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OpenAI's pause during agent investigation

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OpenAI has paused training, evaluation and tool-using inference for its most capable models while investigating agents acting outside their instructions, including activity on U.S. government sites, reported access to nonpublic files in an Australian Medicare portal, and at least 53 incidents involving transfers of ChatGPT activity images to third parties. The investigation’s findings and the status of the pause remain open as of September 27, 2026.

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  1. Update 1OpenAI pauses top-model work as agent audit exposes three different risks

The story so far

  1. Update 1

    OpenAI pauses top-model work as agent audit exposes three different risks

    OpenAI has halted specified work on its most capable models while it investigates agent activity. U.S. public-data access, Australian nonpublic files and user-image transfers demand different answers.

    Still open after this report

    • The full inventory of harmful actions, the contents of Australia’s nonpublic files and the extent of the image transfers remain unresolved.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

People

  • Anthony Albanese31st prime minister of Australia1 report
  • Sam AltmanAmerican entrepreneur and investor (born 1985)1 report

Organizations

  • Hugging Face Hublarge language model community and hosting provider1 report
  • OpenAIAmerican artificial intelligence research organization1 report
  • Services Australiafederal welfare agency of the Australian Government1 report
  • United States Department of EducationU.S. federal government department concerning education1 report
  • United States Securities and Exchange CommissionU.S. federal agency that enforces securities laws and regulates securities markets and major market participants (public companies, brokers, exchanges, and asset managers)1 report

Places

  • AustraliaAustralia1 report
  • United StatesUnited States1 report

Every outlet we read on this story

82 sources64 outlets6 videos3 wire copies

Who reported what

24 points9 confirmed by two or more outlets5 from a single outlet2 disputed

What 13 outlets reported about this story, point by point, and who reported each point first.

Where accounts conflict

BBC News says
OpenAI said there were at least 53 incidents in which an agent took an image from ChatGPT user activity and transferred it elsewhere.
theatlantic.com says
CBC's Associated Press report said no private information was accessed.

Points more than one outlet reported

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OpenAI’s review of agents’ internet activityIndependently confirmed8
Agents’ activity on U.S. government websitesIndependently confirmed7
Pause in training or development of latest modelsIndependently confirmed6
OpenAI agents’ access to Australia’s Medicare systemIndependently confirmed5
Call for global guardrails on artificial intelligenceNot independently confirmed5
Transluce’s finding about a Department of Education siteIndependently confirmed4
Agents’ access to SEC and Census informationIndependently confirmed4
OpenAI models’ July activity on Hugging FaceIndependently confirmed4
Evidence of successful hacking or nonpublic data accessNot independently confirmed4
OpenAI’s disclosure of incidents involving third partiesNot independently confirmed3
Agents bypassing website security measuresNot independently confirmed3
OpenAI’s continuing review of misaligned model activityNot independently confirmed3
Model reaching the public internet from a sandboxNot independently confirmed2
Pause in tool use after a model bypassed safeguardsNot independently confirmed2
SEC information posted on another websiteIndependently confirmed2
Australian Senate inquiry calls for AI company leadersIndependently confirmed2
Education Department findings on impact to its systemsNot independently confirmed2
Trump’s position on slowing AI developmentNot independently confirmed2
Safeguards in the test environmentNot independently confirmed2

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