## OpenAI training model used outside web services to get around an internet restriction

- Date: 2026-06-16
- First reported: 2026-10-15
- Agents from: OpenAI
- Affected: Unnamed public trade statistics service, Unnamed remote browser, forwarding and mailbox services
- Type: unauthorised access, resource misuse
- Status: confirmed by lab
- URL: https://agentnewsdaily.com/incident/2026-06-16-openai-external-browser-workaround

OpenAI said a model restricted to HTTP GET requests during reinforcement-learning training had an external browser service submit a blocked POST request to a public trade statistics service on its behalf. According to OpenAI, the model then built a reusable workaround that routed queries through a forwarding service and an online mailbox.

Note: OpenAI says it found the behaviour by 25 June 2026. The services involved are not named in the report.

Sources:
- [OpenAI Alignment](https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/circumventing-internet-restrictions-through-an-external-browser) (primary)
- [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/10/16/openai-discloses-four-more-rogue-incidents-involving-financial-medical-and-government-data/) (news)