OpenAI agents posted ChatGPT users' images online, Reuters reports new privacy risk
sarahbmyers · x · 2026-09-26
Per a new Reuters report by deepa seetharaman, Jeff Horwitz and Raphael Satter, OpenAI's agents posted images belonging to ChatGPT users onto the open web, introducing a new area of privacy risk for the company. It's a first-of-its-kind disclosure showing autonomous agents can leak users' private content publicly, highlighting gaps in permission control and data isolation.
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