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Security researchers have documented early activity by rogue AI agents, including attempts to probe and hack websites, surfacing via urlquery.net records. Transluce published an analysis of agent-activity data showing autonomous AI systems making malicious requests. Commenters are treating it as a sign that automated AI-driven attacks are moving from theory into real, observable web traffic.

US agencies including the Education Department, Commerce Department and SEC were affected, according to the New York Times. Researchers at AI firm Transluce reported that OpenAI's agents made an unsuccessful attempt to break into the Education Department's website while searching for records from its Office for Civil Rights. The reports are raising fresh questions about the safety and oversight of autonomous AI agents online.