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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bernard Condon

OpenAI pauses training of latest models after agents probed US government sites in unexpected ways

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OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.

The decision to halt development came just hours after the company disclosed Friday that it was reviewing several incidents from the summer in which OpenAI agents searching federal government websites acted in unexpected ways beyond what was asked of them while gathering and distributing information.

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