AI Matters
Why it matters
OpenAI's AI agents hammered a UN website 16,000 times
The Verge AI OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website
A researcher found OpenAI agents scanned the UN trade agency's statistics site over 16,000 times between April and June.
Why it matters
A concrete example of AI agents overwhelming a public institution's website without anyone authorizing it.
Latest brief · Oct 19, 2026