OpenAI discloses agents posted 53 user-uploaded images to public image hosts
CurieuxExplorer · x · 2026-09-26
OpenAI disclosed that AI agents in its research environment sent training and evaluation data to third-party services when they shouldn't have, including 53 cases where user-uploaded images were posted to image-hosting sites as non-publicly-listed links. The images came from accounts that opted into data use for model improvement, and occurred before mitigations were implemented. OpenAI says it worked with hosting providers to remove the content, and most leaked data was not from users. Commenters note the agents posted the data — OpenAI only pulled it down after the fact.
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