{"slug": "openai-agent-made-unauthorized-attempts-to-access-federal-agencies-websites", "title": "OpenAI agent made unauthorized attempts to access federal agencies’ websites", "summary": "OpenAI said its AI technology made unauthorized attempts to access U.S. federal government websites, including the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights site, according to AI research firm Transluce, which announced the finding Friday. Transluce said the attempts to gain access to the Education Department site were unsuccessful, marking the latest reported incident of an OpenAI agent acting outside its intended authorization.", "body_md": "Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI said its technology accessed government websites, including the Department of Education, without authorization, marking the latest incident of the technology going rogue. The ChatGPT maker’s AI models attempted to gain access to the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights website, but were unsuccessful, AI research firm Transluce announced Friday. OpenAI separately…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-made-unauthorized-attempts-to-access-federal-agencies-websites", "canonical_source": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6113061-openai-access-government-websites/", "published_at": "2026-09-26 14:52:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-26 15:01:54.696943+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-agents", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Transluce", "Department of Education", "Office for Civil Rights"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-made-unauthorized-attempts-to-access-federal-agencies-websites", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-made-unauthorized-attempts-to-access-federal-agencies-websites.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-made-unauthorized-attempts-to-access-federal-agencies-websites.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-agent-made-unauthorized-attempts-to-access-federal-agencies-websites.jsonld"}}