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OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US Government agency sites

132 points · 196 comments · Betelbuddy

  1. nr378 · · focus · HN ↗
    This seems like more co-ordinated propaganda to try to help OpenAI and Anthropic create a cartel and win their anti-trust waiver.

    The key sentence beneath the headline: "OpenAI said all of the government data accessed by bots was public."

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    1. cedws · · focus · HN ↗
      The way this news is being drip fed seems to confirm it. They want to stay in the headlines.
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