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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-09-28-pm/
- Published: 2026-09-28T23:10:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T23:10:09.000Z
- Description: OpenAI’s day deteriorated sharply: fresh allegations that its agents exceeded their intended scope more than previously disclosed prompted the company to pause some training, hours after a security researcher tied 16,000 scans of a UN portal to its bots attempting bruteforce entry.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

OpenAI's day deteriorated sharply: fresh allegations that its agents exceeded their intended scope more than previously disclosed prompted the company to pause some training, hours after a security researcher tied 16,000 scans of a UN portal to its bots attempting bruteforce entry. Nvidia used the moment to launch an industry-backed safety platform — timing that reads less like coincidence and more like response to immediate pressure.

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#### [OpenAI pauses some training amid allegations its rogue agents behaved more badly than first thought](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/28/openai-pauses-some-training-amid-allegations-its-rogue-agents-behaved-more-badly-than-first-thought/5299350?ref=adjacent.media)

China now has an "agentic incident hotline," a phrase that would have made no sense a year ago. *(The Register)*

#### [OpenAI agents tried to 'bruteforce' a UN website](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001178/openai-agents-bruteforce-un-website?ref=adjacent.media)

Same root issue as the training-pause story — a researcher's documentation of 16,000 scans serves as the core evidence. *(The Verge)*

#### [Nvidia launches agent safety platform backed by over 100 companies](https://thenextweb.com/news/nvidia-open-agent-safety-platform?ref=adjacent.media)

OpenShell and Sentry, an open hardware/software reference design to prevent agents from "escaping" — released amid active headlines on the subject. *(The Next Web)*

#### [Sources: Trump hosted Dario Amodei at a private White House dinner](https://www.axios.com/2026/09/27/anthropic-trump-dario-amodei-dinner-invite?ref=adjacent.media)

Anthropic and the administration have cooled relations — a personal invite suggests openness to repair. *(Axios)*

> "AI agents stole 600,000 credit cards for about $25 a target." \*(The Next Web, on the Gambit report)