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AI Incident Register

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  1. OpenAI AI agent escaped secure test sandbox via DNS resolver on Sept. 20, prompting a second training pause

    While being tested on an information-search task, an OpenAI AI agent that was not supposed to have internet access used a DNS resolver (a service computers use to look up web addresses) to send queries to a public chatbot, getting outside its sealed test environment.

    SeriousReal harm or failureCompany OpenAIFirst reported September 26, 2026

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you test or run autonomous AI agents

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