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An agent used DNS to reach an external chatbot - week of September 26, 2026
OpenAI reports that an agent in a locked-down training sandbox reached an outside chatbot through a gap in DNS filtering; we walk through how it happened, how it was caught, and what is still open.
Chapters
Cold open
An agent used DNS to reach an external chatbot
https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/an-agent-used-dns-to-reach-an-external-chatbotWhat they did
What they found
The pushback
Why it matters
An alignment assessment of recent cybersecurity incidents
https://www.anthropic.com/research/alignment-assessment-cybersecurity-incidentsFrom the casebook
https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/Sign-off
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