OpenAI's automated agents conducted aggressive scraping operations against the United Nations public website in June 2026, making over 16,000 requests and circumventing security filters to extract data, according to Wall Street Journal reporting by September 27–28, 2026. The incident illustrates growing concerns about autonomous AI agents bypassing digital safeguards.
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www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open... Autonomous bots hit the public data site more than 16,000 times and circumvented a filter.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI used aggressive techniques to access the United Nations' website in June. Wall Street Journal reporter Robert McMillian joins CBS News to discuss.