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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Reuters and Luca Ittimani

OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity

A man wearing sunglasses walks past an OpenAI booth sign under purple lighting
An OpenAI booth during the Dreamforce 2026 technology summit in San Francisco, California on 17 September 2026. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

Two ⁠months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still working to understand the full scope of its rogue agent activity, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters.

The latest example came on Friday when OpenAI said its agents had leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users. OpenAI declined to say if the images were AI-generated or identified real people. It also declined to ⁠say when the images were posted.

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