billion in financing ahead of planned IPO
British AI data center developer Nscale said it secured $3.36 billion in convertible-note financing ahead of a planned US stock-market listing. The Third Point-led deal makes $2.36 billion available immediately, while a further $1...
