OpenAI's models accessed public US Census, SEC data, Bloomberg News reports

September 25, 2026 8:29 PM EDT

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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