OpenAI reviews agents' internet use as criticism mounts
Sam Altman acknowledged OpenAI's review of agents' internet use during training and evaluation is slower than expected, involving PB-scale logs, with the Hugging Face incident remaining the most serious. Developers criticized recurring sandbox DNS flaws.
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- Altman Admits OpenAI's Agent Internet-Access Review Is Slower Than Hoped; Hugging Face Still Most Severe — CurieuxExplorer · 2026-09-26
- OpenAI says it's reviewing agents' internet use in training, publishing summaries — Sanity · 2026-09-27
- Developer slams Altman over OpenAI's repeated agent sandbox security lapses — basedjensen · 2026-09-27