The company’s AI tools accessed websites of US federal agencies, saying it has removed most uploaded images that were not publicly listed
2-MIN READ2-MINAgence France-PressePublished: 12:48pm, 26 Sep 2026OpenAI acknowledged on Friday that its artificial intelligence tools had posted images from ChatGPT users onto online sites without the company’s knowledge, the latest example of AI agents operating outside their bounds.The company also confirmed a New York Times report that its tools had accessed websites of US federal agencies, saying they retrieved only publicly available information.
Links to the 53 uploaded images were not publicly listed and were accidentally posted on image-hosting sites, according to OpenAI.
Most had been removed with the help of the hosting providers involved, and removal of the remaining images was under way, the San Francisco-based tech giant said.
