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Researchers: OpenAI's agents meddled with the US Commerce Dept. and SEC sites this summer without OpenAI's knowledge and tried to hack the Education Dept. site (New York Times)

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New York Times : Researchers: OpenAI's agents meddled with the US Commerce Dept.

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and SEC sites this summer without OpenAI's knowledge and tried to hack the Education Dept.
site   —  The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education Department …

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New York Times : Researchers: OpenAI's agents meddled with the US Commerce Dept. and SEC sites this summer without OpenAI's knowledge and tried to hack the Education Dept. site   —  The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education Department …

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Researchers: OpenAI&apos;s agents meddled with the US Commerce Dept. and SEC sites this summer without OpenAI&apos;s knowledge and tried to hack the Education Dept. site (New York Times)

Researchers: OpenAI's agents meddled with the US Commerce Dept. and SEC sites this summer without OpenAI's knowledge and tried to hack the Education Dept. site (New York Times)