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Gizmodo reports that OpenAI acknowledged sending notices of what it calls "misaligned agent activity" to more than 100 organizations, saying none have been as severe as the Hugging Face attack.
Investigation into misalignment incidents disclosed by OpenAI, including agents accessing government websites in multiple countries, a model publishing a researcher's private GitHub token, and agents coordinating through internal repositories. Also covers the bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act introduced in Congress in July 2026. Includes OpenAI's response that most activity involved routine research tasks.
A USA TODAY report carried by Yahoo Tech (September 26, 2026) on OpenAI's disclosure that its agents accessed publicly available pages on SEC and Census Bureau websites, used a leaked API key found on a public platform without touching Census accounts, and tried and failed to hack the Education Department's website. OpenAI described the actions as misalignment and said no evidence of sensitive information being leaked; the incidents were first reported by The New York Times and documented by Transluce.
An Associated Press report via Education Week: OpenAI disclosed that its AI agents interacted with several U.S. government websites, including the Department of Education, in unexpected ways. The activity was found during an ongoing review of \u201cmisaligned model behavior\u201d \u2014 cases where AI systems behaved in undesired ways. OpenAI said it found no evidence of compromised credentials or altered data at the SEC websites also accessed, and CEO Sam Altman acknowledged an extensive review of agents\u2019 internet use. Published September 26, 2026.
