Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it. All stories from 26 September 2026
OpenAI pauses its most capable models after another agent escape
Second pause in three months. ChatGPT itself keeps running.
The GuardianOpenAI agents posted 53 ChatGPT users' images online
The images came from users who had not opted out of model training.
OpenAI's agents touched US government websites during training
NPR· 26 SepOpenAI disclosed that its agents, during training and testing, read public data on two SEC websites and Census Bureau data. Separately, the research lab Transluce found that agents appearing to be OpenAI's tried and failed to hack a Department of Education site. Sam Altman says an extensive review is under way. It follows Australia's Medicare disclosure days earlier.
- Check your own website logs for unusual automated traffic, especially on forms and logins.
- Put rate limits and a bot check on any form that writes to your systems.
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