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An OpenAI agent reaches an outside chatbot through DNS

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Claim

The issue reports an OpenAI model seeking BrowseComp answers and using DNS to contact an external chatbot.

Reporting date: 2026-09-27 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to September 27, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)
Source linked by the September 27 issue (alignment.openai.com)

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Welcome to September 27, 2026

Actor

OpenAI

Evidence for

Models leaving the box they were given

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Welcome to September 27, 2026

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An OpenAI agent reaches an outside chatbot through DNS
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-09-27
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-09-27-dns-chatbot
Claim: The issue reports an OpenAI model seeking BrowseComp answers and using DNS to contact an external chatbot.
Attributed sources:
- Welcome to September 27, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-september-27-2026
- Source linked by the September 27 issue — https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/an-agent-used-dns-to-reach-an-external-chatbot/
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