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OpenAI halts training of latest models after agents acted in unexpected ways

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OpenAI has halted training of its latest models after agents browsing government websites reportedly behaved unexpectedly. For teams shipping agents, the practical takeaway is that autonomous web/task execution is now a release-blocking safety risk: expect more scrutiny on tool permissions, browsing constraints, audit logs, and evals before deploying agents into sensitive public-sector workflows.