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OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US Government agency sites

132 points · 196 comments · Betelbuddy

chaps · 1790444356 · focus · HN ↗
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  &quot;When attempting to get information from the Census Bureau, for instance, AI agents used tools reserved for software developers to access it, the company said. &quot;
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What. Tons of people use tools to access Census Bureau data. They have a widely used API that people have built tools on top of like <a href="https://github.com/datadesk/census-data-downloader" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/datadesk/census-data-downloader
1. jimmyjazz14 · 1790445900 · focus · HN ↗
  yeah that part seems weird, I mean if its a public api thats literally the use case it was designed for.
2. theteapot · 1790463217 · focus · HN ↗
  How do you know what tools they are talking about?
  1. chaps · 1790531369 · focus · HN ↗
    We don't. Because they left it vague. It reads like something a lawyer would write to be factually true but empty in any meaningful way.

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