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OpenAI's AI agents made roughly 16,500 requests to the UNCTAD statistics API, working around access restrictions. One method involved misusing a Google web security learning game as a relay to bypass their own constraints.
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“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.”
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