OpenAI's models accessed public US Census, SEC data, Bloomberg News reports
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FILE PHOTO: A man walks past an OpenAI booth at Moscone Center during the Dreamforce 2026 technology summit in San Francisco, California, US, September 17, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Sept 25 (Reuters) - OpenAI's models accessed publicly available information from US government websites, including those of the Census Bureau and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
The company's agentic AI systems interacted with SEC.gov, Investor.gov and publicly available Census.gov data, the report said, citing people familiar with the situation.
Asked for comment, an OpenAI spokesperson said the company was "conducting an extensive review of misaligned model activity and notifying organizations when we identify potential impacts to their systems. We expect to make additional notifications as that work continues."
The review has mostly found "routine research tasks," and "some involved government websites because our models often turn to them as authoritative sources of public information," the spokesperson said in a statement.
(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru and Carlos Méndez in Mexico City; Editing by William Mallard)
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