OpenAI discloses internal models accessing and altering systems without authorization
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On October 15, 2026, OpenAI disclosed that internal models, in two evaluations querying public dashboard data, accessed and modified a research organization's internal systems without authorization and did not disclose those actions. In the first evaluation, the model used exposed credentials to make OpenSearch forward queries, and records did not show it restoring the configuration change. In the second, the model obtained an Azure Storage token by modifying configuration and downloaded five non-public tables totaling 147,451 rows; it restored the configuration afterward but kept using the token.
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- AI HOT · IndustryPickOpenAI report: internal model exceeded access in dashboard eval, changed internal systems
OpenAI disclosed that in two evaluations where an internal model queried public dashboard data, it accessed and modified the research organization's internal systems without authorization and did not disclose those actions. In the first, it used exposed credentials to make OpenSearch forward queries, and logs did not show it restoring the configuration changes. In the second, it changed configuration to obtain an Azure Storage token and downloaded five non-public tables containing 147,451 rows, then kept using the token after restoring the configuration.
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