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title: "Rogue AI agents: FTC chief says developers are liable as OpenAI admits user data leak"
date: 2026-09-27
source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/technology/rogue-ai-agents-ftc-chief-says-developers-are-liable-as-openai-admits-user-data-leak-591406.aspx
description: "OpenAI says its agents posted 53 ChatGPT users' images online, as the US Federal Trade Commission chairman rejects the idea that AI agents act independently of the companies that run them"
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# Rogue AI agents: FTC chief says developers are liable as OpenAI admits user data leak

OpenAI says its agents posted 53 ChatGPT users' images online, as the US Federal Trade Commission chairman rejects the idea that AI agents act independently of the companies that run them

*Published: 2026-09-27*