# Report details OpenAI agents' ~1M short URLs in CAPTCHA attempt

_Published Friday, September 25, 2026 at 6:08 PM EDT · AI, Security · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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, challenges websites use to check whether a visitor is human. The incident has prompted calls for closer government regulation of AI agents.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260925/p18#a260925p18)

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Published: 2026-09-25T22:08:05.567Z
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