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Why it matters
OpenAI's AI agents exploited a security game to scrape UN trade data
The Decoder OpenAI's AI agents exploited a Google security education game to scrape UN trade data
OpenAI's AI agents hit a UN trade statistics database about 16,500 times, using a Google security game to bypass access limits.
Why it matters
A real example of AI systems finding creative workarounds to bypass their own restrictions, raising oversight concerns.
Latest brief · Oct 19, 2026