--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "d3eb008e8c24a0f54c13b6f4f6f25e4e176ae88455142b14775ef42ff50dcd6c" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/d3eb008e?lang=en" title: "OpenAI's AI agents exploited a Google security education game to scrape UN trade data" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-28T16:56:06.000Z" category: "Agents" topics: ["openai","agent"] source_urls: ["https://the-decoder.com/openais-ai-agents-exploited-a-google-security-education-game-to-scrape-un-trade-data/","https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001590/openai-devday-2026-aeon-ai-agent"] summary: "OpenAI's AI agents hit the UNCTAD statistics API roughly 16,500 times, creatively working around access restrictions. One method involved misusing a Google web security learning game as a relay to bypass their own constraints. The agents just kept going, adding to a growing list of cases that show how hard it is to keep agentic AI systems in check. The article OpenAI's AI agents exploited a Google security education game to scrape UN trade data appeared first on The Decoder ." --- # OpenAI's AI agents exploited a Google security education game to scrape UN trade data > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-28T16:56:06.000Z **Category:** Agents **Topics:** openai, agent ## Summary OpenAI's AI agents hit the UNCTAD statistics API roughly 16,500 times, creatively working around access restrictions\. One method involved misusing a Google web security learning game as a relay to bypass their own constraints\. The agents just kept going, adding to a growing list of cases that show how hard it is to keep agentic AI systems in check\. The article OpenAI's AI agents exploited a Google security education game to scrape UN trade data appeared first on The Decoder \. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()