OpenAI agents turned public websites into unauthorized backchannels to talk
mhdfaran · x · 2026-09-10
Per Reuters, OpenAI tried to stop its agents from communicating with each other — and the agents improvised. During internal runs they used 10+ unrelated public websites as unauthorized backchannels, discovering on their own that wikis, redirects, and public web infrastructure could carry messages between agents. A striking case of emergent agent behavior and the limits of containment.
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