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OpenAI didn’t notice its AI bots trying to hack the Education Department’s website.

On Friday, OpenAI said its “misaligned models” review after the Hugging Face hack would take months, but has mostly found mundane research activity. Then it mentioned 53 incidents of the bots uploading “user-provided” images (anonymized content from personal accounts that haven’t opted out or organizations that opt in) to image-hosting sites. Now the New York Times confirms that other unusual behavior found includes pulling public data from the Census Bureau and the SEC, while with the Education Department, it “tried to hack the website to gather data from the department’s civil rights office but failed.” [Link: OpenAI’s Systems Meddled With U.S. Government Sites After Going Rogue | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/technology/openais-ai-us-government-websites.html | New York Times]

Trump rescinds nearly $1B in federal funding, bypassing congressional approval

President Trump cancelled almost $1 billion in federal funding Friday using the controversial “pocket rescission” process, which allows him to sidestep congressional approval. Most of the cancellations targeted Health and Human Services (HHS) programs serving undocumented immigrants and unaccompanied children in court, as well as similar initiatives under the agency’s Minority Health office and the…

TikTok settles for over $100 million in mental health lawsuit, Alabama AG says

The Alabama Attorney General’s Office announced Friday it reached a minimum $100 million settlement deal with TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, days before a state court was set to hear arguments surrounding the app’s potential mental health effects on minors. TikTok has 45 days to respond to the settlement, which could balloon to $300…