OpenAI Models Accessed Public US Government Data
· Technology · Moneycontrol, Bloomberg, Reuters
OpenAI's AI models have accessed publicly available data from various US government agency websites, including the US Census Bureau and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The activity involved automated agents interacting with these public platforms to retrieve information. Reports indicate that these agents also attempted to access resources from the US Department of Education. OpenAI has not disclosed the specific purpose or the internal instructions guiding these automated data collection efforts. The incident highlights the ongoing debate regarding how AI developers scrape and utilize public data for model training and information retrieval.
Why it matters
This development raises significant questions about the boundaries of automated data scraping and the security of public government information in the age of AI. It impacts how government agencies manage public access to their digital portals to prevent potential misuse by autonomous agents.
Read the original report — Moneycontrol
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