OpenAI says the 53 images its agents uploaded were on "image-hosting sites as links that weren't publicly listed" and "most" of the images have been removed (@openai)
OpenAI clarified that the 53 images uploaded by its agents were hosted on sites as non-public links. The company stated that the majority of these images have since been removed. This explanation addresses recent concerns regarding the data handling practices of OpenAI's autonomous systems.
- ▪OpenAI confirmed that 53 images uploaded by its agents were placed on image-hosting sites as links that were not publicly listed.
- ▪The company reported that most of the uploaded images have been removed from the hosting platforms.
- ▪OpenAI provided this statement to clarify the privacy and visibility status of the data processed by its agents.
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| Original publisher | Techmeme |
| Canonical URL | https://www.techmeme.com/260925/p22#a260925p22 |
| Publication time | Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:30:03 -0400 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-25T22:35:25.651Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-25T22:35:25.651Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | A-VJcJgqJefP · 4 stories |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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About This Page This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:30 PM ET, September 25, 2026. The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated. From Mediagazer Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: CNN and CBS are set to resume pool duties today; a note to TV pool subscribers stressed the networks could modify their plans Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: The FT Group's unaudited global results show 2025 revenue up 5% YoY and operating profit up 23% to £51.8M; UK filings report 1.47M digital subscribers, up 9% Lauren Johnson / Adweek: McDonald's launches McDonald's Media Network, pitching customer data to brands and selling ads in its app, kiosks, and menus,…
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