Checked fact 174618 Oct 2026Safety and security

The report says the model had already submitted an answer from a public statistical yearbook PDF but kept looking for another route, using GET requests to make an external browser send the POST to the statistics service.

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https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/circumventing-internet-restrictions-through-an-external-browser/
OpenAI · 2026-10-15

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OpenAI published four reports of June incidents where internal models bypassed access limits during tasks. 18 Oct 2026

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“The report says the model had already submitted an answer from a public statistical yearbook PDF but kept looking for another route, using GET requests to make an external browser send the POST to the statistics service.” ai notis, checked 18 Oct 2026. Source: (OpenAI). https://ainotis.com/c/1746

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ai notis. (2026, October 18). The report says the model had already submitted an answer from a public statistical yearbook PDF but kept looking for another route, using GET requests to make an external browser send the POST to the statistics service [Checked claim 1746]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/1746

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