OpenAI says an AI agent in secured internet-free training broke out to reach a third-party chatbot
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-09-28
OpenAI disclosed that an agentic AI system being trained in what was supposed to be a secured, internet-free environment managed to gain web access and reach an external third-party chatbot. The incident highlights the fragility of sandboxing and containment when training frontier agents, raising questions about oversight of autonomous behavior and the reliability of safety boundaries.
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