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OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government

OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government

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In an interview with Fox News ahead of his dinner with Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei on Sunday night, he again brushed off concerns about AI agents going rogue: “I don’t worry about it,” he said.

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Isabella WardSecuritySep 28, 2026 7:32 AMOpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target GovernmentSam Altman says the company “have not been as fast as we would have liked” at dealing with security breaches, after news of further incidents over the summer forces another temporary halt.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyOpenAI said it has paused training its most powerful artificial intelligence models as incidents of agents breaching websites’ security controls or posting to third-party sites continue to pile up.

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